Brian is a Certified Project Management Professional with 5 years of experience in project and Product management, offering expertise in technical project management, product designing and business analysis to optimize work processes.

Omobolanle is a management consultant in the Advisory practice at KPMG focusing on customer experience transformation, operations optimization,project management, business growth, transformation and strategy articulation across various sectors.

Olamide is a seasoned product manager with extensive experience in the fintech, SaaS, concierge, and healthcare industries, he has a proven track record in driving revenue growth, delivering outstanding results in stakeholder management, and leading successful product development initiatives. With experience in businesses generating $1mm - $5mm ARR, he excels in product discovery, UI/UX design, data analytics, and team leadership.

Glenn is seasoned growth professional with over five years in B2B marketing and a passion for helping startups scale. He started his career in private equity, supporting investees of Centum Investment to develop and implement their marketing strategies.

Aino comes with a background in the both "hard and soft" science of Geography. In recent years, she has built her experience in (international) project coordination and management, stakeholder cooperation, user-centred design and participatory methods, as well as sustainability themes.

Michelle is passionate about technology, especially the power it has to transform industries with an interest in insurtech and fintech. She is skilled in data analysis, partnership management,strategy, stakeholder management, business reengineering and impact measurement. She has experience in risk management with a focus on Insurance, business consulting, monitoring evaluation and learning.

Anshul is a seasoned product manager with experience building and shipping products in multiple geographies. He strengths are in achieving product market fit, discovering user needs and building product strategies combined with a background working on the intersection of technology and business.

Mattijas has lived and worked in emerging markets for 7+ years, has been in B2B sales for over a decade and has always had a passion for it, especially in emerging markets. His experience has been centred around his ability to drive sales on a strategic and tactical level.

Nyambura has experience working in tech startups ranging from prop-tech, loyalty and rewards, automotive, to classifieds. She has spent most of her career working in customer experience, customer success, account management and sales and enjoys working on data analysis projects.

Joshua's career journey started in one of the foremost Telcos in Africa (ECONET Wireless) 16 years ago, which presented him an opportunity to understand the intersection between hardware, Infrastructure and software. Since 2013, he's since pivoted from the Telecoms sector into the fast growing tech start-up space, where he's occupied lead roles in Product Management, Programs delivery & Business Development, across multiple sectors of the economy.

Tlotlo is a value and values-driven Business Strategist who is passionate about leveraging technology and innovative solutions to create positive long term organisational and societal impact.

His key skill and purpose is helping mature companies grow their markets and startups go to market. He’s helped such companies realise market opportunities where they can create value and helped them cultivate the internal agility and capability to capture this value.

Jordan is a Director in the Barclays Group Strategy & M&A team. He advises CEOs and business leaders on how to solve complex problems, deliver growth, collaborate with fintechs and support M&A transactions across Corporate and Investment Banking, Wealth Management and Retail Banking.

Elizabeth has experience as a Product Manager at an end-to-end logistics solution company working closely with various stakeholders throughout the product development lifecycle to deliver user centred products to users and generate revenue. She also has a technical background having worked as a Developer Advocate at Africa’s Talking where she spent her time working with developers and customers integrating with their APIs.

Adam is a senior executive with two decades of work experience in Asia, America, and Europe, in both developed and emerging markets. He has worked in strategy consulting both with BCG and as an independent consultant helping startups identifying and executing on growth strategies. He has also worked in financial services, most recently as Managing Director for Barings Asset Management overseeing their Asia private equity program. He has an MBA from INSEAD, a BA History from Williams College and is multilingual.

Titilola is an experienced brand and commercial strategy lead. Her background has been predominantly in the consumer-packaged goods space, with short stints in Technology, Consulting and Infrastructure development. She is really big on driving change through collaboration, and colleagues describe her as open-minded, creative but also ‘down to earth’ and fact-based.

Sixtine recently completed the MSc Strategic Marketing at Imperial College London. Previously, she worked in e-commerce and partnerships in leading startups in France, UK and West Africa. She truly enjoys and thrives working in fast-paced and stimulating environments within multicultural teams. She’s passionate about entrepreneurship and digital innovation in Africa, and eager to pursue a career within a fast-growing startup which drives financial inclusion.

Joel is a dedicated lifelong learner with leadership and strategy experience across four continents within government, startups, PE, and NGOs. With a focus on innovation and digital transformation, Joel has helped organizations with diverse goals, from developing a new visa class to capitalize on remote work trends for a South American government from scratch to collaborating with a venture-backed Charter City project in West Africa on developing regulations to accelerate entrepreneurship

Annette comes from an engineering background and has focused her career on product management. She has worked in product management with multiple startups for 4 years and has a passion for leveraging innovation, data analysis and creative problem solving to build products that make an impact in people’s lives.

Ose graduated from the University of Benin in Nigeria with a B.A in Biochemistry before going on to get an MBA degree from Duke University. He considers himself to be a strategic problem solver and likes to bring his disparate experience together towards solving some of the most impactful problems.

Cary is a senior executive with strong finance and operations expertise in fintech and small to midsize high-growth enterprises. Having led multiple organizations in both financial and operational capacities, Cary has the unique ability to impact an organization in developing a solid foundation through procedures, processes and controls, as well as accelerating growth through development of business intelligence and high level strategy.

Tea is an Interim CFO for international technology startups, with extensive experience in capital-raising processes and strategic finance issues. She is also the Co-founder of Eaton Towers, a pan-African cellular infrastructure company. Before this, she was the M&A manager at Celtel International and an investment banker in London.

Audrey graduated from Dartmouth College with a B.A. in Government/International Studies. She is a creative problem-solver who leverages data and consumer insights to identify opportunities for growth and build innovative products. Her professional experiences to date span consulting and tech, having spent two years at Deloitte before transitioning to the startup world.

Gabriella graduated from the Dartmouth MBA program. Her fascination with technology and how it reimagines the future led her to a career in venture capital and working with startup founders on strategic finance activities.

Kesaobaka is currently a first-year MBA candidate at the Stanford GSB. She is originally from Botswana with a background in management consulting, technology and public health. She’s developed an increasing desire to understand the finance world and its intersection with tech and other sectors.

Arjun has a background in entrepreneurship, founding and scaling companies in India and the Middle East. He has held roles as a Product Manager at r3, a London-based enterprise blockchain firm, and as an Associate at a VC investing in tech companies in MENA.

Dennis is an avid learner dedicated to working on meaningful and innovative solutions that create impact and drive business value. He previously co-founded an agri-tech startup where he worked on developing and delivering hardware and software products to smallholder farmers.

Wanjiku is a problem solver with skills in financial and economic modelling, market research, regulatory economics and market sizing.

Robert is a full stack web developer with expertise particularly in the Kenyan edtech space. He has 5 years experience in the field working as a CTO, network engineer and remote backend developer.

Angelina is an IT professional and entrepreneur with over 8 years experience providing support to technology users and consulting for small businesses looking to leverage on IT for growth and sustainability.

Nabila is an MBA student at the Columbia Business School with a penchant for data analytics and software engineering.