Where Africa Meets the World: Shaping the Future of Women in Innovation
Speakers 2026
H.E. David Martinon
Ambassador of France to South Africa
H.E. Eugenio Garcia
Tech Ambassador
Brazil
Ayumi Moore Aoki
Founder & CEO
Women in Tech Global
Dr Tawfik Jelassi
Assistant Director General
UNESCO
Chiara Corazza
President, Women Economic Forum, Europe
Manuel Schiappa Pietra
President & CEO
Shuntasha Phillips
Head of Global Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging (DEIB)
Prof. Corneliu Bjola
Professor of Digital Diplomacy
Sïmon Saneback
Serial Entrepreneur & Investor
Titi Akinsanmi
AI Policy Expert
Bill Saad
Chairman Jota2 Group
President, Tara for Women
Lauren Richardson
VP - Chief of Staff
Jackson Tshabalala
Global Engagement Manager
Nomonde White
CIO for Group Compliance, ABSA
Will Green
Founder & CEO
Tsebeletso Mashau
Chief Information Officer, PPB Africa Regions
Prof Julio Pertuze
Professor, Engineering University of Chile
Prof. Selwa Al Hazzaa
Founder and CEO
Akua Gyekye
Head of Government Affairs, Microsoft Kenya
Tonee Ndungu
Founder: Kytabu & Tribbe Nation
Biljana Braithwaite
CEO and Founding Partner
Shavkat Karimov
Head of IT Community of Uzbekistan
Virginia Blaser
Ambassador Invest in Cape Town
Lora Gailly
Associate Project Officer
Sandy Carter
Chief Business Officer
Melissa Slaymaker
Women in tech Global Partnerships Director
Sarah Al Feghali
Chief Innovation Officer
Tech Diplomacy Global Institute
Naadiya Moosajee
Founder Cybherfence
Maÿlis Staub
Founder and Board member
Tiara Pathon
AI Skills Director Microsoft
Vera Solomatina
SVP of People and Culture division
Steve Sherman
Chief Imagination Officer, Living Maths
Dr Rufaro Nyakatawa
Market Development Consultant
Sally Spicer
Co-Founder
Itumeleng Monale
Equity Investment Bank, Non-executive Director
Dr. Juliet Bond
Founder & CEO
Stephenie Rodriguez
WanderSafe Founder
Carina Bruwer
Marathon Swimmer, Motivational Speaker
Nyla Beth Gawel
Women in Tech North America Director | Sr Managing Director, North Highland
Tanya Romanyukha
General Manager
Kamel Amroune
CEO The Dots
Nerushka Bowan
Founder LITT Institute
Albertus Aochamub
CEO Meatco Namibia
Lucia Dramat
Author, Life Coach
Rebecca Takada
Founder Outfoxr
Gerardo Franco
AI Skills Director, Southern Europe, Middle East and Africa
Avela Gronemeyer
CEO
Rafael Fraga
Business Development Lead LATAM
Cardano Foundation
Alejandra Leyva
COO
Viola Edward
Co Founder and CEO
GRIT Academy
Anna Ambrozevich
Global Youth Director, Country Director Uzbekistan
Women in Tech® Global
Ivo Haase
Trainer, Coach, Consultant
Kathryn Rose
Special Envoy, Women in Tech Global
Sanaë-Lys Issartier
Criminal Law Graduate, Sciences Po Paris
Irene Ochem
Founder and CEO
Frances Regina
Head of Growth, OnchainLabs
Dr. Jana Reuther
Founder LeanOnAI Inc.
Relebogile Lebitsa
Tech Enablement Graduate
Kanika Radhakrishnan
Founder and Managing Shareholder, Evergreen Valley Law Group
Jo-Ann Pohl
Senior Advisor, Kearney
Mark Gaffley
Head of Growth, OnchainLabs
Keaobaka Morare
IT Strategy and Enterprise Architecture, Office of the CIO, Santam
Christina Reddy
CPT Cluster Leader, Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Priscilla Menoe-Mtsi
Product Localisation Lead, Africa business, Canva
Daryl Hammet
Global Director: Global Delivery, Artificial Intelligence Platforms and Security, AWS ProServices
Mark Gaffley
Head of Growth, OnchainLabs
Keaobaka Morare
IT Strategy and Enterprise Architecture, Office of the CIO, Santam
Safia Agueni
WIT Country Director, Switzerland|Co founder HealthSeed
Adriana Marais
Founder, Proudly Human
Catherine Wijnberg
CEO & Founder, Fetola
Sergio Loureiro
VP, Global Data Center Operations, Amazon Web Services
Keaobaka Morare
IT Strategy and Enterprise Architecture, Office of the CIO, Santam
Julie Huguet
Director, La French Tech
Leora Hessen
Co-Founder, NFTy-ART
Jessica Freundt
Latam Director, WOMEN IN TECH ® Global
Assem Bolatzhan
Advisory Board Member, APCICT/ESCAP
Yuki Aizawa
Executive Director, Rinne Japan Corporation
Suraya Turk
Managing Director, Legal Circle
Anne Baer
CEO, iKare Innovation
Sagufta Salma Janif
Country Director, Women In Tech Fiji
Sonia Jorge
Executive Director, Global Digital Inclusion Partnership (GDIP)
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