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
H.E Tufool AlDhahab
Head of International Trade, Knowledge Economy and Technology
Foreign Ministry of Oman
Manuel Schiappa Pietra
President & CEO
Chiara Corazza
President, Women Economic Forum, Europe
Dr. Margaret Nyambura Ndung’u
DPI Safeguards Strategic Advisory Board
United Nations Office for Digital and Emerging Technologies
Prof. Corneliu Bjola
Professor of Digital Diplomacy
University of Oxford
Sïmon Saneback
Serial Entrepreneur & Investor
Bill Saad
Chairman Jota2 Group
President, Tara for Women
Titi Akinsanmi
Founder, Demistef.ai
AI Strategy & Governance
Shuntasha Phillips
Head of Global Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging (DEIB)
Nomonde White
CIO for Group Compliance, ABSA Group
Akua Gyekye
Head of Government Affairs, Microsoft Kenya
Tsebeletso Mashau
Chief Information Officer, PPB Africa Regions
Jackson Tshabalala
Global Engagement Manager
Prof. Selwa Al Hazzaa
Founder and CEO
Biljana Braithwaite
CEO and Founding Partner
Shavkat Karimov
Head of IT Community of Uzbekistan
Naadiya Moosajee
Founder Cybherfence
Lauren Richardson
VP - Chief of Staff
Virginia Blaser
Ambassador Invest in Cape Town
Lora Gailly
Associate Project Officer
Tonee Ndungu
Co-founder and C.E.O, Tribbe Nation
Melissa Slaymaker
Women in tech Global Partnerships Director
Sarah Al Feghali
Chief Innovation Officer
Tech Diplomacy Global Institute
Dr Rufaro Nyakatawa
Market Development Consultant
Maÿlis Staub
Founder and Board member
Tiara Pathon
AI Skills Director Microsoft
Vera Solomatina
SVP of People and Culture division
Prof Julio Pertuze
Professor, Engineering University of Chile
Dr. Juliet Bond
Founder & CEO
Sally Spicer
Co-Founder
Itumeleng Monale
Equity Investment Bank, Non-executive Director
Nerushka Bowan
Founder LITT Institute
Albertus Aochamub
CEO Meatco Namibia
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
Steve Sherman
Chief Imagination Officer, Living Maths
Julie Huguet
Director, La French Tech
Lucia Dramat
Author, Life Coach
Rebecca Takada
Founder Outfoxr
Gerardo Franco
AI Skills Director, Southern Europe, Middle East and Africa
Sagufta Salma Janif
Country Director, Women In Tech Fiji
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
Avela Gronemeyer
CEO
Stephenie Rodriguez
WanderSafe Founder
Sanaë-Lys Issartier
Criminal Law Graduate, Sciences Po Paris
Irene Ochem
Founder and CEO, AWIEF
Frances Regina
Head of Growth, OnchainLabs
Dr. Jana Reuther
Founder LeanOnAI Inc.
Kathryn Rose
Special Envoy, Women in Tech Global
Kanika Radhakrishnan
Founder and Managing Shareholder, Evergreen Valley Law Group
Jo-Ann Pohl
Senior Advisor, Kearney
Mark Gaffley
Director, Legal & Operations Global Center on AI Governance (GCG)
Keaobaka Morare
IT Strategy and Enterprise Architecture, Office of the CIO, Santam
Relebogile Lebitsa
Tech Enablement Graduate
Priscilla Menoe-Mtsi
Product Localisation Lead, Africa business, Canva
Daryl Hammet
Global Director: Global Delivery, Artificial Intelligence Platforms and Security, AWS ProServices
Sergio Loureiro
VP, Global Data Center Operations, Amazon Web Services
Tamuna Kvintradze
Chief of Staff, Women In Tech
Christina Reddy
CPT Cluster Leader, Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Adriana Marais
Director, Foundation for Space Development Africa
Catherine Wijnberg
CEO & Founder, Fetola
Amy Karle
Ultra-Contemporary Artist, Designer, and Researcher
Busi Mbuyisa-Vilakazi
Managing Executive Strategy Execution, Vodacom
Jacqueline Hanson-Kotei
Security Head, MTN Ghana
Leora Hessen
Founder of HelloAida.ai
Jessica Freundt
Latam Director, WOMEN IN TECH ® Global
Assem Bolatzhan
Advisory Board Member, APCICT/ESCAP
Suraya Turk
Managing Director, Legal Circle
Yuki Aizawa
Executive Director, Rinne Japan Corporation
Jade Eybers
Founder and Mentor, Biz Ed with Jade
Michelle Bassett
Founder of Your Virtual Organizer | Certified #IAmRemarkable facilitator
Ivo Haase
Trainer, Coach, Consultant
Training & Beratung
Nondumiso Zibi
Director, Support Engineering, Amazon Web Services
Anne Baer
CEO, iKare Innovation
Safia Agueni
WIT Country Director, Switzerland|Co founder HealthSeed
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