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
Elisabeth Moreno
President
Manuel Schiappa Pietra
President & CEO
Shuntasha Phillips
Head of Global Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging (DEIB)
Prof. Corneliu Bjola
Professor of Digital Diplomacy
Prof Renée Cummings
Professor of Practice in Data Science
University of Virginia
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 Ndlovu
Group CIO, 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-Mucheka
Chairperson of the Board
Sally Spicer
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
Tanya Romanyukha
General Manager
Kamel Amroune
CEO The Dots
Nerushka Bowan
Founder LITT Institute
Albertus Aochamub
CEO Meatco Namibia
Lucia Dramat
Author, Life Coach
Alejandra Leyva
COO
Gerardo Franco
AI Skills Director, Southern Europe, Middle East and Africa
Avela Gronemeyer
CEO
Rebecca Takada
Founder Outfoxr
Rafael Fraga
Business Development Lead LATAM
Cardano Foundation
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
In association with
Community Partners
