NEF Global Gatherings are exciting biennial global events where the world of science and technology meet on Africa soil to unveil breakthroughs in science, respond to existing challenges and look to the future.
Abdigani Diriye
Research scientist and manager at IBM Research Africa
Abdigani Diriye
Chercheur et manageur, IBM Research Africa
Abdoulaye Baniré Diallo
Professor, UQAM & Chief Scientist My Intelligent Machines
Abdoulaye Baniré Diallo
Professeur à l’UQAM et Directeur Scientifique de My Intelligent Machines
Adam Sneyd
Associate Professor, University of Guelph, Canada
Adam Sneyd
Professeur assistant, Université de Guelph, Canada
Agnes Binagwaho, MD
Vice Chancellor of the University of Global Health Equity
Agnes Binagwaho, MD
Vice-recteur, University of Global Health Equity
Agnes Kalibata
President, Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA)
Agnes Kalibata
Présidente, Alliance pour une révolution verte en Afrique (AGRA)
Aku Kwamie
Health policy and systems research consultant
Aku Kwamie
Conseiller en recherche sur les politiques et les systèmes de santé
Albert G. Zeufack
Chief Economist of Africa, The World Bank
Alice Kilonzo-Zulu
MD, Ecobank Rwanda
Amanda Weltman
South African Research Chair in Physical Cosmology
Amina Mohamed
Cabinet Secretary for Education, Kenya
Aminata Garba
Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University, Africa
Aminata Garba
Professeur assistant, Génie électrique et informatique, Université Carnegie Mellon Afrique
Arthur Zang
CEO, Himore Medical and Creator of Cardiopad
Arthur Zang
PDG, Himore Medical, et créateur de Cardiopad
Brian Turyabagye
Co-inventor of the MamaOpe
Brian Turyabagye
Co-inventeur de MamaOpe
Cedric Atangana
CEO of Infinity Space, Builder of WeCashUp
Cedric Atangana
PDG d'Infinity Space, constructeur de WeCashUp
Chamindie Punyadeera
Professeure associée, Queensland University of Technology
Chamindie Punyadeera
Associate Professor, Queensland University of Technology
Chelsea Barabas
Research Scientist at MIT
Christian Benimana
Director, Rwanda Programs, MASS Design Group
Claver Gatete
Minister of Finance of Rwanda
Connie Nshemereirwe
Independent Educator & Researcher
Connie Nshemereirwe
Éducatrice indépendante et chercheuse
Didier Acouetey
Founder and President of AfricSearch Group
Dougbeh Christopher Nyan
Liberian Doctor and Creator of Nyan Test
Dougbeh Christopher Nyan
Médecin et créateur du Nyan Test
Douglas Wallace
Director, Center for Mitochondrial and Epigenomic Medicine at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Research Institute
Douglas Wallace
Le Docteur Doug Wallace est le lauréat 2017 du Prix Dr Paul Janssen pour la recherche biomédicale, pionnier dans le domaine de la génétique mitochondriale et son application à l'étude des maladies, du vieillissement et des modèles de migration humaine.
Edgar Pieterse
Founding Director of the African Centre for Cities (ACC)
Edgar Pieterse
Directeur Fondateur, Centre africain des villes (ACC)
Éliane Ubalijoro
Professor, McGill University & Executive Director, C.L.E.A.R
Éliane Ubalijoro
Directrice Exécutive, C.L.E.A.R
Eliza Anyangwe
Founder, The Nzinga Effect
Eugene Mutimura
Minister of Education, Republic of Rwanda
Flavia Schlegel
Assistant Director General for Natural Sciences, the United Nations Cultural, Scientific and Educational Organization (UNESCO)
Flavia Schlegel
Assistant Director General for Natural Sciences, the United Nations Cultural, Scientific and Educational Organization (UNESCO)
France A. Córdova
Director of the US National Science Foundation
France A. Córdova
Directrice, Fondation américaine pour la science
Gadi Ndahumba
Legal Counsel, Africal Legal Support Facility
Gadi Ndahumba
Conseiller juridique, Etablissement africain de soutien juridique (ALSF)
Gaetan Siew
Chairperson of the Port Louis Development Initiative and Special Envoy for UN Habitat
Gaetan Siew
Président de l'Initiative de développement de Port-Louis et Envoyé spécial pour ONU-Habitat
Genya Dana
Head of Precision Medicine at the World Economic Forum
Genya Dana
Responsable de la médecine de précision au Forum économique mondial
Grace Nakibaala
Founder and CEO PedalTap
Grâce-Françoise Nibizi
Founder, SaCoDé & Ageteka Project
Grâce-Françoise Nibizi
Fondatrice, Projet SaCoDé & Ageteka
H.E. Paul Kagame
President of Rwanda
Hans Bolscher
Senior Consultant Climate and Renewable Energy
Hans Bolscher
Consultant Senior Climat et Energies Renouvelables
Haruo Takeda
Corporate Chief Engineer, Hitachi, Ltd.
Haruo Takeda
Ingénieur en chef de l'entreprise, Hitachi, Ltd.
Heide Hackmann
Executive Director of the International Council for Science
Heide Hackmann
Directrice Exécutive du Conseil international pour la science
Howard Alper
Chair, Canvassing Committee, Global Excellence Initiative, and Distinguished University Professor, University of Ottawa
Ingrid Wünning Tschol
Senior Vice President Strategy at Robert Bosch Stiftung
Ingrid Wünning Tschol
Vice-présidente stratégie, Fondation Robert Bosch
Jake Bright
Contributor on Africa at TechCrunch and Crunchbase. Award Winning Author of The Next Africa
Jean Philbert Nsengimana
Special Advisor, Smart Africa
Jean Philbert Nsengimana
Conseiller spécial, Smart Africa
Jean-Francois Gagné
Co-founder and CEO of Element AI
Jean-Francois Gagné
Co-fondateur et PDG de Element AI
Jean-Pascal Pham-Ba
Secretary-General & Spokesperson of Terrawatt Initiative
Jean-Pascal Pham-Ba
Secrétaire général et porte-parole de l'initiative Terrawatt
Jean-Pierre Bourguignon
President of the European Research Council
Joelle Pineau
Associate Professor and William Dawson Scholar in the School of Computer Science at McGill University
Joelle Pineau
Professeur agrégée et chercheuse -boursière William Dawson à l'École d'informatique de l'Université McGill, Montréal Canada
Johannes Fruehauf
CEO Bioloabs and Executive Director of LabCentral
Johannes Fruehauf
PDG, Bioloabs et Directeur exécutif, LabCentral
John Travis
Managing Editor of News, Science
John Travis
Directeur de la rédaction de News, Science
Jonathan Mboyo Esole
Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, Northeastern University
Jonathan Mboyo Esole
Professeur assistant, Département de Mathématiques, Université Northeastern
José M. F. Moura
Philip L. and Marsha Dowd University Professor, CMU & IEEE President Elect
José M. F. Moura
Professeur à Philip L. et Marsha Dowd University, CMU et président élu de l'IEEE
Josh Ghaim, Ph.D.
Chief Technology Officer, Johnson & Johnson Family of Consumer Companies
Josh Ghaim, Ph.D.
Directeur de la technologie, Johnson & Johnson Family of Consumer Companies
Justus Masa
Leader of Electrocatalysis and Energy Conversion at the Center for Electrochemical Sciences, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany.
Justus Masa
Responsable de l'électrocatalyse et de la conversion énergétique au Centre des sciences électrochimiques, université de la Ruhr, Bochum, Germany
Kathryn Toure
International Development Research Centre Regional Director, Sub-Saharan Africa
Kathryn Toure
Directrice régionale du Centre de recherches pour le développement international, Afrique subsaharienne
Katrin Rehak-Nitsche
Senior Vice-President of Science and Research at Robert Bosch Stiftung
Katrin Rehak-Nitsche
Senior Vice-President of Science and Research at Robert Bosch Stiftung
Kevin Dzobo
Senior Research Scientist at the International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB)
Kevin Dzobo
Chercheur principal au Centre international de génie génétique et de biotechnologie (ICGEB)
Klaus von Klitzing
Director, Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research
Klaus von Klitzing
Directeur, Institut Max Planck de recherche sur l'état solide
Komminist Weldermariam
IBM-Research Africa, Kenya
Lerato Mbele
Presenter, Africa Business Report, BBC World News
Lucy Quist
President of AIMS Ghana
Lutz Ziob
Dean of the 4Afrika Academy at Microsoft
Lutz Ziob
Doyen de l'Académie 4Afrika chez Microsoft
Macky Sall
President of Senegal
Maha Nasr
Associate Professor and researcher of Pharmaceutics and Industrial Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Ain Shams University, Egypt
Maha Nasr
Professeur associé et chercheuse en pharmacie et en pharmacie industrielle, Faculté de Pharmacie, université Ain Shams, Egypte
Mahmud Johnson
Founder and CEO of J-Palm Libera
Mahmud Johnson
Fondateur et PDG de J-Palm Libera
Mamadou Kaba
Principal Investigator and the Director of the African Microbiome and Epidemiology Research Group (AfriMERG) at the University of Cape Town
Mamadou Kaba
Chercheur principal & Directeur, AfriMERG
Mamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane
Minister of Science and Technology, South Africa
Mamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane
Minister of Science and Technology, South Africa
Manuela Veloso
Professor & Head of the Machine Learning Department, Carnegie Mellon University
Mary Teuw Niane
Minister of Higher Education, Research and Innovation of Senegal
Mary Teuw Niane
Ministre de l’Enseignement supérieur, de la Recherche et de l'innovation du Séné gal
Michelle Gregory
Vice-President of Content and Innovation, Elsevier
Michelle Gregory
Vice-President of Content and Innovation, Elsevier
Moussa Dembele
CEO, Danapay
Moussa Dembele
PDG, Danapay
Naheed Kurji
Président et PDG de Cyclica
Naheed Kurji
President and CEO of Cyclica
Naser Faruqui
Director of Technology and Innovation, Canada’s International Development Research Centre
Naser Faruqui
Directeur de la technologie et de l'innovation, Centre de recherche pour le développement international du Canada
Nathalie Munyampenda
Managing Director, Next Einstein Forum
Neil Turok
AIMS Founder and Director of Perimeter Institute
Neil Turok
Fondateur, AIMS et Directeur, Institut Périmètre
Nelson Torto
Executive Director of the African Academy of Sciences (AAS)
Nelson Torto
Directeur exécutif, Académie africaine des sciences (AAS)
Ngalula Sandrine Mubenga
Founder and CEO, SMIN Power Group
Ngalula Sandrine Mubenga
Fondatrice et PDG, SMIN Power Group
Nina Dudnik
Founder and CEO of Seeding Labs
Nina Dudnik
Fondatrice et PDG de Seeding Labs
Oshiorenoya Agabi
CEO, Koniku Inc.
Oshiorenoya Agabi
PDG, Koniku Inc.
Ousmane Badiane
Director for Africa at the International Food Policy Research Institute
Ousmane Badiane
Directeur pour l'Afrique, Institut international de recherche sur les politiques alimentaires
Patrick McSharry
Professor at CMU-Africa
Patrick Nsenga Buchana
CEO of AC Group Ltd
Paul Stoffels
Chief Scientific Officer, Johnson & Johnson
Paul Stoffels
Directeur scientifique, Johnson & Johnson
Paulina Jaramillo
Co-director of the Green Design Institute, Carnegie Mellon University
Peter Agre (M.D.)
Professor and Director of the Malaria Research Institute at the Bloomberg School of Public Health
Peter Agre (M.D.)
Professeur et Directeur, Institut de recherche sur le paludisme, École Bloomberg de santé publique
Peter Ngene
Assistant professor, Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science, Utrecht University
Peter Ngene
Professeur assistant, Institut Debye pour la science des nanomatériaux, Université d'Utrecht
Peter Strohschneider
President, German Research Foundation DFG
Peter Strohschneider
Président, Fondation allemande pour la recherche (DFG)
Pierre Thiam
Celebrated chef, restaurateur, cookbook author and entrepreneur
Pierre Thiam
Célèbre chef, restaurateur, auteur de livres de recettes et entrepreneur
Prince K. Osei
Project Developer for Quantum Leap Africa (QLA)
Prosper Ngabonziza
Scientist at Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research in Germany
Rocio A Diaz-Chavez
Deputy Director for Research and Energy and Climate Change Programme Leader at the Stockholm Environment Institute Africa Centre
Romain Murenzi
Executive Director of The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS)
Romain Murenzi
Directeur exécutif, The World Academy of Science
Ron Mobed
Chief Executive Officer, Elsevier
Ron Mobed
Chief Executive Officer, Elsevier
Rose Muturi
East Africa Regional Director at TALA
Rush Holt
CEO, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Rush Holt
PDG, Association américaine pour l'avancement de la science (AAAS)
Rym Kefi
Associate Professor, Institut Pasteur of Tunis
Rym Kefi
Professeur assistant, Institut Pasteur de Tunis
Sam Yala
International Account Manager of Security Products in Worldline, Belgium
Samaya Nissanke
Assistant Professor, Radboud University, Netherlands
Sanuhska Naidoo
Senior Lecturer, Department of Genetics, University of Pretoria
Sanuhska Naidoo
Maître de conférence, Département de génétique, Université de Prétoria
Saskia Sassen
Robert S. Lynd Professor of Sociology, Columbia University
Saskia Sassen
Professeur de la chaire Robert S. Lynd de sociologie, Université Columbia
Sayed Azam-Ali
Chief Executive Officer of Crops For the Future (CFF)
Sayed Azam-Ali
Président Directeur Général de Crops For the Future (CFF)
Seema Kumar
Vice President of Innovation, Global Health and Policy Communication, Johnson & Johnson (J&J)
Seema Kumar
Vice-présidente innovation, santé mondiale et communication politique, Johnson & Johnson
Simon Ehui
Director of Food and Agriculture Global Practice, The World Bank
Solomon Assefa
Vice President, IBM Research Africa and Emerging Market Solutions
Solomon Assefa
Vice President, IBM Research Africa and Emerging Market Solutions
Son Excellence Monsieur Paul Kagame
Président de la République du Rwanda
Steve Mutabazi
Chief Investment Strategist, Rwanda Development Board
Tatsuo Arai
Director for Special Missions, Department of International Affairs, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST)
Tembine Hamidou
Global Network Assistant Professor at New York University
Tembine Hamidou
Professeur assistant enéseau international, Université de New York
Temie Giwa-Tubosun
Fondatrice et PDG, LifeBank
Temie Giwa-Tubosun
Fondatrice et PDG, LifeBank
Theresia Bauer
Minister of Science, Research and the Arts, Baden- Württemberg State, Germany
Theresia Bauer
Ministre des Sciences, de la Recherche et des Arts, Etat du Bade-Wurtemberg, Allemagne
Thierry Zomahoun
AIMS President and CEO & NEF Founder and Chair
Thierry Zomahoun
PDG, AIMS et Fondateur et président, NEF
Thomas Kariuki
Director of the Alliance for Accelerating Excellence in Science in Africa
Thomas Kariuki
Directeur, Alliance pour l'accélération de l'excellence scientifique en Afrique
Tolu Oni
Associate Professor, Co-Chair Global Young Academy
Tolu Oni
Professeur assistant, Université du Cap, et Co-Présidente, Global Young Academy
Tolulope Olugboji
Postdoctoral research associate at the University of Maryland
Tolulope Olugboji
Assistant de recherche, Université du Maryland
Tracey McNeill
CEO of babyl Rwanda
Tumani Corrah
Director of Africa Research Excellence Fund (AREF)
Tumani Corrah
Directeur, Africa Research Excellence Fund (AREF)
Uta-Micaela Dürig
Vice Chair of the Board of Management
Uta-Micaela Dürig
Vice Chair of the Board of Management
Veerle Berbers
Senior Advisor Impact Investing
Vera Songwe
Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa
Vera Songwe
Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa
Vincent Biruta
Minister of Environment, Republic of Rwanda
Vincent Biruta
Minister of Environment, Republic of Rwanda
Vinet Coetzee
Senior Lecturer, University of Pretoria
Vinet Coetzee
Maître de conférences, Université de Pretoria
Virginia (Ginger) Smith-Swintosky
Mental Health Global Program Leader, Johnson & Johnson Global Public Health
Vladimir Šucha
Director-General of the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission
Vladimir Šucha
Directeur Général du Centre Commun de Recherche de la Commission Européenne
Wilfred Ndifon
Director of Research, AIMS Global Network
Wilfrid Lauriano do Rego
Board member, KPMG - France
Wilfrid Lauriano do Rego
Membre du conseil d’administration, KPMG - France
Yabebal Fantaye
ARETE-AIMS Junior Research Chair
Yabebal Fantaye
Responsable de recherche junior, AIMS
Yinka Adegoke
Africa editor for Quartz
Yinka Adegoke
Éditeur Afrique pour Quartz
Youssef Travaly
Vice-President of Science Innovation & Institutional Partnerships, Next Einstein Forum
Yves Mugabo
Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Centre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal
Yves Mugabo
Chercheur postdoctoral, Centre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal
Albert G. Zeufack
Chief Economist of Africa, The World Bank
Agnes Kalibata
President, Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA)
Agnes Binagwaho, MD
Vice Chancellor of the University of Global Health Equity
Alice Kilonzo-Zulu
MD, Ecobank Rwanda
Amanda Weltman
South African Research Chair in Physical Cosmology
Aminata Garba
Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University, Africa
Abdigani Diriye
Research scientist and manager at IBM Research Africa
Abdoulaye Baniré Diallo
Professor, UQAM & Chief Scientist My Intelligent Machines
Aku Kwamie
Health policy and systems research consultant
France A. Córdova
Director of the US National Science Foundation
Brian Turyabagye
Co-inventor of the MamaOpe
Ousmane Badiane
Director for Africa at the International Food Policy Research Institute
Agnes Binagwaho, MD
Vice Chancellor of the University of Global Health Equity
Theresia Bauer
Minister of Science, Research and the Arts, Baden- Württemberg State, Germany
Hans Bolscher
Senior Consultant Climate and Renewable Energy
Jean-Pierre Bourguignon
President of the European Research Council
Jake Bright
Contributor on Africa at TechCrunch and Crunchbase. Award Winning Author of The Next Africa
Vincent Biruta
Minister of Environment, Republic of Rwanda
Patrick Nsenga Buchana
CEO of AC Group Ltd
Christian Benimana
Director, Rwanda Programs, MASS Design Group
Chamindie Punyadeera
Associate Professor, Queensland University of Technology
Christian Benimana
Director, Rwanda Programs, MASS Design Group
Cedric Atangana
CEO of Infinity Space, Builder of WeCashUp
France A. Córdova
Director of the US National Science Foundation
Dougbeh Christopher Nyan
Liberian Doctor and Creator of Nyan Test
Tumani Corrah
Director of Africa Research Excellence Fund (AREF)
Douglas Wallace
Director, Center for Mitochondrial and Epigenomic Medicine at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Research Institute
Abdigani Diriye
Research scientist and manager at IBM Research Africa
Uta-Micaela Dürig
Vice Chair of the Board of Management
Connie Nshemereirwe
Independent Educator & Researcher
Dougbeh Christopher Nyan
Liberian Doctor and Creator of Nyan Test
Kevin Dzobo
Senior Research Scientist at the International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB)
Abdoulaye Baniré Diallo
Professor, UQAM & Chief Scientist My Intelligent Machines
Genya Dana
Head of Precision Medicine at the World Economic Forum
Nina Dudnik
Founder and CEO of Seeding Labs
Moussa Dembele
CEO, Danapay
Eugene Mutimura
Minister of Education, Republic of Rwanda
Eliza Anyangwe
Founder, The Nzinga Effect
Jonathan Mboyo Esole
Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, Northeastern University
Éliane Ubalijoro
Professor, McGill University & Executive Director, C.L.E.A.R
Edgar Pieterse
Founding Director of the African Centre for Cities (ACC)
Flavia Schlegel
Assistant Director General for Natural Sciences, the United Nations Cultural, Scientific and Educational Organization (UNESCO)
France A. Córdova
Director of the US National Science Foundation
Yabebal Fantaye
ARETE-AIMS Junior Research Chair
Naser Faruqui
Director of Technology and Innovation, Canada’s International Development Research Centre
Genya Dana
Head of Precision Medicine at the World Economic Forum
Grâce-Françoise Nibizi
Founder, SaCoDé & Ageteka Project
Grace Nakibaala
Founder and CEO PedalTap
Gadi Ndahumba
Legal Counsel, Africal Legal Support Facility
Gaetan Siew
Chairperson of the Port Louis Development Initiative and Special Envoy for UN Habitat
Aminata Garba
Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University, Africa
Josh Ghaim, Ph.D.
Chief Technology Officer, Johnson & Johnson Family of Consumer Companies
Jean-Francois Gagné
Co-founder and CEO of Element AI
Temie Giwa-Tubosun
Fondatrice et PDG, LifeBank
Michelle Gregory
Vice-President of Content and Innovation, Elsevier
Howard Alper
Chair, Canvassing Committee, Global Excellence Initiative, and Distinguished University Professor, University of Ottawa
Haruo Takeda
Corporate Chief Engineer, Hitachi, Ltd.
Heide Hackmann
Executive Director of the International Council for Science
Hans Bolscher
Senior Consultant Climate and Renewable Energy
Tembine Hamidou
Global Network Assistant Professor at New York University
Rush Holt
CEO, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Ingrid Wünning Tschol
Senior Vice President Strategy at Robert Bosch Stiftung
Jake Bright
Contributor on Africa at TechCrunch and Crunchbase. Award Winning Author of The Next Africa
Jean Philbert Nsengimana
Special Advisor, Smart Africa
Jean-Pierre Bourguignon
President of the European Research Council
Jean-Francois Gagné
Co-founder and CEO of Element AI
Joelle Pineau
Associate Professor and William Dawson Scholar in the School of Computer Science at McGill University
Josh Ghaim, Ph.D.
Chief Technology Officer, Johnson & Johnson Family of Consumer Companies
José M. F. Moura
Philip L. and Marsha Dowd University Professor, CMU & IEEE President Elect
Justus Masa
Leader of Electrocatalysis and Energy Conversion at the Center for Electrochemical Sciences, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany.
Jean-Pascal Pham-Ba
Secretary-General & Spokesperson of Terrawatt Initiative
Jonathan Mboyo Esole
Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, Northeastern University
Kathryn Toure
International Development Research Centre Regional Director, Sub-Saharan Africa
Komminist Weldermariam
IBM-Research Africa, Kenya
Kevin Dzobo
Senior Research Scientist at the International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB)
Katrin Rehak-Nitsche
Senior Vice-President of Science and Research at Robert Bosch Stiftung
Klaus von Klitzing
Director, Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research
Mamadou Kaba
Principal Investigator and the Director of the African Microbiome and Epidemiology Research Group (AfriMERG) at the University of Cape Town
Agnes Kalibata
President, Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA)
Thomas Kariuki
Director of the Alliance for Accelerating Excellence in Science in Africa
Aku Kwamie
Health policy and systems research consultant
Rym Kefi
Associate Professor, Institut Pasteur of Tunis
Lerato Mbele
Presenter, Africa Business Report, BBC World News
Lutz Ziob
Dean of the 4Afrika Academy at Microsoft
Wilfrid Lauriano do Rego
Board member, KPMG - France
Mamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane
Minister of Science and Technology, South Africa
Manuela Veloso
Professor & Head of the Machine Learning Department, Carnegie Mellon University
Maha Nasr
Associate Professor and researcher of Pharmaceutics and Industrial Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Ain Shams University, Egypt
Mahmud Johnson
Founder and CEO of J-Palm Libera
Michelle Gregory
Vice-President of Content and Innovation, Elsevier
Mamadou Kaba
Principal Investigator and the Director of the African Microbiome and Epidemiology Research Group (AfriMERG) at the University of Cape Town
Mary Teuw Niane
Minister of Higher Education, Research and Innovation of Senegal
Moussa Dembele
CEO, Danapay
Eugene Mutimura
Minister of Education, Republic of Rwanda
Ngalula Sandrine Mubenga
Founder and CEO, SMIN Power Group
Nathalie Munyampenda
Managing Director, Next Einstein Forum
Naser Faruqui
Director of Technology and Innovation, Canada’s International Development Research Centre
Naheed Kurji
President and CEO of Cyclica
Ngalula Sandrine Mubenga
Founder and CEO, SMIN Power Group
Nina Dudnik
Founder and CEO of Seeding Labs
Maha Nasr
Associate Professor and researcher of Pharmaceutics and Industrial Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Ain Shams University, Egypt
Sanuhska Naidoo
Senior Lecturer, Department of Genetics, University of Pretoria
Dougbeh Christopher Nyan
Liberian Doctor and Creator of Nyan Test
Nelson Torto
Executive Director of the African Academy of Sciences (AAS)
Peter Ngene
Assistant professor, Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science, Utrecht University
Oshiorenoya Agabi
CEO, Koniku Inc.
Ousmane Badiane
Director for Africa at the International Food Policy Research Institute
Tolulope Olugboji
Postdoctoral research associate at the University of Maryland
Tolu Oni
Associate Professor, Co-Chair Global Young Academy
Prince K. Osei
Project Developer for Quantum Leap Africa (QLA)
Patrick Nsenga Buchana
CEO of AC Group Ltd
Paulina Jaramillo
Co-director of the Green Design Institute, Carnegie Mellon University
Prince K. Osei
Project Developer for Quantum Leap Africa (QLA)
Paul Stoffels
Chief Scientific Officer, Johnson & Johnson
Prosper Ngabonziza
Scientist at Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research in Germany
Peter Agre (M.D.)
Professor and Director of the Malaria Research Institute at the Bloomberg School of Public Health
Peter Strohschneider
President, German Research Foundation DFG
Pierre Thiam
Celebrated chef, restaurateur, cookbook author and entrepreneur
Edgar Pieterse
Founding Director of the African Centre for Cities (ACC)
Peter Ngene
Assistant professor, Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science, Utrecht University
Rose Muturi
East Africa Regional Director at TALA
Rocio A Diaz-Chavez
Deputy Director for Research and Energy and Climate Change Programme Leader at the Stockholm Environment Institute Africa Centre
Ron Mobed
Chief Executive Officer, Elsevier
Rym Kefi
Associate Professor, Institut Pasteur of Tunis
Katrin Rehak-Nitsche
Senior Vice-President of Science and Research at Robert Bosch Stiftung
Wilfrid Lauriano do Rego
Board member, KPMG - France
Romain Murenzi
Executive Director of The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS)
Rush Holt
CEO, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Samaya Nissanke
Assistant Professor, Radboud University, Netherlands
Sam Yala
International Account Manager of Security Products in Worldline, Belgium
Sayed Azam-Ali
Chief Executive Officer of Crops For the Future (CFF)
Steve Mutabazi
Chief Investment Strategist, Rwanda Development Board
Sanuhska Naidoo
Senior Lecturer, Department of Genetics, University of Pretoria
Solomon Assefa
Vice President, IBM Research Africa and Emerging Market Solutions
Saskia Sassen
Robert S. Lynd Professor of Sociology, Columbia University
Peter Strohschneider
President, German Research Foundation DFG
Ngalula Sandrine Mubenga
Founder and CEO, SMIN Power Group
Adam Sneyd
Associate Professor, University of Guelph, Canada
Tatsuo Arai
Director for Special Missions, Department of International Affairs, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST)
Temie Giwa-Tubosun
Fondatrice et PDG, LifeBank
Tracey McNeill
CEO of babyl Rwanda
Thomas Kariuki
Director of the Alliance for Accelerating Excellence in Science in Africa
Theresia Bauer
Minister of Science, Research and the Arts, Baden- Württemberg State, Germany
Tolulope Olugboji
Postdoctoral research associate at the University of Maryland
Ingrid Wünning Tschol
Senior Vice President Strategy at Robert Bosch Stiftung
Tembine Hamidou
Global Network Assistant Professor at New York University
Nelson Torto
Executive Director of the African Academy of Sciences (AAS)
Brian Turyabagye
Co-inventor of the MamaOpe
Uta-Micaela Dürig
Vice Chair of the Board of Management
Éliane Ubalijoro
Professor, McGill University & Executive Director, C.L.E.A.R
Veerle Berbers
Senior Advisor Impact Investing
Vera Songwe
Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa
Vincent Biruta
Minister of Environment, Republic of Rwanda
Virginia (Ginger) Smith-Swintosky
Mental Health Global Program Leader, Johnson & Johnson Global Public Health
Vladimir Šucha
Director-General of the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission
Vinet Coetzee
Senior Lecturer, University of Pretoria
Manuela Veloso
Professor & Head of the Machine Learning Department, Carnegie Mellon University
Wilfrid Lauriano do Rego
Board member, KPMG - France
Ingrid Wünning Tschol
Senior Vice President Strategy at Robert Bosch Stiftung
Douglas Wallace
Director, Center for Mitochondrial and Epigenomic Medicine at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Research Institute
Amanda Weltman
South African Research Chair in Physical Cosmology
Komminist Weldermariam
IBM-Research Africa, Kenya
Yabebal Fantaye
ARETE-AIMS Junior Research Chair
Yinka Adegoke
Africa editor for Quartz
Yves Mugabo
Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Centre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal
Sam Yala
International Account Manager of Security Products in Worldline, Belgium
Arthur Zang
CEO, Himore Medical and Creator of Cardiopad
Thierry Zomahoun
AIMS President and CEO & NEF Founder and Chair
Lutz Ziob
Dean of the 4Afrika Academy at Microsoft
