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Irene Ochem

Founder and CEO, AWIEF

Jackie Jones

Director, Gender Equality Division Office of the President & Chief of Staff Gender Equality, Gates Foundation

Ahmed Rezk

Deputy UNIDO Representative, Regional Hub in Egypt

Patricia Obozuwa

Vice President, Government Affairs, Communications & Sustainability for Africa, The Coca Cola Company

Juliet Anammah

Chief Sustainability Officer, Jumia Group and Chairwoman, Jumia Nigeria

Dolapo Kuyoki

Managing Partner, Detail Commercial Solicitors, NIgeria

Nabhit Kapur

Founder president, Peaceful Mind Foundation

Anisa Bek Derna

Climate Activist and Founder, Project Mulan, Libya

Grace Orife

Chief Executive Officer, Adelaar Energy Limited, Nigeria

Chinyere Almona

Director-General, Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry

Bongani Sithole

MD, Founders Factory Africa, South Africa

Yazeed Sheqem

Digital Skills Program Manager, Amazon Web Services (AWS), MENA

Azza El-Shinnawy

Country Manager, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Egypt

Izabela Milewska

Digital Skills Global Leader, Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Georges Vivien Houngbonon

Digital, TMT Economist - World Bank Group- International Finance Corporation, USA

Professor Glenda Gray

President and CEO, South African Medical Research Council

Itumeleng Monale

COO, Johannesburg Stock Exchange

Maimouna Coulibaly

Founder and owner, Faso Kaba Seed Company, Mali

John Bosco Sebabi

Deputy CEO, Pan-African Payments Settlement System (PAPSS), Africa Export-Import Bank

Chizor Malize

MD and CEO Financial Institutions Training Centre, Nigeria

Dr Nevine Abdelkhalek

Dean, School of Continuing Education, Nile University, Egypt

Uzoma Dozie

Founder and CEO, Sparkle Digital Bank, Nigeria

Aly El Shalakany

Chairman, Cairo Angels Syndicate Fund

Almas Jiwani

President Emeritus, United Nations Women Canada

Dr Amany Asfour

President, Africa Business Council and President, Egyptian Business Women Association (EBWA)

Elena Atanasova Panova

United Nations Resident Coordinator, Egypt

Irene Danquah

Programme Manager, Investment Climate Reform Facility

Nishdeep Sethi

Head of Structured Finance and Products, African Guarantee Fund

Brenda Mbathi

CEO, GE East Africa

Mariam Masha

Senior Special Assistant to the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria on humanitarian intervention

Damilola Ogunbiyi

CEO and Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for SEforALL and Co-Chair of UN Energy

Ayoade Alakija

WHO Special Envoy for the ACT-Accelerator, co-Chair of the African Union’s African Vaccine Delivery Alliance

Leah Namugerwa

Youth climate activist, Uganda

Roberta Annan

Founder, Impact Fund For African Creatives (IFFAC), Ghana

Malvika Iyer

International motivational speaker and disability rights activist, India

Ndiarka Mboji

Founder & CEO, Kowry Energy GmbH, Nigeria

Catherine Nakalembe

Lead, Nasa Africa Harvest Programme

Cynthia Griffin

Minister Counselor Commercial Affairs, sub-Saharan Africa, US Department of Commerce

Nshuti Mbabazi

Lead, Africa Policy & Partnerships, Better Than Cash Alliance, United Nations Capital Development Fund 

Dina Saleh

Regional Director of the Near East, North Africa and Europe Division (NEN), IFAD

H. E. Dr Rania Al-Mashat

Minister of International Co-operation, Egypt

Marieme Esther Dassanou

Manager, Affirmative Finance Action for Women in Africa (AFAWA), African Development Bank Group

Nirmala Reddy

Senior Manager, Enterprise Development, Nedbank

Dalia Ibrahim

Chief Executive Officer, Nahdet Misr Publishing House and Founder of EdVentures

Ali Eissa

Chairman, Egyptian Businessmen Association (EBA)

Sherif El Gabaly

Member of Egyptian Parliament

H. E. Dr. Monique Nsanzabaganwa

Deputy Chairperson, African Union Commission (AUC)

Esther Kunda

Director General, Innovation & Emerging Technologies - Ministry of ICT and Innovation, Rwanda

Christine Arab

Country Representative, UN Women Egypt

Alessandro Fracassetti

UNDP Resident Representative, Egypt

Josse Dorra Fiani

Founder and President, Knowledge Economy Foundation/Bashaier

Heba Abdel Latif

Head of FI and Correspondent Banking, Commercial International Bank, Egypt

Andrew Gwadiva

Vice President, GreenTec Capital Partners

Mostafa Samir El Naggari

Chairman, Fresh Fruit Group, Chairman, Agriculture and Irrigation Committee, Egyptian Businessmen’s Association

Folarin Aiyegbusi

Google Head of Startup Ecosystem, Africa

Sabrina Salama

Head of Middle East and North Africa Partnerships, Seedstars

Rania El Rafie

Group Account Director, APO Group

Jasmine Taha Zaki

Media Personality and Actress

Hassan Fayed

Founder & CEO, Aydi, Egypt

Dr. Marina Wes

Country Director for Egypt, Yemen and Djibouti, The World Bank

Mohamed Youssef

Board Member of The Arab Contractors (Osman Ahmed Osman & Co.)

Hossam Elgamal

Ambassador to Africa, International Chamber of Commerce Digital Economy Commission, Egypt

Oluranti Doherty

Director, Export Development, African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank)

Solomon Quaynor

Vice President for Private Sector, Infrastructure and Industrialization, African Development Bank Group (AfDB)

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