Our Speakers
Honourable Ahmed Hussen
Canada’s Minister of International Development
Ndidi Okonkwo Nwuneli
CEO @ ONE Campaign
Almaz Negash
CEO and Founder @ African Diaspora Network
Tapfuma Musewe
Executive Director @ Afrifursa
Joseph Wong
Vice-President @ International Office UofT
Efosa Obano
Founder and Impact Investor @ African Impact Initiative
Jean-Philbert Nsengimana
Chief Digital Advisor @ Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC)
Layial El-Hadi
Executive Director @ Fintech Cadence
Onyeka Akumah
CEO and Founder @ Treepz
Jude Kong
Executive Director @ the Africa-Canada AI & Data Innovation Consortium
Iyembi Nkanza
VP Business Development @ Flutterwave
Stacey Ann Berry
MPPAL Government Relations Consultant @ Bstellar® Group Inc.
Charles Sanda
Founder & CEO @ Pangea Growth Ventures
Adetunji Eleso
Director, Scale and Sustainability @ Grand Challenges Canada
Monica Kahindo
Director of Development @ Madiro.org
Maame Poku
Co-founder and CTO @ Emergency Response Africa
Yinka Adesesan
Program Manager, Black Innovation Programs @ the DMZ
Sherif El Tawil
Senior Director, Programs & Global Operations @ the DMZ
Alexander Zanders
CEO & Founder @ UfarmX
Meena Hassanali
Program Manager, Rural and Agri-Food Initiatives @ York Region
Brandon Hebor
Founder @ Boreal Farms
Jason Muloongo
Startup Visa Program Advisor @ YSPACE, YORK U
