Biographies

Dr. Lydiah Kemunto Bosire is the Founder and CEO of 8B Education Investments, the first VC-backed student finance platform facilitating affordable loans for Africa’s globally mobile university students.  8B’s platform innovatively brings together lenders and universities and equips students to search, compare, and apply for financing options, thereby building a bridge to the fastest-growing, university-age […]

Sara Menker is an entrepreneur and the CEO of Gro Intelligence, a company that uses artificial intelligence to forecast agricultural and climate trends. She grew up in Ethiopia and later worked as a commodities trader for Morgan Stanley before founding Gro Intelligence in 2014 to leverage her skills in data analytics for social good. Gro

Lesley Marincola is the founder and CEO of Angaza, a company that provides a customer management solution for product distributors. She has a Bachelor’s degree in Product Design and a Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University. Marincola has over 15 years of experience in the technology industry, having worked at Amazon (Lab126) with

Who is Hilda Moraa? Well, Hilda Moraa is an award-winning innovator, author, and entrepreneur with over a decade of experience in Fintech and regulation. She is the Founder and CEO of Pezesha, a digital financial infrastructure company based in Kenya. Pezesha provides a peer-to-peer micro-lending marketplace that offers access to affordable financial services for Small

Who is Lucrezia Bisignani? Lucrezia Bisignani is a multi-talented individual who has worked in the film industry and is the founder and CEO of Kukua, an education entertainment company that produces weather stations and apps for farmers in Africa. She has acted in projects like “Zodiaco – Il libro perduto” and has worked with Lupita

Iyinoluwa Aboyeji is a Nigerian entrepreneur. He is the co-founder of Andela, an engineering-as-a-service business that assists companies in building remote teams quickly and cost-effectively.  Aboyeji is also the founder and former managing director of Flutterwave, a technology that uses digital payment infrastructure that assists banks and businesses to build seamless and secure payments for

Mitchell Elegbe is Group Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer and a member of the board of directors at Interswitch, a business he conceptualized and has led since 2002 when the company went into operation.  Under his leadership, Interswitch has remarkably diversified its business, broadened distribution channels, and expanded into new markets across Africa, driving revolutionary payment

Gregory Rockson is the co-founder and CEO of mPharma, a technology-driven, vendor-managed inventory and retail pharmacy operator with operations across eight countries in Africa. As an alumni of the World Economic Forum Global Shapers Community and tech pioneer, he was a PPIA Fellow in Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School and a Rotary Scholar at the

Shola is the CEO and co-founder of Paystack, a technology company powering payments and growth for businesses in Africa. Over 60,000 businesses of all sizes – from startups to government agencies – use Paystack’s robust suite of payment APIs to collect and transfer online and offline payments securely.  Paystack processes over 50% of all online

Ezra Olubi, the co-founder and Chief Technical Officer (CTO) of PayStack, is known as one of the pioneers of the online payment system in Nigeria. He’s a major player in Nigeria’s tech space who recently received a national award.  Ezra Olubi also has a unique fashion sense that has earned him diverse audiences on various