Speakers

Our high-quality speakers are essential to ensuring our events engage audiences and provide relevant, up-to-date and innovative content for our delegates. If you are an innovator or influencer in your field, or know someone who is, please apply below.

Abiodun Adebayo

Professor and Former Vice-Chancellor

Covenant University

Ali Aldrees

Dean of Engineering

Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University

Rayed Alyousef

Vice-President, Research and Postgraduate Studies

Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University

Timothy Anake

Vice-Chancellor

Covenant University

Rwigamba Balinda

Founder and President

Kigali Independent University

Wanda Banks

Senior Content Manager

THE

Phil Baty

Chief Global Affairs Officer

THE

Hanene Boussi

Vice-President

University of Tunis El Manar

Timothy Brown

Professor

Carnegie Mellon University

Beth Button

Director, External Affairs

Association of Commonwealth Universities

Phyllis Kedibone Chembe

Special Adviser, Academic Affairs, Office of the Vice-Chancellor and Principal

Walter Sisulu University

Philip Cotton

Vice Chancellor

University of Global Health Equity

Nick Davis

President (Middle East and Africa)

THE

Yayra Dzakadzie

Director-General

National Council for Curriculum and Assessment

Nour El Houda Chaoui

Director of the Digitalisation Pole

Ibn Tofail University

Abdullah Elias

Director of Rankings, Strategy and Institutional Advancement

Prince Sattam bin Abdulaziz University

Martins Emeje

Professor and Director-General

Nigeria Natural Medicine Development Agency

Margee Ensign

President

American University in Bulgaria

DeWayne Frazier

President/ Vice Chancellor

American University of Nigeria

Laura Hammond

Deputy Vice Chancellor for Research and Knowledge Exchange

SOAS University of London

Tristan Horlick

Regional Director for Africa

THE

MARGARET HUTCHINSON

PROFESSOR

UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI

Ella Ininahazwe

Pan-African Initiatives Manager

World University Service of Canada

Varney Jarsey

President

All-Africa Students’ Union

James Jowi

Founding Executive Director

African Network for Internationalisation of Education

Faouzi Kamoun

Deputy General Manager and Director of Research Office

Esprit School of Business

Allen Kendunga

Chief Executive Office

Talent Match

Nigel Killick

Managing Director

Reallyenglish Foundation

Malek Kochlef

Director General of International Cooperation

Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Tunisia

Meekness Lunga-Ayidu

Regional Director, Higher Education (SSA)

British Council

Joseph Manirakiza

FUNGUO Innovation Programme Manager

UN Development Programme

John Mawutor

Vice-Chancellor

University of Professional Studies, Accra

Varaidzo Mhangami

Managing Director

Higher Ed Partners

Fiona Wanjiku Moejes

Chief Executive Officer

The Mawazo Institute

Matsheliso Molapo

Vice-Principal: Strategy, Risk and Advisory Services (Acting)

University of South Africa

Didas Kayihu Muganga

Acting Vice-Chancellor

University of Rwanda

Stanley Mukasa

Associate Director of Entrepreneurship

Carnegie Mellon University Africa

Nathalie Munyampenda

Chief Executive Officer

Kepler

William Mutero

Director of the Centre for Inclusive Digital Transformation

Carnegie Mellon University Africa

Teresa Mwoma

Executive Director

African Council for Distance Education

Emmanuel Gabriel Ndayambaje

Founder and Chief Executive Officer

Afrixyz For SDG2 Global Youth Initiatives Platform

Ndeye Aissatou Masseck Ndiaye

Representative

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

Elizabeth Ndinda

Education Mission Curator

African Leadership University

Joseph Nsengimana

Minister of Education

Government of Rwanda

Ojoma Ochai

Managing Director

Co-creation Hub

Duncan Elly Ochieng

Senior Lecturer

University of Nairobi

Akanimo Odon

Head of African Strategic Partnerships

Lancaster University

Etom Ofem

Higher Education Insights Lead

British Council

Darius Ogutu

Director of Higher Education for the Ministry of Education

Government of Kenya

Victor Okeugo

Business Development Manager

THE

George Okeyo

Director of Academics and Associate Teaching Professor

Carnegie Mellon University Africa

Kolawole Oluseyi Ajanaku

Vice-Chancellor

Landmark University

Christiana Onoja

Founder and Executive Director

Partnership for Africa Women Advancement

Rachael Onoja

Head of Innovation and New Markets

AltSchool Africa

Peggy Oti-Boateng

Executive Director

African Academy of Sciences

Angela Owusu-Ansah

Provost

Ashesi University

Mosebjadi Petje

Business Development Manager

THE

Orla Quinlan

Director Global Engagement

Rhodes University

Arash Rashidian

Director, Science, Information and Dissemination

World Health Organisation

Tebelelo Seretse

Chancellor

University of Botswana

Mohammed Yahaya Sheriff

Head of the Academic Committee of the Students Representative Council

African Leadership University

Adetomi Soyinka

Head of Workforce Development

Mastercard Foundation

Klara Spustek

Junior Impact Rankings Product Owner

THE

Wynand Steyn

Dean of the Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology

University of Pretoria

Svein Stølen

President

University of Oslo

Alison Thorpe

British High Commissioner to Rwanda

British High Commission

Clare Turner

Associate Director, Imperial Global Ghana

Imperial College London

Rachel Warnick

Chief Programmes Officer

Professors Without Borders

Aaron Yarmoshuk

Lead, Global Registry of Health Professional Programmes – Africa

Stellenbosch University

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