Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution (C4IR)

Meet our Co-Chairs

H.E. Ms. Lerato Mataboge

Commissioner of Infrastructure and Energy, African Union Commission

Strive Masiyiwa

Founder & Executive Chairman, Econet Group & Cassava Technologies

Dr. James Manyika

SVP Google and Alphabet, President for Research, Labs, Tech & Society

Dr. Senait Fisseha

VP, Global Programs Susan Thompson Buffet Foundation

Eric Schmidt, KBE

Former CEO & Chairman of Google, Executive Chairman and CEO of Relativity Space

Connect with Thought Leaders

H.E. Wamkele Mene

Secretary General, African Continental Free Trade Area Secretariat

H.E. Doreen Bogdan-Martin

Secretary-General of the International Telecommunication Union

H.E. Amandeep Singh Gill

Under Secretary General and Special Envoy for Digital and Emerging Technologies, United Nations

Amb. Claver Gatete

Executive Secretary, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa

Lacina Kone

Director General and CEO, Smart Africa

Fred Swaniker

Founder/CEO, Sand Technologies

Dr. Joy Buolamwini

Founder of the Algorithmic Justice League, computer scientist, artist, and author

Trevor Mundel

President for Global Health, Gates Foundation

Alex Okosi

Managing Director for Africa, Google

Dr. Vera Songwe

Founder & Chair, Liquidity and Sustainability Facility

Børge Brende

President and CEO, World Economic Forum

Mitchell Baker

Co-founder and Former CEO, Mozilla Corporation and Chairperson Mozilla

Hon. Cina Lawson

Minister, Digital Economy and Digital Transformation, Togo

Hon. Samuel Nartey George

Minister of Communications and Digitalisation, Ghana

Hon. Boukar Michel

Ministre d’Etat, Ministre des Télécommunications et de l’Economie Numérique, Tchad

Hon. Paula Ingabire

Minister of ICT and Innovation, Rwanda

Hon. William Kabogo Gitau

Cabinet Secretary of the Ministry of Information, Communications & The Digital Economy, Kenya

Hon. Bosun Tijani

Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, Nigeria

Hon. Joseph Nsengimana

Minister of Education, Rwanda

Dr. Donald Kaberuka

Emeritus President, AfDB

Hon. Dr. Sabin Nsanzimana

Minister of Health, Rwanda

Ali Al Amine

EVP, Head of Emerging Markets, G42

Prof. Vukosi Marivate

Professor of Computer Science and ABSA UP Chair of Data Science, University of Pretoria

Rebecca Finlay

CEO, Partnership on AI

Dr. Bilal Mateen

Chief AI Officer, PATH

Sanjay Jain

Director Digital Public Infrastructure, Gates Foundation

Kendra Gaither

President, US-Africa Business Center, U.S. Chamber of Commerce

Alex Tsado

Founder & Executive Director, Alliance 4 AI

Éliane Ubalijoro

Chief Executive Officer, CIFOR-ICRAF

Tonee Ndungu

Founder & CEO, Tribbe Nation & Kytabu

Jeremy Jurgens

Managing Director & Head of the Forum's Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution

Nima Elmi

Co-Founder, Africa Dialogues

Zain Verjee

Founder & CEO, theZVG

Cathy Li

Head of AI, Data and Metaverse, World Economic Forum

Darlington Akogo

Founder and CEO, minoHealth AI Labs

Chido Munyati

Head of Africa, World Economic Forum

David Kanamugire

CEO, Rwanda National Cyber Security Authority

Magdi Amin

Managing Partner, African Renaissance Ventures

Tesi Rusagara

State Minister in charge of Resource Mobilisation and Public Investment, Rwanda

Tariq Khokhar

Chief Data Scientist, Wellcome Trust

Annick Sakho

Director Government Affairs, Africa, Oracle

H.E. Veronica M. Nduva

Secretary General, East African Community

Hon. Claudette Irere

Minister of State for Education, Rwanda

Amath Pathé Sene

Managing Director, The Africa Food Systems Forum

Shikoh Gitau

Founder and CEO, Qhala

Bocar Ba

Chief Executive Officer, SAMENA Telecommunications Council

Isobel Acquah

Executive Director Certa Foundation

Ms. Emmanuelle Ganne

Chief of Digital Trade and Frontier Technology Unit, WTO

Dr. Dino Rech

CEO and Founder, Audere Africa

Dr. Prince K. Osei

Lead Scientist and Director, Quantum Leap Africa

Johan Harvard

AI Advisory Global Lead, Tony Blair Institute

Dr. Shivagami Gugan

AWS Chief Technologist, Middle East, Turkey & Africa

Akua Gyekye

Director of Government Affairs, Africa, Microsoft

Zameer Brey

Deputy Director, Technology Diffusion

Karim Beguir

Co-Founder and CEO, InstaDeep

Hassan Jaber

Chief Executive Officer, Axian Telecom

Israel Bimpe

CEO, Irembo

Josephine Mukesha

Director General, NIDA

Dr. Conrad Tucker

Director, Carnegie Mellon University Africa

Kunal Walia

Partner and Lead Digital and Data Practice, Dalberg

Shalini Unnikrishnan

Managing Director & Senior Partner, Boston Consulting Group

Stewart Collis

Senior Program Officer, Digital Solutions, Agricultural Development, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Daniel Hailu

Executive Director, Pan-African Programs, Mastercard Foundation

Chinasa T. Okolo,

Fellow, The Brookings Institution

Lavender Birike

Co-founder and CEO, Klima360

Prof. Annie Hartley

Professor, EPFL School of Computer and Communication Sciences

Hardy Pemhiwa

President and Chief Executive Officer, Cassava Technologies

Wei Liang

Vice President, China Academy of Information and Communications Technology

Emre Varol

Founder and CEO, Africa To Silicon Valley

Carter Tian

Head of MEA Regional Solution Architect, Alibaba Cloud

Emmanuel Lubanzadio

Head of Africa, Open AI

Rachel McKendry

Executive Director of Discovery, Wellcome Trust

Niles Luther

Composer-Cellist & Art Music Innovator, Composer in Residence, Brooklyn Museum

Fiona Muthoni Naringwa

Presenter and Producer, CNBC Africa

Leonard Mungarulire

Associate Partner, Dalberg and Board Member, Rwanda C4IR

Olivier Cadic

Member of Senate, France

Sharmista Appaya

Business Line Lead for Digital Data Infrastructure, World Bank

Isabel Neto

Practice Manager for Digital Development in Eastern and Southern Africa, World Bank

Stephanie Ifayemi

Senior Managing Director of Policy, Partnership on AI

Audace Niyonkuru

CEO, Digital Umuganda

John Omo

Secretary General, Africa Telecommunications Union

Hon. Rose Pola Pricemou

Ministre des Postes, des Télécommunications et de l’Économie Numérique, Guinea

Wambui Kinya

General Manager, Search Africa

Aisha Walcott-Bryant

Head of Google Research Africa

Serah Makka

Africa Execitive Director, One

Daniel Ikuenobe

CEO Elevate Africa

Celina Lee

CEO and co-founder of Zindi

Mike Mompi

Managing Partner, Enza Capital

Dr. Rachel Adams

CEO, Global Center on AI Governance

Jennifer Louie

AI Trust and Safety Expert, UNDP

Ahmed El Beheiry

CEO, Cassava AI

Sarvesh Suri

Regional Industry Director, Infrastructure & Natural Resources Africa, IFC

Malik Shaffy Lizinde

Co-Founder and Lead Strategist, the Kigali Multimedia Hub/63 Inc.

Kate Kallot

Founder and CEO, Amini