Mentorinnen und Mentoren

Consultant at World Bank

Senior Key Expert – Innovation & Entrepreneurship at Expertise France

Postdoctoral Researcher at Technical University of Munich

My research and teaching focus on women’s entrepreneurship and sustainable entrepreneurship because I believe that entrepreneurs could help alleviate societal and environmental problems.

Vice president at Afrolynk gUG

Kwabena has over ten years of work experience in the startup ecosystem in Africa and Europe. His areas of expertise are entrepreneurship, innovation management, and business incubator development.

Head Regulatory and Market Environment Division at ITU

Lawyer by training, Sofie Maddens has worked as Regulatory and Policy Expert in the telecommunications/ICT sector in international and multi-cultural environments.

Group Lead Intelligent Software Systems at German Aerospace Center

I received my PhD in Computer Science in 2017 from the University of Duisburg-Essen (UDE). After continuing working at UDE as postdoctoral researcher and coordinator of the DFG research training User.

CEO at Afrolynk gUG

Moses Acquah has over 13 years of professional experience in the Tech industry and the African startup ecosystem. He is a technology business leader, an agile coach and an innovation specialist.

Senior Coordinator (Technology) at ITU

Open Source at Mozilla

Abigail Cabunoc Mayes (@abbycabs) leads Mozilla’s developer-focused Trustworthy AI strategy around MozFest and open source. Named in “100 awesome women in open source” by source{d}.

Innovation and Development Manager at SATEC

B.S. computer science,IESE master & Ph.D. degree.Participating in multitude of European & national R&D projects,creating value & generate growth through innovative solutions, promoting dialogue/PPPs.

Northern Territorial Director at SATEC

Computer engineer.20y experience clients in the digital transformation (Consulting,Design & implementation) to be competitive, flexible and efficient.Management at Accenture & SATEC

Staff Program Manager at Mozilla

Emma works on open innovation at Mozilla and has dedicated her career to building technology ‘for good’.

Contract and Loan Manager at Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau

Trainee KfW, M.Sc. in Economics, Working Student HSBC Trinkaus & Burkhardt, Vice President AIESEC Düsseldorf, French/English speaking, Advanced in R, LaTex, DATEV, MS Office, SQL, Salesforce, MyCRM

Digital Business Development at KfW

Industrial Engineer M s.C. since 2015, Working for Kuka in the Innovation Department and working for KfW since 2015. Since 2017 I am responsible for the platformbusiness of KfW.

Project Manager Regional Funds at KfW Development Bank

Investment professional, leveraging especially digital financial services and FinTech to provide financial services, especially remittances, to un-/under-banked populations in frontier markets

Digital Business Development at KfW Bankengruppe

Matthias Langer has been with KfW Bankengruppe since September 2013. He has been responsible for various projects in the areas of sales strategy and digital business development – most recently for th

Head of Epidemiology at Helmholtz Center for Infection Research

Medical epidemiologist, scientific lead of SORMAS (mobile digital Surveillance Outbreak Response Management and Analysis System)

Country General Manager at Bureau Veritas

Lead Developer at iSpace foundation

I am a highly proactive, motivated and enthusiastic individual with a passion for Software and Web Development. I can work effectively and efficiently independently.

Data Scientist at Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI)

I am a Data Scientist and digital solutions expert and a public health eHealth and mHealth consultant, I am keen on using information technology to tackle epidemiological and public health issues

Business Development Manager at ActivSpaces Douala

Roger Dzoyem Tchinda, Master in Business Informatics in 2011, 8 Years experience in SAP Data Management & Business Intelligence, 01 Year Experience as Business Development Manager at ActivSpaces

Project Lead at World Food Programme

Before WFP I worked as a business designer in the hospitality, healthcare and financial sectors and am familiar with user centric research, empathic design and innovating within large organizations

Senior Economist “Digital World” at KfW

I am an economist by training , spending my whole professional career in the area of digital technologies. I gained experiences in the private sector (telco operator, data service provider), research

Digital Development Specialist at World Bank

Digital Development Specialist with 10+ years international experience, joined the World Bank in 2012, have experience leading projects in AFR, MENA & LAC on Digital Economy, eGov and ICT

#Africa4Future Lead at Airbus BizLab

Rey leads Airbus BizLab’s #Africa4Future Initiative, where he promotes partnerships between Airbus and the African startup ecosystem as well as their contribution to the Sustainable Development Goals.

Senior Economist at World Bank

Senior Economist @ World Bank’s Digital Development Global Practice. Working with low- and middle-income countries to provide digital solutions: Infrastructure, policy advice, technical assistance.

Technical Advisor at GIZ

Research Assistant at German Aerospace Center

I am currently a research assistant in DLR. Current focus: repository mining NLP techniques. Also pursuing my PhD in computational argumentation. Before that I worked as a Web-App developer for 6 yrs.

CEO at IRSIE HUB

Co-Founder and CEO of irise, Mogadishu innovation hub. A serial entrepreneur with more than 5 years of experience in Somalia and Kenya tech ecosystem.

Smart-agri marketing manager at ORANGE Africa

Engineer and marketer in charge of smart-agri for Orange Middle East & Africa

SPO at BMGF

Impact investor with BMGF including investments in Zipline in Ghana and Rwanda and SwoopAero in DRC with VillageReach. Member of the Interagency Supplies Group on UAVs and member of UPDWG.

Managing Director at RLabs

Rene Parker is the Managing Director of RLabs a global social enterprise with a strong focus on community-driven innovation and social change.

General Manager at Mettā

Head of Division at ITU

Coding Academy Manager at Orange Jordan

Rami Abu Al-Samen A youth Activist in volunteering work for the past 16 years, the founder of Mujaddidun Jordan- Charity Organization, established 10 years ago. The manager of Orange Academy -Orange

Associate Consultant at 3hi Africa

I am a communication expert, co-founder of 3hi whose vision is to create a space where expertise and connection germ growth and change within our communities.

Lead Developer at Tech Impact

Lecturer at Comboni innovation and entrepreneurship center

Lecturer at CIEC

CEO at Alatheer Technologies

Kusai Fteita is a serial entrepreneur with over for over 13 years of experience in ICT sector. He is founder of Tech Impact, CEO of Alatheer Technologies, and a speaker with World Economic Forum.

Regional Programme Specialist at UNDP

Satoko works wiht UNDP Regional Office. Currently workign on developing a traceability solution for sustainable cacao

Drone Specialist at UNICEF Supply Division

Tautvydas Juskauskas is a UAV Specialist at UNICEF HQ in Copenhagen, providing technical and implementation support in the field of drone delivery projects. He also coordinates the ISG UAS Group.

Chief Executive Officer at KOON-Space sarl

Co-Founder and CEO at iSpace

Senior Technology and Resilience Specialist at The World Bank Group

Science, technology and innovation for sustainable development

Co-gérant at KOON-SPACE sarl

Prospérin M. Tsialonina is a Malagasy specialist in entrepreneurship, passionate on strategy and SME development. He is the founder of KENTIA HOLDING Group (Madagascar)

Technical Expert at Dzuka Africa

8+ years telecomms;5+ years(banking); 5+ years (fintech);GDG Lead;winner World Bank Data Bootcamp 2013 for online & mobile voter registration verification;DL/ML practitioner,certified DBA & ITIL v3

Climate Data Innovation Specialist at UNDP

Reina is experienced in facilitating innovation processes in the context of sustainable development. Prior to joining UNDP she was leading a social enterprise.

Cheffe de service entrepreneuriat et insertion professionnelle at 2iE

Sarah Ouédraogo holds a master’s degree in international business law and has a wealth of experience in managing partnerships, particularly research. She is currently Head of the Entrepreneurship and

IT Administrator at iSpace Foundation

Systems administrator with strong experience managing network infrastructures hardware and operations across Linux, Windows and Mac OS X platforms. Effectively plan, install, configure and optimize IT

Advisor at GIZ

Front End Developer at LibyanSpider