The most exclusive gathering bridging Silicon Valley and Africa's tech ecosystems
Silicon Xchange 2024 brought together visionary founders, global investors, policymakers, and tech leaders from across the world to drive investment, innovation, and collaboration.
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Key event highlights
Silicon Xchange 2024 brought together visionary founders, global investors, policymakers, and tech leaders from across the world to drive investment, innovation, and collaboration.
Attendees represented top industry leaders, founders investors, and policymakers from
The Conversations that mattered
Check out the highlights from our event where we tackled big questions with even bigger minds.
Moving Beyond AI Hype
- Prince Crenstil – Snr AI Engineer, Microsoft
- Solomon Njorombe – Soft Engineer, Google Deep Mind
- Dr. Eric Mibuari – AI Postdoc Fellow, Harvard University
- Adebayo Ajibade – Founder, Loubby AI
AI In the era of Trump Fireside Chat
- Dr. Jane Munga – Fellow, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
- Arthur Nelson – Director, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
- Dr. Shikoh Gitau – CEO, Qhala
Founders Panel 1 - Early Stage
- Eston Kimani – CEO & Founder. ChatSasa – Moderator,
- Gatwiri Njogu – CEO & Co-Founder, VunaPay.
- Rama Afullo – CEO & Founder, Satlyt.
- Feyi Makinde – Founder, Reeka.
- Ngugi Karega – CEO, Skizaa AI.
Founders Panel 2 - Growth Stage
- Kosen Kenta – Principal, Antler – Moderator.
- Kibet Martin – Co-Founder, Ramani..
- Hilda Moraa – Founder & CEO, Pezesha.
- Kamal Budhabhatti – Founder, Little.
Investor Panel 1 - From ideation to Product Market Fit
- Yvonne Okafor – Co-Founder, A&A Collective.
- Ricardo Lima – Head of Startups & investors – Web Summit.
- Nick Vilelle – Founder, NAIBAN.
- Rosemary Mburu – Senior VP, US Bank.
- Mobola Da-Silva – Partner, Capria Ventures.
Investor Panel 2 - Scaling Up Operations to Exit
- Abeed Janmohamed – Director, Voland Global – Moderator.
- Mia von Koschitzky-Kimani – Partner, Future Africa.
- Tsendai Chagwedera – Principal, EchoVC.
- Philippe Griffiths – Snr Associate, TLcom.
- Sarah Wanjohi – Snr Associate, Atlantica Ventures.
Building Value Chains for High - Tech Manufacturing in Kenya
- Ben Roberts – Chair of ICT Board, KEPSA (Moderator).
- Latiff Cherono – Electronics Manufacturing Manager, Gearbox.
- Anthony Muthungu – CEO, TotoSci Holding
Ecosystem Builders Panel
- Rachel E. Macauley – Principal, Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation – Moderator
- Michael Mbae – Head of French Tech, Embassy of France.
- Enos Weswa – United Kingdom High Commission.
- Nzisa Kiilu – Founder, Clutch Foundry.
- June Okal – Senior Manager, Africa at ICANN.
Silicon Xchange in the media.
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