Month: May 2023

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Bright Simons

African Changemaker

Bright Simons

Bright is a Ghanaian social innovator, entrepreneur, writer, and social and political commentator.

He is the Founder and President of mPedigree, an award-winning technology social enterprise, reinventing the supply chain on three continents to enhance patient and consumer safety in such vital categories as medicines and agro inputs.

At mPedigree, Bright is helping to build innovative technology tools to solve global challenges. A career inventor and innovator, Bright’s current projects include vaccine quality detection using novel organo-sensors.

His contribution to the healthcare system has earned him several awards, including the Lifetime Achievement award from the African Innovation Foundation. In 2013, MIT’s Tech Review named him to the list of the 35 most impressive global technology visionaries under age 35.

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Adegoke Olubusi

African Changemaker

Adegoke Olubusi

Adegoke Olubusi is a Nigerian-American entrepreneur and investor.

He is the co-founder and CEO of Helium Health, a healthcare technology company that provides digital infrastructure for healthcare providers in Africa. He is also the managing partner of MAGIC Fund, an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in African startups.

Helium Health is on a mission to make quality healthcare a reality for all Africans by providing digital infrastructure for the continent’s ailing healthcare system.

The startup’s platform provides healthcare providers with a suite of tools to manage their operations, including electronic medical records, patient scheduling, and billing. Olubusi has received numerous awards, including the Forbes 30 Under 30 and Future Africa Awards.

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Angela Kyerematen-Jimoh

African Changemaker

Angela Kyerematen-Jimoh

Angela is a Ghanaian business leader and an international corporate expert.

She currently serves as Microsoft’s Strategic Partnership Lead for Africa at the newly formed Africa Transformation Office. In her role, Angela is driving Microsoft’s strategic partnerships and alliances to accelerate digital transformation in Africa.

Angela has an extensive working experience in the financial services and technology industries in Africa and Europe. Passionate about the transformation of Africa’s digital and technological landscape, Angela is also a strong advocate of ‘women supporting women’ and is an avid mentor for women in the corporate sector.

In 2020, she was named among Africa’s 2020 Top 100 Most Influential Women by Avance Media. She is also a recipient of several global honours, including the US African Women Forum’s Global Impact Leadership Award and the African Achievers Awards for Excellence in Business.

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Kola Aina

African Changemaker

Kola is a Nigerian entrepreneur and investor in Africa’s tech space.

He is the Founder and CEO of Ventures Platform Fund, an Africa-focused seed-stage fund and accelerator championing the next generation of African entrepreneurs.

Ventures Platform also operates a leading startup accelerator providing advisory, mentorship, back office support, and need-based residency to selected startups.

At Ventures Platform, Kola identifies and invests in early-stage startups focused on disrupting financial services, healthcare, education, agriculture, and enterprise software.

A passionate ecosystem builder, Kola believes Africans can build scalable businesses that can move the continent forward – especially when they leverage innovative technology.

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Shamim Nabuuma Kaliisa

African Changemaker

Shamim Nabuuma Kaliisa

Shamim is a Ugandan innovator, Social Entrepreneur, and the mastermind behind a popular cancer screening app helping thousands of African women detect the disease.

She is the Founder of Chil Artificial Intelligence Lab, a company incorporating artificial intelligence-guided e-oncology services to detect cervical and breast cancer.

Shamim is also serving as Africa’s representative on the Commonwealth Youth Council Executive Committee, where she is helping bridge the gap between young African entrepreneurs and investors willing to invest in Africa.

She is a winner of the Takeda Young Entrepreneur Award 2018, Young African Entrepreneur Award 2018, and a Social Impact Finalist at AWIEF Awards.

In 2021, she was selected by the Bloomberg New Economy as one of the extraordinary individuals forming the inaugural class of catalysts that includes 30 other scientists, researchers, entrepreneurs and policymakers.

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Andrew Mori

African Changemaker

Andrew Mori

Andrew is a South African computer engineer and tech entrepreneur.

He is the Founder and CEO of Deimos, one of Google Cloud’s largest partners in Africa. At Deimos, Andrew is helping companies, mainly from Africa, to migrate their data to the cloud.

A true believer and enabler of the African Technology Renaissance, Andrew is on a mission to transform African and global businesses through cloud-native technology while fast-tracking digital transformation.

He started his journey in software development as an astrophysicist and previously worked on the Square Kilometre Array Radio Telescope in South Africa.

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Laureen Kouassi-Olsson

African Changemaker

Laureen Kouassi-Olsson

Laureen is a seasoned executive in the African financial services and private equity industries.

She has over a decade of experience in investing in private companies and financial institutions on the African Continent.

Born in Cote d’Ivoire, Laureen is leveraging her extensive networks in the finance industry to create new pathways to capital for African entrepreneurs. She is the Founder and CEO of Birimian Ventures , a long-term investment company championing African heritage luxury and premium brands by providing patient capital, institutional support, strategic advice and operational excellence.

Her professional achievements and commitments have gained significant recognition within the African private equity industry. Laureen has twice been nominated for the Choiseul Institute’s list of Emerging Economic Leaders.

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Sim Shagaya

African Changemaker

Sim Shagaya

Sim is a Nigerian media and technology entrepreneur and a strong advocate for education in Africa.

This drive pushed him to found uLesson Education, an app providing access to quality education for African learners. The app offers courses in math, science, and English and is available in English and French.

Sim’s mission is to make quality education available to everyone, regardless of their social or economic status. He graduated from George Washington University and holds a Masters Degree in Engineering from Dartmouth College.

Sim also previously founded Konga, one of West Africa’s largest e-commerce platforms.

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Catherine Nakalembe

African Changemaker

Catherine Nakalembe

Catherine is a Ugandan environmental scientist using satellite remote sensing to generate data to formulate policies and programs to protect farmers from the effects of food failure.

She holds a Ph.D. in Geographical Science from the University of Maryland. Her research aimed to highlight the consequences of drought on land use and the lives of North-eastern Ugandans. The research was the first step in forming the basis of the remote sensing element of the disaster risk financing project, which has supported over 75,000 households in the region.

Catherine is currently serving as an Assistant Professor at the University of Maryland. She is also the Africa Program Director at NASA Harvest, a multidisciplinary Consortium commissioned to enhance the use of satellite data in decision-making related to food security and agriculture domestically and globally.

Catherine’s contribution to making Africa food secure has earned her several accolades, including the Africa Food Prize from the Alliance for Green revolution (AGRA).

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