FINALE JUDGES
Ibukun Awosika
Chairman, First Bank of Nigeria Limited
Lucy Peng
Co-Founder and Partner of Alibaba Group
Executive Chairwoman of Lazada Group
Strive Masiyiwa
Founder and Executive Chairman, Econet Group
Joe Tsai
Executive Vice Chairman, Alibaba Group
SEMI-FINALE JUDGES
Bethlehem Tilahun Alemu
Founder of Sole Rebels & Garden of Coffee
Fatoumata Ba
Founder of Janngo
Fred Swaniker
Founder of ALU
Hasan Haider
Managing Partner of 500 StartUps, MENA Region
Marième Diop
Investment Manager Orange Digital Ventures
Nicolas Pompigne-Mognard
Founder and Chairman of APO Group
Rene Parker
Director, R Labs
Zemedeneh Negatu
Global Chairman of Fairfax Africa Fund, LLC (U.S.)
ROUND 2 JUDGES
Alan Zong
Investment Director, Alibaba Strategic Investment
Albert Malaty
Managing Director, Flat6Labs
Aminata Kane
CEO, Orange Sierra Leone
Antonia Gleizes
CMO of Janngo & Partner, Marketing of Janngo Capital, Janngo
Bertrand Assamoi
Associate Partner, Dalberg Advisors
Carla Bourque
Founder and CEO, Epic Advisors - Global Private Equity and Venture Capital
Charles Dollie
Young Professional, African Development Bank
David Darkwa
Manager, Competitive Strategies, Financial Sector Deepening Uganda
Dina El mofty
Founder, Injaz Egypt
Duncan Irvine
CEO, Rapid Blue
Elie Habib
Co-founder, Anghami
Eva Sow Ebion
Director of Community and communications, Innovation for Policy Foundation , i4policy
Fiona Weeks
Director, Digital Strategy, Pulse Nigeria
Habib Bamba
Chief Digital Officer, Orange Côte d'ivoire
Hanna Felleke
Agribusiness and Value Chain Specialist, Development Consultant
harmel alla
Project Manager, Dalberg
Issa Aghabi
Venture Capital, IFC
Kee-Leen Irvine
Managing Director & Executive Producer, Rapid Blue
Khaled Talhouni
Managing partner, Nuwa Capital
Kuziva Huni
Senior Project Manager, Dalberg
Mike Tweed
Senior Manager, Dalberg Advisors
Nadia Mensah Acogny
Co-Founder and COO, ACOSPHERE LTD
Nicole Lew
Company Secretary and General Counsel, Alibaba Health Information Technology Limited
Nnena Nkongho
Principal, DiGAME Investment Company
Noor Shawwa
Managing Director, Endeavor UAE
Omar Cisse
CEO, Intouch
Omolara Awoyemi
Operations Senior Program Manager, Facebook
Rafeh Saleh
Director, Founder Institute
Sami Abou Saab
CEO, Speed Accelerator
Sandra Farid
Co-Founder, Acumen Consulting Egypt
Sébastien Nony
General Partner - Investment & Fundraising, Janngo
Sunru Yong
Associate Partner, Dalberg
Triane Chang
Mentor/Speaker, 500 Startups
Vanessa Huang
General Partner, BVCF Management
ROUND 1 JUDGES
Abèdjè Sinatou Saka
Journalist - Editorial Project Manager, RFI
Adel Beznine
Coach in residence, Afkar Incubator
Akosua Agyei-Boahene
General Manager, Orion Petroleum Limited
Akua Nyame-Mensah
Executive Coach, Co-Founder, ANM & Company, CoffeeChat
Alan Zong
Investment Director, Alibaba Strategic Investment
Alexey Mustafin
Founder & CEO, Buildateam
Amie O. Kouamé
Directrice Générale, Ayana & Compagnie
Ancillar Nombewu
Founder & CEO, Rallinca Media
Andrew Bimpong
Consultant, Workshed Africa
Anna Amegatcher
Business Management Consultant, Independent Consulting
Annatu Abdulai
Director of Acceleration, Growth Mosaic Limited
Anthony Mensah-Kumah
Senior Finance Manager, General Electric
Aphrodice Mutangana
General manager, kLab
Ayebobo Niang
Country Manager, JANNGO
Ayomide Akindolie
Senior Manager - Strategy, Planning & Innovation, The Coca Cola Company
Bernard Ghartey
Senior Manager, Investments, Acuity Venture Partners
Bisola Asiru
Project Manager, Janngo
Carla Bourque
Founder and CEO, Epic Advisors - Global Private Equity and Venture Capital
Chams DIAGNE
Ceo, Talent2Africa
Charles Kwenin
Investment Manager, Sagevest Investment Holdings
Chidinma Ifepe
Senior Manager, Sales & Customer Care, Green Africa Airways
Chimdi Onwudiegwu
Project Manager, Dalberg
Chiraz Arfaoui
Joint General Director, Wiki Startup
Cindy Chow
Executive Director, ALIBABA EntrepreneursFund
Darshana Pema
Project Manager, Dalberg
Dean Diabate
Business Development Advisor and Lead eWTP Trade Rwanda & Ethiopia, Alibaba Group
Delali Anagblah
Marketing Specialist - Customer Value Management, Vodafone Ghana
Derrydean Dadzie
CEO, Ghana Chamber of Technology
Dheeraj Chowdhry
CEO, Funding Societies
Diane Audrey Ngako
CEO, OMEKART
Dr Anino Emuwa
Founder & Managing Director, Avandis Consulting
Edward Opoku
Student Data Lead, African Leadership University
Ekpedeme Inyang
Project Manager, Dalberg
Elodie Wanang
Product Manager, Janngo
Emi-Beth Quantson
CEO/Founder, Kawa Moka Coffee Company
Emile Cubeisy
Managing Partner, Silicon Badia
Eric Acheampong
Mr, Accra Business School
Esi Botsio
Credit Analyst, Standard Chartered Bank
Eugene Afranie
Senior Development Associate, Equilibrium Partners Limited
Felix Desroches
Solution Principal, Experience Design, Slalom
Firas Ezzeddine
Manager - Group Strategy, Philips
Flavia Howard
Climate Practice Manager / Project Manager, Dalberg
Gary Liu
Senior Director, Global Strategic Partnership and Investment, Ant Financial Services Group
Gemma Ixtla Garriga Perramon
Venture Partner/ Entrepreneur In Residence, Rokk3r Labs
George Sognon
Financial Analyst, Rendeavour
Godwin Haruna
Design Leader, Jumia Group
Hackim Abdul
Sr. Associate, Citigroup
Hafsa Anouar
Senior Consultant, Dalberg Advisors
Hany Soliman
General Manager, PayTabs Egypt
Hisham Akhtar
Senior Venture Associate, Sharjah Entrepreneurship Center - Sheraa
Ibraheem Alzuhimeel
CEO, OceanX
Ik Kanu
Partner, Atlantica Ventures
Isabelle Hoyaux
Founder, ScaleChanger
Isabelle HANNOUCHE
CEO, www.teranga-trade.com
Isadora Bigourdan
Team leader inclusive business, AFD
Ivan Cédrick Amvam
Senior Consultant, Dalberg
Jihad Hajjouji
Program Manager, African Leadership Academy
Kapil Kanungo
Senior Consultant, Dalberg Advisors
Karthik Ram
Senior Consultant, Dalberg
Kavya Aggarwal
Senior Lead - Innovation, DAFZA
Kofi Bart-Plange
Founder, Bizlogic Ltd
Kouamé Djabaho Kobenan
Marketing Senior Project Manager at Janngo - local tech ecosystem leader, Janngo
Kuziva Huni
Senior Project Manager, Dalberg
Kwadwo Owusu-Adjei
Associate - Finance Audit and Advisory, General Electric
LAETITIA DE BOECK
Founder of Coaching Academy / Co- Founder of Domuni Business School, Coaching Academy / Domuni Business School
Lawule Shumane
Consultant, Dalberg
Lena Gnininvi
Retail Manager West & Central Africa, Parfums Christian Dior
Louis-Michel KIZIZIE
Managing Director, ELCICOM
Luma Fawaz
CEO, Oasis500
Maimouna Thioune
Project Manager, Dalberg
Manaf Asfour
Principal, Propeller Inc.
Maureen Gitata
Project Manager, Dalberg
Maxwell Nii Laryea
Associate - Corporate Audit Staff, General Electric
Melvin Akaba
Manager, Corporate Financing Solutions, Stanbic Bank Ghana
Michael Arkutu
General Manager, ASCO - Apex Shipping & Comm Co Ltd
Mikael Af Kleen
Senior Project Manager, Dalberg Advisors
Moussa Gbane
Governance associate, Tony Blair Institute
Muhammad Nabil
Head of Partners & Startups Strategy, Microsoft
Nasiru Braimah
Vice President, Sentinel Global Advisers
Naveen Yellambalse
Head of Operations, Janngo
Nawar Nory
Mentor, 500 Startups
Ndeye Diarra Diobaye
Social Innovation Task Manager, African Development Bank
Noteh Krauss
Principal and Founder, ADG
Okyeame Sarfo
Acting Head of Secretariat, Ghana Education Service Occupational Pension Scheme Secretariat
OluDele Sonekan
Director of Investments, Growth Mosaic
Omar Alshabaan
CEO, The Space
Omolara Awoyemi
Operations Senior Program Manager, Facebook
Osei-Assibey Anita
MANAGING DIRECTOR, AMALENA ENTERPISE LIMITED
Paola Audrey Ndengue
Founder, Pannelle and Company
Patrick Rogers
CEO + Co-Founder, Clara
Patrick Quantson
Head, Digital Transformation, Stanbic Bank Ghana Limited
Pree Kolari
Mentor, 500 startups
Priscilla Opoku
Founder & Lead Consultant, Aubree Smith Hospitality Services
Priscilla Asabila
Senior Associate, KPMG
Rafeh Saleh
Director, Founder Institute
Rami AlKarmi
Chief Innovation Officer & CEO Ahli Fintech, Ahli Bank
Rasmus Andersen
Senior Consultant, Dalberg Advisors
Richard Bempong
Cofounder, Workshed Africa
Richard Seshie
Founder, ASSOCIATION 3535
Rita Otopea Osiakwan
Senior Associate/Deputy Manager, PricewaterhouseCoopers Ghana
Rose Dodd
Assistant Lecturer, Ashesi University
Ruweida Salifu
Marketing & PR Manager, Kempinski Hotel Gold Coast City Accra
Rym Keramane
Associate Partner, Dalberg
Sakhe Mkosi
Consultant, Dalberg
Salimou Bamba
CEO, Agence Côte d'Ivoire PME
Scott Hosking
Project Manager, Dalberg
Shaun Koo
CTO/CO-Founder, H3Zoom.ai
Sherif Makhlouf
AUC Adjunct Faculty and CEO @ Boost, Boost Consulting
Silvio Sangineto
Principal UX Designer, 500 Startups, Microsoft
Simon DUCHATELET
Entrepreneurship Ecosystems Enabler, World Bank
Sonia Gokhale
Partner, VentureSouq
Stephan von Perger
Founder & CEO (also former VC), Founder @InnovatorsRoom (also 500 Startups Mentor)
Stephanie Mambo
Senior Consultant, Dalberg Advisors
Thomas KOWALCZYK
Independant Innovation Consultant (Ex Lab Innovation Africa), Consultant
Timur Daudpota
Entrepreneur In Residence at 500 Startups, 500 Startups
Triane Chang
Mentor/Speaker, 500 Startups
Vaios Gkitsas
Founder & CEO, Flashchat.ai
Veronica Murguia
Program Manager, Dubai Future Accelerators
Vidit Agrawal
Partnerships, APAC, Stripe Inc / Angel Investor
Yah Edith Brou
Founder, Edith Brou Consulting
Yaw Sagoe Koduah
Senior Investment Officer, Oasis Capital Ghana Limited
Yehia Houry
Managing Director, Tunisia, Flat6Labs
Yonah Welker
Trustee, #YonahFund #MIT #Techstars #500Strong #WEF
Zeina Mandour
General Manager, The Cairo Angels