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An interview at Afrobytes' African Tech Industry event, hosted by UM6P in Paris, covering the origins of The Trajectory Africa podcast, the first principles of African venture investing, and the evolving role of investors and incubators in the continent's startup ecosystem.

A panel at UNDP's Racial Equity in Technology Entrepreneurship workshop examining the challenges and opportunities facing racial and ethnic minorities in tech entrepreneurship ecosystems globally.

Moderated a UNDP webinar exploring how a partnership between UNDP Uganda and Jumia digitalized informal market vendors, surfacing lessons about scaling social innovation through public-private collaboration.

A panel at the Lauder Institute's Africa Futures Symposium at Wharton examining how Africa's digital economies can close equity gaps and shift the narratives shaping investment and development on the continent.

A panel at the ASSEK Annual Conference examining how pan-African associations can serve as catalysts for unlocking the potential of tech hubs to support entrepreneurs and startup ecosystems across the continent.

Moderated a virtual session at AfricArena Air examining the specific contributions tech hubs make to building and sustaining startup ecosystems across the African continent.

A presentation at Geneva Trade Week exploring pathways for African tech hubs to emerge from the Covid-19 disruption as sustainable impact multipliers, rather than reverting to pre-pandemic fragility.

A panel at the 12th annual Stanford Africa Business Forum examining whether Africa can harness the Fourth Industrial Revolution on its own terms or risks being shaped by assumptions borrowed from other contexts.

Moderated a session at the AfriLabs Annual Gathering in Addis Ababa on how development sector frameworks and funding can be applied to tech hub programming in support of African startups.

Moderated a panel at the AfriLabs Annual Gathering in Dar es Salaam exploring how technology and data are reshaping the media and entertainment industries across the African continent.

A panel at the Council on Foreign Relations' 22nd Annual Term Member Conference exploring the intersection of innovation, entrepreneurship, and development across a continent of one billion people.

Contributed to an invitation-only Jamlab workshop examining the practical challenges and opportunities facing African tech hubs as intermediaries in startup development and ecosystem building.

Presented an overview of the World Bank Group's XL Africa post-acceleration program at Afrobytes in Paris and organized a GitHub skills workshop for attending founders and ecosystem builders.

Moderated an invitation-only GES+ session at the Global Entrepreneurship Summit at Stanford on strategies founders can use to extract the greatest possible value from accelerator programs.

Presented alongside the World Bank Group at Afrobytes in Paris on how Africa's entrepreneurs and innovators are defining the terms of the continent's own technological and entrepreneurial future.

A panel at the Stockholm Internet Forum examining the structural and political obstacles between universal internet access and the promise of equal digital opportunity.

A plenary talk at UNICEF's Start Up to Scale Up Summit on the maker culture and how hands-on making and open innovation create pathways for scaling social impact in emerging markets.

A panel at General Assembly examining practical, actionable approaches to diversity and inclusion in the tech industry, moving beyond rhetoric to concrete strategies for systemic change.

A session at the Global Entrepreneurship Summit in Nairobi exploring the distinct business model considerations required for building sustainable, scalable tech companies across African markets.

A talk at re:publica in Berlin on the dynamics between European tech ecosystems and the rest of the world — and the structural friction that shapes cross-ecosystem collaboration.

A civic tech entrepreneurship showcase in Dakar co-organized by OSIWA and CTIC, highlighting locally-built digital solutions to social challenges across Francophone West Africa.

A research presentation at the AAG Annual Meeting examining whether innovation hubs can institutionalize the informal networks and knowledge flows that drive entrepreneurial clustering.

A talk at re:publica in Berlin tracing the rise of Africa's entrepreneurial tech scene — and what the emergence of Silicon Savannah reveals about the connections and contrasts between global startup ecosystems.

Served across multiple roles at ITU Telecom World in Budapest — mentoring early-stage innovators in the Young Innovators Competition, moderating panels, and participating as a panelist in the Leadership Summit.

A panel at the Sankalp Africa Forum examining how to make incubation support more accessible and build a stronger pipeline of investable enterprises across the continent.

A presentation at the Berlin Africa Economic Forum on how technology hubs function as catalysts for innovation, startup formation, and ecosystem development across African markets.

Facilitated a workshop at the GIZ International Business Forum on how ICT-enabled business models can expand access to services and advance inclusive market development in emerging economies.

Spoke and moderated multiple sessions in the Africa Hub Web Gatherings series on operational challenges facing African tech hubs and bridging the language divide between Francophone and Anglophone hub networks.

Mentored early-stage mobile entrepreneurs from emerging and frontier markets at infoDev's Mobile Startup Camp, supporting founders developing ICT solutions for underserved communities.

Contributed to a two-day pop-up social innovation lab at Kennisland exploring the design principles and practice of experimental learning spaces for tackling complex social challenges.