Brian Afande is the Co-founder and Managing Director of BlackRhino VR,  an award winning Kenyan based Extended Reality (XR) agency that specializes in creating bespoke Virtual & Augmented Reality content and solutions that are adaptable and relevant to the African market with a global appeal. As a creative technologist, Brain leverages XR knowledge to expand opportunities for significant economic  growth among the youth that will help them develop new ideas, technical skill sets, new business models  and jobs that will contribute positively to overcoming our continent’s development challenges. As an early XR adopter, he holds a peculiar mission and vision of Designing, Democratizing, Demystifying and Deploying XR technologies in Africa .Brian is member of the Global Future Council on AR / VR at World Economic Forum.

Karine Ndjoko Ioset is a black woman in STEM who circulates between Switzerland, Germany and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). She is a professor of analytical chemistry (University of Lubumbashi, DR Congo) and director of the BEBUC (Bourse d'Excellence Bringmann aux Universités Congolaises) scholarship program, a partnership involving the University of Würzburg (Germany), 14 Congolese universities and 11 schools . Karine  holds a certificate in scientific advice to the government and is a member of the high-level group for the Europe-Africa partnership, providing evidence-based advice to decision makers.

Kelvin has 10 yrs working in the research industry. Currently he is the Senior Research Compliance Lead at Busara Center For Behavioral Economics, serving as a liaison on matters of human research ethics,  research compliance policies , open science and procedures for administration, researchers and governmental/regulatory authorities in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Nigeria, Ethiopia and India. Prior to joining Busara Center for Behavioral Economics he held research positions at AC Nielsen, Ipsos and NORC. 

With over 15 years of managing technical and operational workflows for leading technology companies such as BlackBerry, Google, and Amazon, Rama has grown to become a successful driven business leader who thrives in a collaborative environment helping companies and teams achieve and exceed goals. He is passionate about building, coaching, and motivating successful technology and operation teams across the globe to become learner obsessed. 

Rama is the founder of  Itinere Cloud LLC, an edtech firm with a mandate to transform education and bridge the gap between culture and technology in developing countries. Rama holds a Master of Business Administration from Keller Graduate school of management in New York. He also has a bachelor of Engineering from the City College of New York.