About The Event
The Ghana Tech Summit is a 13-year initiative. The Summit aims to revitalize Ghana’s entrepreneurial economy and reposition it as a global study of catalyzed innovation within an emerging market country.
Bringing the Ghana Tech Ecosystem In One Place
Ghana Tech Summit ( Stakeholder Edition)
Global Startup Ecosystem (GSE) is pleased to announce the Ghana Tech Summit titled the “Diaspora Edition”. With the theme of galvanizing the Diaspora towards a new future for Ghana- the program will be hosted outside of Ghana for the first time and convene 300 leaders from around the world in New York City during the United Nation’s Assembly Week. The iconic program will be hosted outside of Ghana for the first time.
This invite only gathering will feature leaders in multiple industries including investors, government officials, startup leaders, universities, and more.
Welcome to the Stakeholder Edition
Drawing thousands of the world's technology leaders together to learn and do business.
With an aim to refocus, reignite, accelerate and catalyze Ghana’s tech and business ecosystem, Ghana Tech Summit will launch a series of stakeholder roundtable meetings with the aim of aligning insights and resources for African entrepreneurs. This inaugural stakeholder edition will kick off a year long series of monthly stakeholder roundtable sessions as we countdown to the next edition of Ghana Tech Summit during UNGA Week 2024.
Speakers Network
Tim Draper
Founding Partner, Draper Associates
Dr. Lisa Coleman
Senior VP for Global Inclusion and Strategic Innovation, and Chief Diversity Officer at (NYU) New York University
Mike Romoff
Vice President - Global Channel Sales at Google
Yofi Grant
CEO at Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC)
Amb. Johanna Odonkor Svanikier
Ghana’s former Ambassador to France & Portugal/ President of HACSA
Kevin Okyere
CEO at Springfield Group
Irene Arias Hofman
CEO, IDB Lab (Inter Development Bank )
H.E. Shani Cooper
Akwasi Awuah Ababio
Director of Diaspora Affairs, Office of the President
Einstein Kofi Ntim
Founder, Ghana Tech Summit | Partner, Africa Future Fund
Dr. Thomas Mensah
President and CEO of the Georgia Aerospace Systems
Hon. Ursula Owusu-Ekuful
Ministry of Communications
Christine Ntim
CEO, Global Startup Ecosystem
Omotola Jalade Ekeinde
Nigerian Actress, Singer, Philanthropist and former Model
Carlos Sanvee
Global Secretary General of YMCA - Geneva
Prof Nii Quaynor
Chairman of Board of Ghana Dot Com
Elizabeth Liu
Elizabeth Liu U.S. Department of State: Special Coordinator for the Young African Leaders Initiative
Tyrona (Ty) Heath
Global Lead for Agency and Partner Education at LinkedIn and the President of LinkedIn
Ann Rosenberg
Senior Vice President, Global Head of SAP Next-Gen
Amma Gyampo
Co Founder & CEO, Scale Up Africa
Jacqueline Jones
Head of Strategic Partnerships - Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging at LinkedIn
Patrick George Quantson
Head, Digital Transformation at Stanbic Bank Ghana
Victoria Orero
Director for Policy Reforms at Prosper Africa (USA AID)
Nana Dufie Addo
Chief Operating Officer at GIPC
Dr. Joy Kategekwa
Strategic Advisor to the Assistant Administrator and Regional Director Regional Bureau for Africa (RBA)/ United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Petia Abdur-Razzaaq
Digital Marketing Strategist I Grow with Google Speaker I #MomBoss
Lexy Owusu-Boahene
Founder at Diaspora Drive
Ifeoma Uddoh
Fintech | Investor |Creating Funds for Women
Kweku Fleming
MEST Scale Manager, MEST Africa
Jewel Thompson
Faculty in Entrepreneurship, Ashesi University ∣ Social Impact Strategist ∣ Empowering growth of African Social Impact Startups
Lisa Francoeur
Founder/CEO Fancyfied & Head of Partnerships, Nextplay Events
Selorm Adadevoh
CEO @ MTN Ghana
Dr Stephane Nwolley Jr
CEO, Npontu Technologies Limited
Vivian Ntiri
Lawyer | Startup, AI, Cybersecurity, Fintech, and Privacy Law Enthusiast
Tom Davis
Former Chief Growth Officer @ Forbes Media
Silvia Dwomoh
Magento Certified Frontend Developer, Blogger & YouTuber
Amos Winbush III
Co-Founder of Forbes8
Liz Walsh
Former VP Growth Marketing Forbes & Forbes8
DJ Forza
Director of Partnerships and Collaboration at World Alliance of YMCA
Ryan Foland
Co-Author of Ditch The Act
Regina Njima
Host: SingularityU Kenya Summit
Derek Addo
Digital Technology Analyst at Ministry of Justice (Methods)
Christine Coupet
Founder at Dagmar Media; former Marketing Lead at the Office of the Presidency of Haiti
Ayanda Mbatha
Building brands on LinkedIn in Africa | B2B Marketing expert
Napolean Jhonson
Media Influencer- Haiti | Founder of Azure
Dr Stephen Brien
Director of Policy at the Legatum Institute
Rylan Holey
LinkedIn Marketing Solutions Lead - Italy, Portugal & Africa
Ivy Prosper
Social Media Mgr & Content Creator for Year of Return/Beyond the Return at Ghana Tourism Authority
Illianna Acosta
Senior Partner Manager - Channel Sales, LinkedIn
Kwena Mabotja
Africa Director SAP Next-Gen- an Innovation Network for the UNSDG| Mandela-Washington Fellow 2017
Al Sene
VP of Engineering, DigitalOcean
Michelle Grover
VP of Development, SAP | Hipmunk, Concur Mobile, TripIt | Board Member for Techtonica
Katjana Kammin
Venture Partner @ MEST Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology
Casper Klynge
Danish Tech Ambassador
Kwabena Nketia Addae
Ghana YMCA National General Secretary
Kwame A.A Opoku
A 2-time Tedx Speaker Futurist | WeFestival
Erikan Obotetukudo
Founder of Kin Network
Dana Reed
Co-Founder & CEO, Nyansapo Impact Capital
Former NFL player turned Entrepreneur
Hassan M. Salih
Founder of MESH Ghana
Daraiha Greene
Head of Partnerships and Inclusion, Google
Derrydean Dadzie
DreamOval
Emmanuel Addae
Co-Founder & CEO, TalentsinAfrica
Sarah-Michelle Mills
Strategic Marketing Manager, GE Power, Sub-Saharan Africa
Cecil Senna Nutakor
Founder & CEO, ECampus
Lawrence Tetteh
International Evangelist
Kenneth Ashigbey
Ghana Chamber of Telecommunications
Aubrey Hruby
Co-Founder of Insider, the Africa Expert Network (AXN)
Lola Kassim
MD, Uber Eats Canada
Sean Drake
Forbes Top #30under30 | Founder, The Wealth Project Holdings PLC
Ruddy Kwakye
Rave Media Group
Kwame Anku
Co-Founder & Principal of the Black Angel Tech Fund
Will Senyo
Co-Founder & CEO of Impact Hub Accra
Ryan Scott
CEO of Akoin
Michael MacCombie
Director of Platform at ff Venture Capital
Eric M K Osiakwan
Managing Partner of Chanzo Capital
Kweku Akrofie
Associate Arts Consultant at British Council | WEF Global Shaper Ghana
Patrick Stephenson
Head of Research @ImaniAf | Economic Policy Analyst | News Anchor @GHOne TV | Global Shaper
Mariam Iqbal
Account Director, InsiderPR
Ato Ulzen-Appiah
Director at the GhanaThink Foundation
Marc Alain Boucicault
Founder of Banj
Nelson Amo
Founder, Inno Hub
David Steinacker
Senior Manager @ Google
TJ Malamule
Recipient of Top 100 Global Coaching Leader’s Award & Chief Executive Officer of TTI Strategies
George (Jorge) Appiah
Co-founder/CEO of Kumasi Hive; a Tech innovation Hub
Diana Wilson
Forbes 30Under30 Founder/CEO of Yaa.W- Yielding Accomplished African Women
Emily Slota
CEO of Liquid Financial Services
Nii Osae Dade
Forbes30Under30, CYST
Founder/CEO, $GUAP - Recycle the Wealth
Linda Ansong
Co founder & Executive Director, STEMbees Org
Yasmin Kumi
Founder of Africa Forseight Group
Nii Ayitey Hammond
Editor in Chief of BizzAfrica
Joseph Awuah-Darko
Social Entrepreneur, Agbogblo Shine Initiative
Alloysius Attah
CEO & Co-Founder, Farmerline
Arnold Sarfo-Kantanka
Business Strategist, GV Group(Gate Ventures)
Josiah Kwesi Eyison
Ispace Ghana
Ato Bentsi-Enchill
Member, Global Shaper
Sean Drake
Founder at The Wealth Project Holdings PLC
Terry Oppong
Founder, BlackBand
Yaw Owusu
Manager, Ghana Cyber City (the first technology park in Ghana)
Ivy Barley
Technical Program Manager, Microsoft
Emmanuel Gamor
Founder, Urithi Labs | CEO, Gamor Enterprise
Dr. Lucy Agyepong
Academic City
AS Dzah
Corporate MC || Toastmaster
Staniel Tetteh
Startup Programs and Events Lead, Global Startup Ecosystem
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