Our Faculty

David Porteous

David Porteous

Co-founder and Chairman

Digital Frontiers Institute

Elizabeth Friend

Elizabeth Friend

Managing Director

The Small-Scale Sustainable Infrastructure Development Fund (S3IDF)

Nolwazi Hlophe

Nolwazi Hlophe

Deputy Director Financial Regulation and Supervision

Digital Frontiers Institute

Tariro Nyimo

Tariro Nyimo

Deputy Divisional Director

Digital Frontiers Institute

Xavier Martin

Xavier Martin

Consultant

Digital Frontiers Institute

Gavin Krugel

Gavin Krugel

Chief Executive Officer

Digital Frontiers Institute

Keneilwe Tsotsotso

Keneilwe Tsotsotso

Assistant Community Manager |Gender SME and Specialist

Digital Frontiers Institute

Muyowa Mutemwa

Muyowa Mutemwa

Senior Cybersecurity Consultant

Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)

Nathier Kasu

Nathier Kasu

Consultant

Venture Builder and Digital Product Professional

Faith Ekudu

Faith Ekudu

Deputy Director Communications and PR

Uganda Investment Authority

Diekola Alabi 

Diekola Alabi 

Chief Technology Officer

Sbi

Manal Mubarak

Manal Mubarak

Ambassador and CoP Facilitator

Digital Frontiers Institute

Rochelle Momberg

Rochelle Momberg

Consultant

Digital Frontiers Institute

Hamilton McNutt

Hamilton McNutt

Co-Founder and Vice President

Strategic Impact Advisors, LLC

Yaliwe Soko

Yaliwe Soko

South Africa Ecosystem Lead

cLabs

Ian Mugisha

Ian Mugisha

Ambassador and Consultant

Digital Frontiers Institute

 

Our Ambassadors and Communities of Practice Facilitators

Adenike Okunbolade

Adenike Okunbolade

Abuja, Nigeria

CoP Facilitator

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Arinze Agabaenwere

Arinze Agabaenwere

Abuja, Nigeria

Ambassador

Carmen Gnanih

Carmen Gnanih

Cotonou, Benin

CoP Facilitator

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Chikhulupiliro John Mphatso 

Chikhulupiliro John Mphatso 

Blantyre & Lilongwe, Malawi

CoP Facilitator

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Ear Mohammad 

Ear Mohammad 

Chattogram, Bangladesh

CoP Facilitator

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Eloi Gome 

Eloi Gome 

Lome, Togo

CoP Facilitator

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Esselina Macome 

Esselina Macome 

Maputo, Mozambique

CoP Facilitator

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Ethel (Chiwara) Mupambwa 

Ethel (Chiwara) Mupambwa 

Harare, Zimbabwe

CoP Facililitator

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Fahad Shahab 

Fahad Shahab 

Karachi, Pakistan

Ambassador and CoP Facilitator

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Gisele Yitamben 

Gisele Yitamben 

Douala, Cameroon

CoP Facilitator

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Ian Mugisha

Ian Mugisha

Kampala, Uganda

Ambassador

Immanuel Umukoro 

Immanuel Umukoro 

Lagos, Nigeria

CoP Facilitator

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Indrakshi Banerjee

Indrakshi Banerjee

Haryana, India

Ambassador

Jimmy Rutabingwa 

Jimmy Rutabingwa 

Kigali, Rwanda

CoP Facilitator

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João Gaspar 

João Gaspar 

Maputo, Mozambique

CoP Facilitator

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Joseph Michelo 

Joseph Michelo 

Zambia

CoP Facilitator

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Kombe Kaponda

Kombe Kaponda

Lusaka, Zambia

Ambassador

Madi Ouedraogo 

Madi Ouedraogo 

Dakar, Senegal

CoP Facilitator

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Manal Mubarak 

Manal Mubarak 

Khartoum, Sudan

Ambassador and CoP Facilitator

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Maxime Lokossi

Maxime Lokossi

Littoral, Benin

Ambassador

Mohammad Rashed 

Mohammad Rashed 

Dhaka, Bangladesh

CoP Facilitator

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Ophelia Ama Oni 

Ophelia Ama Oni 

Accra, Ghana

Ambassador and CoP Facilitator

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Teshome Kebede

Teshome Kebede

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

CoP Facilitator

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Timothy Mukata 

Timothy Mukata 

Nairobi, Kenya

CoP Facilitator

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Yoseph Kibret

Yoseph Kibret

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Ambassador

Yves Danielle Dote 

Yves Danielle Dote 

Abidjan, Ivory Coast

CoP Facilitator

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Natalie Baatjies

Natalie Baatjies

Cape Town, South Africa

CoP Facilitator

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Daouda Hamadou

Daouda Hamadou

Niamey, Niger

CoP Facilitator

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Oscar Mmari

Oscar Mmari

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

CoP Facilitator

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Jacinta Anyinge  

Jacinta Anyinge  

Uganda

CoP Facilitator

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