Program
Build valuable connections and partnerships at Enkopa Summit.
- 12 October 2023
- 10:00-11:00am
- _enkopaX STAGE
- PAID
- MAKE 1
Digital Transformation: Management By Accident (MBA)?
- Grimt Habtemariam
- Director, Cisco
- USA
- Dr. Nate Woods
- Customer Support Director, GE Aerospace
- ETHIOPIA
- Sinit Zeru
- Director - Tech For Development Policy Unit
- Tony Blair Institute for Global Change
- 12 October 2023
- 11:30am-12:30pm
- _enkopaX STAGE
- PAID
- MAKE 2
SmartGrid and SmartTransmissions: a template for inter-African trade
- Atsede G. Endegnanew (PhD)
- Energy Practice Lead Veritas Consulting
- ETHIOPIA
- Bart Minsaer
- Founder & CEO HelloSolar
- ETHIOPIA
- 12 October 2023
- 2:00-3:00pm
- _enkopaX STAGE
- PAID
- BUILD 1
Where are the Funding Sources for Startups in Africa?
- Samson Assefa
- Managing Partner, Swaye Ventures
- SWITZERLAND
- Adelaide Njoki
- Venture Source Analyst, Founders Factory Africa
- KENYA
- Robel Zewdu
- Senior Program Manager, MOLS
- ETHIOPIA
- Noel Daniel
- Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Kudu Ventures/weVenture Hub
- ETHIOPIA
- Beza Mamo
- Director, Payment Application , Ethswitch
- ETHIOPIA
- 12 October 2023
- 3:30-4:30pm
- _enkopaX STAGE
- PAID
- BUILD 2
Is the Private Sector Ready for Digital Transformation in Ethiopia?
- Kebron G Dejene
- CEO and chair , Viditure INC
- ETHIOPIA
- Markos Lemma
- Founder, Iceaddis
- ETHIOPIA
- Bilen Aynu
- HRIS
- USA
- Feven Dagnachew
- Consultant, IFC
- ETHIOPIA
- 12 October 2023
- 5:00-6:00pm
- _enkopaX STAGE
- PAID
- BUILD 3
Struggling Startups: Get Rich or Die Trying?
- Amity Weiss
- Senior Partner, Melela Partners Africa
- KENYA
- Mike Endale
- Vice President, BLEN Corp
- USA
- Yuma Sasaki
- Founder and CEO, Doda
- ETHIOPIA
- Markos Lemma
- Founder, Iceaddis
- ETHIOPIA
- 13 October 2023
- 2:00-3:30pm
- MAIN STAGE
- PAID
- POLICY FORUM Panel 1
Unlocking the Power Within the Diaspora Community: Attracting Talent
- H.E Mohamed Endris
- Director General, Ministry Of Foreign Affairs
- ETHIOPIA
- Gelila Ephrem
- Co-Founder, Spotlight Ethio (Senior Economist, Ministry of Finance)
- CANADA
- Mike Endale
- Vice President, BLEN Corp
- USA
- Abenezer Yohalashet
- Director, Head of Tolling, SiriusXM
- USA
- Mike Seleshi
- Co-Founder, Spotlight Ethio (Business Analytics, Cornell University)
- CANADA
- 13 October 2023
- 4:00-5:30pm
- MAIN STAGE
- PAID
- POLICY FORUM Panel 2
Building Digital Cities: Best Practices (Tourism, Transportation, Energy, Public Services)
- H.E Lelise Duga
- Commissioner, Oromia Tourism Commission
- ETHIOPIA
- Benjam Vetterli
- Board Member, Head Of Africa Swiss Private Equity
- SWITZERLAND
- Feben Yohannes
- Managing Principal, DELFE Group
- USA
- Meried Bekele
- Founder/CEO IE Network
- ETHIOPIA
- 13 October 2023
- 10:00-11:00am
- _enkopaX STAGE
- PAID
- TRAILBLAZE 1
Building a Startup Ecosystem: Best Practices
- Gary Bolles
- Chair Future Work, Singularity University
- USA
- 13 October 2023
- 11:30am-12:30pm
- _enkopaX STAGE
- PAID
- TRAILBLAZE 2
Neobanks: Enablers for Intra-African Trade?
- Solofo Rafenombolatiana
- Founder/CEO, DizzitUp
- TOGO/MADAGASCAR
- Beza Mamo
- Director, EthSwitch
- ETHIOPIA
- Melka Girma
- Director of Partnerships and Marketing,
- Arifpay Financial Technologies S.C.
- 13 October 2023
- 2:00-3:00pm
- _enkopaX STAGE
- PAID
- PIVOT 1
Digital Economy Best Practices: Breakout Nations in Africa
- Mark Schoeman
- Partner, Genesis
- SOUTH AFRICA
- Rahel Boon-Dejene
- Founder, R&D Group
- NETHERLANDS
- Barouk Gari
- Country Director Ethiopia, Li�le App
- ETHIOPIA
- Kidist Gebreamlak
- Co-Founder & CEO, Zero One Zero One Tech & Entrepreneurship
- ETHIOPIA
- 13 October 2023
- 3:30-4:30pm
- _enkopaX STAGE
- PAID
- PIVOT 2
Gig Economy in Africa: A Labor Movement in the 4th Industrial Revolution
- Chris Maclay
- Program Director, Jobtech Alliance
- KENYA
- Menna Tafesse
- Program Director, Gebeya
- ETHIOPIA
- Leul Girma
- COO, Gebeya
- ETHIOPIA
- Nasreen M. Adem
- Managing Partner, ACE
- ETHIOPIA
- 13 October 2023
- 4:00-5:30pm
- MAIN STAGE
- PAID
- POLICY FORUM Panel 2
Building Digital Cities: Best Practices (Tourism, Transportation, Energy, Public Services)
- H.E Lelise Duga
- Commissioner, Oromia Tourism Commission
- ETHIOPIA
- Benjam Vetterli
- Board Member, Head Of Africa Swiss Private Equity
- SWITZERLAND
- Feben Yohannes
- Managing Principal, DELFE Group
- USA
- Meried Bekele
- Founder/CEO IE Network
- ETHIOPIA