Adrian Blomfield

Senior Foreign Correspondent - The Daily Telegraph

Aimable Manirakiza

Founder and CEO - CDE Great Lakes

Alex Voss

CFO - Tipolis

Babati Mokgethi

Senior Urban Development Officer - African Development Bank Group

Beatriz Eraso

Senior Urban Specialist - World Bank

Bonna Kashinga

Managing Director - Landsworth Investment Limited

Caroline Ray

Regional Director - Arup East Africa

Che Rupari

Community Lead - Norrsken Foundation

Corey Gray

President - Smart Cities Council

Daniel Yu

Founder and CEO - Wasoko

Danielle Myles

Senior Editor - fDi Intelligence

David Kambo

Director, Land and Infrastructure - Kenya Special Economic Zones Authority

David Pilling

Africa Editor - Financial Times

Dean Landy

Group Head of Urban Planning and Design - Rendeavour

Donald Tlaka

Chapter Lead - Johannesburg New Liberals

Dr. Adeline Nembot

Head of Gender, Women’s Empowerment, and the Care Economy - Nkafu Policy Institute

Dr. Andreas Baumgartner

CEO - The Metis Institute

Dr. Joseph Akech

Former Mayor of Nairobi and Kenya Urban Expansion Program Team Leader

Dr. Mark Lutter

Founder & Executive Director - Charter Cities Institute

Dr. Michael Muthukrishna

Associate Professor of Economic Psychology - London School of Economics

Dr. Patrick Lamson-Hall

Principal and Founder - Fitted Projects

Dr. Sid Boubekeur

Team Leader for SEZs and SMEs - France–Africa Union Technical Facility

Emmanuel Acquah

Co-Founder & CEO - ACEYE

Evans Exaud

Founder and Executive Director - Liberty Sparks

Franklin Cudjoe

Gurmukh Singh

Vice Chair - Kenya Green Building Society

Gyude Moore

Distinguished Fellow - Energy for Growth Hub

Hellen Wanjohi

Climate and Engagement, Lead - World Resources Institute Africa

Hon. Mudrick Soraga

Minister of Tourism and Heritage - Government of Zanzibar

Isaac Kahara

Country Head, East Africa - UK Export Finance

John Mwendwa

Managing Director - Kenya Investment Authority

Keith Weaver

Co-Founder - Uncle Nearest

Kenneth Mbae

Managing Director - Centum Real Estate

Kurtis Lockhart

Founder & Director - Africa Urban Lab

Leonard Wantchekon

Founder - African School of Economics

Leslie Ohomele

Associate Director of International Projects - The King's Foundation

Linda Kavuka

Managing Director - African Liberty

Luqman Edu

Co-founder & CEO - Itana

Lyin Aboyeji

Founding Investor - Itana / Future Africa

Magatte Wade

Co-Founder - Prospera Africa

Martin Rama

Former World Bank Chief Economist for the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region - World Bank

Maxwell Maida

Senior Development Planning Specialist for Infrastructure and Spatial Planning - National Planning Commission of Malawi

Michael Holstein

Head of Communications and General Counsel - Charter Cities Institute

Michael Kabungo

Manager - Kalumbila Town Development Corporation

Michael Strong

Founder - The Socratic Experience

Mustapha Njie

CEO - TAF Africa Global

Mwiya Musokotwane

Co-Founder and CEO - Nkwashi

Nasra Nandha

CEO and Africa Regional Network Chair - Kenya Green Building Society and World Green Building Council

Norah Ratemo

Director General - Kenya Development Corporation

Nyasha Freeman

Founder - The Eastern Caucus

Peter Young

Managing Director - Free Cities Foundation

Preston Mendenhall

Group Chief Operating Officer - Rendeavour

Sebastian Dietzold

CEO - CPS

Shruti Rajagopalan

Senior Research Fellow - Mercatus Center

Siaka Stevens

Co-Founder and CEO - Sherbro Island City

Sid Sijbrandij

Co-Founder and Executive Chair - GitLab

Stephen Jennings

Founder & CEO - Rendeavour

Tomas Pueyo

Creator - Uncharted Territories

Vivek Mittal

CEO - Africa Infrastructure Development Association (AfiDA)

Willie Vos

CEO - Waterfall City