"A mentor is someone who sees more talent and ability within you, than you see in yourself, and helps bring it out of you."
Bob Proctor
You want to be part of the African Tech Vision change-makers network and become a mentor?
Then say hi and let us know about you. We are excited to meet you.
Our mentors
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Brenda Katwesigye
Co-Founder @ Wazi
Innovation catalyst and co-founder of Wazi, Africa's first prescription eye wear manufacturer. Lead the team and help to drive business growth strategy through both product and market development.
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Christian Alberti
Senior Account Executive @ Outsystems
International business rock star with more than 10 years experience in direct sales, account and project management within the IT and automotive industry.
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Alexandra Ciobotaru
Growth Product Manager @ Novorésumé
Dedicated, outcome-oriented with a focus on growing customer-centric businesses and building products people love.
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Alima Longatti
Communication Manager @ Wingly
Trilingual Marketing Executive with proven track record of successful achievements about target revenues and growing customer bases.
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Benjamin Werthmann
Lawyer & lecturer @ Werthmann.legal
Specialized on the legal advice of start-ups and IT projects. Furthermore, focuses on interdisciplinary topics such as the interface between law and artificial intelligence.
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Alexander Schulze
Chief Strategy Officer @ Neckar Hub
For 13 years entrepreneur by heart – since 2018 supporting entrepreneurs & SME owners as a strategy advisor to develop ideas, a mindset, and a promising company setup.
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Catarina Rosa
Senior Designer @ Phiture
Strategic designer from sunny warm Lisbon. 5+ years of experience from print to digital design across various clients & sectors.
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Charlotte Yasin
Global Culture Manager @ Celonis
Charlotte is an advocate in the New Ways of Working and organizational change. Working in a hyper growth environment she knows what it takes to act while keeping the big picture in mind.
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Deb Dipjyoti
Venture Partner @ BSH Group
His vision is to enable, empower and excite innovators to impact humanity and society. Dipjyoti is a Startup advisor for various programs (e.g. World Food Program) and passionate to build bridges between Startup, venture capital and the strategic innovation focus of corporates.
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Chineme Ugbor
Co-Founder & Facilitator @ Girls Gearing Up
Skilled educator and coach with extensive experience living across the globe. She is passionate about supporting educators and equipping young people with the skills necessary to become innovative and resilient drivers of social justice and change.
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Coral Movasseli
Founder @ All in Tech
Coral led commercial projects in London, Toronto, and Dublin – with large multinational companies to extract business insights to develop products, business models, and strategies to increase commercial value. She is the host of “The Allegory” podcast.
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Elena Poughia
Founder @ Data Natives
MD of Dataconomy, one of the top 10 AI magazines & educational platforms in the world, and the founder of Data Natives, Europe's largest data science conference. She is the initiator of HackCorona, an incremental part of the EUvsVirus community.
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Frank Yaw-Owusu
Ecosystem Developer @ Twilio
Frank supports startups to embed and leverage Twilio SendGrid’s software and tools, to optimize their customer engagement, communications, and marketing, as they look to scale.
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Katrin Grunwald
Founder & Consultant @ The Globe Team
She is a team development expert and coach for first-time (startup) leaders with over 8 years’ experience in the field of leadership development.
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Kendra Valentine
Story Strategist @ Kendravalentine
Kendra is a Story Strategist that helps companies, institutions, and entrepreneurs to communicate the value they provide through a method she calls strategic story design.
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Kenneth Kinyanjui
Product Manager @ Sote
Serial entrepreneur with deep expertise in product strategy & tech. Kenneth joined IncludedVC as one of Africa's first fellows in the program.
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Valerie Tetu
Commerce Partner Lead EMEA @ Coveo
Enthusiastic tech-savvy team player, with experience in the start-up field across many sectors ranging from fashion to high tech and blockchain. Specialized in growing business through collaboration and building networks.
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Eugene Mutiso
Investment Analyst @ Enza Capital
Experienced founder in the tech & e-commerce industry. Skilled to hire the best talent for product, engineering, and C-Level roles. Expert in getting startups investor ready.
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Vivek Sethia
Cloud Systems Developer @ Cloudreach
Tech mastermind knowledgeable about DevOps, AWS, IaC- Terragrunt, Terraform, Kubernetes, Docker, Backend(Nodejs/Python) | Likes to work on voice bots (Alexa and Google Home) in free time.
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Kristin Siegel
Head of EMEA @ Toniic
15 years+ financial services expertise as Financial Wealth Advisor and Multi Asset Portfolio Manager. Gained an MBA focused on social Entrepreneurship.
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Loretta Tukahirwa
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Matthias Butzke
Senior Corporate Client Advisor @ Deutsche Bank
15+ years’ experience in banking & finance startup advisory.
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Michael Lints
Partner @ Golden Gate Ventures
20+ years of experience in helping innovative businesses to obtain the resources, insights, and expertise they need to be successful. Michael has been a startup operator, investor, and mentor. Fundraising expert.
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Miki Yokoyama
Venture Partner @ Pirate Impact
Former management consultant & startup enthusiast, skilled and experienced in Business Strategy, Business Transformation, Project Management, Startup Scouting & Acceleration, Corporate Communications, Sustainability.
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Naomi Bichler-Bell
Section Head of Recruitment @ International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
Expert HR manager (Recruitment) in an international environment. Skilled in all aspects of the full recruitment cycle and in outreach and sourcing techniques.
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Ricarda Engelmeier
Founder @ My Collective
15+ years’ experience in the field of sustainability both on NGO but also corporate side. During her parental leave she founded the impact startup MyCollective and is running this leadership program for top talents during parental leave with top talents across the industry.
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Saakshi Jain
Global Chief Marketing Officer @ Nametinychef
Award-winning marketer with 12+ years of experience - driving revenue and growth, digital & offline marketing, building brands and telling stories, product marketing & partnerships for both startups & large organizations.
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Sarah Nakintu
Global Partnerships & Business Development @ Unreasonable
Over the years, Sarah has followed her heart and worked in various industries including fashion, technology, and international development (United Nations).
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Shivani Bunchner
Leadership coach @ Shivanibuchner
Over 10 years’ experience in the tech industry. In addition to professional leadership experience and leading remote teams, she has worked directly with executive management and agile software development teams.
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Valentina Stadler
Founder & Managing Director @ Arjuna Impact
Alentinas’expertise relates to sustainable finance, ESG investing, capital markets, trading, fund investments and fintech’s. Valentina has a large network of impact and sustainability investors.
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Stephan Weiss
Office of the CEO Dr. Roland Busch @ Siemens
Expert in strategy, project management, M&A and finance. Deep understanding of IoT technologies, along with digital business models.
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Swathi Shyam Sunder
Technical Project Manager @ Siemens
Tech startup founder experienced in managing complex industrial research projects, especially involving international teams from different continents. She has been a mentor & organizer at Learn IT, Girl and ReDI School.
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Tendai Sixpence
Co-Founder & Managing Director @ Mandi Media
Financial expert with strong financial modelling and analysis capabilities. Experience of initiating and leading project teams assigned to undertake sustainable bottom-line performance improvement initiatives.
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Thy-Diep Ta
Co-Founder @ UNIT
Yip designs Blockchain & Crypto Learning, Mentoring & Coaching Programs. 15 years expertise in designing peer to peer or centralized training programs / curriculum, and designing transformation programs for self- and organizational development.
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Toulu Akerele
Data Privacy / Data Protection Lead @ Paystack
Toulu is a multilingual data privacy expert and security consultant across government agencies, security think tanks and consultancy firms.
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Ivan Paul Emmanuel Tia
Paul Emmanuel is currently the Hub Manager at Ingenious City, the first coworking and tech hub in DRC, whose mission is to educate, promote & connect entrepreneurs. He has experience in the entrepreneurial ecosystem as a mentor, speaker and building bridges between startups and corporates, governments, investors.