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World Story Telling Day Celebration at Africa's Talking with Prof. PLO Lumumba

Mar 20, 2023, 2:30 – 6:00 PM (UTC)

Africa's Talking Community

It is a challenge for businesses to integrate to multiple telecommunication companies (telcos) across Africa in order to provide their services on multiple offline/2G channels (SMS, USSD, Voice, Airtime, Mobile Money) across countries, to their customers. We will be telling our story with Prof. PLO Lumumba. Get your ticket!

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About this event

It is a challenge for businesses to integrate to multiple telecommunication companies (telcos) across Africa in order to provide their services on multiple offline/2G channels (SMS, USSD, Voice, Airtime, Mobile Money) across countries, to their customers.

Africa’s Talking (AT), takes away the complexity of multiple integrations in Africa, starting in Nairobi, and ensures regulatory compliance by integrating with the different telcos and providing a unified platform that can be consumed by anyone.

At Africa's Talking we are celebrating World Story Telling day with Prof. PLO Lumumba, he is a Professor of Public Law, a holder of an LL.D (Doctor of Laws) on the Law of the Sea from the University of Ghent, Belgium, Master of Laws degree and Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Nairobi. Prof PLO Lumumba holds an honorary Degree of Doctor of Letters (D.Litt.) (Honoris Causa) from the University of Cape Coast in Ghana. He is also a holder of the Degree of Doctor of Science (DSc) (Honoris Causa) from Bells University of Technology in Nigeria. He has been trained on Humans Rights at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies University of London in England, Humanitarian Law at the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of the University of Lund in Sweden and on International Humanitarian Law in Geneva, Switzerland. He is an Advocate of the High Courts of Kenya and Tanganyika and a Certified Mediator. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Certified Public Secretaries of Kenya FCPS (K), a Fellow of the Kenya Institute of Management (FKIM) and Honorary Fellow of the African Academy of Sciences (FAAS). He is the Chairman of Farafina Investment Group in Monrovia, Liberia and Economic Strategic Growth and Development Initiative for Africa based in Nigeria.

He is the immediate former Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Kenya School of Law, a former Secretary of the Constitution of Kenya Review Commission and a former Director of the defunct Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission (KACC), (Now Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC)). He is the Founding Trustee of the African Institute for Leaders and Leadership (AILL) and founding Chairman of the Association of the Citizens Against Corruption (ACAC). He was the Founding Dean, Kabarak University School of Law, a former lecturer at the University of Nairobi (UON), the United States International University (USIU Africa) and Widener University USA (Nairobi Summer School). 


Target Audience:

    • Tech Ecosystem stakeholders
    • Developers
    • CTOs
    • Entrepreneurs

Agenda:

  • Introduction
  • World  Story Telling Day
  • Networking

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Featured Attendees

  • Prince Pemu

    Serenito Chosen Nig Ltd

    CEO

  • Abigail Chimene

    USIU

    Student

  • Jay Dwayne

    WASTUA

    Software Engineer

  • Florence Ayoo

    GGB-AFRICA

    Founder/Director

  • ELLY AGUTU

    Benga Maestro

    Author

  • Felix Kariuki

    Programme for Capacity Development in Africa

    Programmes Director

  • Sylvery Otieno

    KRA

    Applications Developer

  • Bonface Bundi

    Nuri Technologies LTD

    CEO

  • Edwin Lubanga

    Snark Health

    CTO

Agenda

Introduction
World Story Telling Day
Networking

Host

  • Teddy Warria

    Africas Talking

    African Entrepreneur

Organizers

  • Veronica Michael

    Community Lead, 🇹🇿 Tanzania

  • Josphat Mwangi

    Community Co-Lead, 🇰🇪 Kenya

  • Sheriffo Jarju

    Community Lead, 🇬🇲 The Gambia

  • Sanusi Abdulkadir

    Community Lead, 🇳🇬 Kaduna, Nigeria

  • David Okwii

    Sitemonki

    Community Co-Lead, 🇺🇬 Uganda

  • Roland Ganafa

    Africa'sTalking Uganda

    Community Co-Lead, 🇺🇬 Uganda

  • Stanislaus Sakwiya

    MlimiPay Limited

    Community Lead, 🇲🇼 Malawi

  • Muhindi Asena

    Community Co-Lead, 🇰🇪 Kenya

  • Destino Alain DELLO

    FnStack

    Community Lead, Congo

  • laurence masika

    Community Lead Goma, DRC

  • Faith Ono

    Community Lead, Abuja, Nigeria

  • Abdulsalam Muhammad Abubakar

    Community Lead, Kano, Nigeria

  • Patrick Nahayo

    Community Co-Lead Congo

  • Lens Mutombo

    Community Co-Lead Kinshasa

  • Adam Katani

    Africas talking & Tanzania Investment Centre

    Community Co-Lead 🇹🇿 TZ

  • Jeckly Mucua

    Community Lead 🇲🇿 Mozambique

  • Ibrahima Sylla

    YeleGroup

    Côte d'Ivoire

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