Session Leads

Meet the session leads scheduled to speak at Data Tamasha Africa 2026.

Abbas Wandella
Senior Digital Health Specialist
Angela Minayo
Digital Rights and Policy, ARTICLE 19 Eastern Africa
Angela Mwemezi
KPMG
Anja Kovacs
Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)
Annex Kemanzi
Pollicy
Aurelia Miheso
Amnesty International Kenya
Bakayoko Mamoudou Nour
Psytrotter Côte D’Ivoire
Berta Fernández Nuez
Infocitizen, University of Antwerp
Bonaventure Saturday
Pollicy
Boniface Owino
Development Transformation (DevTransform)
Brenda Geofrey
Barefoot College International
Chukwuemeka Nwankwo
MERL Tech Initiative
David Mugerwa
Project Hello World
Diana Bichanga
APC
Domina Robert Kiunsi
Mnemba Technologies
Dr. Melissa Omino
CIPIT (Centre for Intellectual Property and Information Technology Law)
Elsa Klarich
Werobotics
Eng. Doreen Gift Bujjingo
Ministry of ICT and National Guidance, Uganda
Fred Drapari
Defenders Protection Initiative (DPI)
Gabriella Razzano
OpenUp
Godfrey Justo
University of Dar es Salaam
Jeffrey W. Rubin
Boston University
Karidja TANOU
LEADAFRICAINES
Kisejjere Rashid
Pollicy
Lukwago Wilson
Pollicy
Mable Amuron
Thraets
Maria Lauda Goyayi
dLab
Mark Bryan Schreiner
UNFPA
Martha Iyambo
MK Legal Consultancy
Maryam Khamis
SUZA
Mbanangwa Cynthia Kwilasya
Mohammed Kateregga
Hello World Africa
Nanjala Nyabola
Keynote Speaker
Nanyonga Maria Kate
DPO Privacy Centre, East Africa
Navina Mutabazi
Kijana na AI Intersect (KAI)
Neema Iyer
Pollicy
Noelyn Nassuuna
Defenders Protection Initiative
Peterking Quaye
West Africa ICT Action Network
Saba Tiku
GIZ African Union
Salome A. Bukachi
University of Nairobi
Samaila Atsen Bako
Code for Africa
Selamawit Tezera Chaka
Pollicy
Suna Salum
Tanzania Data Lab
Timothy Hasahya
Pollicy
Varaidzo Matimba
MERL Tech Initiative
Victor Ndede
Amnesty International Kenya
Yonas Gebremichael Difer
GIZ African Union
Zukiswa Kota
Civic Tech Innovation Network