Think Future Speakers
Johnny Miller
Founder of AfricanDrone and Unequal Scenes
Speaker: Perspective, Purpose & Action!
“We all have a role to play in pushing for change.”
Obakeng Leseyane
Education Advocate and Founder of EdConnect
Speaker: It’s Possible – A Hero’s Journey
“Enslaved by poverty, education was my liberty.”
Dave Duarte
Founder of Treeshake and chairman of The Reach Trust
Speaker: Busting Barriers for Behaviour Change
“A man worth your time” – Trevor Ncube | Owner: Mail & Guardian
Dr. Dayna Long
Director of Health Equity Science and Clinical Transformation, UCSF Child Health Equity Institute, United States
Speaker: Starting blocks & Stumbling blocks
“Often the boldest thing you can do is show up time and time again, and each time we get a little braver.”
Abdul Dube
Co-founder of Visual Confidence
Breakaway Lead
“I make, I do, I visualise and
actualise projects.”
Bonnie Chiu
Founder of Lensational and MD of The Social Investment Consultancy
Speaker: Breaking Biases for Bold Leadership
“Everything happens for a reason. Just keep going.”
Glenn Gillis
CEO, Seamonster
Speaker: The Realities of Augmented and Virtual Reality
“When a story resonates with your audience,
IT IS DEVOURED.”
Nicky Abdinor
Clinical Psychologist
Speaker: Let’s focus on what we can change, rather than what we can’t
“Born without arms, not without attitude!
Nicky Abdinor is an expert on doing MORE, with less.”
Sonja Giese
Founding Director, Innovation Edge
Speaker: Exploring Early Years Innovation Across the World
“I believe that innovation happens when we open ourselves up to the unexpected; when we are mindful of and question our assumptions; and when we purposefully connect with people and processes that challenge us.”
Josh Lowe
Editor Apolitical
Speaker: Exploring Government Innovation
“We must love one another or die” — W.H. Auden
Asif Saleh
Executive Director of BRAC
Speaker: Small is Beautiful, Scale is Necessary
“What’s the point in lives saved if there’s no hope. Education and skills give that hope.”
Jess Schulschenk
Director, Sustainablity Institute Executive Director, Indaba Foundation Partnerships Director Africa, Embedding Project
Speaker: A Practical Approach to Corporate Citizenship
“There can be no keener revelation of a society’s soul than the way in which it treats its children” ~ Nelson Mandela
Joe Waters
Co-founder and CEO of Capita
Breakaway Lead: Constructing Narratives to Drive Change
“Let us dedicate ourselves to what the Greeks wrote so many years ago: to tame the savageness of man and make gentle the life of this world.” – Robert F. Kennedy upon the death of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Mushambi Mutuma
Author & African Tech Expert
Speaker: Technology and the Future
“Brands that evolve the present are involved in the future” – Unknown
Dr Alia Weston
Associate Professor of Creative and Business Enterprise at OCAD University, Toronto
Breakaway Lead: Challenging Perspectives: How Do You Know What You Don’t Know?
“Socially responsible business has a powerful role to play in creatively advancing social impact in the world.”
Philip A. Fisher, PhD
Philip H. Knight Chair & Professor of Psychology, University of Oregon. Director, Center for Translational NeuroScience
Speaker: Building Brains and Shaping Futures
Eugene Kweku Boadu
Head of Corporate Affairs for mPedigree
Speaker: Innovation Showcase
Christina Bwana
Chief Product Officer, Ubongo Learning
Speaker: Innovation Showcase
“It’s not situations, but expectations, that lead to disappointment.”
Doreen Bateyunga
Pre-production Coordinator Ubongo Learning
Speaker: Innovation Showcase
“In all you do, keep the next generation in mind.”
Lucky Netshidzati
Founder and CEO of Rudzambilu Holdings
Speaker: Innovation Showcase
“We make the future sustainable when we invest in the poor, not when we insist on their suffering.”- Bill Gates
Simon Mbae
Strategic Relationships Manager for Medic Mobile Inc
Speaker: Innovation Showcase
“We are all health workers.”
Ashley Beckner
Venture Partner, Omidyar Network, US
Breakaway Lead: Building Innovative Finance Models
Brent Hutcheson
Director, Care for Education, SA
Breakaway Lead: A Playful Approach to Collaboration
“Children must master the language of things before they can master the language of words.”- Frederich Froebel
Allie Amoroso
Co-Founder & Executive Director of ROSE Women's Foundation
Breakaway Lead: Designing with a Gender Lens
“Sustainable innovation stems from the inside out. I’ve seen women innovate as a means of survival, and when given a chance these women thrive as self-made entrepreneurs.”
Amreen Choda
Senior Associate in the Evaluation for Development practice at Genesis Analytics
Breakaway Lead
Nwanyibuife Obiako
Management and Leadership Consultant / Health Systems Strengthening Specialist
Speaker: The Power of Data
“If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go with others.” – African Proverb
Megan Blair
CEO, Earlybird Educare@Work
Speaker: Innovation Showcase
“Progress is never permanent, will always be threatened, must be redoubled, restated and reimagined if it is to survive”- Zadie Smith
Emily Gustafsson-Wright
Fellow, Center for Universal Education, The Brookings Institution
Breakaway Lead: Building Innovative Business Models
“Only from the heart can you touch the sky” – Rumi
Rachel Jones
Senior Associate, Reos Partners
Breakaway Lead
Bilal Randeree
Director for Africa & MENA, Media Development Investment Fund
Breakaway Lead
There is this myth that young people are not interested in the following the news – but the reality is very different – if we look at Hashtag Our Stories, The Daily Vox and #SMWX, we find that it is not that young people are not interested, but rather there is a shortage of innovation in media.
Nicola Galombik
Executive Director, Yellowwoods
Speaker: Why the need to challenge Perspective
Murray Hunter
Research/Training/Mischief
Breakaway Lead
“Be the trouble you want to see in the world.”