Think Future Speakers

Johnny Miller

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

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

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

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

Abdul Dube

Co-founder of Visual Confidence

Breakaway Lead

“I make, I do, I visualise and
actualise projects.”

Bonnie Chiu

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

Glenn Gillis

CEO, Seamonster

Speaker: The Realities of Augmented and Virtual Reality

“When a story resonates with your audience,
IT IS DEVOURED.”

Nicky Abdinor

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

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

Josh Lowe

Editor Apolitical

Speaker: Exploring Government Innovation

“We must love one another or die” — W.H. Auden

Asif Saleh

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

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

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

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

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 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

Eugene Kweku Boadu

Head of Corporate Affairs for mPedigree

Speaker: Innovation Showcase

Christina Bwana

Christina Bwana

Chief Product Officer, Ubongo Learning

Speaker: Innovation Showcase

It’s not situations, but expectations, that lead to disappointment.”

 

Doreen Bateyunga

Doreen Bateyunga

Pre-production Coordinator Ubongo Learning

Speaker: Innovation Showcase

 “In all you do, keep the next generation in mind.”

Lucky Netshidzati

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

Simon Mbae

Strategic Relationships Manager for Medic Mobile Inc

Speaker: Innovation Showcase

We are all health workers.”

 

Ashley Beckner

Ashley Beckner

Venture Partner, Omidyar Network, US

Breakaway Lead: Building Innovative Finance Models 

 

 

Brent Hutcheson

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

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

Amreen Choda

Senior Associate in the Evaluation for Development practice at Genesis Analytics

Breakaway Lead

 

Nwanyibuife Obiako

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

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

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

Rachel Jones

Senior Associate, Reos Partners

Breakaway Lead

 

 

Bilal Randeree

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

Nicola Galombik

Executive Director, Yellowwoods

Speaker: Why the need to challenge Perspective 

 

Murray Hunter

Murray Hunter

Research/Training/Mischief

Breakaway Lead

“Be the trouble you want to see in the world.”