​A highly curated, AI convening connecting Africa’s top builders and diaspora talent with the capital, global tech leaders, and policy makers needed for scale.

​7:00 AM – 9:30 AM

​CEO Breakfast (Invite Only)

​Deploying AI at Scale in African Enterprises
Featuring:

• ​Oji Udezue — Investor & Product Leader

• ​Emmanuel Lubanzadio — Africa Lead, OpenAI

• ​Cecilia Makundi — Business Transformation Lead, Zelwen Partners

• ​Catherine Muraga — MD, Microsoft ADC & Engineering Director, Microsoft

• ​Eston Kimani — CEO, ChatSasa

​8:30 AM – 9:30 AM

​Registration & Networking Breakfast

​9:30 AM – 9:40 AM

​Welcome Address - Mebs Tejpar - Managing Director, Capital Club, East Africa

​Welcome Address- Silicon Xchange Team

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Intro to founders + product narrative (Tonee Ndungu)

​9:40 AM – 9:50 AM

​DemoX — Live AI Product Showcase

​Africa’s sharpest deployable AI products.

• ​Rama Afullo — CEO, Satlyt

• ​Daniel Mukisa - Founder & CEO, Ridelink

​9:55 AM – 10:15 AM

​Keynote Address

​The Intelligence Infrastructure: Building a Global AI Economy
Emmanuel Lubanzadio — Africa Lead, OpenAI

​10:20 AM – 10:40 AM

​Opening Remarks & Chief Guest Address

​Dr. Tonny Omwansa - CEO, Kenya National Innovation Agency

​10:50 AM – 11:40 AM

​Founder–Founder Roundtables (Early Stage)

​For founders moving from idea → traction.
Led by:

• ​Rama Afullo — Satlyt

• ​Nyamitse-Calvin Mahinda — Vital Audio

• ​Daniel Mukisa — Ridelink

• ​Ola Fadiran — ChipMango

• ​Rawan Dareer - CEO, Hakimu

​11:40 AM – 11:50 AM

​Coffee Break

​11:55 AM – 12:45 PM

​Why AI Is Existential for Africa

​Moderator: Dr. Shikoh Gitau — CEO, Qhala
Panelists:

• ​Tonee Ndungu - Founder, Kytabu & Tribbe - Moderator

• ​Emmanuel Lubanzadio — OpenAI

• ​Oji Udezue — Product Leader & Investor

• ​Lorna Omondi — Google Research (ML/AI) Africa

• ​Cecilia Makundi — Zelwen Partners

​12:55 PM – 1:00 PM

​DemoX — Live Product Showcase

• ​Ifeanyi Arinze — CEO, Leaptra

• ​Ola Fadiran - Founder & CEO , Chipmango

​1:00 PM – 1:50 PM

​Founder–Founder Roundtables (Growth Stage)

​For founders scaling teams + cross-market traction.
Led by:

• ​Pulkit Srivastava — Investor & 3× Founder (Moderator)

• ​Tesh Mbaabu — CEO, Cloud9

• ​Sonia Kabra — Co-CEO, BuuPass

• ​Rose Goslinga — Co-Founder & President, Pula

​1:50 PM – 2:50 PM

​Lunch

​2:50 PM – 3:40 PM

​Policy Panel — Building Africa’s Innovation Infrastructure\

• ​Thomas Kaberi - Head of BD & Commercials, Qhala - [Moderator]

• ​Enos Weswa - Country Director, UK-Kenya Tech Hub

• ​Dr. Tonny Omwansa — CEO, KENIA

• ​Amb. Philip Thigo — Special Envoy on Technology (TBC)

• ​Daniel Mainda — CEO, Nairobi International Financial Center

​3:40 PM – 4:05 PM

​DemoX — AI in Africa 2025 Recap + Showcase

​Hilda Mwangi - Founder & CEO, Algoricum

​Kennedy Nyagah - CEO , Hello Duty

​Tom Kinyanjui - Co-Founder & CEO, Neural Labs Africa

​Led by Qhala

​Keynote Address: Why AI is existential for Africa & Q&A

​4:30 PM – 5:20 PM

​Investor Panel — Where Investors See Real Opportunity in Africa’s Next Cycle

​Moderator: Abigail Okumu — NaiBAN
Panelists:

• ​Vladimir Dugin — Managing Partner & CEO, E3 Capital

• ​Martin Karanja — Director, GSMA Innovation Fund

• ​Laurie Fuller — Partner, Raiven Capital

• ​Mike Mompi — Managing Partner, Enza Capital

​5:20 PM – 5:45 PM

​Closing Remarks + Photo Ops

​6:00 PM – 9:00 PM

​Rooftop Networking After-Party

​Side Events — December 8 (Antler Office)

​Workshop I — AI Product Leadership & Velocity

​Oji Udezue — Product Mind (Ex-CPO Typeform; ex-Calendly; ex-Twitter)
How to build differently in the age of AI + product architecture to ship faster.