Entrepreneurs / SMEs & Startups Speakers

Book world-class African speakers specializing in Entrepreneurs / SMEs & Startups. 18 speakers available for keynotes, panels, and workshops.

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Per Lagerstrom

Per Lagerstrom

Venture Builder | AI Digital Strategy & Transformation | BehaviorTech | NED | Ex-McKinsey Partner • South Africa

Per Lagerstrom is a Swedish-born, Cape Town-based venture builder, AI strategy adviser and former McKinsey partner with more than 30 years of experience across

Samuel Alexander

Samuel Alexander

Global Innovation Executive | Technology Strategist | Keynote Speaker | Investor| CEO/Founder • United States of America

Founder and CEO, C2C Fashion and Technology Ecosystem | Circular Systems Strategist | Fashion Technology Innovator | AI, Web3 and Smart Manufacturing Thought Le

Khaya Dlanga

Khaya Dlanga

Former Managing Partner, Delta Victor Bravo and eatbigfish Africa | Founding CMO, rain | Author • South Africa

Khaya Dlanga is a strategist, TED speaker, author of five books and former Managing Partner at Delta Victor Bravo, eatbigfish's partner in Africa. He has worked

Mpho Matsitse

Mpho Matsitse

C-Suite Group Executive | Non-Executive Director | Unlocking Hidden Value, Engineering Real Results • South Africa

Mpho Matsitse has spent fifteen years working between what organisations commit to and what they can later prove changed. His career has taken him through mana

Ilka Dunne

Ilka Dunne

Founder • South Africa

With a career spanning multiple sectors (including 20 years in financial services) and having worked with all employee levels from young talent to exco, Ilka br

Isvari Naidoo

Isvari Naidoo

Founder Thirdmind Advisory • South Africa

Isvari Naidoo brings a rare blend of commercial leadership, digital commerce expertise, and behavioural insight shaped over 16 years in Africa’s most complex FM

Lindiwe Matlali

Lindiwe Matlali

Chief Executive Officer • South Africa

Lindiwe Matlali is a London based deep tech entrepreneur, keynote speaker, and systems builder. She is the Founder and CEO of SWERFVALK and the Founder of Afric

Chris Brooks

Chris Brooks

Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Clarendon Capital Ventures • United States of America

Dr. Chris Brooks works at the intersection of capital, identity, sovereignty and human flourishing. His central argument is deceptively simple: value is not abs

Meg Faure

Meg Faure

Occupational Therapist, Founder and Author • South Africa

Meg Faure is an internationally recognised occupational therapist, infant specialist, entrepreneur, author, and FemTech innovator who has spent more than three

Michael Ikpoki

Michael Ikpoki

Adviser to CEOs, Boards and Investors on growth, governance, and market expansion in Africa. Former CEO of MTN Nigeria and MTN Ghana. • Nigeria

Michael Ikpoki is a Board Chairman, Non-Executive Director, and Senior Adviser to CEOs, boards, and investors in Africa, drawing on his experience as a multinat

Bryan Cassady

Bryan Cassady

Professor, Author and Keynote • United States of America,Belgium

Bryan is not your average speaker. He is a professor, worked as a consultant, authored two international bestseller books, serial entrepreneur and now with a mi

Richard Harding

Richard Harding

• United States of America

Global partnerships strategist and media executive with more than 20 years of experience designing collaboration infrastructures linking national government age

Katlego Mabusela

Katlego Mabusela

• South Africa

Katlego Mabusela is a behavioural performance strategist, entrepreneur, and speaker who helps organisations close the gap between strategy and execution. With

Gina Margaret Tiger

Gina Margaret Tiger

Founder • United Arab Emirates

Gina-Margaret Tiger is a Zimbabwean-born entrepreneur, digital growth strategist, filmmaker, media creator and emerging AI business builder whose career sits at

Samke S. Mhlongo

Samke S. Mhlongo

Global MC and Panel Moderator | Founder, The Next Chapter Global • South Africa

Samke Mhlongo is a strategist, author and global moderator specialising in conversations on capital, markets and economic growth, with a particular interest in

Evita Nyandoro

Evita Nyandoro

• South Africa

Evita Makura Nyandoro is a Pan-African financial and risk expert,governance strategist, Chartered Accountant CA(SA), FCA, and senior executive with over 20 year

Royal Duduza Khosana

Royal Duduza Khosana

Executive Decision Architect | Governance, Leadership & Institutional Transformation Adviser • United Arab Emirates

Dr Royal Duduza Khosana is an Executive Decision Architect and governance, leadership and institutional transformation adviser who helps boards and executive te

Dikeledi Seleka

Dikeledi Seleka

CEO & Business Development Strategist • South Africa

Dikeledi Seleka is the CEO of Dynamic Timz Coaching, a Johannesburg-based leadership development and business strategy firm she founded 12 years ago. Her work s

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