We know well the dangers of man-made emissions and the negative consequences of some technologies on the environment on a global scale. UNDP has described the need for grassroots, frugal innovation and radically new approaches that fit the complexity of current development challenges and environmental constraints. Join this session for a knowledge exchange in achieving profit-driven frugal innovation, while bridging the gap between the North and the South through collaborative partnerships for the benefit of the climate.
This session was curated in partnership with Future Africa.
Executive Director, Advocacy for Policy and Innovation (API)
Victoria is a lawyer , a governance and development expert and policy analyst with 10 years’ experience in the public and private sectors. She is an advocate for development policies targeted at entrepreneurial ecosystems in technology and frugal innovation. Before being appointed as Executive…
Lead, Government Affairs and Public Policy, West and Francophone Africa, Google
Titi Akinsanmi
Lead, Government Affairs and Public Policy, West and Francophone Africa, Google
Inspire. Inform. Involve. Impact.These four simple but complexly connected words describe Titi’s life mission. An unconventional strategist - with an innate ability to connect what more often than not is…
Iyinoluwa Aboyeji is currently the CEO and General Partner of Fund for Africa’s Future (popularly known as Future Africa), Africa’s largest seed stage investor which has invested millions of dollars into over hundred startups across Africa. Prior to that, he co-founded Flutterwave, a billion-dollar global…
Dr. Denton is an accomplished senior manager in the UN system, respected across the research and implementation branches of the organization. She has in-depth knowledge of natural resource management, and extensive experience of research and policy development, in the African region. Prior…
In the last 25 years, Desmond has worked in Europe, the United States of America and across the West African sub-region with various industries, non-governmental and parastatal organizations as well as development partners to design and develop progressive management systems that support…
Bright Simons, is the President of mPedigree [link to: www.mpedigree.net], a social enterprise working on three continents with governments, Fortune 500 companies and activists to safeguard human health and food security using technology. A career inventor and innovator, his current projects…
