Romuald is a last year Ph/D researcher in Performing Arts and Cinematography, ambitious and goal-orientated hard worker. His research focuses on educational films and television. Since Decembre 2018 he is the artistic director and communication manager of I-Studio (which is an audiovisual and digital production house based in Yaounde). He is also the Executive Director of the People's Theatre and Cinema for Social Change association. From 2017 to 2018 he was the project manager for youth and envoy for cultural activities for the network of ‘Alliance Française de Roumanie’ where he has launched the first pocket film festival for bilingual schools. Flexible and able to adapt himself in various situations, he is a monitor at University of Yaounde 1 since 2015, where he teaches theatre education and cinema for social change. He has acquired experience in the field of cultural industries, communication and applied arts during the past eight years both in the university and professional milieu. His expertise also aligned with film, radio and television production.

I am a Science graduate, working as an Operations manager for an innovative social enterprise called Olomangy. 5 years ago I havefounded Olomangy depending on personal funding, it is working on improving the quality of education (SDG4) especially STEAMeducation in Africa through learning by doing programs and designing up to date interactive STEAM content, we have reachedover 13000 teacher and students in Africa, in addition, we have simplified STEAM content for around 40000 followers on our socialmedia channels. Last year, African Union selected Olomangy as one of the top 50 education innovators in Africa at the innovativeeducation conference in Senegal. Lately, we are working on 2 initiatives, the first one aims to raise the awareness of STEAMeducation especially digital education in rural African communities, the second one aims to digitalize the STEAM content in shapeof practical website that will be accessible for teachers, home schooling parents and students especially in North Africa.

Last year, I was in Uganda with my Japanese college (JICA advisor) to train 1540 students and teacher in rural areas on how to simplify STEAM Education using surrounding cheap local materials, it was a successful trip, our reach was 1540 students and theirteachers plus the national training centre of Science trainers. https://youtu.be/C8-c6wAOEQE

2017/2018, I was deployed by African Union to work at CEMASTEA Kenya research centre which works on improving STEMeducation in Africa especially through teacher training. I have 6 years' experience in STEAM education field working for differententities in different countries like Future University in Egypt, CEMASTEA Kenya, International organizations like African Union,enterprise, NGOs and Multinational Company like Nagwa which is specialized in digital education, I also received differentinternational trainings and participated in different programs that works on enhancing the STEAM education in Africa. Recently Ihave been awarded a scholarship form Alghurair foundation to start my online master at Arizona State University in EducationTechnology.

Ademulegun Olowojoba is a human capital development specialist who works closely with government and private sector institutions in developing quality human capital development systems for young Africans.
Ademulegun holds a Bachelor in Engineering, a diploma in Data Journalism and an executive certificate in Social Sector Management. From 2014 – 2016, he served as the founding curator of opportunitiesforyouths.com, an online community that connects young people with education and development opportunities.

Between 2016 and 2018 he served as a project team member of ReadysetWork, an initiative by Lagos’ State Government to improve graduate employability across tertiary institutions within the State. In 2016, he led Community Affairs for Microsoft Nigeria, where he was responsible for implementing the youth employment and digital skills development efforts of the organization in Nigeria, reaching over 25,000 youth. In 2017 he served as the pioneer Project Lead of CodeLagos, an initiative sponsored by the Lagos State Ministry of Education. He supervised the expansion of the program to +300 coding centres and over 40,000 beneficiaries.
In 2018, he founded codetutor.com.ng, a startup that is committed to making computer science education and technology skills accessible to young Nigerians while also creating access to decent job opportunities and on this role he has led the training of over 5,000 beneficiaries.

Biao holds a Master of Engineering in Water and Forests with an elective in Natural Resources Ecology and Management. He boasts a broad experience in environment engineering, geographic information systems, rural development, green economy and human rights. He founded the “Climate Innovation Laboratory Togo” (CIL TOGO), which focuses on green innovation (eco-entrepreneurship) support through capacities building, consulting services and networking and events and forums.
Biao is currently working as Analyst for Tony Blair Institute for Global Change (TBI)- Governance Togo supporting the ministry in charge of agriculture for execution and "Delivery" in implementation priority projects and for foreign investments’ promotion and facilitation.

Ioannis holds Bachelor degrees in Electrical Engineering and Technical Education, a Master of Science in Environmental and Resource Management and a Masters in Geographical Information Systems. His experience focuses on renewable energy, cartography, sustainability, corporate & social responsibility, and green finance. For the last three years he has been working for the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) across Europe, Africa and the Middle East on renewable energy, environment and energy security.

Okonkwo Gerard, is a 2017 MSc graduate of forest and nature conservation, Wageningen University, in the Netherlands. Gerard currently works as a junior researcher in environment, collaborates in Climate change intervention projects in the Netherlands, has strong project monitoring/environmental impact assessment experience, and has also been a youth-member of the IUCN- ecosystem management commission since 2015. He did research for one year on desertification and drought resistant trees in Ghana, resulting in a video interview with the National geographic magazine published in September 2017. Gerard has volunteered in Elephant conservation/environmental monitoring research in both Nigeria and Ghana. He was the President of the African student community at his university, learning from African refugees about the disruptive displacement impacts of climate change. In September 2017, he was selected to participate as an environment and climate change fellow during the AU-EU Youth Plug-In Initiative and contributed in the development of the youth agenda, the basis for the current AU-EU Youth Cooperation Hub pilot project. He now provides support to the Environment and Climate Change cluster of the Hub.

Martin qualified as a lawyer in Belgium and has experience in working embedded within the Ministry of Economy and Finance in Djibouti. His expertise embraces legal technical assistance, policy advice, legal reform, public-private partnerships as well as legal capacity building. He writes for a monthly EU law journal.

He has built his experience with youth engagement with associations promoting education for all and youth participation in political debates, as well as with student representation.

Etienne is a Franco-German citizen and holds a Master of Arts in International Relations and European Diplomacy from the College of Europe, completed with a Dissertation on EU-AU Relations for Development & Cooperation and Peace and Security. He also holds a Master in International and European Governance and a diploma from Sciences Po Lille, France with a special focus on conflict and development studies. Since 2017, he gained strong experience in engaging youth, local partners and stakeholders in peace building in Côte d’Ivoire through the organization “Interpeace”. In his work, Etienne contributes to local conflict management, to the reintegration of delinquent youth in the Ivorian school system and to support local governance processes. He has also contributed to draft the Report “Youth Speak Out!”, in favour of the participation of youth in peace and security processes in the Ivory Coast and the progress report of UNSCR 2250.

Previously, Oyewole was one of the 36 fellows under AU-EU Youth Plug-in Initiative (AUEU YPII) who participated in the development of proposal that formed the six clusters of the AUEU YCH. He has also served as the Senior Correspondent, Deputy Director and Director of the Africa Division of the World Peace (OWP, Canada), engaged more than 1000 youths on peacebuilding. Oyewole later became the Director of the Inside Africa, a quarterly OWP Magazine and Report on peace and conflict prevention initiatives across Africa. He worked as an EFHR Fellow at the Common Ground Centre (Kenya) on “international human rights policy and practice on religious intolerance and discrimination” and supported the crowdfunding for Syria victims. Other capacities in which he has served include Endowment Fund Officer (Kalube Consult Ltd, Uganda-Cameroon), international election observer (Carter Centre, USA, in Kenya’s General Elections), Junior researcher (West Africa Institute, Praia, Cabo Verde) and Research consultant (CWhaD, Nigeria). Oyewole is a recipient of the DAAD-EPOS (Germany), AfDB research fund via PAU (AUC), African Union Scholarship (AUC), ANAN Award (Nigeria), EFHR Research Fellowship (CGC) and an alumnus of the Leading in the Public Life, Nelson Mandela School of Public Governance, UCT (South Africa), amongst others.

She is also an award-winning fellow at WomenDeliver and a member of the Gender Innovation Agora at UN Women. Since the age of 16, she worked in underprivileged neighbourhoods of France, committed to address inequalities and promote social inclusion. Last year, she helped organising the YO!Fest, gathering 8000 youth at the European Parliament and she managed to sponsor a delegation of underprivileged students with a migrant background coming from France and Italy.

 Antoine Delens holds a Master's in European Studies from the University of Liege and an MSc. in International Conflict and Cooperation from the University of Stirling. He currently works at the Office of the Commissioner-General for Refugees and Stateless Persons in Belgium, conducting interviews with asylum seekers from Palestine, Western Balkans and West Africa and drawing up decisions on international protection and refugee status. Before, He worked for the Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs within the European Directorate and at the Belgium Permanent Representation to the EU on migration issues. In 2018, he was a political adviser on human rights issues inside the Rule of Law Mission of the EU in Kosovo. He is also a contributor to the International Review “Horizons Stratégiques” and he publishes regularly scientific articles in partnership with the Center for International Studies from the University of Liège.

Andreas is a multi-lingual development professional working at the intersection of governance, inclusion, as well as human development with ample experience in quality research, budget and staff management as well as strategy innovation, notably in Sub-Saharan Africa. Proven ability in policy, project and relationship management, leading teams in various international contexts.

Tatiana, who grew up in Benin, is a young graduate with three years experiences in technology (web development, network and information system). She advocates for girls and women’s inclusion in technologies fields through communities engagement, driven by her belief in youth especially girls empowerment through digital literacy, leadership and entrepreneurship spirit as the key for the future.

Tatiana is experienced in Virtualization and data storage, Switching and routing, SAN, LAN and WAN, Network services on Linux and Windows, IT risk management, Cybersecurity, Database administration, Web development , digital marketing.
Her work and dedication to sharing her knowledge has led her to be named as a 2020 Harvard Crossroads Young Leaders and be selected as a European Development Days Young Leader in 2019.

Denis prides himself in his ability to wear many hats: he presents as an engineer, system architect, technical project manager, and product(s) owner. Moreover, his recent roles have him sitting on regional technical advisory boards for his company.

With an educational background in Aeronautics and Astronautics Engineering (BSc. Aerospace), Advanced Robotics (MSc.), and Automatic Control (MSc.); and a career that started off with the world’s largest aerospace companies, he made an interesting detour into software system design, and later hybrid system architecture (large-scale Embedded Systems, IoT, Cloud Infrastructure, and App development and integration).

In his roughly 10-year career, he has worked in various industries – spanning Aerospace (aircraft design), semiconductor (microchip) manufacturing, (countrywide) traffic system design and management, and consumer electronics design and manufacturing. Nonetheless, his focus has always been on leading the development of cutting-edge technical solutions, while giving the end products a human face.

Temitayo is a chief solutions architect with over a decade of experience in software development and business management. He works closely with the government, the private sector, and NGOs to create digital solutions. He is the founder of Euidem Technologies, a one-stop IT solution from based in Nigeria and serving clients worldwide. He founded Euidem Academy as an NGO in 2013 and since then trained over 10,000 Africans in different aspects of IT. He has co-founded a number of thriving startups and is on the board of a few more. He pioneers the Skillup Africa project, which is a graduate empowerment accelerator. He has a Bachelor of Technology in Microbiology, an executive certificate in Entrepreneurial Management, and Nonprofit Leadership management from the Lagos Business School.

In 2013, he leads a number of state-wide projects in Ogun state, helping over 5000 individuals get access to computer education, a get that earned him a state honours award from the State Government. He has since then been leading Tech teams at Euidem Technologies, creating hundreds of digital solutions to specific needs. Temitayo is a lead trainer for Google Nigeria on CS projects for kids, a country ambassador on Africa Code Week, and a delivery partner to the Lagos State Government's Ministry of Education on CodeLagos, a project aimed at training 1 million people how to code. Temitayo is an avid project manager with a special interest in research and business process development.

Passionate about emerging technologies and ICT4D, Annette is focused on creating inclusive and better quality services for both the public and private sectors. Based in London, she currently works in the economic growth team of a global development consultancy, focusing on providing creative and innovative solutions to build long-lasting positive impact. In particular, Annette works closely with governments and businesses to improve competitiveness, enhance performance, and contribute to sustainable growth.sectors.

Previously, she has been a senior manager at TransferWise, one of Europe’s most successful FinTechs with a mission to make finance transparent and accessible to all, as well as contributed to UN reporting on SDGs relating to e-government in Estonia. Annette holds a degree in Hispanic studies, and has been a team lead in AIESEC, the largest youth-run organisation, empowering young people to make a positive impact on society.

Salmane is a software engineer with experience in the development of web and mobile applications. Over the last 3 years, he has been involved in the co-founding of two tech startups: PrAnalytics (a software development agency) and tutoo+ (an e-learning platform dedicated to teach Tech and Entrepreneurship in Francophone Africa). He has been mainly acting as a software engineer developing applications using technologies such as Laravel, Vue JS, Spring Boot, Flutter, etc.

He has had the chance to work with several institutions across the continent including MCB (Mauritius Commercial Bank) in Mauritius, the African Leadership University in Rwanda, L'Agence Nationale pour la Société de l'Information in Niger, etc. These experiences have strengthened his belief in the power of technology to solve some of the most pressing needs across the African continent and the world at large.

A computer specialist with 6 years’ experience in the Egyptian government, Hager work as an ICT Officer (Youth Volunteer) at the African Academy of Languages (ACALAN), the specialised language agency of the African Union Commission, in Bamako Mali, since April 2019. She earned my Bachelor degree in Information Systems from Helwan University in Egypt.

She previously interned with EdTech startup Marj3, and Startup Without boarders for Refugee entrepreneurs and got selected by the Egyptian Scholar Lab working on a research called (Predicting Software Defects in Open Source Systems."). Hager completed a fellowship in at the iRights.Lab GmbH in Berlin. Her motto in life is: “I want us to ask ourselves every day, how are we using technology to make a real difference in people’s lives” President Barack Obama.

Najma Ahmed Hussein is a program development specialist passionate about youth inclusion, knowledge management and strategic communications. Formerly with IOM in Niger, she worked on the development of the Niger Community Cohesion Initiative, a programme aimed at reducing the threats of violent extremism and armed conflict through small-scale intersectoral activities implemented in the regions of Diffa, Tillaberi and Agadez. A fervent advocate for knowledge management, Najma worked with IOM's Somalia Stabilization Initiative to collect best practices and lessons learned after three years of programming and more than 230 projects implemented in Mogadishu, South West and Jubaland States. She researched and developed learning products that have informed strategy and ensured adaptation in activity design. A passionate advocate for access to information, she designed a 4-month radio campaign with the Ministry of Women's Affairs in Jubaland State to increase rural women's access to information on government services. Her interest in peacebuilding led her to travel to Morocco, Egypt, Qatar and Azerbaijan with UNAOC to examine practices to foster youth resilience to violent extremism and build sustainable peace. Najma recently joined the IOM Regional Data Hub where she supports migration data capacity-development initiatives in the East and Horn of Africa, providing technical support to key governmental and non-governmental stakeholders to improve their migration data portfolio in line with regional and global initiatives.

Najma is based in Nairobi, she is fluent in English, French and Somali.