Speakers
Prof. Adama Diawara
Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research; Ivory Coast
Mr Tene Birahima Ouattara
Minister of State and Defence; Ivory Coast
Amadou Coulibaly
Minister of Communication and Digital Economy; Ivory Coast
Mário Augusto da Silva Oliveira
Minister of Telecommunications, Information Technologies and Social Communication; Angola
Professor Mohammed Belhocine
Commissioner for Education, Science, Technology and Innovation (ESTI) of the African Union
Prof Frédéric Ouattara
Former Minister of Higher Education, Burkina Faso; Project Lead, BurkinaSat-1
Dr Akram A. Alkasih
General director of the Libyan Center for Remote Sensing and Space Sciences
Dr Gayane Faye
Coordinator of the Senegal Space Program
Mr Hambani Masheleni
Acting Director of the Department of Education, Science, Technology and Innovation, African Union Commission
Dr. Sherif Sedky
Chief Executive Officer of the Egyptian Space Agency
Mr Aboubaker Hassan
Secretary General of the Ministry of Higher Education and Research of the Republic of Djibouti.
Prof. Dickson Adomako
Director of the Ghana Space Science and Technology Institute (GSSTI)
Dr Aboubakar Mambimba Ndjoungui
Deputy Director-General of the Gabonese Agency for Space Studies and Observations (AGEOS)
Dr Tidiane Ouattara
African Union Commission Space Science Expert, GMES & Africa Program Coordinator
Brigadier Hillary Biwott Kipkosgey
Acting DG/CEO Kenya Space Agency
Dr Yeshurun Alemayehu Adde
Deputy Director-General, Ethiopian Space Science & Technology Institute (ESSTI)
Dr Zolana Joao
General Manager, Angolan Space Management Office
Dr Doreen Agaba
Technical lead, Department of Aeronautics and Space Science, the Science Technology and Innovation Secretariat, Uganda.
Mr Fernand Bale
Director, Côte d’Ivoire Geographic and Digital Information Center (CIGN)
Col Francis Ngabo
Chief Executive Officer, Rwanda Space Agency
Dr Halilu Ahmad Shaba
Director General of the Nigerian National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA)
Dr Lisho C. Mundia
Director of Research and Innovation in the Ministry of Higher Education, Technology and Innovation, Government of the Republic of Namibia
Painos Gweme
Coordinator of the Zimbabwe National Geospatial and Space Agency (ZINGSA)
Dr Lasisi Salami Lawal
Acting General Manager, Directorate of Technical Services, NIGCOMSAT
Professor Kouadio Affian
Former Vice-President, Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire
Amal Layachi
Department Head, Training and Cooperation, Royal Center for Remote Sensing Space, Morocco
Dr Abimbola Alale
Former Managing Director, NigComSat
Dr Mahama Ouedraogo
Former Director of the Department of Education Science, Technology and Innovation (ESTI), African Union Commission
Professor George Wiafe
Marine Scientist
Prof. Kamal Labbassi
President, African Association of Remote Sensing of the Environment (AARSE)
Prof. Nana Ama Browne Klutse
Associate Professor of Physics, University of Ghana
Dr Arlette Tanga
Founder, African Association of Air and Space Law (AADAS)
Hazuki Mori
Space Applications Expert, United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA)
Dr Janvier Fotsing
Associate Professor of Space Telecommunications, University of Yaoundé
Brigadier General Thierry Blanc
Deputy General of the French Space Command
Dr El-Hadi Gashut
Director-General, the Regional Center for Remote Sensing of North Africa States, CRTEAN
Mr Ziyaad Soreefan
Aerospace Engineer, Mauritius Research and Innovation Council
Etim Offiong
Head of the Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) Division, ARCSSTE-E)
Dr Emmanuel Nkurunziza
Director General of the Regional Centre for Mapping of Resources for Development (RCMRD)
Dr. Jean-Denis Gabikini
Head of Economic Development, Integration and Trade, African Union Commission
David du Toit
David du Toit, Business Advisor, Dragonfly Aerospace
Andiswa Mlisa
Former CEO, South African National Space Agency
Prof Issouf SOUMARÉ
Director, Laboratory for Financial Engineering of Université Laval (LABIFUL)
Arlande Joerger
Founder, EwoSmart and Co-founder, CSR Think Tank
Dr Cui Yufu
Chief Engineer and Project Manager at DFH Satellite Co., Ltd, CAST
Stéphane Konan
Former advisor at the Ministry of Defense, Côte d'Ivoire and Founder, Shield Africa
Ahmed Cissé
Chairman of the General Confederation of Côte d'Ivoire Companies (CGECI)
Dr Ayman Ahmed
Head of Space Imaging Department, Egyptian Space Agency
Dr Marie Korsaga
Lecturer, Université Joseph Ki-Zerbo, Burkina Faso
Prof. Paul Baki
Professor of Physics, Technical University of Kenya
Dr Assize Toure
Former Director-General, Ecological Monitoring Center (CSE)
Giuseppe Borghi
Head of the Phi-Lab Division at the European Space Agency
Mr Semou Diouf
Director at SatNav Africa Joint Programme Office
Andre Nonguierma
Chief of the Geospatial Information Management Section, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa
Professor Cheikh Mbow
Director-General, Ecological Monitoring Center (CSE)
Julia Selman Ayetey
Dean of the Faculty of Law, the University of Cape Coast, Ghana
Dr Peter Martinez
Executive Director of the Secure World Foundation
Mamadou Sarr
Managing Director, RASCOM
Dr Taiwo Tejumola
Assistant Professor of Space Systems Engineering, International Space University