Manar is an agronomist engineer working on Credit Agricole du Maroc, with 6 years of experiences. She started her career on consulting and engineering. After that, she start working on industry. Now, she works with green finance at a national bank with a public service mission.
Manar Ouaritni
Tolulope Erinosho
Tolulope Erinosho is a Consultant Electrical Engineer and a Lecturer at the department of Electrical Engineering, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Nigeria. Her research areas of interest are: electromagnetic fields, wireless energy, clean energy technologies and management, with several publications to her credit in both local and international journals of repute. Prior to joining academics, she worked in a private enterprise and held key technical and managerial positions on several engineering projects in Engineering, Procurement and Construction of Transmission Lines, Substation and Solar Energy Installations. Tolulope is an advocate of SDGs 4, 5 and 7 of the United Nations and have been mentoring young girls through different outreach programs within her professional circles. She holds Bachelor and Master’s degrees in Electrical Engineering from Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta and University of Lagos, Nigeria respectively and currently undergoing PhD. in Electrical Engineering at the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Nigeria.
Chinwendu Nweke
Nweke Chinwendu Augustina is a graduate of Geology and the founder of Bridge Merchant Enterprise, an agribusiness and agritech company that is actively solving the issue of post-harvest loss in Nigeria. She is the head of the girls’ department with the Do The Dream Youth Development Initiative in Nigeria. She has trained over 1000 girls in leadership summits. She is currently the head of the mentorship department with GirlCode Nigeria. She has volunteered in various projects such as, google student clubs, teaching secondary school students how to use and navigate various google products. She has over 5 years of experience as the head of operations in Bridge Merchant and has worked with over 700 smallholder farmers. She loves reading, meeting new people, and also exploring new cultures.
Zayneb alShalalfeh
Zayneb alShalalfeh has a MSc in Water Security and International Development, BSc in Informatics, and 10+ years of career experience managing development projects of international non-profit organizations. She has worked in the Palestinian Territories, Jordan, Egypt, Israel and the UK. She has technical expertise in water governance, climate change and gender issues. Zayneb is adept at water and climate smart agricultural techniques. She has authored/co-authored many journal articles, technical reports, briefing notes and submissions to the UN. Zayneb is the Co-Founder of the Palestinian Women Water Practitioners Network and has a wide network with actors in development, including NGOs, the UN and local authorities and academic institutions in the Palestinian Territories and throughout the region.
Zarnigor Abdullaeva
Zarnigor Abdullaeva is a lead specialist in the capital construction and repair department in “Uzbekneftegaz” joint-stock company. Zarnigor is responsible for checking the availability of documents and receiving documents submitted by the company’s departments and structural enterprises according to the approved address list of construction projects. She also prepares relevant materials for the approval of the consolidated address list of construction projects with the relevant ministries and departments of the Republic of Uzbekistan. Prior to “Uzbekneftegaz” JSC, Zarnigor worked at Uzbekistan GTL LLC for 3 years and was a technical supervisor in the construction management department. Before this, she spent 2 years in a design and construction company as a CAD engineer. Zarnigor graduated from Turin Polytechnic University in Tashkent with a bachelor’s degree in Industrial and Civil Engineering and Architecture.
Vimbai Mhuta
Vimbai Mhuta has 10 years of experience in design and construction management projects with CNM-YBJ Consulting Engineers. She is registered as a Professional Member with Examinations Council of Zimbabwe (ECZ). She holds a Masters in Business Administration (MBA) degree, a Degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Zimbabwe (UZ), and a Post-grad Diploma in Project management from the Project Management Institute of Zimbabwe (PMIZ). She is a Council member of the University of Zimbabwe and has experience in engineering designs, tendering and supervision of construction. Her areas of significant experience include infrastructural development for residential and commercial development, structural engineering of bridges, water reservoirs, and commercial buildings; especially in reinforced concrete and structural steel. She has experience in managing major project constraints which are scope, cost, and time. She has handled major projects from inception to commissioning. Vimbai is a result-oriented Engineer who keeps up to date with evolving technologies.
Zanyiwe Nthatisi Asare
Zanyiwe Nthatisi Asare is the CEO of Digitally Legal, a digital laws and technology consultancy with presence in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region, where she provides business oversight and leadership. The company provides contact center, back-office processing, organizational data protection training, literacy programs and policy drafting services for medium to large private and public sector organizations. She is a University of the Witwatersrand graduate, an admitted Advocate of the High Court of South Africa with a focus on internet governance, data protection, telecoms and cyber security. She sits on various information and communications technology (ICT) related boards and committees including the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa’s Consumer Advisory Panel and is the Chairperson the South African Internet Governance Forum (ZAIGF). She is passionate about inclusive development and is the Vice President of the African Women’s Leadership Network, a UN based structure with a mandate to develop women and girl leaders.
Wahiba Ben Frej
Wahiba Ben Frej is a computer engineer. She obtained a national diploma in Computer Engineering from the University of Tunis in 2000, and a master’s degree in Electronic Systems and Communication Networks from the Polytechnic School of Tunis. She joined the Centre Informatique du Ministère des Finances (CIMF) in November 2000 as a development engineer, and she currently holds the position of Project Director at the Computer Center of the Ministry of Finance. She is also co-founder of an HR-Tech start-up. Wahiba also worked as a contract teacher at the Tunisian University. She was a member of the Junior Chamber International, where she was president of a local chapter and a graduate trainer within this international organization. Wahiba recently created a foundation whose objective is to help young people train and find jobs in IT.
Tobi Otokiti
Tobi Otokiti is recognized as one of the top ten female techpreneurs revolutionizing Africa’s tech space. With her over seven years of work experience working in three unicorn companies (Flutterwave, Andela and Interswitch), Tobi has a track record of delivering innovative technology products for African and emerging markets. Her broad range of product management experience spans industries in financial services and EduTech. This has positioned her as a strong product leader. Tobi has an entrepreneurial spirit which she also exercises through the largest product management community in Africa that she founded, ProductDive. Her work at ProductDive is recognized in the tech ecosystem in Africa due to the many success stories it has birthed. She is great at getting the best out of teams while collectively iterating on products to drive business outcomes. In 2020, Tobi was a public speaker at Mind the Product, UK, the largest product management conference.
