MARTIN MBAYA

Martin Mbaya is the co-founder and Director of Nairobi Capital, Inc. a global mobile money financial intermediary with operations in Kenya offering working capital solutions and business know-how to small businesses and individuals in Africa. He holds a degree in engineering from MIT and a degree in Public policy with a concentration in International Trade and Finance from Harvard School of Public Policy. Martin is one of the co-founders of AITI.

PROF.JOHN MSHANA

Professor JOHN SEVERIN MSHANA is currently the Vice Rector responsible for academics at Kigali Institute of Science and Technology. He has also held senior academic and administrative positions at the University of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania. He holds a Bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Nairobi. He also holds a Masters degree in Mechanical Engineering and Doctorate degree specializing in Solid Mechanics from the University of Ottawa.

CYPRIAN KUMWAKA

Cyprian is the founder of the Strathmore Innovation Technology Transfer (SITT) incubation program and is also an African Information Technology Initiative (AITI) alumni. He did BSc. Information Science from Moi University in addition to holding many computing end education certifications. He is currently undertaking a Masters in Communication Management offered by KIST, Kigali in conjunction with UKTA. He has also instructed at Strathmore University, Nairobi. Cyprian is currently the Head of Department of Business Information Technology at Rwanda Tourism University College.

CARTER CROCKETT

Carter's background includes over 17 years of business experience, six as a scholar in the area of business management. He has held strategic-level marketing responsibility for a number of innovative companies in the following industries: automotive, consumer media, premium coffee, and information technology. Carter received his B.A. in Business & Economics from Westmont College in 1992 and in 2005 earned a Ph.D. in Entrepreneurship while teaching and conducting research at Robert Gordon University, Scotland.