Africa Satellite Navigation Conference






Keynote Speakers

H.E. Josefa Sacko
(Angola)
AU Commissioner for Agriculture and Environment

H.E. Pedro Lopes
(Cabo Verde)
State Secretary for Digital Economy

H.E. Tidiane Ouattara
(Cote d'Ivoire)
President, African Space Council

H.E. Mohammed Moussa
(Niger)
Former Minister of Interior and Transports,
Director General,
ASECNA

Mr. Semou Diouf
(Senegal)
Director General,
SatNav Africa JPO

Mr. Imraan Saloojee
(South Africa)
Executive Director,
RIIS

H.E. Piotr Trabinski
(Poland)
Former IMF Executive Director

Mr. Marma Kayré
(Senegal)
Director General,
Senegal Space Agency

Dr. Saley Mahaman Bachir
Senior Scientific Officer, GMES & Africa Programme Coordinator, AUC

Prof. Lazarus Ojigi
Director General,
AFRIGIST

H.E. Pamela Gidi
(Chile)
Fromer Deputy Minister of Telecommunications

H.E. Prof. Igor Lukšić
(Montenegro)
Former Prime Minister of Montenegro (2010-2012), Former Foreign Minister of Montenegro (2012-2016)

Ms. Shelli Brunswick
(United States)
Former Chief of Acquisition,
US Air Force

Mr. Andre Nonguierma
(Burkina Faso)
Chief, Geospatial Information
UNECA

​Dr. Aminou Akadiri
(West Africa)
Executive Director,
African Union Business Council (AfBC)

Dr. Emmanuel Nkurunziza
Director General,
RCMRD

Prof. Kamel Besbes
(Tunisia)
Professor of Electronics and Microelectronics at CRMN, Former DG of CRMN, Former Dean of FSM

(Chad)
Assistant Secretary-General for Development Finance, OACPS (Since 2020), Former Minister of Microcredits, Women and Youth (2013-2014)​

Mr. Nersey Rastan
(UK & Belgium)
Former Director of Transformation, Integration Strategies, and Risk Processes, Deloitte North-South-Europe

H.E. Maggie Janes-Lucas
(United States)
Former Regional Director for the Sahel at the Tony Blair Institute (TBI), Chief of Party (SCC), United States Agency for International Development (USAID)


Dr. Adriana Marais
(South Africa)
Member of South African Government Task Team for the 4th Industrial Revolution, Former Head of Innovation at SAP Africa

(Cameroon)
Former Co-Chair, United Nations Committee on Global Geospatial Information Management (UN-GGIM)

H.E Luis Salazar
(Costa Rica)
Deputy Chairperson of the Governing Board & Former Minister of Science, Telecommunications and Technology (2018-2021)

Dr. Amina Boubendir
(France)
Head of Research
Airbus Defence & Space
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Mr. Francis Dossou Sognon
(Côte d’Ivoire)
CEO Agrosfer

Dr. Barkawi Mansour (Niger)
Founder & CEO of GeoMinds Africa
Consultant & Expert in Geospatial Technologies, AI, UAV

Ms. Nikol Koleva (Austria)
Deputy Executive Director
SPACE GENERATION ADVISORY COUNCIL (SGAC)

Mr Mario M. Gomes
(Cabo Verde)
DG AAC, Cabo Verde (Representative)

Dr. Kamugisha Kazaura
(Tanzania)
Director Infrastructure, Energy, AUC (Representative)
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H.E. Kamal Kishore (India)
TBC, Asst. UN Secretary-General & UNDRR High Representative

Saidou Madougou
AUC Director EST

H.E. Sediko Douka
Commissioner for Infrastructure, ECOWAS (Representative)

Mr. Osman BABIKIR
Director, IGAD

H.E. Amb. Gilberto Verissimo
President, ECCAS (Representative)

H.E. Peter Mathuki
Secretary General, EAC (Representative)

Marco Massabo
(Italy)
Early Warning and Risk Knowledge Coordinator, UNDRR
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H.E. James Alix Michel
(Seychelles)
Former President of Seychelles
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H.E. Yemi Osinbajo (Nigeria)
Former Vice President, Nigeria
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H.E. Mohamed J. Jalloh
(Sierra Leonne)
Vice President, Sierra Leonne

Julien Lapie
Head, ANGA Programme

Mr. Davis Cook
(South Africa)
Chairman, RIIS

Mr. Nersey Rastan (UK/Belgium)
Former Director, Deloitte

Ms. Mayra Silva
(Cabo Verde)
CMO, NOSi

Mr. Jorge Duarte (Cabo Verde)
CEO, Cabo Verde Airports
(Vinci Group)

Mrs. Olatokunbo IGE (Nigeria)
Senior Political Advisor / Former Regional Director, UNODA
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Mr. Bernard Dzawanda
Director of Transport, COMESA
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Mr. Anas EMRAN
Director, CRASTE-LF

Dr. Rakya Babamaaji
( Nigeria)
NASRDA , EWS

Mely Lagoute Monique
​CEO EURÊKA GÉO

Mr. Joram Mwinamo
Chief Executive Officer, SNDBX

Ms Marie Makuate
Geospatial Girls and Kids, Climate Patterns, Natural Disaster

Managing Partner, Mitsio Motu
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