Maya Horgan-Famodu is a Nigerian-American committed to making things easier for Sub-Saharan entrepreneurs. She is Founder and CEO of the impact facilitation firm Ingressive and a regular contributor for the Huffington Post. She comes from a background in private equity research and entrepreneurship journalism, and graduated from Pomona College after completing the Cornell University Prelaw Program. Maya studied political economics while researching under Founder of Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship, Steve Mariotti. Before this, she led several trips abroad to analyze aid systems in developing nations including Madagascar and Costa Rica. She uses these experiences as a basis to study the way business is used to liberate and empower.

Stephen Ozoigbo, serial investor and advisor to multiple startups, is the CEO of the African Technology Foundation, a Silicon Valley based organization focused on globalizing African technologies by providing access to resources that effectively address and manage the pressing technological challenges on the continent. Mr Ozoigbo led Evernote’s Africa Engagement technology roadshow that included a three-country tour of Nigeria, Kenya and South Africa to select Africa’s representative at the 2014 Evernote Platform Awards in Silicon Valley. His background is in technology, finance and international trade and investment relations. Currently, he advises multiple African tech companies, is raising a fund for SSA businesses, and is focused on providing startups with the resources they need to scale.