Annu Augustine is a product management coach and consultant working with product teams and leaders across Africa to build products that create impact. She is the founder of NedRock, a product management training and consulting company established in 2016.

With over 25 years of experience spanning software engineering and product leadership, Annu has worked with early-stage startups, scaling tech companies, and large institutions.

Named one of the 50 Most Inspiring South African Women in STEM (2018), she also founded the Cape Town Product Meetup and actively mentors emerging product leaders.

Charity Ibhadon is a senior product leader with extensive experience shaping digital products, leading multidisciplinary teams, and driving customer-centred innovation globally.

Charity holds an Executive MBA with Distinction from Bayes Business School, a BSc in Management from LSE, and professional qualifications in Business Analysis and People Leadership.

Known for connecting vision with execution, she specializes in building high-performing teams and turning complex challenges into clear opportunities.

Known as the Product Sensei, Chidi Afulezi brings over 15 years of product experience inside AT&T, Sony Music, Time Warner, and Turner Broadcasting, along with founding companies like aKoma Media.

He serves as Head Faculty for Product at ALU's School of Business, teaches via UC Berkeley Executive Education, and coaches clients like Disney and Smart Africa through redKola.

A prolific writer and speaker, Chidi delivers candid insights through his TEDx talk on "Grey Gold" and his newsletter, Fashi Mindset.

Christian Idiodi is a Partner at Silicon Valley Product Group (SVPG) with decades of experience advising global enterprise leadership teams and tech ventures on building impactful products.

Deepankar Rustagi is the Founder and CEO of OmniRetail, one of Africa’s leading B2B commerce and embedded finance platforms transforming FMCG distribution across the continent.

He has built a technology-driven ecosystem connecting manufacturers, distributors, logistics partners, and retailers to improve market access and financial inclusion.

Under his leadership, OmniRetail was recognized by the Financial Times in 2024 as one of Africa’s fastest-growing companies.

Joca Torres is a digital product advisor with over 30 years of hands-on experience, starting in 1992 when he founded his first ISP startup.

He has served as CPTO/CPO at Locaweb, Conta Azul, and Gympass, and led digital transformation at Lopes as CDO. He is the author of four books on digital product management and co-founder of ReveLumi.

Lolan Moodley brings over 15 years of product and digital transformation leadership across payments, digital banking, and product management in Africa.

At Absa, he directs multidisciplinary teams modernising digital platforms and turning product investment into measurable business value.

He is passionate about building high-performing product organisations and challenging traditional ways of working.

Makopi Nkopodi is an Executive responsible for Strategy & Integration within Product, Design & Innovation (PDI) in Personal and Private Banking at Nedbank.

Throughout her career, she has focused on connecting strategy to delivery, enabling teams to harness innovation, data, and emerging technologies to translate vision into measurable outcomes.

Olu Delano, popularly known as Olu D, is a distinguished financial expert with over 30 years of experience across the global financial industry. He has held leadership roles at Stanbic IBTC Bank, Bank of Montreal, NatWest UK, and Wachovia Bank (Canada).

Since joining Stanbic IBTC in 2009, Olu established the Leverage and Acquisition Finance team, facilitating funding that supported business growth across Nigeria and Africa. He later served as Head of Client Coverage Nigeria, leading wholesale client strategy across key sectors and strengthening strategic partnerships.

In 2022, he became Executive Director of Personal and Private Banking (PPB) Nigeria. Under his leadership, the PPB team achieved its first-ever profitability, demonstrating his visionary, results-driven leadership.

Olu is recognised for building high-performing teams, developing talent, and consistently delivering transformative results.

Olawale is an accomplished digital strategist and product leader with over 25 years of experience building and leading design teams. He currently leads Global Product Design & UX Research for Quick Commerce at Delivery Hero in Berlin.

His background includes managing B2B design innovation teams at LinkedIn in San Francisco and leading Walmart Grocery's omni-channel UX team through foundational growth.

Petra Wille is an independent product leadership coach, author of STRONG Product People, and creator of the Product Leadership Wheel.

Since 2013, she has helped product leaders and teams worldwide boost their skill sets. Alongside her freelance work, Petra co-organizes Product at Heart in Hamburg, Germany.

Roger Norton has dedicated his 15-year career to building great product teams, having created over 80 products as a three-time founder with one exit.

Currently CPO at OkHi, he is reinventing address verification across emerging markets. He previously served as Head of Product at Founders Factory Africa and authored Start Here.

Victor Ndukauba serves as Deputy Managing Director of Afrinvest (West Africa) Ltd, supporting strategy, investment banking execution, and operational oversight for IT, Finance, and Risk.

He began his career at PwC in 2005 before joining Afrinvest in 2008. He holds a degree in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering from UNILAG and an MBA from IE Business School.

Akeminiabasi Mercy Ubit is a Nigerian digital strategist, writer, and visual designer. She focuses on creating compelling visual and narrative experiences that promote digital engagement.