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The Inspire Africa Conference brings together local and international product and training leaders to drive impact in the African product community.

Check out the speakers and coaches confirmed for 2025 so far.

2025 Speakers

  • Laura Teclemariam

    Product Executive

  • Ndjientcheu Ngandjui Patrick

    Chief Product and Technology Officer, Irembo

  • Tesh Mbaabu

    Cofounder & President, Chpter

  • Chiedza Muguti

    Consultant, World Health Organisation

  • Charles Wartemberg

    Head of Risk Product Management, Square

  • Dr. Seyi Ogebule

    Product Lead, Intel

  • Ezinne Udezue

    Principal, ProductMind

  • Annu Augustine

    Founder, NedRock

  • Quincy Hunte

    Vice President of Digital Products, Qatar Airways

  • Omar Sallam

    Product Lead, Booking.com

  • Iphie Chuks-Adizue

    Managing Director Africa, Global Citizen

  • Euler Bropleh

    Founder and Managing Partner, VestedWorld

  • Ronnie Varghese

    Executive Leadership Coach, Mindful Leadership Coaching & Consulting

  • Rene Kalonji

    Group Chief Product Officer, Equity Group Holdings PLC

  • Dominic Mulinda

    Chief Product Officer, HoneyCoin Inc.

  • H.E. Minister Paula Ingabire (

    Minister of ICT & Innovation, Government of Rwanda

  • Gamu Matarira

    Founder, Gen A Consultancy

  • Yewande Suleiman

    Managing Partner, ProduqtEdge

  • Abraham Augustine

    Ecosystem & Marketing Manager, Norrsken Foundation Kigali:

  • Ivan Ntwali

    Country Director, Rwanda, Mastercard Foundation

  • Osarugue Awani

    SVP Commercial, Terragon Group

  • Batya Blankers

    Co-Founder & CEO, Chancen International

  • Anish Bhimani

    Chief Product Officer, JPMorgan Chase

  • Nkem Nweke

    Lead Coach, Product Leadership Accelerator

  • Kulaba Aggrey

    PLA Fellow

  • Danielle Blanchard

    PLA Fellow

  • Oluwaseun Akinbode

    Founder, Designer and Storyteller, Tnkr.ai

  • Israel Ihaza

    Founder, Oikus

  • Temiloluwa Kalaro

    Product Designer, Oikus

  • Adero Miwo

    Founder, TrubAI

  • Lucy Kgware

    Co-Founder, AddressMe

  • Phumla Makhoba

    Product Lead , AddressMe

  • Kristin Wilson

    Chief Strategy Officer, Spurt!

  • Molibi Maphanyane

    Founder, DVLP PTY Ltd

  • Kesego Sizwelethu Mosime

    CoFounder & CEO, First Aid Counselling

  • Richard Batsile Seletlo

    Founder, Botsogo Jwame

  • Elias Awili

    Head of Product Design, Kora

  • Ahmad Godfrey

    Principal, All Good Consulting

  • Chiebuka Obumselu

    Chief of Staff, Spurt!

2025 COACHES

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Chidi Afulezi
Chidi Afulezi

Founder, Red Kola Product Consultancy

Chidi Afulezi is a product guy, digital insurgent, creative, educator, and entrepreneur who coaches and consults with leading product leaders and product teams in the private and public sectors globally.

He is currently building the Product Leadership Accelerator, a Pan-African associate product management program and also serves as a product faculty and instructor at the African Leadership University School of Business and CRA Public Sector Fellowship, Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley, and General Assembly.

Marty Cagan
Marty Cagan

Founder, Partner - SVPG

Marty Cagan founded the Silicon Valley Product Group in 2001 to pursue his interests in helping others create successful products through his writing, speaking, advising and coaching.

Prior to that, Marty served as an executive responsible for defining and building products for some of the most successful companies in the world, including Hewlett-Packard, Netscape Communications, and eBay.

Christian Idiodi
Christian Idiodi

Partner - SVPG

Christian has been a product leader for over 15 years, building teams and developing enterprise and consumer products that have shaped companies such as CareerBuilder and Merrill Corporation as well as clients such as Microsoft, Starbucks, and Squarespace.

Christian is passionate about helping companies implement the discipline of product management to build world-class products and new technologies.

Who We Are

The Inspire Africa Conference brings together local and international product and training leaders to drive impact in the African product community and is organised by a few amazing companies, all working to upskill African product experts.

Silicon Valley Product Group is a team of industry veterans who have held executive level positions at major Silicon Valley companies and are eager to help the product community in Africa build great products.

The Product Leadership Accelerator (PLA) is a premier, comprehensive talent discovery and acceleration program designed to elevate the field of product management across Africa.

Innovate Africa Foundation’s mission is to create opportunities for meaningful solutions to some of the hardest problems in Africa through enabling technology.

The Innovate Africa Fund is a $2.5m angel fund for early-stage, Africa-focused startups solving complex problems with purpose-driven technology.

Worknigeria helps the Nigerian workforce find meaningful jobs and upskills them to help them grow with and within their careers.

We are thrilled to have Silicon Valley Product Group (SVPG) partners coaching, training, and advising the incredible product community in Africa.

The SVPG partners are authors of books INSPIRED, EMPOWERED & TRANSFORMED and have championed techniques that the best companies in the world use to build products customers love.

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