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Speakers - 2nd Annual ASFI Virtual Multidisciplinary Conference & Boot Camp 2024 || African Science Frontiers Initiatives (ASFI)

Speakers - 2nd Annual ASFI Virtual Multidisciplinary Conference & Boot Camp 2024

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Prof. Emmanuel Igah

• IPAG Business School, Paris, France
• Editor, Atlas of Nigeria
• Awardee, French National Order of Merit

Prof. Vivian Besem Ojong

• Dean and Head, School of Social Science, College of Humanities, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa
• Interim Dean of Research, College of Humanities, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa

PANEL DISCUSSANTS

”Ethical Innovation: Respecting the Respectables”

Prof. Dina Shokry

• Prof. of Forensic Medicine and Clinical Toxicology, Cairo University, Egypt
• President, Arab Union of Forensics and Toxicology
• Member, Forensic Advisory Board, International Criminal Court, Hague, The Netherlands

Prof. Gituro Wainaina

• Professor, Department of Management Science and Project Planning, University of Nairobi, Kenya
• Former Acting Director General, Kenya Vision 2030 Delivery Secretariat
• Former Senior Education Economist, World Bank

Dr. Keren Arthur

Lecturer of Entrepreneurship & Coordinator of the Entrepreneurship and Training Unit, Centre for Entrepreneurship and Small Enterprise Development, University of Cape Coast, Ghana

MY CAREER, MY STORY

”How I Became Me in Career & Influence”

Prof. Willie Chinyamurindi

Department of Business Management, University of Fort Hare, South Africa; Co-Chair (2021), South African Young Academy of Science

Prof. Abeer Mostafa Ashmawy

Professor of Medical Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, National Cancer Institute, Cairo University, Egypt

Prof. Madison Ngafeeson

Director, Business Data Analytics, Palm Beach Atlantic University, West Palm Beach, Florida, USA

BOOT CAMP WORKSHOP FACILITATORS

Dr. Daniil Lisik

• Medical Doctor & Software Engineer
• PhD Candidate, Institute of Medicine, University of Gothenburg, Sweden

Prof. Gituro Wainaina

• Department of Management Science and Project Planning, University of Nairobi, Kenya
• Former Acting Director General, Kenya Vision 2030 Delivery Secretariat
• Former Senior Education Economist, World Bank