Digital Africa Rising | Platform Cooperativism Consortium

Akkanut Wantanasombut Ph.D. student, Chulalongkorn University

David Riitho Head of Resource Mobilization and Partnerships at The Co-operative University of Kenya

Shikoh Gitau Digital innovator and entrepreneur, serving as the Founder and CEO of Qhala

Stefano Tortorici Ph.D. student, Scuola Normale Superiore

Ranjitha Kumar Researcher at Aapti Institute

Aljoscha Warych Economist at Deutscher Genossenschafts- und Raiffeisenverband

Kamau Ngamau Vice-Chancellor of The Co-operative University of Kenya

Tindi Sitati Global Communities

John Kieti Digital agriculture expert

Maïmonatou Mar Ph.D. in chemistry; social justice advocate, and innovative leader

Josie West Ph.D. in digital humanities, King’s College London

Pamela Kaburu Global Communities

Nelson Kuria CIC Insurance

Vangelis Papadimitropoulos Postdoctoral researcher; Panteion University of Athens

Michelle Lee Ph.D. student in Sociology, Northwestern University

Victor Oyegoke Cooperative and Micro-finance expert

Sandra Moreno Cadena Executive Secretary of RIPESS

Vinay Narayan Senior Manager at Aapti Institute

Fernando Espinosa Raiffeisen Ambassador

Andrew Nyathi Simukai Cooperative

Mathias Nkuhi Legal scholar at Moshi Co-operative University (MoCU) in Tanzania

Adotey Bing-Pappoe Ghanaian economist

Peter Njuguna Head of Sacco Supervision at SASRA (Sacco Societies Regulatory Authority)

Cecilia Muñoz Cancela Professor, cooperativist, and Ph.D. student, National University of Quilmes

Stefan Ivanovski Ph.D. student, Cornell University

Shadreck Matindike Post-Doctoral Fellow at Nelson Mandela University

Alejandro Fortuny-Sicart Ph.D. student, University of Vigo

Jennifer Bird Business and Development Manager at Signalise Co-op

Jeremy Bundi Chair of the Council at the Cooperative University of Kenya

Esther N. Gicheru Director, Institute of Co-operative Development, Co-operative University of Kenya

Rebecca Bauen Director of Education & Training at DAWI

Chris Kathoka Registrar for Finance, Planning, and Administration at The Co-operative University of Kenya

Morshed Mannan Research Fellow at the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies at the European University Institute

Solomon Atsiaya Police Sacco

Adriane Clomax Presidential Postdoc- Rutgers School of Management and Labor Relations

Patrick Kilemi Principal Secretary (PS) in the Ministry of Co-operatives and Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) Development, State Department for Cooperatives

Kauna Malgwi Nigerian labor organizer and leader in the emerging African Content Moderator Union

Ulemu Kylar Maseko Bwalo Lathu Collective

Kipsang Cheruiyot Sitonik Manager of Longisa Farmers Cooperative

Adotey Hoffman social justice activist

Gamaliel Hassan Alukwe Anyanzwa Chief Executive Officer at Stima Sacco Society Ltd

Orapeleng Nareetsile General Secretary of the Botswana Youth Cooperative Alliance

Cynthia Wandia CEO and co-founder of Kwara

Mamo Boru Mamo Director General of the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) in Kenya

Ibukunoluwa Ajala Member of Young African Scholars Network

Timothy Bisakaya President and Head of Secretariat for the Africa Co-operative Consortium

Mehmet Sarıca Partner, Needsmap

Andrea Peña Calvin Ph.D. student in computer science, Universidad Complutense de Madrid

Edward Kisembo Member of the Young Scholars Initiative Cooperatives Working Group

Isaac K. Nyamongo Scholar and Deputy Vice Chancellor, The Co-operative University of Kenya

Lucy N. Maina Kiganane Senior Lecturer, Director of Postgraduate Studies, The Co-operative University of Kenya

Esther Mutunga Kamaki Farmers’ Cooperative Society

David K. Obonyo Board of Directors of the Cooperative Bank Kenya

Vincent Marangu Director Co-operatives Banking Division

Beatrice Mbinya Young African Scholars Network

Nerima Wako-Ojiwa Executive Director of Siasa Place

Honourable Minister of State for Agriculture & Food Security Dr. Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi Honourable Minister of State for Agriculture & Food Security of Nigeria

Shaun Pather Acting Deputy Vice-Chancellor & Professor of Information Systems, University of the Western Cape

Trebor Scholz New School professor and Founding Director of the Platform Cooperativism Consortium

Gulinigaer Yishake Ph.D. student at City University of Hong Kong

Katarzyna Cieslik Lecturer, University of Manchester

Ndirangu Ngunjiri Ph.D. student, University of Nairobi

Jared Mark Matabi Ph.D. student, Cooperative University of Kenya

Amrik Heyer Senior research advisor FSD

Francis Mwongela Mikwa Senior Director of Communication, Office of the Deputy President, Republic of Kenya

Emircan Kürküt Researcher, Coordinator, Partner at NeedsMap

Tatum Russell Digital Platform Cooperatives Project at University of the Western Cape

Erik Forman Ph.D. student CUNY Graduate Center, Co-founder, The Drivers Cooperative;

Mark Graham Professor of Internet Geography, Oxford Internet Institute

Sebonkile Thaba Lecturer at the University of Johannesburg

Daniel Elibariki founder of Greenbiz Limited

Jeffah Ombati attorney

Wycliffe Oboka ⁠ Associate Professor at The Co-operative University of Kenya

John Njuguna Maina Young African Scholars Network

Mary Njoki Mbugua Lecturer in the Co-operative and Agri-business Department at The Cooperative University of Kenya, Nairobi

Sifa Chiyoge Regional director, ICA Africa

Caroline Njuki Chief Technical Advisor for the International Labour Organization (ILO) in Kenya

Albert Nii Darku Wellington BF Couriers Association

Moses Ochieng Gweyi Lecturer at The Co-operative University of Kenya

Tina Mfanga Chair and Founding Member of UWAWAMA

Charles Washika Director of ICT and Innovation at Co-operative Bank of Kenya

Federico Parra Hinojosa Social Solidarity Economy Specialist at INGO WIEGO