Advisory Board
Our founding partners and Advisory Board members are drawn from across multiple domains and passionate about the adoption of responsible AI. Many of our Advisory Board members are community builders in their own right, tackling key issues like education, inclusion, training, regulation, ethics, policy and investment.
Ali Mashishi
Chief Director Forecasting and Modelling - DCDT SA Gov
Nonnie Kubeka
Executive Director : Gauteng Convention & Event Bureau
Nathan-Ross Adams
IT Legal Associate: Michalsons
Machaka Mosehana
Director UoJ Business School & MD Fahrenheit Capital
Sipho Mtombeni
Government Affairs and Public Policy Manager - Google
Ilsa Karg
4IR: Future Production Technologies Ministry of Trade, Industry & Competition, South Africa
Ntsibane Ntlatlapa
Centre Head - C4IR South Africa
Deshni Govender
Country Focal Point: FAIR Forward - AI for All: GIZ
Nanjun Zhang
PRINCIPAL IT SOLUTION ARCHITECT: HUAWEI SOUTH AFRICA
Shamira Ahmed
Executive Director and Founder: Data Economy Policy Hub (DepHUB)
Tim Parle
Chief Director: Digital Economy: Western Cape Government
Aalia Manie
Head of LegalTech and Solutions: Webber Wentzel
Ritesh Kanjee
Director: Augmented Startups
Nicoli Koorbanally
CEO: mLab
Jaco Jansen van Rensburg
Head of Academy: ExploreAI
GUGU SEMA
Senior Manager 4IR - MICT SETA
Sipho Dikweni
Portfolio Manager Commercialisation: Technology Innovation Agency
Nazareen Ebrahim
Founder & CEO: Socially Acceptable
Peter Ing
SA Lead: TinyML Foundation
Celina Lee
Co-Founder & CEO: Zindi
Thembani Phaweni
Head of Product - Izwe.ai
Francesco Petruccione
Interim Director NITheCS
Van-Lee Gunyere
Chief Investment Officer - Anza Capital
Gregg Barrett
CEO: Cirrus AI
Karim Djouani
DSI/NRF SARChI Chair in Enabled Environment & Assistive Living and Full Professor University Paris-Est, Creteil, France: Tshwane University of Technology
Jay van Zyl
Founder: ecosystem.Ai
Llanley Simpson
Director: Digital Economy Capabilities Research Department of Science and Technology
SAAIA
Founding Partners
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