Young Leaders – Big Visions
Meet the Young Leaders! Our ever-growing network already brings together 160 emerging leaders from Ethiopia, Ghana, Rwanda, Tunisia, Senegal, and Germany.
Cross-industry, diverse, and future-oriented – AGYLE unites changemakers from business, politics, and society to drive new impulses for sustainable collaboration.
Young Leaders 2024
Jakob Weigele
Senior Business Development Manager
Madaster
Esther Serwaa Poku
Technology Innovation Principal Director
Accenture GmbH
Stefan Opitz
Head of CIRCO Hub
Effizienz-Agentur NRW
Arianna Nicoletti
Circular Textiles Lead, 2. Chairwoman
Circular Berlin
Charlotte Kramer
CPO
Kramer Link Reitberger Tamme GbR
Leonard Konrad
Founding Member and Innovation Ecosystem Enabler
AiDiA - Afrodeutscher Startup Pitch
Leon Jaeger
Team Lead International Consulting Projects
Rodiek & Co. GmbH - A Nehlsen Group Company
Aron Handreke
Founder and CEO
ContainerGrid
Vanessa Esslinger
Lead for Reuse
ProjectTogether
Franz Dlugosch
Specialist Partner Management
BMW AG
Samrawit Yohannes Yoseph
HLP Expert
UN Habitat
Blandine Umuziranenge
Founder and CEO
Kosmotive
Cynthia Umutoniwabo
Co-Founder and CEO
Loopa Ltd.
Melat Terefe
Founder and Creative Director
DolMel Manufacturing PLC
Fatma Sylla
Ecology Programme Manager
Heinrich Böll Foundation Dakar
Amen Allah Souli
CEO
Dracoss
Abdulrahim Shaibu-Issah
Co-Founder and Executive Director
Recycle Up! Ghana
Isaac Sesi
Founder and CEO
Sesi Technologies Ltd
Richard Seshie
Founder
COOL LION ENERGIES
Nana Kofi Afriyie Sarpong
Founder and CEO
Merdeo Foods
Sarah Rukundo
Regional Expansion Lead (Africa)
Westerwelle Foundation
Betty Osei Bonsu
Country Manager
Green Africa Youth Organization
Esther Emefa Ofori Boadu
CEO and Co-Founder
Freshlys Family Farms Ltd
Jean Damascene Niyonzima
Service Engineer
Voith Hydro
Anicet Pascal Latyr Ngom
CEO
Afriweb
Edward Melomey
Managing Director
Constromart Africa
Cheikh Ahmadou Mbodji
West Africa Regional Coordinator
EED Advisory
Materne Mateso Lumiere
Research Coordinator
Universität Koblenz
Aadam Longi
COO
Kodu Technolody Company Limited
Mohamed Amine Jedidi
Consultant in environmental management and engineering
RBE
Selam Wondim Gebremedhin
Co-Founder
Birrama
Abrhame Endrias Butta
Managing Director
Green Agro Solution PLC
Amal Chebbi
Business Development Manager
Actifs Précieux
Andrew Aryee
Regional Project Officer – Sustainable Urban Development & Transport
Agence Française de Développement
Jan Breitinger
Senior Project Manager
Bertelsmann Stiftung
Michaela Karolina Braun
Team Leader Operation and Maintenance of Water Bodies
Emschergenossenschaft und Lippeverband
Hannah Aidoo
Founder and CEO
H.A. FARMS
Prince Agbata
Founder and CEO
Coliba
Miracle Naza Agbata
Circular Economy Project Manager
Chaint Afrique
Young Leaders 2023
Anush Zadoyan
Project Manager
OBCC GmbH & Co. KG
Muriel Wegner
Senior Consultant
McKinsey & Company, Inc.
Bartosz Walenda
Investment Manager (secondment) - Financial Institutions Africa
Deutsche Investitions- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH
Svenja Schauten
Deputy Managing Director
Digital Skills Accelerator Africa (DSAA) e. V.
Anna Sophia Rainer
Senior Manager, Global Stakeholder Relations
Bayer AG
Jana Piske
Founder and Coach
Fairlinked
Malte Pfahl
Founder and CEO
Backdigital GmbH
Ann-Sophie Mante
Startup Mentor
techstars
M. Elie Mandela
Youth Engagement Lead - Pan African Programs
Mastercard Foundation
Ole Lebendig
Senior Agile Solutions Consultant
IBM
Jeff Kwarteng Jacobsen
Manager - Global International Affairs & Development Core Strategy Co-Lead
Deloitte Consulting GmbH
Zakaria Jaiathe
Product Owner
Eneco eMobility Nederland
Lena Sophia Gronbach
Founder and Director
Africademics Consulting gUG
Ahmed Gatri
Group Regulations Coordinator (Radio)
Volkswagen Infotainment GmbH
Abdou-Chakour Daro
Head of Global HR Systems - Analytics & Sustainability
Symrise AG
Lisa Bösch
Deputy Head of Communications
Fraunhofer Institute for Wind Energy Systems
Dorçaf Bargaoui
Beauftragte für Produktentwicklung
gsub - Gesellschaft für soziale Unternehmensberatung mbH
Sheila Wristberg
CEO
iRisk Management Limited
Benjamin Turkson
Founder and CEO
ASA Nwura Ltd
Khadidiatou Sall
Founder & President
SeeSD (Science Education Exchange for Sustainable Development)
Yaw Tweneboah Kodua Odoom
Founder
Bibini Innovations Ltd
Moise Ntwari
Managing Director
Zatec
Mufuth Nkurunziza
Founder and CEO
Guez Show
Emma Marie Ndoringoma
Tech Advisor
Sotrad
Dhafer Amine Nasraoui
CEO, Artistic Director and Founder
H’art Initiative
Ndeye Fatou Mboup
Founder and CEO
The Smart Granary
Fatma Ezzahra Maatoug
Management Consultant
Pearls Consulting Saudi Arabia
Janat Issifu
CEO
WAN-Hive Ghana
Renita Gatesi
Program Coordinator
Allan & Gill Gray Philanthropies
Eli Daniel-Wilson
Regional E-Business Lead, Central and West Africa
Publicis Groupe
Momar Talla Cisse
Co-Founder and Executive Director
FOHSEN
Maher Chakroun
Deputy CEO
Optimalogistic
Maurice Cashinco
CEO
ILM Consult
Isabelle Bucyeyeneza
Managing Director
TestSolutions Rwanda Ltd.
Kweyakie Afi Blebo
Co-Founder and Programs Director
Because She Can
Edward Asare
Digital Marketer
Enterprise Insurance
Oswald Wedam Anonadaga
Founder and CEO
FloodGates International Corp.
Eyram Amedzor
Career and Industry Student Leader
Dalhousie University
Paulina Adjei
National Coordinator-Ghana IT Program
CBI - Centre for the Promotion of Imports from developing countries
Sherif Ghali Abdulai
Founder and CEO
Ghana Chamber of Young Entrepreneurs
Young Leaders 2022
Kacem Berkhais
CTO & Co-Founder
Kings Worldwide Business
Afef Ajengui
Regional Program Manager (MENA) - GreenForward
Stichting SPARK
Hichem Mokni
CEO
NextAV
Wiem Souai
Instructor, Digital Marketing AI
Go My Code
Manel Bargaoui
CEO
Let’s Handspeak English
Dagmawi Bedilu Degefe
Co-Founder and CSO
Efuye Gela
Wubrest Fantahun
Assistant Legal Officer
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency
Meklit Debebe
Founder and CEO
Afro Ticket
Mike Ndimurukundo
Managing Director
Andela Rwanda
Doreen Uwera
International Development Senior Advisor
KPMG Rwanda
Emmanuel Mutabazi
CEO
MUTWARE EDUCATE
Audrey S-Darko
Lead
Sabon Sake
Maureen Abla Ahiataku
International Relations (INTAD)
Ghana Meteorological Agency
Justice Baidoo
CEO
Justice Baidoo Consulting Ltd.
Lincoln Winimi Peedah
CEO
Neat Eco-Feeds Limited
Lawrence Ashiagbor
CMO
Henytec Solutions
Gideon Brefo
CEO
hapaSpace Collaborative Hub
Marie-Reine Seshie
Founder and CEO
Kola Market
Sesinam Dagadu
Founder and CEO
SnooCODE Limited
Emmanuel Antwi Akoto
Project Manager
BSW Solar
Priscilla Serwaah Gyasi
Senior Project Coordinator
StArfrica - Startup Germany-Africa
Emmanuel Leslie Addae
Board-Member
TalentsinAfrica Limited
Emmanuel Danso
Principal CEO
BD Waste
Kelvin Nana Dadzie
Founder and CEO
NASPA Auto Spa Services LTD
Etornam Fianoo-Vidza
Founder and CEO
Spiika
Beatrice Dossah
Sustainability Consultant
ReMade in Cambodia
Augustina Bruwaah Busiah
CEO
Ohemaa Green Housing Ltd.
Katherine Kellein
Authority Development and Project Management Support
Bundesamt für Migration und Flüchtlinge (BAMF)
Jan Veddeler
Co-Founder
Digital Lions / Startup Lions GmbH
Martin Haagen
CEO
eeaser GmbH
Judith Ramadan
Projektleiterin 'Jugend entscheidet'
Hertie Foundation
Isabel Faller
Head of Strategic Partnerships and People
Polycare Research Technology GmbH
Contimi Kenfack Mouafo
Founder and Chair
3 E’s 4 Africa e.V.
Bismark Agyei Yeboah
Project Coordinator
African Center for Career Enhancement & Skills Support (ACCESS) at Leipzig University
Julia Kleeberger
Shareholder
Junge Tüftler gGmbH
David Heidler
Managing Director
Akwaba Travel GmbH
Mélanie Keïta
Co-Founder and CEO
Melanin Kapital
Dr. Kwabena Obiri-Yeboah
Migration Health Physician
IOM - UN Migration
Katharina Link
CEO
Pulse
Jan-Jonathan Bock
Deputy head of the "Strengthening Democracy" division
Hertie Foundation
Young Leaders 2021
Anna-Laura Seifermann
Director of Sales Operations
Viamo
David Attipoe
Managing Director
Industry Immersion Africa
Emmanuel Tuyisenge
CEO
TEMACO BUILDERS LTD
Katharina Mudahemuka (geb. Hartwig)
Managing Director and Co-Founder
iinama ltd
Jacqueline Mukarukundo
Audience Acquisition Executive
Dala Group Africa
Enoch Agyepong
Director and Co-Founder
Renewable Energy Association of Ghana (REAG); Sigma Strategic Business Consult Limited (SigmaStrat)
Rabiu Alhassan Alhassan
Founder and Director
FactSpace West Africa
Adwoa Fosua Owusu Ofori
CEO
WOMEN’S HAVEN AFRICA
Nelson Amo
Executive Director
Innohub Limited
Alhassan Baba Muniru
Co-Founder
Recycle Up! Ghana
Fred Kukubor
Managing Partner
Farmer Globale Agribusiness Ltd
Agudor Kwaku Agabas
Founder and CEO
AppCyclers
JayJay Kwaku Ansa Addo-Koranteng
CEO
BraveHearts Expeditions Limited
Christina Mawuse Gyisun
Co-Founder and CEO
Sommalife Ltd
Shamuna Abdul Rahman
CEO
Samba Security Systems
Kristina Holzhäuser
Managing Director
Commerzbank
Lucretia Loescher
Member of the Executive Board, COO
thyssenkrupp Uhde
Philipp Klotz
Founder and CEO
Soundvest
Deborah Crentsil
Project Lead
Allianz Technology SE
John K. Köckert
CSO
Tari Agro-Ecology
Mohamed Dahy Ahmed
Managing Director
Impact Cirlces
Ulrich Zimmermann
COO
Zimpertec GmbH & Co KG
Nele Charlotte Maria Lahrmann-Muniru
Project Coordinator& Head of Accra
EU-Africa Chamber of Commerce; Kammer- und Verbandspartnerschaft Nigeria
Chiara Cocchiara
Senior Innovation Officer
European Space Agency - ESA
Karina Fassbender
Founder and Managing Director
Circle Innovation UG
Ousmane N´Guer
Store Manager
Tesla
Catherina Cader
Head of Off-Grid Systems
Reiner Lemoine Institut gGmbH
Carina Lange
Project Lead
Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Künstliche Intelligenz (DFKI)
Md. Reaid Alam
Founder and CEO
GreenEO UG
Kumbirai Chipadza
Co-Founder and Managing Director
Kuchera Global
Rodas Simmie
COO
CHANGING IMAGES
Ruth Tadesse
Founder & General Manager
Amel Business PLC; Selecha Sustainable Products
Kidist Tesfaye
Founder and CEO
Tuba Ethiopia
Solomon Teshome Nekatibeb
Lead Hardware Engineer
Enpal - Photovoltaic Energy Engineering
Tigist Seife Haile
Founder and CEO
Root in Style
Abel Hailegiorgis
Founder and CEO
bamboo labs
Anna Wagemann
Manager Microsoft Consulting
WM Reply
Linda Walter
Managing Director
Future Challenges
Victoria Backhaus-Jerling
Head of Project
Verband der Automobilindustrie (VDA)
AGYLE is a programme of ‘Germany - Land of Ideas’ and is funded by the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and supported by the Agency for Business and Economic Development (AWE).
