Join us for a breakfast bringing together investors, founders, and ecosystem leaders exploring opportunities in Africa’s AI education.
In recent years, Africa has emerged as the world’s testing ground for AI in education.
Across the continent, startups, governments, and Big Tech are deploying AI solutions, from voice tools for dialects to offline-capable learning systems.
These innovations are helping close critical education gaps for millions of students while building the next generation of digital talent.
For investors, Africa’s EdTech ecosystem is rapidly becoming one of the most important frontiers for scalable AI deployment, where innovation is shaped in markets that demand affordability, accessibility, and impact at scale.
The breakfast will bring together VCs, family offices, technology companies, philanthropies, and ecosystem builders looking to invest in and shape the next generation of education across Africa.
Topics we will explore include:
- Closing the world's AI skills and workforce gap
- Investment opportunities in digital and AI infrastructure
- Measuring real learning outcomes from AI deployment
- Building scalable operational systems for digital education
- Big Tech case studies: How Microsoft and Intel are rolling out large-scale AI initiatives across multiple African countries.
- The next wave of AI-native education startups emerging across Africa
Our speakers:
Richard Osei-Anim, Founder and CEO, Coral Reef Innovation Africa, Lead AI Advisor across African education systems.
Richard works at the intersection of technology, education, and institutional transformation. A Mastercard EdTech Fellow, Richard has built and scaled a pan-African education and innovation platform delivering AI-ready Smart Labs, digital skills programs, and talent pipelines serving underserved communities. His work brings together governments, multinational firms, foundations, and universities to develop Education 4.0 initiatives integrating AI, coding, robotics, financial literacy, and entrepreneurship.
Mike Spaeth, the United States Artificial Intelligence Institute (USAII®)
Mike Spaeth is an AI and public policy expert with 20+ years of experience scaling transformative technologies. As Global VP at the USAII, he leads global strategy, partnerships, and AI workforce development, advancing certification and training programs. Previously, he was Global Director of Generative AI at EarthDaily, collaborating with Microsoft, Google, and IBM. He also held executive roles at IBM, Moody’s, and AI startups, contributing to Watson and WatsonX go-to-market initiatives.
Moderator:
Jasmine Sandler, Founder & CEO of JSMedia
As a keynote speaker, corporate trainer and moderator, Jasmine Sandler has led over 500 talks and panels at some of the most exclusive executive conferences. She also hosts a female executive leadership podcast and event series at Warrior Women in Business, a platform for female executives. Through her agency JSMedia, Jasmine supports international clients with market expansion and executive branding.
Agenda:
9.00 am - 9.30 am Registration & Networking
9.30 am - 10.30 am Discussion Panel
10.30 am - 11.30 am Networking
