Keynote
Association of Commonwealth Universities Congress, Nairobi, Kenya
Keynote on innovation, research and development, and the role of universities in driving impact in a changing world.
Speaking and moderation
For rooms where technology, policy, capital, markets and leadership need clarity.
Ethel is brought in to frame the conversation as a keynote speaker, moderator and institutional voice in rooms where technology, policy, capital, markets and leadership have to be made clear.
Selected keynote stages
International and continental platforms where Ethel has delivered keynotes.
These are not generic speaking credits. They are examples of platforms where Ethel was invited to frame issues of innovation, entrepreneurship, technology, leadership and Africa’s digital future.
Keynote
African Union Private Sector Forum
Keynote on private-sector leadership, innovation and Africa’s digital economy.
Keynote
Oxford Africa Conference / Oxford Africa Summit
Keynote on African technology, entrepreneurship and ecosystem development.
Keynote
MIT Africa Innovate Conference
Keynote on African innovation, entrepreneurship and building supportive environments for founders.
Global policy and institutional platforms
Rooms convened by global institutions, governments and development actors.
Ethel has contributed to senior conversations where digital technology is treated as a question of jobs, institutions, inclusion, markets and leadership.
International Monetary Fund, Future of Work in Sub-Saharan Africa
High-level discussion on technology, jobs and Africa’s future of work.
Senior leadership dialogue on Gender Equality in the Digital Age
A senior global discussion on moving beyond digital access toward women’s participation, enterprise, leadership and influence in digital systems.
Technology, digital skills and women’s participation
Contribution to conversations on digital skills, technology participation and women in the digital economy.
Sustainability Exchange
Development finance, sustainability and institutional transformation.
Morocco
Entrepreneurship, innovation and African digital ecosystems.
Morocco
International policy and Africa’s digital-development agenda.
Financial-sector and market convenings
Moderation and convening in serious financial-sector rooms.
This is where Ethel’s speaking work connects most directly to her advisory work across digital finance, fintech policy, market infrastructure and regulated-sector transformation.
3i Africa Summit
Digital finance, fintech and Africa’s financial-sector transformation.
ACI Financial Markets Conference / ACI World Congress
Financial markets, digital finance and senior moderation.
Future of Finance Dialogues Africa
Regulators, banks, fintechs, insurers, payment providers, investors and infrastructure actors working through Africa’s financial future.
Useful formats
How Ethel works with event, board and institutional audiences.
The format depends on the room, but the strongest fit is a senior audience that needs substance, pace and clarity.
Keynotes
Sharp framing for senior audiences on digital finance, innovation, AI governance, leadership, women in technology and Africa’s technology markets.
Executive briefings
Board, management and regulator-facing sessions on digital finance, AI governance, open banking, virtual assets, innovation oversight and market transformation.
High-level moderation
Policy, finance and technology conversations where central banks, regulators, banks, fintechs, insurers and infrastructure actors need a credible, disciplined moderator.
Selected appearances
Global policy, finance and technology rooms.
Ethel’s speaking and moderation work sits at the intersection of African market intelligence, institutional strategy, technology policy and leadership.
- Executive and board-level digital finance conversations.
- High-level panels with regulators, policymakers and institutional leaders.
- Moderation of financial-sector and policy-market dialogues across Africa.
Speaking enquiries
For rooms that need judgement, discipline and a clear conversation.
For keynote speaking, board briefings, executive conversations, high-level moderation and policy-market dialogues on digital finance, AI governance and institutional transformation.