Anna Ekeledo is the Executive Director of AfriLabs - a Network Organisation of 240 Technology
Innovation Hubs spread across 48 African Countries; leading AfriLabs to develop programmes
and building partnerships that support African Innovation Hubs and other stakeholders raise
high potential entrepreneurs that stimulates economic growth and social development in
Africa.
Anna is an International Speaker, Trainer, Innovation Ecosystem Builder and Mentor. She is also
an Advisor; amongst several advisory roles; a member of the Advisory Board at African Europe
Innovation Partnership, an initiative supported by the European Commission, she also chairs
the Working Party on AfCFTA Negotiations, eCommerce Forum Africa (EFA) and is a mentor on
Google Launchpad Accelerator Africa for Entrepreneurs.
She is the Regional Innovation Lead Africa, at the EdTech Hub - the world's largest education
technology research and innovation project which seeks to drive research and adoption of
evidence based education technology in developing countries supported by the World Bank,
FCDO and Bill & Melinda Gates.
Prior to joining AfriLabs, Anna was involved in pioneering various impact driven projects and
new business units with organisations such as the Visiola Foundation, Wild Fusion Digital
Centre, Google, Lagos Business School - Nigeria and Ingenico - a French global financial
technology company.
Anna has a first class degree in Psychology from Covenant University, Nigeria and an M.Sc.
International Marketing Management from Leeds University Business School, University of
Leeds, UK.