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Agile in Africa - Robin Lawrence

Robin Lawrence

Robin Lawrence Business Agility Consultant, Executive Member of Akaditi, MC Robin is a Senior Professional Hands-on Lead, Agile Coach, SAFe Program Consultant (SPC) and Professional Scrum Master; committed to assisting Organisations realize their goals through Transformation Programmes. He has a range of experience from various sectors such as Pharmaceutical, Telecommunications, E-commerce, Medical Devices, Finance, Corporate & Commercial markets; with specialized knowledge of Account Management, Business Development and launching new products. He has in-depth understanding of Product and Business Owner functions in the Agile or Hybrid Agile environments with over 20+ years problem solving capabilities. He has worked in the UK, Europe, East, West and Southern African countries for over two decades and understands how culture impacts the ways of working in different countries. He has led various collaborations for Scaling Scrum, provided support for teams and helped resolve project and technological complexities. He is calm and courageous.

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Nana Bambara-Abban - CEO of Akaditi Group & Founder, Agile in Africa.

Nana Bambara-Abban

Nana Bambara-Abban CEO / Product Owner of Akaditi Group of Companies & Founder Scrum Day London. PROFILE: Nana is a visionary, innovator and a possibility thinker. He is a People, Business and Technology Developer and Professional with a passion for Ethical Leadership, Ubuntu, Red Team Thinking, Agility, Scrum, Kanban, Agile, Enterprise and life Coaching and Training. He loves writing and challenging people to become better humans. He created H2H (HUMAN2HUMAN), a global movement and way of thinking to connect humanity. He has worked for over 20 years in management and leadership and held very senior consulting, programme management and executive positions in both the public and private sectors globally, with substantial experience in leading and managing organisational transformations. Nana is the founder and convener of Agile in Africa Conference www.agileinafrica.com (a yearly business and technology conference) held in Accra, Ghana and Scrum Day London www.scrumdaylondon.com (a yearly Scrum event) held in London, United Kingdom. He is the Product Owner and CEO of Akaditi.com an agility services, events and technology company. The Akaditi Group owns SokoPay.com, Sokoshoper.com, Sokodelivery.com and Sikabank.com, mobile money, mobile payment, shopping, delivery and banking solutions of the future for Africa. Visit www.worldsoko.com Nana is really passionate about supporting and adopting Children in orphanages, he founded a charity to transform orphans into future leader. He is also passionate about Organic, natural farming, Promotes wellness, loves Polo sport, Motorbikes, Building and Restoring Land Rover Defenders vehicles and really enjoys Making work fun, Scrum (Agile), Arts, Culture, Animation, Robotics, Space Travel and Life after the Digital Age. He is a philosopher, he loves inspiring people and he loves Africa.

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