SPEAKERS

Erik Hersman is co-founder and CEO of Gridless, a Bitcoin mining company that converts stranded renewable energy into capital and power through mini grids across rural Africa. He founded iHub, one of Africa’s first and largest tech-hack-design spaces in Nairobi, Kenya. He is also co-founder of Ushahidi, a free and open source software for crowdsourcing crisis information, and founder of BRCK, which makes a rugged wireless WiFi device expanding internet access across the African continent. He is a general partner in the Savannah Fund, and sits on the boards of Gearbox, Akirachix, Kijabe Forest Trust, and the Whitaker Peace and Development Initiative.