Leadership

The Architects.

Co-founded, led, and delivered by the architects of Adanian Labs – Africa's leading AI and smart technology venture studio. Our leadership brings hands-on delivery credibility across the continent's most complex technology and institutional mandates.

Co-Founders

The Master Architects.

CO-FOUNDER

John Kamara

Co-Founder & CEO

Adanian Labs · Afya Rekod · AICE Africa

KNOWN FOR: AI Ecosystem Architecture

Serial technology entrepreneur with a footprint spanning Europe, America, Asia, and Africa. Co-founded Adanian Labs in 2020 and built it into a leading AI and smart technology venture studio incubating 20+ startups across five African countries. CEO and Chairman of Afya Rekod – a patient-driven healthtech platform scaling continentally. Chief intellectual architect of the Intelligence Economy thesis underpinning AICE Africa's mandate.

CO-FOUNDER

Irene Kiwia

Co-Founder & Chief Growth Officer

Adanian Labs · AICE Africa

KNOWN FOR: Sovereign Mandate Building

Pan-African AI strategist and thought leader. Co-founded Adanian Labs and co-created eCo8Ba – digitising VICOBA savings groups. As CGO of AICE Africa, leads enterprise and government mandates across East and Southern Africa. Author of The Intelligent Enterprise. Host of the #IntelligenceEconomy series with 223K+ followers across Africa.

CO-FOUNDER

Bendon Murgor

Co-Founder & Global CTO

Adanian Labs · AICE Africa

KNOWN FOR: Platform Engineering & Product

Software engineer and technology architect with 110 years delivering Pan-African enterprise, fintech, and government solutions. Co-founded Paylend ($2M seed). As Global CTO of Adanian Labs, leads technology strategy and product architecture. Directs AICE Africa's technical delivery and the IP product roadmap: DataInviz™, Caspre™, Conversational Engine™.

Operations & Delivery Leadership

The Delivery Engine.

Gibson Gisore

Chief of Staff & Head of Strategy

Adanian Labs · AICE Africa

Operational and strategic backbone of AICE Africa. Ensures seamless execution across multi-country programme portfolio – enterprise engagements, government mandates, talent pipeline operations, and institutional partnerships across Kenya, South Africa, Nigeria, Mozambique, and beyond.

Sharon Cherop

AI Education Lead & Programme Manager

AICE Africa

Lead architect of AICE Africa's flagship AI capacity building programmes. Designs the complete learning journey – from the 6-month AI Engineering programme to C-suite leadership and informal sector AI literacy. Ensures every engagement closes with a Proof-of-Work output and a clear employment pathway.

Nemwel Amoro

Head of AI & Technical Delivery

AICE Africa

Technical delivery lead responsible for model development, data engineering, enterprise AI deployments, and MLOps lifecycle management. Leads teams delivering DataInviz™, Conversational Engine™, and Caspre™ across the client portfolio – NIIS Nigeria, SunCulture, ZEP-RE, and beyond.

Advisory Board

Global expertise. African context.

Hartnell Ngugi

Chief Data Officer

ABSA Bank

One of Africa's leading data and AI executives. Drives enterprise-wide data strategy and AI transformation for ABSA Bank across multiple African markets.

Amit Kumar Pandey, PhD

Chief Robotics & AI Officer

Rovial Space · Ex-SoftBank Robotics · Co-Founder, IranyAI

Globally recognised AI and robotics scientist. Brings frontier technical AI expertise and a global research network to AICE Africa's advisory function.

Kacques Ludik

Founder & CEO

Machine Intelligence Institute of Africa

Founder of the Machine Intelligence Institute of Africa. Deep expertise in applied ML strategy and African AI ecosystem development.

Dr. Kenneth Namuje

Chairman

Kipeto Energy

Senior African executive and board leader. Provides strategic governance and private sector leadership counsel to AICE Africa's institutional development.

Dud Msomi

Founder & Executive

Busara Leadership Partners

Pan-African leadership development expert. Expertise in organisational transformation and executive capability building across African institutions.