2024

Jury 2023

Learn more about our jury members and get inspired by their projects

Adora Nwodo
Founder of AdoraHack
  • Vice President of the Nigerian chapter at VRARA.
  • Enlightening young individuals about the potential in Mixed Reality technologies.
  • Co-founding unStack Africa, a conference for tech talents which focuses on workshops and talks to empower people by practically taking them through the rudiments.
Ruchika Singhal
President of Medtronic LABS
  • A healthcare technology veteran with a decade of experience as a President of Medtronic
  • Driving strategy, international market development and new product development.
  • Leading a non-profit initiative providing technology-powered healthcare delivery solutions to improve access to care for underserved communities around the world.
Adrienne Doolan
CEO of Green Touches
  • A professional consulting & service provider of sustainable Facility Management (FM) in the Middle East.
  • Bringing an entirely new concept to the Facility Management industry in the Middle East, striving to rechannel this industry towards achieving sustainability.
Mayra Castro
Founder of InvestAmazonia
  • A connector and partnership catalyst with a master degree in International and European Law.
  • Creating an amazonian-based company that uses regional expertise and international experience to design projects and partnerships based on disruptive mindset, partnership and strategy.
Sahra-Josephine Hjorth
CEO of Green Touches
  • An award-winning entrepreneur, co-founder and CEO of the first-of-its-kind learning experience platform CanopyLAB.
  • Creating analog and digital social learning experiences with groundbreaking results.
Ahu Serter
Founder of Arya Women’s Investment Platform

An advocate of women's economic empowerment, Vice Chair of the Pakistan Microfinance Network, former CEO and COO of Kashf Foundation.A recipient of the Mount Holyoke Alumni Achievement Award for her contributions to serve women and communities.

Sardana Mikheeva
VP of Operations at inDrive
  • Overseeing key operationd at inDrive, a global transportation network company that currently operates in over 700+ cities in 47 countries and serves 150M users.
  • Aiming to mentor young female professionals and help them unleash their full potential in the world of business.
Ainura Sagyn
Co-founder and CEO of Tazar
  • Winner of the Aurora Tech Award 2021.
  • Leading a platform that helps to collect and dispose of recyclable materials from Bishkek city.
  • A passionate entrepreneur included in the list of the most influential and inspiring women of 2022 according to the BBC.
Sadaffe Abid
Founder & CEO of CIRCLE | Pakistan
  • Vice Chair of the Pakistan Microfinance Network, ex-CEO of Kashf Foundation.
  • A recipient of the Mount Holyoke Alumni Achievement Award for her contributions to serve women and communities.
  • Bridging the digital gender divide through the impactful Digital Literacy Programme with UN Women support.