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Adil El Youssefi

Title: CEO Company: Africa Data Centres Industry: Technology

Adil began his tech sector career in France before working in England, Sri Lanka, Chad and Ghana before settling in Kenya, where he leads the African operations of Cassava Technologies’ data centre business. His mission is to meet Africa’ s accelerating demand for digital and data infrastructure with determination and optimism.

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Huw Owen

Title: CEO Company: Ark Data Centers Industry: Technology

D A T A C E N T R E S

After growing up in Zimbabwe, Huw moved to Hong Kong, where he became a Detective Inspector with the police force. He then retrained as a lawyer and did consultancy work for the UN in Cambodia before entering the tech sector, where he then worked for HP and BT before joining Ark.

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