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Moments & Memories

People, rooms, and moments from building A2SV, teaching, product work, and the global technology ecosystem around it.

A2SV & students
Talent systems, hackathons, and teams
University of Ghana, Legon · With A2SV students
University of Ghana, Legon · With A2SV studentsBuilding opportunity with students who can compete globally.
A2SV AI Hackathon 2023 · Finals
A2SV AI Hackathon 2023 · FinalsProduct pressure, mentorship, and AI tools pointed at real problems.
With finalist team · A2SV AI Hackathon 2023
With finalist team · A2SV AI Hackathon 2023The best part of the work is watching teams become serious builders.
A2SV Hackathon 2023 · Jury panel
A2SV Hackathon 2023 · Jury panelHigh standards, useful feedback, and ambitious student products.
Global technology rooms
AI, policy, events, and ecosystem work
GITEX 2024 · Morocco
GITEX 2024 · MoroccoA global stage for technology, talent, and product ambition.
Global AI Summit on Africa 2025 · Speaker, with fellow panelists
Global AI Summit on Africa 2025 · Speaker, with fellow panelistsA wider conversation about useful AI, capability, and the builders who turn technology into outcomes.
Global AI Summit on Africa 2025 · The team
Global AI Summit on Africa 2025 · The teamThe work moves faster when builders, researchers, and institutions sit together.
With PM Abiy Ahmed · Startup Ethiopia 2024
With PM Abiy Ahmed · Startup Ethiopia 2024National ecosystem work needs both talent and institutional belief.
With Hon. Paula Ingabire · Rwanda Minister of ICT
With Hon. Paula Ingabire · Rwanda Minister of ICTRwanda has been an important home for serious technology conversations.
With Hon. Haruna Iddrisu · Ghana Minister of Education
With Hon. Haruna Iddrisu · Ghana Minister of EducationEducation partnerships matter when the goal is long-term capacity.
People & mentors
Relationships behind the work
With Karim Beguir · A2SV advisor & InstaDeep founder
With Karim Beguir · A2SV advisor & InstaDeep founderDeep technical judgment and ecosystem-building experience around A2SV.
With Jeff Dean, Google Chief Scientist · Silicon Valley
With Jeff Dean, Google Chief Scientist · Silicon ValleyThe Google years shaped how I think about systems, rigor, and engineering culture.
With Harry Robertson · Liftoff CTO, Silicon Valley
With Harry Robertson · Liftoff CTO, Silicon ValleyProduction ML and fast-moving engineering teams at real scale.
With Karim Beguir · Global AI Summit on Africa, Kigali 2025
With Karim Beguir · Global AI Summit on Africa, Kigali 2025Useful AI is built through long conversations, not slogans.
With Anand Raju · Qatar Investment Authority
With Anand Raju · Qatar Investment AuthorityOld friendships, new rooms, and the long arc of a builder's path.
With KOICA manager · Ethiopia
With KOICA manager · EthiopiaPartnership conversations that help good programs become durable.