Speakers

Mark Hudson is an expert in developing global sales channels embedding the AXELOS Best Practice Portfolio which incorporates ITIL® PRINCE2® and MSP® as well as guidance on cyber resilience, risk, value and portfolio management within university and college degrees worldwide.

Mirka Tzilivakis has worked in the education sector since 2002. Her career includes English Language Teaching courseware and teacher development as well as professional training (Business, IT and soft skills sectors) assessment and certification.

Romeo Mabasa is an education specialist with over 18 years of combined technology, consulting, partner ecosystem management and key accounts management within the education sector. Romeo has received most of education, sales and account management from Oracle Education, Pearson Education, SAP Education, and IBM Education.

Meekness Lunga-Ayidu is the South Africa Science and Higher Education Programme Manager at the British Council. In her role, she manages multiple collaborative programmes and partnerships between the South Africa and the UK Higher Education sectors. Additionally, she supports the delivery of British Council’s Innovation for African Universities (IAU) programme delivered across four countries in

Kyle Farmbry, J.D., Ph.D., began serving as the 10th President of Guilford College on Jan. 1, 2022. Previously, Kyle served as a professor in the School of Public Affairs and Administration (SPAA) at Rutgers University- Newark. From August 2013 to July 2019, he was Dean of the Graduate School at Rutgers University-Newark.

Sedwyn Anthony is currently a Manager within the Department of Research and Innovation at the University of Pretoria in South Africa. Prior to joining the University of Pretoria in 2021, he had a fifteen (15) year career with the South African Department of International Relations and Cooperation.

Jan Crafford is an ecologist and environmental scientist with 25 years of experience in research and teaching at tertiary institutions, chiefly at the University of Venda.

Sepo Hachigonta is Director of Strategic Partnerships at the National Research Foundation (NRF) of South Africa. His research interest is in trans-disciplinary fields as well as Africa’s science, technology and innovation policy landscape. Prior to joining the NRF, he was a programme manager at FANRPAN, a regional policy analysis network on food security and agricultural