Daniel Getachew is the Founder and CEO of Guzo Technologies, an IT services and Media startup company residing in Ethiopia that is highly focused on VR/AR and IoT products. Daniel made and contributed several software projects to multiple local and international clients. He holds MSc in Software Engineering from Adama Science and Technology University and a BSc in Computer Science from Madaa Walabu University.

Natnael Kebede is a private researcher. He is driven to impact the youth to engage in science and technology and reach back to their community through innovations. For this initiative, he co-founded a research and development center where educational content, technical knowledge, and exposure are shared among researchers, engineers, developers, hobbyists, and entrepreneurs. 

Kaleab Tefera is a person who is enthusiastic about everything: psychology, quantum physics, astronomy, economics, philosophy, programming, and so on. He is fascinated by the interaction of mathematics and computer science, and he is a quick learner and team player. Never stop learning and growing.

Due of the lack of women in technology, she started her business, "Phenom Technologies," in 2021. This company offers a variety of software advancements to various businesses in Ethiopia and elsewhere. founded the business recently with the goal of empowering and involving young women in technology.

Tabitha Kavyu is Google Crouwdsource Community Coordinator and a talent sourcer at TalentQL. She is also an organizer at GDG Nairobi and OSCA Nairobi, an ambassador at Moringa School and a Lead Alumni at DSC UON.

Mearaf Tadewos is a Software Engineer at Fairway.

She graduated in 2016 with Computer Science degree.

She has 6 years of Experience in Web Application development.

Mearaf works on more focus on the Backend development, as well as with several tech companies both local and international as a Full stack developer and UI/UX designer.

Beginning from recent times, her career is more inclined to blockchain backed and AI utilizing web applications.

She developed smart contracts and DApps on Ethereum, have been working with Cardano’s Atala Prism, and a little bit of Algorand.

Robert has worked with databases and developed enterprise software for over a decade. He currently works with all things data, from engineering to visualization and Machine Learning. He recently started working with embedded systems and TinyML and is eager to see the widespread adoption of embedded systems in Africa.

In the past, Robert worked as a software engineer building systems for finance, telecommunications, and utilities/energy vending.

Robert looks forward to a time when Africans will design and build their own embedded systems with Machine Learning capabilities.

He contributes to the developer ecosystem by speaking at events, hosting meetups and code labs, and tutorials. He also writes articles on Hackster.io, Medium, and his personal blog about data visualization, ML, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP). He is a mentor at the Google for Startups Africa Accelerator programme, and is a co-organizer of the GDG Cloud developer community in Kaduna, Nigeria.

Robert is part of the following programmes:

- Google Developer Experts

- Arm Innovators

- Edge Impulse Experts

Daniel Getachew is the Founder and CEO of Guzo Technologies, an IT services and Media startup company residing in Ethiopia that is highly focused on VR/AR and IoT products. Daniel made and contributed several software projects to multiple local and international clients. He holds MSc in Software Engineering from Adama Science and Technology University and a BSc in Computer Science from Madaa Walabu University.

Natnael Kebede is a private researcher. He is driven to impact the youth to engage in science and technology and reach back to their community through innovations. For this initiative, he co-founded a research and development center where educational content, technical knowledge, and exposure are shared among researchers, engineers, developers, hobbyists, and entrepreneurs. 

Mikias is the founder and CTO of Kelaltech, a remote IT agency based in Ethiopia, working on a wide range of software products—from websites and mobile apps to fully integrated custom systems and open-source libraries. He is also a Top-rated plus freelancer on Upwork and has experience working in the freelance ecosystem for more than 3 years.

He is a game developer and 3D character artist. He has been working on these two fields for the past 5 years. He has recently ventured into VR and AR games.

He is an Experienced Web Developer. He has been working in these fields for the past 4 years. He has recently ventured into Game Development, Machine Learning, and AI.

He is a freelance Software Engineer and specializes mostly in Frontend Development. He has been working in these fields for the past 3 years. He has recently ventured into Frontend Engineer at an AI company.

Abel graduated with a BSc in Computer Science and Engineering from ASTU. Before getting his degree, he had cofounded a company called Y-Tech and under it, a travel guide platform named Ethio Locate with the vision of digitizing the availability of information of hospitality service providers to help them connect easily with local and international travelers.

After graduating he has worked with different companies, the major one being the company he co-founded, on several projects that span from Ethiopia to the US and Europe.

Besides being a full-stack developer, Abel has always had a passion for identifying problems and building solutions that scale and that’s what has led him to explore different sectors including tourism, health and now GigzHub, a remote freelance marketplace built with the mission to increase job success by matching the right freelancer to the right employer. GigzHub is cofounded by founders who’ve been freelancing in the local market for years and are passionate to contribute to its evolution.

He is now the General Manager of Youth Technologies PLC which GigzHub is established under.