Brenda Achieng Ongalo is a Sports lawyer in Nairobi. In recent years, she has focused on cases related to football and on raising awareness among clubs and players on legal issues related to the industry.

Cynthia Mumbo is the founder and CEO of Sports Connect Africa. She is a former athlete who has managed the transition into marketing, business development, and sports operations.

Gerard Akindès is one of a handful of leading scholars on the business of sports in Africa. Before becoming an academic - he teaches at various universities in the United States, England and Qatar - Gerard was an athlete and coach, a former manager of a sportswear company. He captained the Benin basketball national team as an athlete and played semi-professional basketball.

After moving away from the field, he authored academic publications with a focus on international sports management, broadcasting, and elite athletes’ mobility and migration. He co-edited two books, “Identities, politics and Football in Africa” and “Sports in Africa, Past and Present.” Akindes is also a sports management consultant for sports organizations. He is co-founder and coordinator of SportsAfrica Network’s conferences, webinars, and the Interdisciplinary Electronic Journal of African Sports Ohio University, Impumelelo.

Dr Kamilla Swart-Arries has 30 years of experience in sport, tourism, and event management that spans academia and the private sector and has consulted broadly in both public and private sectors. She is an Associate Professor and Director of the MS in Sport and Entertainment Management program, a joint degree with the University of South Carolina.

Nozibusiso Sibiya is a Sports Journalist and a Fitness/Football blogger covering women's sports in Africa for the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC).