Intelligent Jobs Plenary: How can AI power opportunity for the next generation?
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Elizabeth MwangiFounder and CEOElizabeth Mwangi
Founder and CEO
I am a Kenyan social entrepreneur and the founder and CEO of Gwiji for Women, a social enterprise using technology to create safer, dignified work opportunities for low income women in Kenya.
My passion for my work is deeply personal. I grew up in Kaptembwa, an informal settlement in Nakuru, Kenya, where I watched my mother work tirelessly to provide for our family. She took on different jobs to keep food on the table and put me and my seven siblings through school. However, the work was often unpredictable and she sometimes returned home without earning anything. As I grew older, I realized that many women in my community faced the same reality. They were hardworking, but trapped by a lack of safe and reliable opportunities to earn a living.
This experience inspired me to found Gwiji for Women in 2021.
Through our mobile platform, we connect women from low income communities with safe, verified and well paying opportunities in domestic work. Through Gwiji, women have increased their average daily earnings from less than $2 to approximately $8. Since 2021, I have helped economically empower more than 5,000 women across Kenya, enabling them to meet household needs, save, invest and build greater financial independence.
My work has received both local and international recognition. In 2023, I was named the global winner of the Aurora Tech Award and recognized among Kenya’s Top 40 Under 40 Women. In 2024, I was featured amongst Kenya’s 50 Most Influential Women, while Gwiji was named Kenya’s Best App for Empowering Women.
My mother remains my greatest inspiration. Her resilience and determination continue to shape my belief that with the right opportunities, women can transform not only their own lives, but those of their families and communities.
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Shrisha PandeyCo-Founder and CMOShrisha Pandey
Co-Founder and CMO
I am Shrisha Pandey, a social entrepreneur from Nepal working at the intersection of climate action, public health and women’s empowerment.
As co-founder of Vayu Drishti, I am helping build technology that makes air pollution more visible, understandable and actionable for communities. What started as a young team trying to solve a problem, we experienced around us has grown into an award-winning climate-tech initiative, selected among the Top 24 startups globally from more than 15,000 teams at the Hult Prize Global Accelerator in the United Kingdom.
My leadership, however, extends beyond entrepreneurship. As General Secretary of Youth Initiative Bagmati Province, I work to create spaces where young people can participate, lead and influence the issues shaping their communities. I am also a member of the Ladies of Liberty Alliance and have contributed to Youth Opportunities Nepal, experiences that have strengthened my commitment to women’s leadership and equal access to opportunity.
I have represented Nepal at more than 20 national and international platforms, including youth forums in the UAE, Japan and India, and have been recognized through Shark Tank Nepal, Startup World Cup Nepal, the ICT Award and the Aspire Leaders Program, a Harvard-affiliated leadership initiative.
Growing up in Nepal taught me that talent and ambition exist everywhere, but opportunity does not. That belief has shaped the leader I am becoming and my commitment to global collaboration.
I want to use entrepreneurship, advocacy and my voice to ensure that young people, especially young women and those from underrepresented communities, are not simply beneficiaries of change but architects of it.
I believe the next generation should not wait to inherit the future. We should be trusted to build it.
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Jakub RychlýFounderJakub Rychlý
Founder
Jakub Rychlý is a Czech social entrepreneur, innovator, and youth leader working at the intersection of financial literacy, education, technology, and youth participation. He is the founder of Not broke, a nonprofit organisation that helps young people build financial skills, prevent debt, and make informed financial decisions through education, workshops, and digital tools.
Jakub also served in years 2025 and 2026 as a UN Youth Delegate representing the Czech Republic, bringing the perspectives and priorities of young people into international discussions and advocating for their meaningful participation in decision-making. His work is driven by the belief that young people should not only be prepared for the future, but should have a real opportunity to shape it.
Beyond the nonprofit sector, Jakub develops digital and AI-driven products and works on projects connecting technology with practical social impact. He is particularly interested in how artificial intelligence and accessible digital tools can improve education, financial wellbeing, and access to opportunities.
Across his activities, Jakub combines entrepreneurship, technology, and civic engagement. He has experience working with young people, educators, public institutions, nonprofits, and international networks, translating ideas into practical initiatives and scalable solutions. His long-term ambition is to help build a society in which young people have the knowledge, confidence, opportunities, and voice to take an active role in shaping their communities and the world around them.
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Anik HossainCEOAnik Hossain
CEO
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Kagisho MasaeCo-founder and CEOKagisho Masae
Co-founder and CEO
Kagisho Masae is a South African entrepreneur and the co-founder and CEO of SAADC, the company behind Matric Live and AssessR. Born and raised in Itsoseng, North West, as the son of a miner and a cashier, his journey shaped a commitment to ensuring that a learner’s potential is never limited by geography, income or circumstance.
Before entrepreneurship, Kagisho spent 13 years in financial services, including eight years at Investec across private banking, marketing and digital brand strategy. In 2023, he left corporate life and took a pay cut to lead full-time, pursuing a mission rooted in educational access and social mobility.
Under his leadership, Matric Live has grown into one of South Africa’s leading mobile learning platforms, reaching millions of learners through curriculum-aligned content, exam preparation, gamification and AI-powered support. Its reach is strongest among learners in lower-income communities, translating technology into access, engagement and improved outcomes. Matric Live works with Sanlam, Old Mutual, Investec and the National Education Collaboration Trust to deliver scalable education initiatives.
Kagisho’s work has helped earn Matric Live the 2019 MTN App of the Year award for Best Educational Solution and overall 2024 FNB App of the Year title. He has represented African education technology on international platforms, including as a keynote speaker at the G20 Young Entrepreneurs’ Alliance Summit, and was selected as a One Young World delegate in 2016.
His leadership is grounded in resilience, service and the belief that talent is universal, even when opportunity is not. Kagisho's vision is building technology that does more than digitise education, it expands who gets to participate, progress and imagine a different future.