Accra 2018

November 3 - 7, 2018

 

  • 20 international experts in entrepreneurship, innovation and IT meet for 3 days to evaluate the best digital solutions 2018 globally
  • unique global overview about digital innovation and start-ups from all over the world
  • selection of the 40 WSA Winners 2018
  • focus on innovation from Africa, by organizing a special jury session screening all African entries

 

 

 

 

The WSA Grand Jury is one of the most important meetings and events in the whole WSA process. Since 2003, WSA has united renowned  multimedia experts from all parts of the world - Africa, Asia, Australia and Oceania, North and Latin America, and Europe - to learn about and judge the best content and most innovative applications, forming a unique college of evaluation and knowledge.

The Grand Jury is a unique opportunity to learn the latest trends in each category and to get an overview about what is happening in terms of digital innovation on a global scale.

 

Grand Jury meetings took place in past years in Bahrain, Croatia, India, Abu Dhabi, Hong Kong, Estonia ,Azerbaijan and Berlin.

 

The Grand Jury meeting in Accra, Ghana is hosted by GCNet and organized in partnership with the Tech Entrepreneurship Initiative ‘Make-IT in Africa’ (GIZ) working on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ).

 

 

Video message by Dr. Nortey Omaboe, Executive Chairman of GCNet

 

 

 

More on the WSA Jury Process...

 

The WSA Grand Jury Meeting in Ghana is kindly supported by:

 

 

WSA GRAND JURY MEMBERS 2018

These are the Grand Jurors of the WSA Grand Jury 2018!

 

 

 

Astria Fataki

Founder & President

Energy Generation

Togo

Astrid J. Scholz

Managing Partner and CEO

Sphaera

United States of America

Jan Schwaab

Head Digital Transformation in Africa

GIZ

Germany

Ian Lorenzen

Executive Director and Partner

Growth Africa

Kenya

Carolina Rossi

ESNA Head of Network & Strategic Initiatives I SXSW Advisory Board Member | WSA Advisory Board Member I IE Business School Professor I SOSV Fellow

Europe Startup Nations Alliance

Chile

Tanja Wehsely

CEO

Volkshilfe Wien

Austria

Gary Schwartz

President

Candian Lenders Association

Canada

Sachi Wickramage

Co-Founder and CEO

i4T Global

Australia

Rudy Laddaga Lopez

Chief Content Officer

Citizens Company

Mexico

Osama Manzar

Founder & Director

Digital Empowerment Foundation

India

Witman Hung

Principal Liaison Officer for Hong Kong

Shenzhen Qianhai Authority

China

Peter A. Bruck

WSA Chairperson

World Summit Awards

Austria

Shinta Dhanuwardoyo

CEO

Bubu.com

Indonesia

Manar Alhashash

CEO

DotDesign

Kuwait