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About The Speaker
Yame Nkgowe
Yame Nkgowe is an “abundance” / exponential thinker & entrepreneur looking to help write the narrative of the urban future we want in Africa through social good. He is the founder and owner of Sustainable Cities Africa, which, in partnership with a global thought leader, Digital Greenwich, is developing a sub-Saharan African focused Sustainable Cities Centre of Excellence, based in Gaborone, Botswana. The Gaborone Sustainable Cities Strategy pilot is a national and regional benchmark to showcase that Africa owns its Sustainable Cities narrative, based on its own context, and through its own understanding and capability. He has received various recognitions for his work across the world.