This year, the Digital Impact Awards will host Kenya’s richest businessman Mr. Kamal Budhabatti; a noble entrepreneur who Forbes refers to as Kenya’s Bill Gates will deliver the keynote address at the fifth Digital Impact Awards Africa #DIAA2018 that are slated for Friday 21, September 2018 at the Kampala Serena Hotel.
Kamal Budhabatti is an unassuming Indian-Kenyan entrepreneur working unremittingly towards putting African software on the global map. He is the founder and CEO of Craft Silicon, a Kenyan software company with a local base and global aspirations that is steadily making inroads in the world of financial technology.
“It is an extraordinary honor, and privilege to have Kamal Budhabatti as a keynote speaker. Kamal is one of the greatest digital and finance innovators of this generation. His work has transformed the lives of millions of Africans. His accomplishments in Africa’s financial space have supported so many businesses and individuals. Just like Kamal, Digital Impact Awards Africa (DIAA) is determined to further champion the Digital Agenda,” Innocent Kawooya, the DIAA Program director also CEO, HiPipo said.
He added; “I believe that Kamal Budhabatti’s address will inspire and motivate more innovations to deliver cost effective solutions to issues affecting our communities. We should never leave the digitalization of Africa’s financial ecosystem to only Kamal and a few others. This is a challenge that we must all take on.”
