Academic Advisor / Chair Investor-Experts Panel / Head Mentor
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Professor Rickie A. Moore
Professor of Entrepreneurship Director, MSc in Global Innovation and Entrepreneurship
emlyon business school
France
Judges
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Nireti Adebayo
CEO
Whyte Cleon Limited
Nigeria
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Peter Bamkole
Director, Enterprise Development Centre
Pan-Atlantic University
Nigeria
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Anil Benard-Dende
Deputy General Director
Kedge Business School
France
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Dr. Ola Brown
Founder
Flying Doctors Healthcare Investment Company
USA
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Ashifi Gogo
Founder & CEO
Sproxil, Inc
USA
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Tim Mescon
Executive Vice President and Chief Officer of the Europe, Middle East, and Africa Headquarters
AACSB International
Netherlands
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Austin Okere
Founder & Vice Chairman
Computer Warehouse Group Plc.
Nigeria
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Julienne Shields
President and CEO
United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (USASBE)
USA
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Darius Teter
Executive Director
Stanford Seed
USA
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Philip Thigo
Director for Africa
Thunderbird School for Global Management, Arizona State University
USA
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Yoadan Tilahun
Founder and CEO
Flawless Events
Ethiopia
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Joanne Mwangi-Yelbert
CEO
PMS Group Ltd
Kenya
The Investors
During Round 1, business experts, Judges, faculty mentors, and academics will be invited to participate as Investors on the Peaqs platform. The Investor role is always an individual role.
Each Investor starts out with 10.000 credits to trade with and each team project starts with a basic valuation of 100 credits. The virtual stock market has been reigned in somewhat compared to a normal stock market, so it doesn’t encourage speculation in the mere dynamics of a stock market. You can only invest once and divest once per project per phase. So, in case you can’t buy/sell it could be because you have exceeded your trading limits and you’ll have to wait for a new phase to open, where you can re-adjust your investments. Investor Experts will be alerted via email when a new phase opens and you can allocate credits again. Investors are asked to review each student team project’s progress during two investment rounds and submit reflections, feedback and any questions they have for the student team.
Each Phase has a set time frame. At the end of each phase, student teams will upload the content requested in that particular phase before the deadline. Once the deadline passes, the investing round begins. After all phases are complete, the top 6 projects with the highest valuation from the stock market and the highest judging rank will advance to the Finals Round.
Top Investor Expert
This year we will be acknowledging the most engaged Investor Expert, as Investor Experts play a critical role in the overall competition learning experience. Investor Experts are individuals acting as Investors in the Peaqs marketplace. These individuals also provide feedback and recommendations for the teams as they invest or divest in projects within each phase. GBSN and Peaqs will be tracking involvement to identify an individual who provides the most feedback as they invest or divest on the marketplace. Breadth and depth of feedback and recommendations will also be considered.
This Top Investor Expert will receive $500 to use towards courses on Coursera, a massive open online course provider. Coursera works with universities and other organizations to offer online courses, certifications, and degrees in a variety of subjects.
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Jaliyyah Bello
Assistant Professor and Director of International Partnerships
Coventry University
United Kingdom
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Marie Frochen
Co-Founder and Partner
Ramp-Up Lab
USA
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Dr. Isaac M. Gachanja
Managing Director
Goke Global Limited
Kenya
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Stephanie Hussels
Director of the Bettany Centre for Entrepreneurship, Director of the Business Growth Programme
Cranfield School of Management
United Kingdom
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Parag Patel, PhD
Assistant Dean Undergraduate Programmes
Ahmedabad University – Amrut Mody School of Management
India
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Diana Popa
Founder and CEO
Extensio
Mexico
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Shalei Simms
Acting Dean
School of Business at SUNY Old Westbury
USA
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Vasilis Theoharakis
Professor of Strategic Marketing
Cranfield School of Management
United Kingdom
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Catherine Wijnberg
Founder and CEO
Fetola
South Africa
Investor Experts from Team Aquatrac
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Peter Igberaese
Founder
Aquatrac Nutrition
Nigeria
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Temitope Osunrinde
Founder
Aquatrac Nutrition
Nigeria
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Oginni Olalekan Oladimeji
Founder
Aquatrac Nutrition
Nigeria
Faculty Mentors
Though optional, teams are encouraged to have a faculty mentor. A faculty mentor’s primary role is to comment and provide guidance on their designated team project on the Peaqs platform. This candidate should be within the academic community and can be mentors for more than one team. Mentors will work with their respective student team throughout the five phases within Round 1. Each phase allows for investor feedback in addition to your feedback as a faculty mentor. Faculty mentors are advised to review investor feedback with their student team in each phase.
The top six student teams will pitch LIVE to a panel of international judges from business, academia and civil society.
Should their student team advance to the finals round, the faculty mentor should work with their team to prepare a pitch presentation that will be delivered LIVE to the panel of judges. After each presentation, students should be prepared to answer questions during a 15 minute Q&A period.