Africa Quantum Consortium Biweekly Leadership Meeting Summary | May 7
🚀 Your Single CTA This Week - Register your city for the Quantum City Prize
🔥 Africa Quantum Consortium (AQC) – Leadership Brief 🔥
Key Message: Africa must be visible in the global quantum story — and you are critical to making that happen. Check out full minutes here.
Quantum momentum is building fast. What we do today determines how Africa shows up in tomorrow’s collaborations, funding conversations, and tech diplomacy. Visibility = Power. And visibility begins with presence.
🌍 Make Africa Unignorable on the Global Quantum Stage:
Add your events to World Quantum Day (WQD) and International Year of Quantum (IYQ2025) sites.
This isn’t symbolic — it’s strategic. Global platforms look at who’s active and where innovation is happening. Let's be counted.
Why this matters:
Builds internal unity and external credibility.
Positions African quantum leaders as global players in careers, partnerships, and education.
Makes our call for tools, resources, and access harder to ignore.
Infuses African-rooted insights into quantum’s future.
Check the World Quantum Day map. Africa is underrepresented — and we must change that.
AQC in the Spotlight
Featured in Nature for its continental quantum impact.
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AQC Welcomes Two Powerhouses Driving Africa’s Quantum Rise
The Africa Quantum Consortium (AQC) proudly announces the addition of Youssouf Traore and Riche-Mike Wellington to its advisory board—two leaders whose credentials and global influence signal AQC's unmatched position at the forefront of Africa’s quantum future.
Youssouf Traore is a pan-African tech innovator and seasoned deep-tech investor. As a Venture Partner at Mundi Ventures and faculty at IE Business School, he shapes the future of Deep Tech Venturing and Investment. Youssof bridges African and European ecosystems, having held strategic roles at Ripple’s Virtual Asset Lab, the Africa Scaleup Program, and the MIT Enterprise Forum. His expertise spans AI, biotech, quantum, and tech transfer, making him a critical force in scaling deep-tech impact across Africa. With a foot in academia and venture capital, he brings sharp insights into startup incubation and global innovation pipelines.
Riche-Mike Wellington, Deputy Secretary-General (Programmes) at the Ghana Commission for UNESCO, is a veteran in public policy, science diplomacy, and STEM equity with 25+ years of experience. He has shaped continental science education and policy, including spearheading UNESCO STEM Centers of Excellence and the 2025 International Year of Quantum (IYQ) designation. His leadership on major initiatives like the Accra Reading Village, Museum of Light, and UNESCO’s SDG4 Framework signals his unmatched ability to connect education, culture, and science for impact at scale.
Together, they reinforce what’s clear:
AQC is the strategic hub for quantum science and technology in Africa—trusted by leaders shaping the future of innovation, education, and policy across the continent.
From venture capital to public policy, from labs to global forums, we are architecting Africa’s quantum moment—with world-class minds leading the charge.
🚀 Your Single CTA This Week:
Register for the Quantum City Prize. Let’s plant quantum in the streets of Africa. Takes 2 minutes. Do it now.
Final Word:
Africa isn’t waiting for a seat at the table—we’re architecting the next one. Your leadership doesn’t ask for permission; it defines the agenda.
The Africa Quantum Consortium is the driving force uniting Africa’s top minds to collaborate, innovate, and propel quantum technology forward across the continent.Made with a touch of Ubuntu by the AQC Team.
Building Africa’s Quantum Future, Together!