Amb Bitange

Bitange Ndemo is currently serving as Kenya’s Ambassador to Belgium and the European Union. Before his current role, he was a Professor of Entrepreneurship at the University of Nairobi's Faculty of Business and Management Sciences, focusing on the link between ICTs and small and medium enterprises, and how ICTs influence African economic development. He has also served as the Permanent Secretary of Kenya's Ministry of Information and Communication, where he oversaw various ICT policies and projects that transformed the Kenyan ICT sector. Ndemo holds a PhD in Industrial Economics from the University of Sheffield, an MBA from the University of St. Thomas (Minnesota), and a bachelor's degree in Finance from the University of Minnesota. He is also a member of the MIT Artificial Intelligence Policy Forum (MIT AIPF) Panel and the OECD Expert Panel on Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain. Ndemo is a widely published author in refereed academic journals and a leading public intellectual, offering his expertise as a columnist and commentator in high-quality, cross-cutting media platforms