Antler × OpenAI: ⚡️

Antler in collaboration with OpenAI, is bringing together founders, builders, and ecosystem leaders to explore the emerging opportunities around AI and what they mean for the next generation of entrepreneurship across the continent.

Featuring key perspectives from OpenAI, Antler, and Paystack, this fireside chat will discuss how AI is actively reshaping technology, infrastructure, and venture building in Africa.

Speakers:

  • Emmanuel Lubanzadio – Africa Lead, OpenAILeads Africa strategy, policy, and ecosystem partnerships at OpenAI. Former Head of Government Affairs for Africa at Twitter, Emmanuel brings deep experience navigating tech, policy, and global scale to empower the continent's AI founders.

  • Amandine Lobelle – COO, PaystackLed Paystack's historic acquisition by Stripe and built the operating model that scaled the business into a multi-country financial technology platform. She now oversees pan-African operations and growth for one of the continent's leading fintechs.

Format

  • Closed, curated session

  • Limited seats to keep discussions practical and honest

  • Off-record by design