Recap: Africa House @Davos 2025 Last month, Dynex Co-Founder and @DynexMoonshots Mission Leader Daniela Herrmann participated in three forward-looking sessions at Africa House during @Davos 2025, engaging with global leaders on the future of Africa’s digital economy. Together, leaders explored how Africa can harness quantum computing, AI, and blockchain to leapfrog traditional development models, unlock economic potential, and drive a knowledge-based economy. Discussions examined how deep tech adoption can accelerate digital transformation, strengthen data sovereignty, and shape policies and investment strategies to foster shared prosperity. The role of quantum computing in business and education was also a key focus, emphasizing industry adoption, workforce readiness, and infrastructure investments as essential to preparing Africa for the next megacycle in computing. Moderated by Maria Dayton (Sr. Director of Partnerships at @LGUS, White House Presidential Fellow), Daniela was joined by Dr. Iqbal Survé (@IqbalSurve), Chairman of Sekunjalo Group (@SekunjaloGroup); Kristof De Spiegeleer, Founder & CEO at ThreeFold Tech (@Threefoldtech) and OurVentures (@Threefoldtech); Ali Diallo (@alidiallo), Founder of Aurion Capital and General Partner at NovaWave Capital; and Dr. Lars Frolund (@LarsFrolund), Special Advisor for Digital & Tech Sovereignty to Margrethe Vestager, EVP at the European Commission (@EU_Commission). A sincere thank you to everyone who joined us for these impactful discussions!

Recap from @Davos 2025: #QuantumComputing is key to unlocking Africa's $300B #DataEconomy opportunity. Dynex (@DynexQaaS) Co-founder and Dynex Moonshots Mission Leader Daniela Herrmann joined global leaders to discuss key economic opportunities across 3 panels at last month's Africa House. On the panel, 'The Last Will Be the First: Leapfrog and Do-gital Economy or Perish?' Daniela and fellow speakers emphasised the roles of #quantum, #AI, and #blockchain in accelerating innovation, driving leapfrog growth, and supporting sustainable digital transformation across Africa. It was a pleasure to speak next to: Dr. Iqbal Survé, Chairman of Sekunjalo Group (@SekunjaloGroup), Maria Dayton, Sr. Director of Partnerships at LG Electronics (@LGUS) and White House Presidential Fellow, Kristof De Spiegeleer, Founder & CEO of ThreeFold Tech and OurVentures (@Threefoldtech), Ali Diallo (@alidiallo), Founder of Aurion Capital and General Partner at NovaWave Capital, Lars Frolund, Special Advisor for Digital & Tech Sovereignty at the European Commission (@EU_Commission), and Mei Lin Fung (@meilinfung), Co-Founder of the People-Centered Internet. Special thanks to Mamadou Kwidjim Toure (@kwidjim), Founder & CEO of Ubuntu Group (@UtribeOne) and Kojo Annan (@kojo_annan), Chairman of Africa House for creating these incredible opportunities to engage and collaborate. Catch the full panel discussion here: youtube.com/watch?v=5ycsLsdt…

Quantum computing is key to unlocking Africa’s $300B data economy opportunity Dynex Co-founder and @DynexMoonshots Mission Leader Daniela Herrmann participated in three panels at the esteemed Africa House at @Davos 2025 last month, joining global leaders to explore key economic opportunities across the region. One session, ‘The Last Will Be the First: Leapfrog and Do-gital Economy or Perish?’, highlighted how quantum computing, AI, and blockchain can accelerate innovation, drive leapfrog growth, and support sustainable digital transformation across Africa. Key insights from the conversation: Collaboration is critical - strategic partnerships across governments, businesses, and academia will enable Africa to harness cutting-edge technologies. Infrastructure investment is essential to creating a foundation for long-term digital growth. Education is a catalyst - integrating emerging technologies into curricula will empower the next generation of innovators. Open-source models drive innovation, fostering a thriving ecosystem of local developers and entrepreneurs. A sincere thank you to everyone who made this conversation possible: Dr. Iqbal Survé, Chairman of Sekunjalo Group (@SekunjaloGroup), Maria Dayton, Sr. Director of Partnerships at LG Electronics (@LGUS) and White House Presidential Fellow, Kristof De Spiegeleer, Founder & CEO of ThreeFold Tech and OurVentures (@Threefoldtech); Ali Diallo, Founder of Aurion Capital and General Partner at NovaWave Capital (@alidiallo); Lars Frolund, Special Advisor for Digital & Tech Sovereignty at the European Commission (@EU_Commission); and Mei Lin Fung, Co-Founder of the People-Centered Internet (@meilinfung). As quantum computing continues to shape industries, conversations like these highlight its role in fostering a more inclusive and digitally connected future. Special thanks to Mamadou Kwidjim Toure, Founder & CEO of Ubuntu Group (@kwidjim) and Kojo Annan, Chairman of Africa House (@kojo_annan) for creating these incredible opportunities to engage and collaborate. Catch the full panel discussion here: youtube.com/watch?v=5ycsLsdt…

Came here to post this. Happy to see the community grow. If you like @Threefoldtech also check out @RDDLNetwork & @Theta_Network

Jan De Schepper & John Cordier Honoring John Cordier, the late Belgian telecom visionary, alongside Jan De Schepper, a central figure in Belgium's IT ecosystem. Telindus won the 1995 second GSM license, swiftly rolling out Mobistar's network nationwide in just 9 months 26/n

Martin De Prycker A Belgian telecom visionary. Pioneered in broadband technology at Alcatel, later driving innovation at Barco and; CEO of @imec_int/@ugent spin-off Caliopa (acquired in 2013 by Huawei). Currently making waves as GP of Qbic, financing university spin-offs 23/n

Paul Carpentier & Jan Van Riel Masters of data storage technology. FilePool (sold to EMC, 2001), Gnosis, Caringo, Twintag etc. Their numerous patents underscore their profound influence in data storage innovation globally! n/21

Stijn Bijnens Co-founded cybersecurity pioneer Ubizen (@KU_Leuven spin-off), went public in '99. Transformed Limburg as LRM CEO with launching 9 (!) incubators including the highly successful @cordacampus Now at @cegeka's helm, steering it to a European IT powerhouse n/20

Philip Inghelbrecht Co-founder of London based @Shazam (sold to Apple in 2018 for $400M), first Belgian employee at Google, and later YouTube exec. His trailblazing journey spans music tech to various Silicon Valley startups such as TrueCar and Tatari n/19

Luc Burgelman, Peter Hinssen & Frank Hamerlinck Belgian tech giants who united at Porthus, leading it to IPO a sale to Descartes. A true tech trifecta: Burgelman's data analytics mastery, Hinssen's foresight in digital transformation & Hamerlinck's tech business acumen 16/n

Jo & Ben Caudron Beyond founding The Reference - likely Belgium's first web company. They're revered as thought leaders in digital disruption. Through books, keynotes, and workshops, they've shaped perspectives on tech's impact on economy and society 15/n

Welcome onboard! Proud to have you, netizen!

We, the @NetizensNFT Netizens believe in building a decentralised future of the web, gaining back our sovereignty and owning our data. Today I will be attending a call to further explore the potential of @joinmastodon and how @Threefoldtech can support it. Tune in 6pm CET

Good points, John. & thanks for the mention, Sacha! 🙏 We're firm believers in (the) decentralization (of the Internet), for many reasons. Sadly Ukraine is a prime example. We're building a P2P Internet & Cloud infrastructure to host these kinds of solutions, and a lot more.

threefoldtech/tfgridclient_proxy (1.1.1): Interact with TFgridDB using rest APIs with caching mdy.io/gh/threefoldtech/tfgr…

Kudos to the visionary #technology, #research and #academic partners in the @SovereignEdgeEU.MetaOS Consortium! 👏 @OpenNebula @LINBIT @MariaDB ( @MariaDB_org) @ThreefoldTech @SUSE @Zabbix @TNO_Research @CETIC_be @EclipseFdn @RISEsweden @UmeaUniversity ...

threefoldtech/terraform-provider-grid (0.1.6) mdy.io/gh/threefoldtech/terr…

So it’s been about 2 months since I ordered my Titan pre-order from @Threefoldtech and I haven’t heard not 1 peep from them. Have I been rugged? #cryptocurrecy #cryptocurrencies #crypto

threefoldtech/zos (0.5.0): Autonomous operating system mdy.io/gh/threefoldtech/zos

AIBC Summit in Dubai discusses the energy consumption of blockchain unlock-bc.com/news/2021-05-2… #Blockchain #energy #dubai #AIBCSummit @AIBCsummit @Threefoldtech @threefold_io #environmentalsustainability #consumption #UAE #Dubai #GCC #MENA