Rooms that change their minds.
Keynotes, fireside chats and panel moderation on product, innovation and the future of building — for audiences who came to think, not to be sold to.
Selected trust
“Akin doesn't perform a keynote — he redirects a room. Ours left with a new operating question, not a new slogan.”
— Programme Chair, Africa Tech Summit
Selected metric
40+
Stages, four continents
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Stages
Session Highlights
Recent rooms & upcoming stages.
Africa Tech Summit
Building Better: The Operator's Case for African Product
Keynote · 45 min
MADEbyAkin Studio Session
The Practice of Innovation — Live Reading & Q&A
Fireside · 90 min
Africa House · Design Futures
Brand as Infrastructure for New Economies
Panel · 60 min
Topics
Six ways in — or a brief built for you.
Every keynote is researched to the room. These are the recurring provocations audiences ask me to bring.
- 01
The Future of Product in Africa
How the next decade of product-building on the continent will reshape global tech.
- 02
Innovation as a Discipline
Why real innovation is a system, not a slogan — and what it takes to install one.
- 03
Brand in the Age of Attention
How to build brands that compound in a world of infinite choice.
- 04
Design Leadership at Scale
Field notes on building, leading and defending design orgs that ship.
- 05
Founders & the Long Game
What durable founders do differently, from year one to year twenty.
- 06
Custom Brief
Tell me your audience and mandate — most keynotes are built to purpose.
Formats
Keynote
30–60 min · full-stage production
Fireside
45–75 min · seated conversation
Workshop
Half-day to 5 days · deep dive
Akin doesn't perform a keynote — he redirects a room. Ours left with a new operating question, not a new slogan.
Event Inquiry
Tell me about your room.
Share the audience, the mandate and the date. I respond to every serious inquiry personally, usually within one working week.
Response time
Within 5 business days
Booking window
Currently Q1 2027 onward
Travel
Africa, Europe, North America, Middle East
Next step
Send an inquiry
Or write directly to speaking@madebyakin.com