Kadir Salami, Chairman and Founder of Techspecialist Consulting Limited, has been announced as a speaker at the African Entrepreneurship and Business Summit, AEBS 2026, where he will lead a conversation on building African businesses capable of solving problems at a global scale.
Kadir Salami will lead the conversation on “Engineering Africa’s Future: Building Businesses That Solve Global Problems.”
With more than 17 years of experience in technology and enterprise development, Salami has built his career around using technology as a practical tool for solving complex organisational and economic challenges.
As Founder and Chairman of Techspecialist Consulting Limited, a Microsoft Solutions Partner, he has worked with governments, global organisations and businesses to design and implement technology solutions that address real operational needs.
His organisation’s track record includes work with institutions such as the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, British Council, Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority, Nigeria Cash Transfer Office, Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association and the Bureau of Public Procurement, among others.
Kadir Salami’s approach to entrepreneurship is rooted in building solutions rather than simply adopting trends.
He built Techspecialist Consulting without venture backing or an imported blueprint, developing a business within an African market where infrastructure limitations, talent gaps and changing operating conditions often require entrepreneurs to build differently.
That experience gives his AEBS conversation a practical dimension.
For him, the future of African entrepreneurship will depend on the ability of businesses to identify problems, develop relevant solutions and build systems capable of scaling beyond local markets.
His impact also extends to talent development.
Through his work in digital skills development, Kadir Salami, has helped equip more than 1,000 young Nigerians with digital skills, creating pathways towards meaningful careers in an increasingly technology driven economy.
His work therefore sits across three important areas of Africa’s development: technology, enterprise and people.
At AEBS 2026, he will challenge entrepreneurs to think beyond building businesses that merely operate within Africa. The conversation comes at a time when African entrepreneurs are increasingly looking to technology, innovation and locally developed solutions to address challenges across industries.
For the next generation of founders, that means moving from consuming technology to building with it. It means identifying problems worth solving, developing commercially viable solutions and creating businesses that can compete internationally without losing sight of the realities that shaped them.
Kadir Salami’s appearance at AEBS 2026 reinforces the summit’s focus on practical knowledge from entrepreneurs and business leaders who have built through real market conditions.
The 2026 summit carries the theme “Made in Africa. Built for the World.”
The event will bring together entrepreneurs, investors, business leaders, innovators and ecosystem stakeholders for conversations around the strategies, systems and ideas shaping Africa’s next chapter of enterprise.
AEBS 2026 takes place on November 5, 2026, at the Radisson Blu Hotel, Ikeja, Lagos.
