Tomas Karlsson

Senior Manager Channel Services at KnowledgePoint

Tomas has a strong passion for learning and training, and a belief that cutting-edge technology can significantly improve the way people learn, interact and achieve business success. A trained Economist, who specialised in cost-benefit analysis and international economics, he’s spent his career working with program and channel management initiatives for a number of software vendors. Tomas is analytic, results-driven and a problem-solver who leads his team to help our clients strengthen and add value to their global training networks.

Day 1 & 2: Welcome 09:00 – 09:05 SAST

Topic: Welcome to the Digital Skills Camp Africa

Philipp Müller

Global WorldSkills Partnership Manager

Philipp is a Further and Higher Ed Expert with 10+ years Manufacturing, Construction and IT Industry Experience. As part of the Autodesk Education Team, he’s heading the WorldSkills International global Partnership empowering Countries to prepare Students for the Future of work within Construction, Manufacturing and Media & Entertainment. Prior to joining Autodesk, he studied Architecture Technology at Technical University of Graz, passionate about IT and sharing best practices me and friends of mine started creating YouTube Tutorials focused on Building Information Modelling which quickly reached over 2 M views worldwide. Through Youtube he built an International network and lectured at various Universities and was one the youngest to achieve Autodesk Certified Instructor and Certified Evaluator Status.

Day 1 & 2: Welcome 09:00 – 09:05 SAST

Topic: Welcome to the Digital Skills Camp Africa

Tochukwu Clinton Chukwueke

CEO, Clintonel Advanced Engineering Centre, Aba

Founder, Clintonel Innovation Centre, Aba at Clintonel Innovation Centre (CIC)

Tochukwu Clinton Chukwueke is an inventor with three Patents, Change Agent, and Engineering Consultant. He is the CEO of Clintonel Advanced Engineering Centre (AEC) Aba – a facility for engineering innovation and digital manufacturing. AEC was recently won The Most Outstanding MSME in Nigeria 2022 – a prestigious National Merit Award of Excellence by the Nigerian government. He founded Nigeria’s first Makerspace – Clintonel Innovation Centre. For several years, Tochukwu has been championing Digital Manufacturing Skills development in Nigeria including: Engineering for Industry – a project to bridge the Engineering Skills Gap in Nigeria, and Skill Up Abia which trains young people on CAD and CAM.

Day 2: Industry Speaker Session 10:30 – 11:00 SAST

Topic: Nigerian Genius Engineering Competition – engaging students in design competitions

Fousseni Kone

3D Mechanical coach and entrepreneur at Netinfo & DigiArt Living Lab

Fousseni Kone was born on 13/01/1995 in Samako, a village located 60 km from the Malian capital, in the Koulikoro region. He is the son of Souleymane KONE, a notable peasant from the village of Samako. At age seven, he attended basic school in Samako; at home, he participated in the field work alongside his father to meet the needs of the family. After passing his fundamental studies diploma in 2011, he returned to Bamako, the capital of Mali, for secondary studies at the Beydi Konandji high school in Bamako. Four years later, he obtained the Malian baccalaureate in exact sciences in 2015. At the end of 2015, he took the entrance exam to the normal school of technical and professional education in Bamako (‘’Ecole Normale d’Enseignement Technique et Professionel: ENETP) where he began his university studies. After obtaining his Bachelor’s degree in 2018, he continued his studies at ENETP and obtained his Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering (specialty: Mechanical Construction). In parallel with his university studies, in June 2020, he obtained an Autodesk certificate in 3D modeling with Fusion 360, following his participation and success in the 3DAfricaMaher event organized and coached by Netinfo of Tunisia. In July 2022, he also obtained a certificate in mechanical manufacturing following his participation in a workshop organized by the company Nantong Sijan Construction of China through ENETP. Today, Fousseni KONE undertakes teaching work in certain private universities, technical colleges and vocational schools in Bamako.

Day 1: Academia Speaker 11:00 – 11:45 SAST

Topic: Collaboration between education and industry in Tunisia

Chukwubuikem Felix Amaefule

Chief Executive Officer at Generative CAD Services Limited

Chukwubuikem Felix Amaefule is very passionate about making things, doing more with less and inspiring others to make even greater things. Felix has years of experience in project and program management, product development, product management and professional training. Currently leading the transformational team who are building an industry outcome-based Product Development school & On-demand Digital Manufacturing platform that promises to democratise making in Africa. A fast-rising industry leader in the design and digital manufacturing space with the vision to empower the ecosystem. Felix has a keen interest in People, Technology, Process and Product Relationships for Value Creation.

Day 2: Technical/ Demo Session 13:05 – 15:30 SAST

Topic: Fusion technical training (CPD Point: 1)

Fatou Coulibaly

Mechanical Engineer, PDG de Shine Corporation SARL

I’m Malian, born and raised in Bamako, I am 25 years old and I have a Master’s degree in Mechanics. I’ve been a project manager at Diakité Robotic’s for 7 months and I did an internship at Kabakoo Académie in their Content team, currently, I work at B2gold in the Fekola mine (Fekola SA) in the HME department for planning machine maintenance and their follow-up.

I had to participate in bootcamps initiated by NETINFO such as 3D Africa Maker, which our team won in Mali, as well as African GameDev. and other workshops initiated by Kabakoo Académie, ImpactHub. Apart from that, I am at the head of a company which was born last April: Shine Corporation SARL, it’s a company based on the training and orientation of pupils and students, especially for the mastery of essential software in this 21st century; because having noticed a real delay compared to the rest of the world from our own experiences. The company is made up of a team of 6 young ladies, each of whom is a co-founder. I’m not married and I haven’t children. I really like history and astrophysics.

Day 1: Academia Speaker 11:00 – 11:45 SAST

Topic: Collaboration between education and industry in Tunisia

Samia Chelbi

Social innovator in Creative Industry- Expert in education– Disruptive Entrepreneur- Founder NETINFO & DIGIARTLIVINGLAB

Samia Chelbi is a university teacher who has more than 25 years of experience in different fields which are tightly linked to creative technologies. The founder of the first school of 3D, animation and video Game in North Africa for more than a decade. she contributed forward in the progress of this industry in Tunisia and Africa. Her Passion for this realm pushed her into the community work, so she founded in 2004 the Tunisian Association of Creative Technologies (CREATEC). This double vocation, social and professional, gave her the means to contribute to the shaping of the ecosystem in collaboration with the public and private actors. Currently, she is leading the DigiArtLivingLab project which is the first living lab in North Africa specialized in Digital Arts and certified by ENoLL( European Network of Living Lab). She also founded 3DAFRICAMAKER, AfricanGameDev and Africa Metaverse Tribe a Network to develop the Creative Industry Ecosystem in Africa supported by Autodesk and Epic Games.

Day 1: Academia Speaker 11:00 – 11:45 SAST

Topic: Collaboration between education and industry in Tunisia

Samar Neciri

Product Packaging Designer at Netinfo & DigiArtLivingLab

I’m 23 years old master’s student in design packaging and about to graduate very soon. After 3 years passed in the field of arts and design especially in jewellery design, I have been inspired by the world of gems and jewellery , believing not just in their intrinsic beauty, but in the symbolism and personal meaning behind each piece. While studying , i had the opportunity to participate in a training initiated by NETINFO in 3d jewellery modelling, and since that time i knew what to do with my life , i was able to create some designs that could express my thoughts and feelings. I’m really passionate about designing jewellery pieces and i am looking forward to learning more about 3d modelling and hope to one day be able to make a positive impact in the field.

Day 1: Academia Speaker 11:00 – 11:45 SAST

Topic: Collaboration between education and industry in Tunisia

Christopher Quirke

Manufacturing Applications Engineer at Modena Design Centres

Chris Quirke obtained his N1 in Electrical engineering at Elangeni College and his N2 in Electrical Engineering at Umbilo College in Durban and has since worked in the Architecture industry before joining Modena Durban.

He gained design experience within the industry which lay the foundation for his understanding of the requirements for the end user utilising the design software

Day 1: Technical/ Demo Session 13:05 – 15:30 SAST

Topic: Fusion 360 Technical Demo (CPD Point: 1)

Douggaz Mounir

Mechanic trainer at Tunisian Agency for vocational training

Douggaz Mounir, Tunisian with Master degree in mechanical engineering from the national school of engineers in Tunis. Motivated, seasoned and proactive individual with more than fifteen years of experience in training in the design and manufacture of mold for plastic injection and four years in training in mechanical maintenance. Context of repeated successes in the implementation of best practices in vocational training. Determinant to provide the highest level in service in an efficient and professional manner.

Day 1: Academia Speaker 11:00 – 11:45 SAST

Topic: Collaboration between education and industry in Tunisia

Dr Kingsley Ukoba

Lecturer and researcher in the department of mechanical engineering science at University of Johannesburg, South Africa

Dr Ukoba is a lecturer and researcher in the department of mechanical engineering science of the University of Johannesburg, South Africa. He obtained a doctoral degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban in South Africa, graduating among the top 15 researchers. He coordinates the smart energy group for JENANO headed by Professor Jen. He oversees a group of doctoral students, masters’ and undergraduate students. He has won couple of individual and group grants, awards, and fellowships. Recent among them is the one million South Africa Rands grant by SASOL/NRF Collaborative Research grant for water treatment using Atomic Layer deposition in 2021. He is among the author for the African Integrated Assessment report by United Nations Environment Programme, African Union Commission, CCAC and Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) joint publication. He is also a 2022 Engineering for Change (E4C) fellow sponsored by American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) to support an Impact Project around Climate Action. He has authored book chapters and journal articles, presented in conferences and serves as a reviewer for high impact journals and conferences. He acts as an academic and career mentor to students.

Day 2: Academia Speaker 11:00 – 11:30 SAST

Topic: Additive Manufacturing

Kithinji Muriungi

Member at IEEE – Advancing Technology for Humanity

Kithinji Muriungi is a recent Engineering for Change Fellow sponsored by Autodesk Foundation on Kickstart International’s Electronics Design Capacity Building Project. He has previously worked with Konza Smart City (under Viscar), IBM, and Safaricom PLC. Additionally, he is developing an innovation-based start-up currently working on Bestilaya: focuses on SDGs 4 and 10. As an IEEE Volunteer over the past 8 years, he has worked on multiple local impact projects, pioneered and founded IEEE student branches and technical chapters across Africa. Kithinji is a BEng (Electrical & Electronics) alumnus of Moi University, Kenya. Apart from engineering, he is very passionate about Tech-Innovation, Digital Transformation, 4IR, R&D, and Start-ups.

Day 1: Industry Speaker 10:30 – 11:00 SAST

Topic: The Future of Collaborative Product Design & Development in Africa based on Many Teams – One Tool: A Case Study

Ryan Vessey

Head of Design and Engineering at PIMMS Group (Pty) Ltd

With an ability to keep a level head at all times, while nurturing and growing new product developments, evaluate opportunities and risks and also deliver innovative new technology solutions to challenges.

Backed by two and half decades of experience in Product Development, Robotic Engineering, firmly centred in passion for design, with leadership experience and a collaborative attitude having managed high performance multi-disciplinary teams in driving design and development of innovative products, with design and engineering disciplines across industrial design, mechanical engineering, process engineering, electronic engineering and the implementation of high tech products into diverse sectors. While successfully increasing efficiency and productivity and reducing costs and inefficiencies using digital tools and innovative CAD/CAE/CAM tools to form the foundation to PLM processes across global teams. In recent times driving manufacturing and ERP integrations including, IIOT, Industry 4.0 and innovative robotic manufacturing connectivity solutions.

Day 1: Autodesk Customer Speaker Session 09:30 – 10:00 SAST

Topic: Integrating Fusion 360 digital tools into the new product development process across multi-disciplinary teams for seamless production implementation

Grace Lung

Senior Manager of Partnership Programme at Worldskills

Grace Lung is the Senior Manager of Partnership Programmes at WorldSkills International, which is the global hub for skills excellence and development. Grace has been leading and facilitating skills development and capacity building projects which bring positive impact to communities and youth around the world through the unique expertise and resources of WorldSkills global network.

Day 1: WorldSkills & African Union Speaker Session 10:00 – 10:30 SAST

Topic: Engaging with WorldSkills and African Union

Nicholas Ouma

Education and Skills Development Professional at african union

Nicholas Ouma is an Education and Skills Development professional at the African Union Commission – Department of Education Science Technology and Innovation (ESTI) where he serves as a Senior Youth Advisor. He has over 20 years of experience spanning across functional initiatives and outcomes within Education, Employment, Youth Development and Empowerment spaces, with a focus on development and implementation of policies and programmes at both National and Continental Levels. Prior to his present role at the African Union Commission, he previously served as a high school teacher, university lecturer and County Director of Youth Development in Taita Taveta County, Kenya. Nicholas has a Master of Education degree in Educational Communication and Technology from Kenyatta University, Kenya.

Day 1: WorldSkills & African Union Speaker Session 10:00 – 10:30 SAST

Topic: Engaging with WorldSkills and African Union

Richard Hansen

Managing Member at Bolt Engineering

Richard Hansen has invested in the engineering industry for 20 years, 12 of which are in his business, Bolt Engineering, in Durban, South Africa. He’s deeply passionate about innovative design, manufacturing processes and Fusion 360.

Day 2: Autodesk Customer Speaker Session 09:05 – 09:30 SAST

Topic: Bolt Engineering

Matt Oosthuizen

Sustainable Manufacturing Specialist at Autodesk

Matt Oosthuizen is the Sustainable Manufacturing Specialist within Autodesk’s Impact & ESG Organization. With an undergraduate and master’s in mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering from the University of Warwick, his career is now focused on creating manufacturing impact visibility. Currently Matt is exploring how sustainable manufacturing insights within the design phase of product development can influence more sustainable outcomes. Helping Autodesk’s customers achieve their sustainability goals and reduce the impact of their manufacturing processes

Day 1: Autodesk Speaker Session 09:10 – 09:30 SAST

Topic: Green design goals – designing for more sustainable outcomes in D&M

Emre Orkun

Mechanical Team Leader at ITU AUV team

Emre is a 2nd year Naval Engineering undergrad student at Istanbul Technical University. He has been working in the ITU Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Team for over a year. Emre developed an early interest in 3D design and additive manufacturing. He became Autodesk Certified Associate in 2021. Since then, he has been trying to teach others what he has learned. This year Emre and his four mechanical sub-team members are working on an underwater vehicle design using Fusion 360. Emre chases his dreams by combining his research in 3D design and engineering along his path. He has a passion for 3D design by nature.

Day 1: Autodesk Speaker Session 09:30 – 10:00 SAST

Topic: Becoming the world champion in underwater robotics – a student team’s perspective

Dario Pinto

Skill Competition Manager at WorldSkills

Two decades involved in the Skills Competition movement across the world. Former Expert and Chief-Expert, trainer of several medallist, he organizes the National, European, Americas, ASEAN, African and WorldSkills Competition in Mechanical Engineering CAD. Director on the school when he once was a Student (CENFIM – Ermesinde; VET and ATC) his main objective is to share competition experience and support new coming countries to adapt and evolve to Excellence.

Day 1: WorldSkills Speaker Session 11:45 – 12:10 SAST

Topic: WorldSkills Mechanical Engineering Competition

Regis Ngenzi

Autodesk Instructor at NZIZA Training

Regis is an operations, technology and project leader with 11+ years of experience in varied industries such as IT, mining and metals, aerospace, automotive, infrastructure and education.

Multidisciplinary change agent and problem solver, Regis holds an MSc in Mechanical Engineering from the Arts et Métiers ParisTech (Paris, France) and a BTech in Mechanical Engineering, from the Université Paul Sabatier (Toulouse, France)

In parallel to his primary occupations, Regis has always been linked to the education world, where he has been a Mechanical Engineering lecturer in the University of Rwanda and more recently, an Instructor for Autodesk Inventor and Autodesk Fusion 360, heading the MEP Engineering Department, at Nziza Training Academy.

Day 2: Academia Speaker 10:00 – 10:30 SAST

Topic: Collaboration with Rwandan national council of polytechnic colleges

Steve Taylor

Technical Trainer at 3DGBIRE

Day 2: WorldSkills Speaker Session 11:30 – 12:00 SAST

Topic: WorldSkills Additive Manufacturing Competition