Farrukh Hussain

Midnight Labs is here to change the game. AI Pioneers. Tech Geeks. Call us what you want. We believe content protection should be as advanced as the threats it combats. Enforcement has been slow, reactive, and manual while threats move faster, leaving invaluable IP exposed. As superfans of the entertainment world and creative media, our solutions seamlessly become ingrained in your brand’s DNA. We’re redefining protection with human expertise and agentic AI, delivering real-time, enforcement. This is the future of brand protection. Smarter. Faster. More Predictive.

Imagine a world where African creatives, entertainment businesses, and global entertainment giants working in Africa no longer face the frustration of navigating a fragmented, unreliable, and expensive production landscape. A world where every tool, talent, and location needed to create world-class content is just a click away. This vision inspired the creation of Filmmakers Mart. We are on a mission to become Africas biggest tech-enabled creative industry platform. We aim to be a powerhouse that enables creative enterprises and independent creators to scale their work and the go-to platform for global creative businesses operating in Africa.

Twiva is the tech-enabled creator ecosystem that turns influence into income. We equip creators with the skills, tools, networks, and embedded financial services they need to build sustainable online businesses, while providing brands and agencies with a reliable, data-driven route to authentic market access. Our unique value proposition lies in enabling creators to effectively monetize their influence and our ability to provide businesses with efficient market access through authentic influencer-driven marketing.

Carry1st is Africa’s leading publisher of mobile games and digital content. Operating at the intersection of games, publishing, and fintech, we scale awesome content in frontier markets by solving hard problems. Across our publishing and Pay1st business lines, we are partnered with top global game companies like Riot Games, Activision, and Supercell. We are backed by top investors like: a16z, Bitkraft, Google, Konvoy, Riot Games, Sony and Nas.

The Emperia platform powers the creation and management of immersive virtual experiences for brands across multiple retail sectors. The platform marries the reach and accessibility of e-commerce with the impact of physical customer service shopping experience, while leveraging the unique traits of the virtual space; adding a layer of customer engagement, personalization, data monitoring and omnichannel cohesion. London and New York-based, the Emperia team consists of 3D environment engineers and technical artists joined by fashion and retail industry veterans and branding experts. Hailed a virtual reality pioneer by Forbes Magazine, Emperia is working with some of the world’s leading names in fashion and retail including Dior, Walmart, Burberry, Lacoste, Bloomingdales, Tommy Hilfiger, Harrods, Giorgio Armani, Dom Pérignon, Christie’s, Getty Images and more. Emperia has been named an IDC Innovator in 2023; top 10 most innovative company in Web3, metaverse, blockchain and cryptocurrency for 2023, by Fast Company; one of the most promising advertising and marketing tech startups of 2022 by BusinessInsider; is a proud British Fashion Council Patron, is a two-time Webby Award winner, won the XR Marketing Campaign of the Year award at the XR Awards 2024 and is a Plug & Play Brand & Retail Europe Start-Up Award honoree.

Train Deep Learning Models Directly on the Edge! Edgify’s framework gives any edge unit the ability to run Deep learning and AI training locally, without the need to extract the data to a server or having to pay the network costs of Model building. We call this self training AI.

Kitman Labs is the worlds leading sports science and performance intelligence company with an established track record of working with top governing bodies, leagues, teams and athletes in some of the worlds most elite sports organisations and universities including the NFL, NBA, Premier League, MLS and NCAA. Kitman Labs powers iP: The Intelligence Platform (iP), the advanced operating system designed to optimise human performance; enhance overall health, wellness and longevity; reduce injury risk; and drive operational efficiencies and value. iP includes software solutions for Performance Medicine, Performance Optimization, Coaching & Development and League Operations. iP represents the industry’s largest network of elite and youth teams (2000+) and the industry’s largest dataset of talent, performance, and medical data for all stages of the athlete lifecycle. Kitman Labs is headquartered in Silicon Valley with offices in Dublin and Manchester.

Midnight Labs is here to change the game. AI Pioneers. Tech Geeks. Call us what you want. We believe content protection should be as advanced as the threats it combats. Enforcement has been slow, reactive, and manual while threats move faster, leaving invaluable IP exposed. As superfans of the entertainment world and creative media, our solutions seamlessly become ingrained in your brand’s DNA. We’re redefining protection with human expertise and agentic AI, delivering real-time, enforcement. This is the future of brand protection. Smarter. Faster. More Predictive.

Imagine a world where African creatives, entertainment businesses, and global entertainment giants working in Africa no longer face the frustration of navigating a fragmented, unreliable, and expensive production landscape. A world where every tool, talent, and location needed to create world-class content is just a click away. This vision inspired the creation of Filmmakers Mart. We are on a mission to become Africas biggest tech-enabled creative industry platform. We aim to be a powerhouse that enables creative enterprises and independent creators to scale their work and the go-to platform for global creative businesses operating in Africa.

Twiva is the tech-enabled creator ecosystem that turns influence into income. We equip creators with the skills, tools, networks, and embedded financial services they need to build sustainable online businesses, while providing brands and agencies with a reliable, data-driven route to authentic market access. Our unique value proposition lies in enabling creators to effectively monetize their influence and our ability to provide businesses with efficient market access through authentic influencer-driven marketing.

Carry1st is Africa’s leading publisher of mobile games and digital content. Operating at the intersection of games, publishing, and fintech, we scale awesome content in frontier markets by solving hard problems. Across our publishing and Pay1st business lines, we are partnered with top global game companies like Riot Games, Activision, and Supercell. We are backed by top investors like: a16z, Bitkraft, Google, Konvoy, Riot Games, Sony and Nas.

The Raspberry Pi Foundation is a UK-based charity with the mission to enable young people to realise their full potential through the power of computing and digital technologies. Our vision Our vision is that every young person develops: • The knowledge, skills, and confidence to use computers and digital technologies effectively in their work, community, and personal life; to solve problems and to express themselves creatively • Sufficient understanding of societal and ethical issues to be able to critically evaluate digital technologies and their application, and to design and use technology for good • The mindsets that enable them to confidently engage with technological change and to continue learning about new and emerging technologies Our long-term goals 1. Education: To enable any school to teach students about computing and how to create with digital technologies, through providing the best possible curriculum, resources, and training for teachers. 2. Non-formal learning: To engage millions of young people in learning about computing and how to create with digital technologies outside of school, through online resources and apps, clubs, competitions, and partnerships with youth organisations. 3. Research: To deepen our understanding of how young people learn about computing and how to create with digital technologies, and we use that knowledge to increase the impact of our work and advance the field of computing education.