Speaker

NANA BAMBARA-ABBAN

CEO / Product Owner of Akaditi Group of Companies & Founder Scrum Day London

PROFILE: Nana is a visionary, innovator and a possibility thinker.

He is a People, Business and Technology Developer and Professional with a passion for Ethical Leadership, Ubuntu, Red Team Thinking, Agility, Scrum, Kanban, Agile, Enterprise and life Coaching and Training. He loves writing and challenging people to become better humans. He created H2H (HUMAN2HUMAN), a global movement and way of thinking to connect humanity.

He has worked for over 20 years in management and leadership and held very senior consulting, programme management and executive positions in both the public and private sectors globally, with substantial experience in leading and managing organisational transformations.

Nana is the founder and convener of Agile in Africa Conference www.agileinafrica.com (a yearly business and technology conference) held in Accra, Ghana and Scrum Day London www.scrumdaylondon.com (a yearly Scrum event) held in London, United Kingdom.

He is the Product Owner and CEO of Akaditi.com an agility services, events and technology company. The Akaditi Group owns SokoPay.com, Sokoshoper.com, Sokodelivery.com and Sikabank.com, mobile money, mobile payment, shopping, delivery and banking solutions of the future for Africa. Visit www.worldsoko.com

Nana is really passionate about supporting and adopting Children in orphanages, he founded a charity to transform orphans into future leader.

He is also passionate about Organic, natural farming, Promotes wellness, loves Polo sport, Motorbikes, Building and Restoring Land Rover Defenders vehicles and really enjoys Making work fun, Scrum (Agile), Arts, Culture, Animation, Robotics, Space Travel and Life after the Digital Age.

He is a philosopher, he loves inspiring people and he loves Africa.

  • Company Akaditi.com, Agile in Africa Conference (Ghana HQ) and Scrum Day London, CEO and Product Owner Akaditi.com,
  • Experience 30 Years

AllSessions

SDL2026 DAY 1
June 25, 2026
9:00 am

Welcome by SDL Founder & Product Owner (15 mins)

Main hall
25 June
Time:  9:00 am - 9:15 am
Location:  Main hall
Speaker:  NANA BAMBARA-ABBAN
10:45 am

Open Space: Ice Breaker / Networking Opportunity / See Exhibitors Refreshments (25 mins)

25 June
Time:  10:45 am - 11:10 am
Location: 
Speaker:  NANA BAMBARA-ABBAN

Lean Coffee / Lounge Style

11:15 am

Workshops (40 mins)

25 June
Time:  11:15 am - 11:50 am
Location: 

1. Product Ownership, Products Dev, Product Mgt
2. Engineering and Technology
3. Scaling Agility and Agile
4. Leadership, Org, People

11:55 am

Workshop Leaders Feedback (Panel) (20 mins)

25 June
Time:  11:55 am - 12:15 pm
Location:  Main hall

Workshop Leaders Feedback (Panel) (20 mins)

1:30 pm

Lunch (1 hour)

Main hall
25 June
Time:  1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Location:  Main hall
Speaker:  NANA BAMBARA-ABBAN
4:30 pm

Feedback on Retrospective Closing Remarks by SDL Product Owner (15 mins)

25 June
Time:  4:30 pm - 4:45 pm
Location: 
Speaker:  NANA BAMBARA-ABBAN
4:50 pm

Awards (30 mins) and Refreshments / Close

Main hall
25 June
Time:  4:50 pm - 5:20 pm
Location:  Main hall
Speaker:  NANA BAMBARA-ABBAN

Awards

SDL2025 DAY 2
June 26, 2026
9:00 am

Welcome by SDL Founder & Product Owner (15 mins)

Main hall
26 June
Time:  9:00 am - 9:15 am
Location:  Main hall
Speaker:  NANA BAMBARA-ABBAN
10:45 am

Open Space: Ice Breaker / Networking Opportunity / See Exhibitors Refreshments (25 mins)

26 June
Time:  10:45 am - 11:10 am
Location: 
Speaker:  NANA BAMBARA-ABBAN

Lean Coffee / Lounge Style

12:50 pm

Irènèe & Nana Bambara-Abban (40 mins) Lots of chocolate from Ghana Keynote Speaker 3 (40 mins)

26 June
Time:  12:50 pm - 1:30 pm
Location:  Main hall

"Scrum Beyond Software: Stories of Unexpected Transformations"
Highlighting application of Agile and Scrum in non-traditional sectors like agriculture and government (public sector), Cocoa farming, chocolate industry and Blockchain (the audience will get a chance to taste REAL chocolate from the home of Cocoa in Ghana. Their talk will
demonstrate the power of how Agile, Scrum and Kanban can transform the lives of local farmers and the whole cocoa value chain

4:30 pm

Feedback on Retrospective Closing Remarks by SDL Product Owner (15 mins)

26 June
Time:  4:30 pm - 4:45 pm
Location: 
Speaker:  NANA BAMBARA-ABBAN
4:50 pm

Awards (30 mins) and Refreshments / Close

Main hall
26 June
Time:  4:50 pm - 5:20 pm
Location:  Main hall
Speaker:  NANA BAMBARA-ABBAN

Awards