SAIDAH NASH CARTER

Saidah Nash Carter is a digital business leader passionate about value creation and leveraging technology for business and human impact. She began her career at Reuters NewMedia during a wave of digital transformation, launching some of the first online news services for Yahoo! and AOL. She excels at pushing corporate boundaries through emerging technology, co-creation, and sustainability, identifying opportunities that align innovation with core business values.

As SVP of Africa Innovation at Thomson Reuters, she launched the Cape Town Data Science and Innovation Lab, the only one in an emerging market, and spearheaded initiatives like Africa’s first Intrapreneurship Conference, the Africa Startup Challenge, and Bankable Farmer, a financial inclusion project for small-scale farmers. She also designed one of Thomson Reuters' first customer co-creation programs, transforming partnership and IP ownership strategies.

Now, she leads Bright Insights Global (BIG), a boutique consultancy and expert network dedicated to helping companies thrive in Africa through innovation and sustainability. She is also a champion of Africa’s intrapreneur ecosystem, working with corporate innovators to drive impact and inclusion. As League Catalyst for South Africa in the League of Intrapreneurs, she empowers change-makers within large organizations.

Some of her awards and recognition include Inspiring 50 Women in Tech (2017), United Nations Voices of African Mothers Innovation Award (2018) and League of Intrapreneurs Global Fellow (2019).

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