Khalid Machchate

Khalid’s passion for building Startup Ecosystems stems from his own Journey and Success as a Startup Founder: Skillearn, a blended learning platform he exited later to an international foundation, as well as SOS Santé, an e-health hardware startup. All under K&W Technologies, a consulting & training group specializing in digital transformation and disruptive technologies, with corporate and government clients across the EMEA regions.

Khalid is the first Forbes Africa 30 Under 30 Entrepreneur in the Maghreb Region, lead the Africa-to-Silicon Valley Acceleration Program DEMO Africa, helping African Startups raise over $80 MM, and currently serves under His Majesty's direction at the Morocco Royal Commission.

To his credit, he was won over twenty awards and was recognised for his thought leadership, and policy expertise around startups, technology, innovation and future of work by global institutions including the G20, World Bank, WSA, Forbes, UN, WGS, and Ashoka.