Elizabeth Gould

Elizabeth is the Co-Founder & CEO of codeX, which is growing the next generation of African coders. Developers with strong product focus and problem solving skills are what Africa needs, and they are in desperately short supply. codeX finds the best raw talent and trains them by doing real projects for real companies. Developers arrive on the job knowing exactly what it takes to build a career in tech. Elizabeth has been lucky enough to be obsessed with her twin passions, technology and Africa, on TV. A veteran journalist and executive producer, she has made hundreds of stories, shows, and series on technology and innovation. She has also traveled around the continent telling stories of the entrepreneurs, investors, and companies building Africa’s digital future for Bloomberg TV Africa. She has a deep and longstanding passion for economic development in Africa, and believes arming people with the tools to build creative products and companies is the key to its future.