About
Gift Lubele is a tech entrepreneur, keynote speaker and executive educator known as "The Voice of AI in Africa". He helps leaders understand what AI means for their people, customers and bottom line. Gift co-founded Kudoti, a sustainability data platform that scaled across six African countries with Google and Techstars backing, and founded Auraa, Africa's first AI-powered music platform, whose debut became South Africa's first fully AI-generated Amapiano album with over one million streams. As AI Lead at YIEDI he built the Rinku AI diagnostic engine. He holds a STEM MBA in Data Analytics and AI from Hult International Business School. Gift has spoken at TEDx, the United Nations, the World Economic Forum, the WTO, the BRICS Forum, Huawei, Nestlé and the ITWeb AI Summit, and delivers keynotes, panels and workshops in English, isiZulu, Sepedi and Xitsonga, in person or virtually.
Keynote Topics3
AI for Emerging Markets: What Silicon Valley Is Missing
Why AI built for Silicon Valley misses African realities, and how African founders and companies can build and lead AI solutions for emerging markets.
The AI-Creative Economy: Innovation Beyond the Hype
How AI is reshaping music and creative industries, drawn from building Africa's first AI-powered music creation platform and the first fully AI-generated Amapiano album.
AI-Driven Sustainability: From Prediction to Protection
How data and AI turn sustainability from reporting into action, drawing on Kudoti, which has validated 15 million kg of waste across six African countries.
Past events & performances
1. Keynote speaker, ITWeb AI Summit (2026) 2. Keynote, Pharma Dynamics, Pretoria (2026) 3. BRICS Young Innovator Prize, 1st place (2020) 4. AI & Music Business Hackathon, Wits University (2026) 5. University of South Africa (2026) 6. SABC (2025)
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