Our Services
Speaker management and conference programming, built for stages that matter
Event Speaker Management
End-to-end management of your speaker programme, from sourcing through to post-event close-out.
Finding the right speaker is only the beginning. Heard In Africa manages every step of the speaker journey — sourcing and vetting candidates, handling contracts and logistics, delivering personalised speaker briefings, and providing on-site coordination on the day.Every speaker who works with us receives a briefing document tailored to their specific session, their co-panellists, the audience profile, and the thematic objectives of that moment in your programme. Not a generic template. A document that prepares them to deliver something your audience will remember.
WHAT THIS COVERS
- - Speaker sourcing and vetting against your brief
- - Contracts, fee negotiations, and logistics coordination
- - Personalised pre-event speaker briefing documents
- - Moderator preparation and alignment calls
- - On-site speaker handling from arrival to stage
- - Post-event close-out, thank-you communications, and feedback collection
At Omniverse Africa Summit — a four-day, multi-stage convening with 100+ speakers — we achieved 95% on-time session delivery and zero major stage disruptions.
Speaker Matching
Share your brief. We return a curated shortlist of African speakers matched to your event — with topic angles ready to pitch internally.
You tell us what you need — your event theme, audience, the specific sessions you are programming, and your budget range. We research, assess, and return a curated shortlist of African speakers matched to your brief, usually within 48 hours.Each recommendation comes with a speaker profile, a proposed session angle tailored to your event, and our reasoning for why this speaker fits your brief. We do not send you a long list and leave you to figure it out. We do the curation work so you do not have to.
Submit a speaker brief → info@heardinafrica.com
Conference Programme Design
A great conference is not a list of speakers. It is a carefully designed argument. We build that argument.
Heard In Africa works with event producers, institutions, and organisations to build conference programmes with intellectual coherence, deliberate flow, and the right balance of energy, depth, and tension.We design the architecture of your programme — the themes, session formats, keynote sequencing, and panel structures — so every hour earns its place and your audience leaves having experienced something genuinely worth attending.
Step 1: Programme Strategy — working backwards from the audience outcome to design the architecture, themes, and session formats.
Step 2: Session Design and Speaker Matching — designing each session individually and matching the right speaker to the right moment.
Step 3: Execution and On-Site Delivery — managing briefs, rehearsals, and on-site coordination.
Speaker Visibility and Positioning
Your expertise is not the problem. Your visibility is.
African speakers are being searched for. Conference producers are actively looking. The question is whether they can find you — and whether what they find makes them stop scrolling and say yes.Heard In Africa's Speaker Visibility and Positioning service manages your LinkedIn and Instagram as active speaker career platforms. Every post, every update, every piece of content is in service of one goal: making sure the right producers, organisations, and audiences find you, understand what you stand for, and want to hear you speak.
WHAT THIS COVERS
— LinkedIn profile optimisation: — headline, about section, featured posts, and banner updated to communicate your speaking expertise immediately
— Weekly LinkedIn content strategy and posting — thought leadership content that builds your authority in your specific field
— Instagram management — content strategy, caption writing, posting, and monthly analytics
— Speaker messaging and positioning session — defining your topic, your audience, your message, and your differentiator
— Speaker messaging document — your positioning, key messages, and bio language in one reference document
WHO THIS IS FOR
African speakers and thought leaders who know their expertise but are not showing up online in a way that attracts the right opportunities. If conference producers cannot find you, your expertise is invisible to the market — regardless of how brilliant you are on stage.
Ready to get started?
Share your goals and we'll schedule a consultation call to explore how we can design the right experience for your team.
Framework for Managing Event Speakers
Discovery & Brief
We begin with a detailed conversation about your event, your audience, your objectives, and the kind of speaker experience you want to create. We ask the questions most clients don't think to ask, so the brief is complete before we begin sourcing.
Sourcing & Shortlist
Drawing on our curated roster and wider network, we present a shortlisted selection of speakers matched to your brief. Each recommendation comes with a rationale — not just a bio and a fee.
Vetting & Confirmation
We handle reference checks, availability confirmation, and initial fee negotiations, ensuring you only move forward with speakers who are the right fit in every dimension.
Contract & Logistics
We manage all contracting, travel arrangements, accommodation coordination, and logistics — so your team is free to focus on the event itself.
Speaker Preparation
Every speaker receives a bespoke pre-event brief from our team, covering audience profile, session objectives, programme context, and any specific requirements. Where needed, we provide coaching and rehearsal support.
On-Site Management
On the day, our team provides on-site speaker coordination — from arrival to green room to stage — ensuring timing, technical, and AV requirements are all managed without the event team carrying the load.
Post-Event Follow-Through
We collect speaker and audience feedback, manage any outstanding contractual requirements, and provide a post-event debrief to inform future programming.
Ready To Get Started
Looking for an African speaker?
We represent a curated selection of African speakers across leadership, governance, technology, and social impact. Every speaker we represent has been personally assessed by our team. Share your brief at info@heardinafrica.com and we will match you with the right voice for your stage.
Conference Programme Design is built in 3 steps:
Step 1: Programme Strategy
We work backwards from the audience outcome to design the programme architecture, themes, sequence, and session formats.
Step 2: Session Design & Speaker Matching
We design each session individually and match the right speakers to the right moment in the programme.
Step 3: Execution & On-Site Delivery
We manage briefs, rehearsals, AV coordination, and on-site delivery so the event runs with precision.
Ready To Get Started
Let's Talk About Your Event
Share your goals and we'll schedule a consultation call to explore how we can design the right experience for your team.
Speaker Readiness Assessment
Conference producers are searching for African speakers right now. Do they know you exist?
Find out in 2 minutes how you would be seen — and whether they would stop scrolling.
Every day, event organisers in London, Dubai, New York, and Singapore are building their speaker programmes. They are searching LinkedIn, reading articles, reviewing profiles — and making decisions about who gets the stage.
The question is not whether you are good enough. The question is whether they can find you, trust you, and book you.
Free. Takes 2 minutes. No sign-up required.