Companies & Ventures

Six companies built across humanitarian technology, finance, AI, film, and logistics — from Washington DC, London, and Vienna.

Infinite Future Bank

Next-Generation Development Finance

Reimagining development finance for the 21st century — blockchain-enabled, AI-driven, Africa-first. Home of the AFR token. Offices in Washington DC, Vienna, and London. Building the infrastructure for sovereign wealth, climate finance, and inclusive capital markets.

AFR BlockchainClimate FinanceDeFiAI Banking
Building
Founded
2021
HQ
Washington DC
Capital Raised
AFR Token
Reach
3 Offices
My Role
Founder & Chief Strategy Officer

All Companies

Infinite Future Bank
Next-Generation Development Fi
World Disaster Center
AI Platform for Global Crisis
Xeltis Ltd
World Intelligent Resources Sy
Vick AI
Decentralized Green Intelligen
IFB DEUS / INFINIX
Creator-Direct Film & Media
Skyhol
Crowdsourced Global Delivery

Who Does What · Where

15 years. 130+ countries. Six sectors. One mission — a safer, more equitable world.

130+
Countries of Experience
138
Governments Engaged
$9.2M
Capital Raised
24
OCHA Countries Covered
15+
Years of Service

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Countries of Experience (130+)
Career Locations (click to explore)
Sectors of Expertise

6 Domains · Deep Expertise

138Govts

Humanitarian Technology

15 years of humanitarian information management across 24 African countries. Led the largest OCHA Regional IM portfolio. Deployed AI for crisis prediction, needs analysis, and coordination.

UN OCHA · WFP · Search for Common Ground · Counterpart International

World Disaster Center →
$9.2MRaised

Development Finance

Reimagining development finance for Africa and beyond. $9.2M raised for the World Disaster Center. AFR blockchain token for climate finance. World Bank Team Leader across 5 East African countries.

Infinite Future Bank · World Bank · USAID · USADF

20+Countries

AI & Geospatial Intelligence

Earth Observation PhD research at University of Salzburg. Built Vick AI — zero carbon-footprint AI. Xeltis WIRS engine maps resources across 20+ countries. Geospatial Rising Star Award (2025).

Vick AI · Xeltis WIRS · University of Salzburg · ESRI

Vick AI →
7,200+Creators

Film & Creative Media

Creator-direct film production platform — no gatekeepers. 7,200+ creators across 138 countries. $2.4B+ capital network. Cinematic AI meets independent film at global scale.

IFB DEUS · INFINIX · Film pipeline · Distribution network

COP29Speaker

Climate & Environment

UNFCCC Climate Champion. COP29 keynote speaker (Baku, 2024). $1.4M REDD+ digital climate program across Rwanda, DRC, Uganda. Climate Finance Advisory Board member.

UNFCCC · African Climate Foundation · ARX IT · USADF

2026Winner

Mining & Geosciences

Mining Innovation Winner (2026). Master's in Geomatics & Mining Exploration, University of Bukavu. Featured speaker at Mining Indaba, South Africa. Geospatial analysis applied to natural resource intelligence.

Mining Innovation · Mining Indaba · University of Bukavu

Career Timeline

From field operations in the DRC to founding six ventures across three continents.

Current Ventures
Founder & Chief Strategy Officer
Infinite Future Bank (IFB)
2021 – PresentWashington DC · Vienna · London
  • Building next-generation development finance infrastructure — blockchain, AI, and climate capital for Africa and the Global South
  • Home of the AFR token — powering a decentralized, AI-driven banking ecosystem
  • Parent entity of Xeltis Ltd, Vick AI, and IFB DEUS (INFINIX)
  • Offices in Washington DC, Vienna (Austria), and London (UK)
Founder & CEO
World Disaster Center (WDC)
Dec 2023 – PresentWashington DC, USA
  • Built AI Michael Platform — real-time disaster prediction & humanitarian coordination AI serving 138 governments
  • $9.2M raised from institutional investors and philanthropic foundations
  • Top 20 Dynamic CEOs in Canada (2025) | Geospatial Rising Star (2025) | Mining Innovation Winner (2026)
Founder & Chief AI Officer
Vick AI
2024 – PresentVienna, Austria
  • Built Vick AI — zero carbon-footprint AI running entirely on local hardware with AFR token economy
  • TF-IDF RAG engine, Gemini 2.5-Flash integration, fully decentralized — every user is a network node
  • Live at vick-ai-frontend-382117221028.us-central1.run.app
Founder & CEO
Xeltis Ltd
Jun 2021 – PresentLondon, UK
  • World Intelligent Resources System (WIRS) — AI-driven resource optimization across 20+ countries
  • $500K raised in seed funding
  • Registered in London, England — IFB Group subsidiary
Career History
CL

Country Manager — Austria

CLIMB
2023 – Present
Vienna, Austria
  • Country Manager for CLIMB in Austria — driving leadership development and organizational capacity building
  • Building local partnerships and expanding CLIMB's presence across the Austrian market
UN OCHA

Regional Information Manager

UN OCHA
May 2022 – Nov 2023
Dakar, Senegal
  • Information systems for 24 African countries — largest OCHA regional IM portfolio
  • Led HNO/HRP processes impacting 80M+ people across active crises
  • Deployed emergency IM in 6 simultaneous conflict situations
  • Pioneered geospatial AI tools adopted across OCHA West/Central Africa
World Bank

Team Leader, 5 Countries

World Bank
Feb – May 2022
Nairobi, Kenya
  • Led cross-country analytical teams across East Africa
  • Coordinated $200M+ development program assessments
AR

Regional Director

ARX IT Solutions
Sept 2020 – May 2021
Kigali, Rwanda
  • $1.4M REDD+ climate program — digital infrastructure across 3 countries
  • Built regional tech team from 0 to 18 staff in Rwanda & DRC
World Food Programme (WFP)

National Information Manager

World Food Programme (WFP)
Jul – Sept 2020
DRC
  • National IM lead for DRC food security crisis response
  • Data management covering 4.5M people assisted
Search for Common Ground

National IM Head

Search for Common Ground
2019 – 2020
Kinshasa, DRC
  • Built national information management framework for peacebuilding operations
  • Coordinated data across 6 provinces in ongoing conflict environment
Counterpart International (USAID)

M&E Specialist

Counterpart International (USAID)
2018 – 2019
DRC
  • USAID-funded M&E framework implementation
  • Impact assessments across conflict-affected communities — reaching 150K beneficiaries

Awards & Honors

MI2026 Community Voices Competition Winner

The Impact Facility & African Mining Indaba
2026

Geospatial World 50 Rising Stars

Geospatial World Forum
2025

Mining Innovation Winner

Mining Innovation 2026
2026

Top 20 Dynamic CEOs in Canada

Dynamic CEO Magazine
2025

Geospatial Rising Star Award

Geospatial World · Rising Stars 2025 (p. 26)
2025

UNFCCC Climate Champion

UN Framework Convention on Climate Change
2024

Bold Award

International Leadership Forum
2024

Best Capacity Builder

United States African Development Foundation (USADF)
2023

Rising Star Award

International Humanitarian Leadership Network
2022

Keynotes & Speeches

2025

UN General Assembly (UNGA 80)

United Nations · New York, USA

"AI-Driven Disaster Risk Reduction & the Future of Humanitarian Response"

2024

COP29

UNFCCC · Baku, Azerbaijan

"Geospatial Intelligence for Climate Resilience in Fragile States"

2024

World Bank Annual Conference

World Bank Group · Washington DC

"Data Infrastructure and Development Finance in Sub-Saharan Africa"

2024

EGU General Assembly (EGU24)

European Geosciences Union · Vienna, Austria

"Earth Observation AI for Early Warning Systems in African Conflict Zones"

2024

ESRI International Users Conference

ESRI · San Diego, USA

"Geospatial Innovation in Humanitarian Operations"

2024

Canadian Black Scientists Network

CBSN · Canada

"African Leadership in Global Science and Technology"

2025

Science Summit at UNGA

Science Summit NYC · New York, USA

"Shaping Resilience by Making Disasters Fade with Michael's AI Platform"

2025

Geospatial World Forum 2025

Geospatial World · India

"Business Intelligence & Geospatial AI for Disaster Management"

2024

Harvard Climate Data Science Summit

Harvard University GIS · Cambridge, USA

"Climate Action through Human-Centric Data Science"

2025

World Bank Measuring Development 2025

World Bank Group · Washington DC

"Biodiversity, Conservation Planning & AI for Development Data"

2024

HNPW 2024 — Humanitarian Networks Week

United Nations Geneva · Geneva, Switzerland

"AI & Earth Observation in Humanitarian Crisis Coordination"

2024

Impact First Summit

Impact First · USA

"Technology-Driven Humanitarian Solutions at Scale"

Publications & Papers

Book2024

Breaking Barriers, Building Dreams

A personal and professional memoir — from Bukavu to Washington DC, on leadership, crisis, and building something that lasts. Available on Amazon worldwide.

Academic Paper2024

Climate Resilience AI in Fragile African States

EGU General Assembly 2024

Earth observation methodologies for early warning systems across conflict-affected zones — presented at EGU24, Vienna.

Research2023

Geospatial Analysis for Humanitarian Decision-Making

UN OCHA Internal Publications

Framework integrating satellite imagery and geospatial data into humanitarian needs analysis across 24 African countries.

Academic Paper2025

Michael: An Innovative Disaster Management Solution for Climate Resilience in Africa

ResearchGate · May 2025

Co-authored with Mulume David Muzusangabo. Presents MICHAEL, the AI platform powering the World Disaster Center's disaster prediction and humanitarian coordination system.

Conference Abstract2024

Anticipatory Climate Resilience in Coastal Urban Areas

EGU General Assembly 2024 (EGU24-20281)

Co-authored with Dabiri Z., Lang S., and Wendt L. Transformative impact of predictive AI in coastal urban climate resilience. Cited by 1. University of Salzburg / ZGIS.

UN Report2023

Sudan Political Crisis — SURGE Mission Report

Issuu · OCHA SURGE, July–August 2023

Field intelligence report from UN OCHA SURGE deployment to Sudan during the 2023 political crisis — covering IM products, coordination frameworks, and advocacy tools.

Technical Report2019

Flood Risks in West and Central Africa

ACMAD — African Centre of Meteorological Applications

Co-authored with the UN OCHA Regional Office team. Hydrometeorological risk mapping across West and Central Africa for disaster preparedness planning.

Institutional Publication2024

WDC Catalogue of Services

World Disaster Center · Issuu

Comprehensive catalogue of WDC's AI-driven disaster prediction, monitoring, and coordination services available to governments and humanitarian organizations.

Key Organizations

100+ institutions, governments, and organizations engaged across 15 years of humanitarian and technology leadership.

UN OCHA
Regional Information Manager · 24 Countries
World Bank
Team Leader · 5 Countries
World Food Programme
National IM · DRC
USAID
M&E Specialist
UNFCCC / COP29
Climate Champion · Speaker
United Nations
UNGA80 Speaker
ESRI
Featured Speaker
EGU
Paper Presenter · Vienna
Search for Common Ground
National IM Head
USADF
USADF
Best Capacity Builder Award
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