H.E. Ambassador Philip Thigo, MBS, is an award-winning technology and public policy expert. He is the Special Envoy for Technology for the Republic of Kenya and the first in Africa.

Apolitical named him as one of the 2025 World Leading individuals on Artificial Intelligence in Government and one of the World's 100 most influential people in digital government in 2018. In August 2024, Amb. Thigo was recognized by Mozilla under their RISE25 Award as one of five advocates leading the development of artificial intelligence in an ethical, inclusive, and transparent manner.

In 2023, Africa Com listed him among Africa's Top 100 Most Influential Leaders in Technology and Telecommunications. On December 12, 2023, during Kenya’s 60th Independence Day Anniversary, he was awarded the Presidential Commendation, Moran of the Order of the Burning Spear (M.B.S), for his distinguished service to the country.

He serves on multiple boards and in multiple roles. - He is in the Executive Steering Group of the Ai Hub for Sutainable Development, a founding steering committee member of the Coalition for Digital Environmental Sustainability (CODES), leads the Power of Data Initiative by Global Partnership on Sustainable Development Data in Kenya, a Sub-Regional Ambassador for the Global Blockchain Business Council (GBBC), Board member of NASA's Earth Observations for SDGs (EO4SDGs), and the Chair of the Board of Mama Organization and Mtoto News. In 2023, the United Nations Secretary-General appointed him to his High-Level Advisory Board on Artificial Intelligence (HLAB). for one year.

Amb. Thigo has co-authored Foresight and insight reports at the Brookings Institution, the World Economic Forum Global Councils on Food Systems Innovation and the Global Councils on the 4th Industrial Revolution for Global Public Goods, published with Social Watch, Global Voices, Foundation El Taller, Fetzer—Woodrow Wilson Institute of International Development, EISA, and Limerick University, amongst others.

Amb. Thigo has previously held executive positions in International Organizations, Non-Profit Organizations, and social ventures in Africa, the MENA region, and Latin America. Before his current role, he was the founding Director for Africa at the Thunderbird School for Global Management at Arizona State University. where he has co-created initiatives such as Elections- Uchaguzi, Budget Tracking Tool.