AFSIC Agenda – Monday 11th October 2021
9:00 am
KEYNOTE Solo: Opening Comments by Rupert McCammon
Speaker
Rupert McCammon 2021 Speaker Founder and Managing Director - AFSIC
9:05 am
BANKING Solo
Speaker
Temi Ofong 2021 Speaker Deputy CEO, Absa Regional Operations & Chief operating Officer, Absa CIB - Absa
9:25 am
BANKING Solo
Speaker
Kato Mukuru 2021 Speaker Managing Director, Head of Frontier Markets Research - EFG Hermes
9:45 am
BANKING Panel: This is Africa’s Century, an Overview of Africa’s Economic Emergence
Speakers
Peter Maila 2021 Speaker Investment Director - CDC Group Jarred Glansbeek 2021 Speaker Founder and Director - RisCura, All Africa Kaan Nazli 2021 Speaker Senior Economist and Portfolio Manager - Neuberger Berman Charles Robertson 2021 Speaker Global Chief Economist - Renaissance Capital Kawtar Ed-Dahmani 2021 Speaker Managing Director - Barings
10:30 am
Networking Break
11:00 am
BANKING: TBA
11:55 am
BANKING Solo: Banking on the Future, Growing Income across the Continent
Speaker
Mark Richards 2021 Speaker Non Executive Director - CIB Bank Egypt
12:15 pm
BANKING Panel: How to Achieve Strong Investment Returns in Africa’s Banking Sector
Moderator
Robin Smither 2021 Speaker Senior Executive – Head Corporate Banking - AfrAsia Bank
Speakers
Wasim Tahir 2021 Speaker Sector Strategist, Financial Institutions - CDC Group Ali Khalpey 2021 Speaker CEO Frontier markets - EFG Hermes Michael Carlo Fabbroni 2021 Speaker Head Financial Institutions Debt - Africa - responsAbility Investments AG Mohamed Maarouf 2021 Speaker General Manager - BTI Bank Abdulmajid Mussa Nsekela 2021 Speaker Chief Executive Officer - CRDB Bank
1:00 pm
Lunch
2:05 pm
BANKING Panel: Microfinance – Macro Returns? The reality of Investing in Africa’s Microfinance Sector
Moderator
Wayne Hennessy-Barrett 2021 Speaker Founder & CEO - 4G Capital, Kenya
Speakers
Eugene du Plessis 2021 Speaker Group Treasurer - Izwe Loans Chris Low 2021 Speaker Senior Advisor - Aardwolf Advisory Services Limited Tim Nuy 2021 Speaker Founder - Finclusion Arnaud Ventura 2021 Speaker Founder - Acacia.ac Leo Armel Tchoudjang 2021 Speaker CIO & MD - AB Microfinance Bank Nigeria Limited
2:45 pm
BANKING Panel: Attracting Investment into Africa’s Financial Sector, What do Investors Want?
Speakers
Ameya Upadhyay 2021 Speaker Venture Partner - Flourish Asad Naqvi 2021 Speaker Partner - Apis Partners Philip Hopkins 2021 Speaker Director of Investments - Equator Capital Partners, LLC, All Africa Edmund Higenbottam 2021 Speaker Managing Director - Verdant Capital
3:35 pm
BANKING Networking: Meet the Development Finance Institutions (DFIs)
Speakers
Andreas Davidsen 2021 Speaker Vice President of Scalable Enterprises - Agribusiness & Manufacturing - Norfund Kazuhiro Numasawa 2021 Speaker Chief Investment Officer - African Development Bank Olivier Edelman 2021 Speaker Head of Microfinance Unit - European Investment Bank Michael Fischer 2021 Speaker Director - Financial Institutions Africa - DEG - German Investment and Development Company Antti Urvas 2021 Speaker Associate Director - Finnfund Wieger Fokke 2021 Speaker Senior Investment Officer - FMO - The Dutch Development Bank Jussi Ahonen 2021 Speaker Senior Investment Manager - Finnfund Juan Jose Garcia 2021 Speaker Regional Syndications Lead, Sub-Saharan Africa & Latin America - International Finance Corporation (IFC) Dr. Chinyere Almona 2021 Speaker Senior Corporate Governance Officer - Africa Corporate Governance Program - International Finance Corporation (IFC) Judy Kinyanjui 2021 Speaker Investment Director - Financial Institutions - Norfund Michael Awori 2021 Speaker Chief Operating Officer - Trade and Development Bank (TDB) James Knuckles 2021 Speaker Consultant - ESMAP Global Facility on Mini Grids - The World Bank Dr. Weixi Gong 2021 Speaker Chief - United Nations Industrial Development Organization Wasim Tahir 2021 Speaker Sector Strategist, Financial Institutions - CDC Group Deepak Dave 2021 Speaker Chief Risk Officer - Africa Trade Insurance Agency Peter Maila 2021 Speaker Investment Director - CDC Group Marco Yamaguchi 2021 Speaker Manager, Non-Sovereign Infrastructure Division, Infrastructure and Urban Development Department - African Development Bank Rostan Schwab 2021 Speaker Africa Head - Fintech Investments - International Finance Corporation (IFC) Lory Camba Opem 2021 Speaker Global Lead - Responsible Finance, Financial Inclusion, SME and Digital Finance - IFC Financial Institutions Group Jessica Schicks 2021 Speaker Senior Investment Officer - Financial Institutions - BIO - Belgian Investment Company for Developing Countries Ulla Huotari 2021 Speaker Investment Manager - Finnfund, Sub-Saharan Africa Xavier Echasseriau 2021 Speaker Deputy Head - Financial Institutions Group - PROPARCO Hoda Atia Moustafa 2021 Speaker Africa Regional Head - Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) John Lentaigne 2021 Speaker Acting CEO - African Trade Insurance Agency Sanjeev Gupta 2021 Speaker Executive Director & Head of Financial Services - Africa Finance Corporation, All Africa
9:05 am
FSD Panel: Affordable Housing
9:45 am
BUILDING Panel: Moving Africa Forward – Investment Opportunities in Africa’s Transport and Logistics Sector
Speakers
Richard Gomes 2021 Speaker Director - Market Development - Shell Foundation Geoffrey White 2021 Speaker CEO - Agility Ife Oyedele II 2021 Speaker Co-Founder & Chief Growth Officer - Kobo360 Samuel Ajiboyede 2021 Speaker CEO - FleetPartners Limited Alex Otto 2021 Speaker Capital Markets Executive - SA Taxi Development Finance Proprietary Limited
10:30 am
Networking Break
11:00 am
BUILDING: TBA
11:35 am
BUILDING Panel: The Rise of Africa’s Real Estate Investment Sector – Where are the Big Opportunities?
Moderator
Bronwyn Corbett 2021 Speaker CEO - Grit Real Estate Income Group
Speakers
Gilles Vaes 2021 Speaker Chief Executive Officer - InfraCo Africa Thomas Reilly 2021 Speaker Managing Director - Growthpoint Investec African Properties Ltd David Harper 2021 Speaker Director of Property Services - Hotel Partners Africa Davina Wood 2021 Speaker Principal - Affordable Housing Institute
12:15 pm
BUILDING Panel: The City, How to Benefit from the Rapid Urbanisation and Demographic Growth rate in Africa
Moderator
Souhir Mzali 2021 Speaker Regional Editor, Africa - Oxford Business Group
Speakers
Wadzi Katsidzira 2021 Speaker Senior Manager - Global Development Incubator Anusha Naidu 2021 Speaker Corporate Finance Executive - Select Africa Micheal Akampa 2021 Speaker Managing Partner - RE Equity Partners AB Cathal Conaty 2021 Speaker Managing Director - International Housing Solutions George Kibala Bauer 2021 Speaker Senior Advocacy Manager, Mobile for Development Utilities - GSMA Ivan Cornet 2021 Speaker Managing Partner - Latitude Five
1:00 pm
Lunch
2:05 pm
BUILDING Panel: Unlocking Africa’s Infrastructure Investments
Moderator
Neale Petersen 2021 Speaker Founder & Editor-in-Chief - Real Estate Investor Magazine (REIM)
Speakers
Martijn Proos 2021 Speaker Director - Ninety One Flemming Dalgaard 2021 Speaker Senior Investment Adviser - A.P.Moller Capital Roland Tatnall 2021 Speaker Managing Partner - Naimon Capital Azeez Amida 2021 Speaker Director, Financial Planning and Performance - IHS Towers Michael Lwoyelo 2021 Speaker Managing Director - Sanergy Limited Jeffrey Schumacher 2021 Speaker Group Director of Commercial - Helios Towers
2:55 pm
BUILDING Quickfire: Africa’s Most Promising Real Estate Investment Opportunities
Speakers
Thomas Mundy 2021 Speaker Head - Capital Markets and International Capital, Sub-Saharan Africa - JLL Hendrik Müller-Lankow 2021 Speaker Managing Director - MLC Properties
3:35 pm
BUILDING Networking: Meet Africa’s leading Infrastructure Investors
Speakers
Marco Yamaguchi 2021 Speaker Manager, Non-Sovereign Infrastructure Division, Infrastructure and Urban Development Department - African Development Bank Ope Onibokun 2021 Speaker Head of Project Finance - Arise Gilles Vaes 2021 Speaker Chief Executive Officer - InfraCo Africa Martijn Proos 2021 Speaker Director - Ninety One Flemming Dalgaard 2021 Speaker Senior Investment Adviser - A.P.Moller Capital Roland Tatnall 2021 Speaker Managing Partner - Naimon Capital Emilio Cattaneo 2021 Speaker Executive Director - Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund, a PIDG company
9:05 am
KEYNOTE Solo: How DFID is helping to Mobilise Private Sector Investment into Africa (by UK Government Minister)
9:25 am
INVESTING Solo: Bank Credit in Sub-Saharan Africa
Speaker
Mahin Dissanayake 2021 Speaker Senior Director, Head of Bank Ratings: Sub-Saharan Africa - Fitch Ratings
9:45 am
INVESTING Panel: Analysis of Investment Opportunities and Challenges in Africa’s Small and Medium Sized Companies
Speakers
Xavier Echasseriau 2021 Speaker Deputy Head - Financial Institutions Group - PROPARCO Barthout van Slingelandt 2021 Speaker Managing Partner - XSML Capital Lilian Mramba 2021 Speaker Regional Director - Grassroots Business Fund Guy Hosking 2021 Speaker Chief Financial Officer - Retail Capital Thurstan Moodley 2021 Speaker Managing Partner - Khumovest Cobus Visagie 2021 Speaker Group CEO - Africa Merchant Capital Olivier Deiters 2021 Speaker Regional Manager - Africa & Middle East - Triple Jump
10:30 am
Networking Break
11:00 am
INVESTING Solo: Africa’s Developing Capital Markets, Challenges and Opportunities
Speaker
Stefan Nalletamby 2021 Speaker Director - Financial Sector Development Department - African Development Bank
11:20 am
INVESTING: TBA
11:35 am
INVESTING Panel: Private Equity in Africa, where the Smart Money is Investing
Speakers
Tanya van Lill 2021 Speaker CEO - SAVCA Kasief Isaacs 2021 Speaker Head of Investments: SADC - Mergence Investment Managers Jean-Philippe Syed 2021 Speaker Principal - DPI - Development Partners International
12:15 pm
INVESTING Panel: Africa’s Public Equity Markets, is this an Exceptional Entry Point?
Speakers
Joseph Rohm 2021 Speaker Managing Director and Portfolio Manager - Adventis Prasheen Singh 2021 Speaker Director - RisCura Holdings David Grayson 2021 Speaker Chairman and Chief Executive Officer - Auerbach Grayson Andrew Schultz 2021 Speaker Head of Sales - Frontier Africa - Investec
1:00 pm
Lunch
2:05 pm
INVESTING Panel: Private Credit in Africa, The Case for and Against
Speakers
James Doree 2021 Speaker Managing Director - Lion's Head Global Partners Nicholas Piquito 2021 Speaker CEO - Alternative Solutions - African Alliance Ashley Benatar 2021 Speaker Managing Partner - Ashburton Mezzanine - Ashburton Investments Patrick Ball 2021 Speaker Director - Verdant Capital
3:35 pm
INVESTING Networking: Meet Africa’s Leading Impact Investors
Speakers
Saad Sheikh 2021 Speaker Principal - TLG Capital Kenny Nwosu 2021 Speaker Chief Executive Officer - Norsad Finance Najada Kumbuli 2021 Speaker Investment Director - Calvert Impact Capital Jennifer Pryce 2021 Speaker CEO - Calvert Impact Capital Danai Musandu 2021 Speaker Investor Relations Associate - Goodwell Investments Jaspreet Stamm 2021 Speaker Account Manager - Eco Business Fund - Finance in Motion Cristina Ungureanu 2021 Speaker Head of Corporate Governance - Eurizon Asset Management Muhtari Adanan 2021 Speaker Managing Partner - Xecced Ventures Ameya Upadhyay 2021 Speaker Venture Partner - Flourish
9:05 am
EDUCATION Solo: Professional Education: Africa’s Investment Talent of the Future
Speaker
Peter Watkins 2021 Speaker Director, University Relations, EMEA - CFA Institute
9:25 am
EDUCATION Solo: TBA
9:45 am
EDUCATION Panel: Educating Investors: Investment Returns in Africa’s Education Sector
Moderator
Sarah FitzMorris 2021 Speaker Managing Director - Executives in Africa
Speakers
Yann Groeger 2021 Speaker Regional Manager Africa - BlueOrchard Finance Lucio Frigo 2021 Speaker CEO - Materia Holdings Andrew McCusker 2021 Speaker Head of Education Finance - Opportunity International Helena Riese Harstad 2021 Speaker Co-Founder and Chairman - Optimizer Foundation Nirav Khambhati 2021 Speaker Managing Partner - Kaizenvest Edu Finance - Kaizenvest Jay Kimmelman 2021 Speaker CEO and Co-Founder - Bridge International Academies
10:30 am
Networking Break
11:00 am
EDUCATION: TBA
11:35 am
EDUCATION Solo: Financing Education in Africa
Speaker
Peter Hinton 2021 Speaker Co-Lead: Affordable Education Finance - CapPlus
11:55 am
EDUCATION Solo: Human Capital Leadership – The Ultimate Impact Investment
Speaker
Richard Putley 2021 Speaker Managing Director - Executives in Africa
1:00 pm
Lunch
2:05 pm
AGRICULTURE Solo: EIB Support to African SMEs via Local Banks and MFIs (focus on Agriculture)
Speakers
Christophe Litt 2021 Speaker Head of the Financial Sector Division - European Investment Bank Olivier Edelman 2021 Speaker Head of Microfinance Unit - European Investment Bank
2:25 pm
AGRICULTURE Panel: Seed Investments – An Analysis of the Risks and Opportunities of investing in Africa’s Agricultural Sector
Moderator
Tarek El Sherbini 2021 Speaker Head of Agribusiness, Southern and Eastern Mediterranean - European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
Speakers
Richard Lackey 2021 Speaker CEO - World Food Bank Inc Mezuo Nwuneli 2021 Speaker Managing Partner - Sahel Capital Agribusiness Managers Ltd Joel Bryce 2021 Speaker Chief Investment & Strategy Officer - Philafrica Foods Brian Frimpong 2021 Speaker Managing Partner - Zebu Investment Partners Clément Chenost 2021 Speaker Managing Director - Moringa Partnership Susan Payne 2021 Speaker CEO - Holistic Agricultural Investments Group Ltd Andreas Davidsen 2021 Speaker Vice President of Scalable Enterprises - Agribusiness & Manufacturing - Norfund
3:05 pm
AGRICULTURE Quickfire: Africa’s Most Promising Agriculture, Food and Aquaculture Investment Opportunities
Moderator
Kazuhiro Numasawa 2021 Speaker Chief Investment Officer - African Development Bank
Speakers
Camille Rebelo 2021 Speaker Chief Operating Officer - Ecoplanet Bamboo Kudzai Kutukwa 2021 Speaker CEO - Mobbisurance Earl St Sauver 2021 Speaker Co-founder & CTO - Apollo Agriculture
9:00 am
EAST AFRICA SESSIONS: Ethiopia
Speakers
Wondimu Wolde Yohannes 2021 Speaker Managing Director - Nubian Gold Exploration Ltd Ermias Eshetu 2021 Speaker Advisory Partner - Grant Thornton Atkeyelsh Persson 2021 Speaker Programme Management Officer - United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) Sarah Jackson 2021 Speaker CEO - Verdant Frontiers Temesgen Busha 2021 Speaker Director of Strategy and Corporate Transformation - Awash Bank Matthew Davis 2021 Speaker Partner & CEO - RENEW LLC
10:00 am
EAST AFRICA SESSIONS: Kenya
Moderator
Rob Withagen 2021 Speaker CEO - Asoko Insight
Speakers
Wadzi Katsidzira 2021 Speaker Senior Manager - Global Development Incubator Faisal Jiwa 2021 Speaker Director - AfricInvest Paul Kamau 2021 Speaker Executive Director - Finaltus Ventures Limited Abraham Kamau 2021 Speaker Chief Executive Officer - Miradi Capital David Owino 2021 Speaker Managing Partner - Ascent Capital Advisors Joseph Ngangira 2021 Speaker Partner - Mergers & Acquisitions - Kaplan & Stratton Dan Apungu 2021 Speaker Vice President- Investment Banking Corporate Financing Solutions - Standard Bank Frank Mwiti 2021 Speaker Partner & Eastern Africa Markets Leader - EY Samir Ibrahim 2021 Speaker CEO - SunCulture Tracey Turner 2021 Speaker Founder/Chairman - Copia Global Yann Groeger 2021 Speaker Regional Manager Africa - BlueOrchard Finance Dorothy Maseke 2021 Speaker Group Head of Risk and Compliance - ICEA LION Group Reginald Kadzutu 2021 Speaker Project Head - Mass & wider market pension, insurance and saving products - Zamara
11:00 am
EAST AFRICA SESSIONS: Rwanda
Moderator
Aly Ramji 2021 Speaker Managing Editor - The Exchange - Mediapix Limited - The Exchange
Speakers
Daniel Nkubito 2021 Speaker Managing Director - Rwanda Public Private Dialogue Consultancy Ltd Olivia Zank 2021 Speaker CEO & Founder - BeneFactors Ltd Nick Barigye 2021 Speaker Managing Director - Karisimbi Business Partners Toyin Abiodun 2021 Speaker Strategic Advisor to Hon. Minister of Trade and Industry - RWANDA - Ministry Of Trade And Industry, Rwanda Christelle Kwizera 2021 Speaker Managing Director - Water Access Rwanda Lord Dolar Popat 2021 Speaker UK Trade Envoy to Rwanda, Uganda and Congo - House of Lords Lauren Nkuranga 2021 Speaker Founder & Chairman - GET IT
12:00 pm
EAST AFRICA SESSIONS: Democratic Republic of Congo
Speakers
Imran Patel 2021 Speaker Vice President - Verdant Capital Cedric Longange 2021 Speaker Chairman - Congolese Chamber of Commerce in Great Britain (CCCGB) Jonathan Shaw 2021 Speaker Chief Executive Officer - Kivu Green Energy Stephanie Taky 2021 Speaker Founder and CEO - WAZ BURGER Barthout van Slingelandt 2021 Speaker Managing Partner - XSML Capital
2:00 pm
WEST AFRICA SESSIONS: Cameroon
Speakers
Charles Awanda 2021 Speaker Founder - Chief Knowledge Broker - Songhai Labs Nathalie Momha 2021 Speaker Managing Director - ELITIS Cameroun Gilbert Ewehmeh 2021 Speaker Managing Director - YES Cameroon Lynda Amadagana 2021 Speaker Managing Partner - A&P Law Firm Alain Minyem 2021 Speaker CEO - ORTHO SERVICES GROUP Sarada Nya 2021 Speaker Partner - Chazai & Partners
3:00 pm
WEST AFRICA SESSIONS: Nigeria
Speakers
Sven Rosenberg 2021 Speaker COO - Ship n Grab Sanyade Okoli 2021 Speaker Chief Executive Officer - Alpha African Advisory Dr. Konstantinos Tsanis 2021 Speaker Chief Information and Data Officer - WEMA Bank/ALAT Daniel Afejuku 2021 Speaker Managing Director - Eagle Flight MFB Basheer Oshodi 2021 Speaker Group Head, Non-Interest Banking - Sterling Bank Olayemi Anyanechi 2021 Speaker Managing Partner - Sefton Fross Johnson Chukwu 2021 Speaker Managing Director - Cowry Asset Management Ade Buraimo 2021 Speaker Group Managing Director - Alpha Morgan Capital Managers Limited Dennis Ezaga 2021 Speaker Head - Digital Innovation, Business Banking Group - First City Monument Bank Nigeria Limited Andrew Echono 2021 Speaker Country Program Coordinator - United States African Development Foundation Olusegun Akanji 2021 Speaker Divisional Head - Strategy and Business Solutions - Heritage Bank Plc Victor Meme 2021 Speaker MD/CEO - Vicmem Investment Services Limited Yemi Dada 2021 Speaker Promoter - Harrier Airlines Limited Damilola Aloba 2021 Speaker Partner - Transaction Advisory Services - EY Victoria Madedor 2021 Speaker Group Head Agribusiness & FMCG - BOI Investment and Trust Company Olufunmi Adepoju, CFA, FRM 2021 Speaker Managing Partner - PearlMutual Consulting Limited Ik Izedonmwen 2021 Speaker Director - Verdant Capital Szabi Baranyi 2021 Speaker Head of Corporate Finance - Rensource Energy Bade Adesemowo 2021 Speaker Cto & Co-Founder - Social Lender Sunmbo Olatunji 2021 Speaker Group Treasurer - Access Bank Plc Tunde Kehinde 2021 Speaker Co-Founder and CEO - Lidya
4:00 pm
WEST AFRICA SESSIONS: Ghana
Speakers
Michael Edem Akafia 2021 Speaker Vice President & Head-Legal & Compliance - Gold Fields Ghana Limited Henry Agyei Asare 2021 Speaker Founder/CEO - Tentmaker Hub Charles Quao 2021 Speaker CEO - Quao Realty Limited Ralph Rossouw 2021 Speaker Managing Director - Fujairah Gold Ghana, Vedanta Resources Lambert Osei Kofi 2021 Speaker Chief Executive Officer - Eman Capital Microfinance Limited