AFSIC Agenda – Tuesday 12th October 2021
Room 1
9:00 am
GROWTH Solo: Renewables in Africa: From Talk to Action
Speaker
Aryeh Green 2021 Speaker Chief Strategy Officer - Gigawatt Global
9:20 am
GROWTH Panel: Leapfrogging – When will the Electricity Grid become Obsolete in Africa?
Moderator
Tony Tiyou 2021 Speaker CEO - Renewables in Africa
Speakers
Sebastien Duquet 2021 Speaker Member of the General management - CCO - Chef Commercial Officer - SunFunder
Susie Scannelli Cook 2021 Speaker Co-Founder and CIO/CLO - Empower New Energy
Arnaud Schalk 2021 Speaker Investment Officer - Offgrid Energy Africa - Proparco
Emilio Cattaneo 2021 Speaker Head of Technical Assistance - The Private Infrastructure Development Group
Marina Pannekeet 2021 Speaker Manager, Energy - FMO
Massaer Cisse 2021 Speaker General Manager - Lekela Power
10:00 am
GROWTH Panel: How is the Utility Death Spiral Relevant to Africa?
Moderator
Jonathan Berman 2021 Speaker Managing Director - Autonomi Capital
Speakers
Szabi Baranyi 2021 Speaker Senior Investment Officer - SunFunder
Zohrab Mawani 2021 Speaker Founder and Director - AEDC
Jasper Graf von Hardenberg 2021 Speaker Chief Executive Officer - Daystar Power
Leslie Labruto 2021 Speaker Global Head of Energy - Acumen
10:40 am
Networking Break
11:00 am
GROWTH Panel: Limited Partners (LPs) Impacting Sustainable Investment into Africa
Moderator
Dalia Aga-Shaw 2021 Speaker Investment Director - CDC Group plc
Speakers
Dan Farrell 2021 Speaker Chairman & CEO - Privos Capital
Martin Ewald 2021 Speaker Managing Director & Lead Portfolio Manager Impact Investments - Allianz Global Investors
Greg Murray 2021 Speaker CEO and Co-Founder - KOKO Networks
11:40 am
GROWTH Solo: Gender Lens Venture Investing in sub-Saharan Africa
Speaker
Lisa G. Thomas 2021 Speaker Managing Director - Samata Capital
12:00 pm
GROWTH Solo: Launching a first or second time Impact Fund – Challenges and Solutions
Speaker
Arnaud Gillin 2021 Speaker Partner - Innpact SA
12:20 pm
FSD Africa Panel: Green Finance
Africa’s climate vulnerability is well-recognised. With 30 of the world’s 40 most climate vulnerable countries in Africa, it is right we should give prominence to the state of green finance in Afr...
Moderator
Mark Napier 2021 Speaker CEO - FSD Africa
Speakers
Amal-Lee Amin 2021 Speaker Director Climate Change - CDC Group
Nzomo Mutuku 2021 Speaker Chief Executive Officer - Retirement Benefits Authority, Kenya
Paul Muthaura 2021 Speaker Chief Executive Officer - ICEA LION General Insurance Company Limited
Kadidiatou Fadika 2021 Speaker Managing Partner - Hudson & Cie
Nigel Topping 2021 Speaker UN High Level Climate Action Champion, COP26 - UNFCCC
Dorothy Maseke 2021 Speaker Group Head of Risk and Compliance - ICEA LION Group
1:00 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm
GROWTH Digital Presentations
Speakers
Gal Cohen 2021 Speaker Marcom Manager - Angaza Capital (Ignite Investments)
Philip Mutooni 2021 Speaker Senior Advisor - Africa Investment Capital Partners
Jonathan Shaw 2021 Speaker Chief Executive Officer - Kivu Green Energy
Justin Tinsey 2021 Speaker Founder, CEO - Greentech Power Solutions
Hannah Subayi Kamuanga 2021 Speaker Country Officer – DRC - Proparco
Michelle Haigh Osorio 2021 Speaker Investment Director - KawiSafi Ventures
Peter Williams 2021 Speaker President - International Institute of Rural Reconstruction
2:00 pm
FINTECH Solo: Banking Under The Mango Tree
Chair
Funmi Dele-Giwa 2021 Speaker Director, Legal, Regulatory & Governmental Affairs - MFS Africa
Speaker
Ralph Pecker 2021 Speaker CEO - Paycode
2:20 pm
FINTECH Panel: Fintech, Investment Opportunities beyond the Payment Solution
Chair
- Funmi Dele-Giwa 2021 Speaker Director, Legal, Regulatory & Governmental Affairs - MFS Africa
Moderator
Patrick Gutmann 2021 Speaker Managing Director, MFS Africa UK Banks, Institutions and Governments - MFS Africa
Speakers
Chris Wehbe 2021 Speaker CEO - Lendable
Yves Eonnet 2021 Speaker Chairman - TagPay
Jussi Ahonen 2021 Speaker Head of Digital Infrastructure and Solutions - Finnfund
Vahid Monadjem 2021 Speaker CEO - Nomanini
3:00 pm
FINTECH Solo: Global Fintech Industry Outlook
Chair
- Funmi Dele-Giwa 2021 Speaker Director, Legal, Regulatory & Governmental Affairs - MFS Africa
Speaker
Oskar Mielczarek de la Miel 2021 Speaker Managing Partner - Rakuten Capital - Rakuten
3:20 pm
FINTECH Solo: The Next Trillion Dollar Opportunity: Expanding Africa’s Horizons With Fintech
Chair
- Funmi Dele-Giwa 2021 Speaker Director, Legal, Regulatory & Governmental Affairs - MFS Africa
Speaker
Elizabeth Rossiello 2021 Speaker CEO - AZA Finance
3:40 pm
FINTECH Panel: African Fintech going Global
Chair
- Funmi Dele-Giwa 2021 Speaker Director, Legal, Regulatory & Governmental Affairs - MFS Africa
Moderator
Guy Futi 2021 Speaker Co-Founder - Star Kitchens Group
Speakers
Dare Okoudjou 2021 Speaker CEO and Founder - MFS Africa
Morten Nielsen 2021 Speaker CFO & Co-Founder - ARYZE
Ron Margalit 2021 Speaker Global Head of Sustainable Financing - Menomadin Group
Chijioke Dozie 2021 Speaker CEO and Co-Founder - Carbon
Llew Morkel 2021 Speaker Founder/CEO - Fraxeum Holdings
Grant Kurland 2021 Speaker Joint CEO - Bayport Management Limited
4:20 pm
FINTECH Solo: How we grew our blockchain-based cross-border remittance business by over 1200 % in under 6 months
Chair
- Funmi Dele-Giwa 2021 Speaker Director, Legal, Regulatory & Governmental Affairs - MFS Africa
Speaker
Angus Brown 2021 Speaker CEO - Centbee
4:40 pm
FSD Africa Panel: Pushing frontiers in digital finance: The case of MFS Africa and 4R Digital
The impact of digital technology on patterns of production and consumption is emerging as a key driver for the next phase of growth in the global economy, transforming the way we live and work. A rece...
Chair
- Funmi Dele-Giwa 2021 Speaker Director, Legal, Regulatory & Governmental Affairs - MFS Africa
Moderator
Juliet Munro 2021 Speaker FSD Africa
Speakers
Nick Hughes 2021 Speaker Managing Director - 4RDigital- Dare Okoudjou 2021 Speaker CEO and Founder - MFS Africa
5:20 pm
FINTECH Digital Presentations
Speakers
Tunde Kehinde 2021 Speaker Co-Founder and CEO - Lidya
Lexi Novitske 2021 Speaker Managing Partner - Acuity Ventures
Esselina Macome 2021 Speaker CEO - FSD Mozambique
Tatenda Furusa 2021 Speaker CEO - ImaliPay
Room 2
9:00 am
INVESTING Panel: Increasing US Institutional Investment into Africa
Moderator
Joseph Rohm 2021 Speaker Managing Director and Portfolio Manager - Adventis
Speakers
John Onwualu 2021 Speaker Managing Director - Former U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC)
Thea Jamison, CFA 2021 Speaker Managing Director and Founder - CHANGE Global Investment, LLC
Aziz Hassanali 2021 Speaker Managing Partner - Bateleur Capital LLC
9:40 am
INVESTING Solo: The African Investment Outlook: Securing Right-Priced Capital in 2022
Speaker
Andrew Brown 2021 Speaker President - Delphos
10:00 am
INVESTING Panel: African Financial Institutions Ratings, Promoting or Discouraging international Investments?
Moderator
Aristide Ouattara 2021 Speaker Risk Advisory and Financial Industry Leader - Deloitte Afrique
Speakers
William Tay-Pamart 2021 Speaker Co-Founder and MD - Africa Financial Institutions Investment Platform (AFIIP)
Oureye Sakho Eklo 2021 Speaker Chief Risk Officer - BOAD - Banque Ouest Africaine de Développement
Stanislas Zeze 2021 Speaker CEO & Chairman - Bloomfield Investment Corporation
Mahin Dissanayake 2021 Speaker Senior Director, Head of Bank Ratings: Sub-Saharan Africa - Fitch Ratings
10:40 am
Networking Break
11:00 am
INVESTING Panel: The Growth of Africa’s Capital Markets
Moderator
Ope Sule 2021 Speaker Business Development Manager, Africa - London Stock Exchange
Speakers
Nerina Visser, CFA 2021 Speaker Former President CFA Society South Africa - CFA Institute
Sebastian Waldburg 2021 Speaker Founding Partner - Oryx Impact
Maya Horgan Famodu 2021 Speaker Founder & Managing Director - Ingressive Capital
Reginald Kadzutu 2021 Speaker Chief Executive Officer - Amana Capital Limited
Ababacar Diaw 2021 Speaker Managing Director - Impaxis Securities
Erik Renander 2021 Speaker Portfolio Manager - Emerging Markets Investment Management
Nicolas Clavel 2021 Speaker Founder - Scipion Capital
11:40 am
INVESTING Solo: Catalysing Transformative Investments from Within
Speaker
Guy Baron 2021 Speaker Director, Head of Investment - Tony Blair Institute for Global Change
12:00 pm
INVESTING Panel: Maximizing Growth and Minimizing Risk
Moderator
Simon Gray 2021 Speaker Head of Business Development & Marketing - BVI Finance
Speakers
Agnes Gitau 2021 Speaker Partner - GBSAfrica
Thomas Dugdale 2021 Speaker Counsel - Harneys
Stanley Osuide 2021 Speaker Chief Executive Officer - Africa Investment Gateway Group (AIGGL)
Matthew Gilbert 2021 Speaker Partner - Maples Group
12:40 pm
INVESTING Solo: The Rise of the African Woman Entrepreneur: Catalysing Women Entrepreneurship in Africa post COVID-19 using Innovative Blended Financing Mechanisms
Speaker
Vymala Thuron 2021 Speaker Group Program Development - GroFin
1:00 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm
INVESTING Digital Presentations
Speakers
Leon Ayo 2021 Speaker Chamber President - British Chamber of Business in Southern Africa
Henry Agyei Asare 2021 Speaker Founder/CEO - Tentmaker Hub
Rui Oliveira 2021 Speaker Chief Executive Officer - BFA Asset Management
Micheal Kirungi 2021 Speaker Principal Partner - COSEF, LLC
Luni Libes 2021 Speaker CEO - Africa Eats
Charles Awanda 2021 Speaker Founder - Chief Knowledge Broker - Songhai Labs
Kauna Ndilula 2021 Speaker Managing Director - BFS Group of companies
Alexander Howe 2021 Speaker Director - Africa Insight Advisors
Erica Nell 2021 Speaker Head: Private Debt - Sanlam Investment Management- Dorothy Maseke 2021 Speaker Group Head of Risk and Compliance - ICEA LION Group
Philippe Valahu 2021 Speaker CEO - PIDG
Nathalie Momha 2021 Speaker Managing Director - ELITIS Cameroun
Patricia Ithau 2021 Speaker Regional Director - Stanford Seed - Stanford Institute for Development in Developing Economies
Hicham Haddouti 2021 Speaker General Partner - Idus Capital
David Renwick 2021 Speaker Head Investment Banking - Absa Bank
Isabella Mnisi 2021 Speaker Sector Head: Asset Management and Funds - Rand Merchant Bank
2:00 pm
HEALTH Solo: Snapshot on Investments in healthcare in Africa
Speaker
Nadia Kouassi Coulibaly 2021 Speaker Head of Research - African Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (AVCA)
2:20 pm
HEALTH Solo: African Healthcare Macrodynamics
Speaker
Damien Jacquart 2021 Speaker Partner Lead, Financial Advisory Afrique - Deloitte Afrique
2:40 pm
HEALTH Solo: Wrap Up Healthcare Stream & Official Launch of “Africa Healthcare Investment Summit 2022”
Speaker
Kais Zhioua 2021 Speaker Co-Founder - Tunisia Health Alliance
3:00 pm
HEALTH Quickfire
3:30 pm
HEALTH Panel: Health Technology: A Leapfrog for the Continent
Moderator
- Kais Zhioua 2021 Speaker Co-Founder - Tunisia Health Alliance
Speakers
Sam Ajadi 2021 Speaker Product Marketing Manager - Zipline
Sam Sturm 2021 Speaker Chief Venture Architect - Founders Factory Africa
Dario Giuliani 2021 Speaker Director - Briter Bridges
Houda Bostanji 2021 Speaker EMEA Telecoms Director - GlobalData
4:10 pm
DIGITAL HEALTH Panel: PanAfrican Healthcare Governance
Moderator
Dr. Michel Hamala Sidibé 2021 Speaker Former Executive Director of UNAIDS and Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations - African Union Special Envoy for African Medicines Agency
Speakers
Lolem Ngong 2021 Speaker Chief of Staff - Amref Health Africa
Benjamin Djoudalbaye 2021 Speaker Head of Division of Policy, Health Diplomacy and Communication - Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention
Manuel Batz 2021 Speaker Director Middle East & Africa BioProcessing - Merck KGaA
Greg Perry 2021 Speaker Assistant Director General - IFPMA
4:50 pm
DIGITAL HEALTH Panel: Key Building Blocks of a Good Healthcare Ecosystem
Moderator
Karim Bendhaou 2021 Speaker Head of Africa Bureau - Merck
Speakers
Githinji Gitahi 2021 Speaker Group CEO - Amref Health Africa
Ghazi Darghouth 2021 Speaker President - Tunisia Health Alliance
Evelyn Castle 2021 Speaker Executive Director & Co-Founder - EHA Impact Ventures- Dorothy Maseke 2021 Speaker Group Head of Risk and Compliance - ICEA LION Group
5:30 pm
HEALTH Digital Presentations
Speaker
- Evelyn Castle 2021 Speaker Executive Director & Co-Founder - EHA Impact Ventures
Room 3
10:00 am
FINTECH Networking: Meet Africa’s Leading Venture Capital and Early Stage Investors
Speakers
- Mike Mompi 2021 Speaker Managing Partner - Enza Capital
Olu Oyinsan 2021 Speaker Managing Partner - Oui Capital LP
Nneka Eze 2021 Speaker Managing Director - VestedWorld
Maxime Bouan 2021 Speaker Partner - Seedstars Africa Ventures
Bertin Ntekereze 2021 Speaker Managing Partner - Afrinet Capital
Maelis Carraro 2021 Speaker Director - Catalyst Fund (managed by BFA)
Ike Eze 2021 Speaker Managing Partner - Beta.Ventures
Thomas Festerling 2021 Speaker CFO & Founder - GreenTec Capital GmbH- Patricia Ithau 2021 Speaker Regional Director - Stanford Seed - Stanford Institute for Development in Developing Economies
- Sam Sturm 2021 Speaker Chief Venture Architect - Founders Factory Africa
- Ron Margalit 2021 Speaker Global Head of Sustainable Financing - Menomadin Group
11:30 am
HEALTH Networking: Meet the Healthcare Investors
2:00 pm
Meet the AFSIC African Investment Dashboard Opportunities
Speakers
Sven Kaufmann 2021 Speaker CEO - Sustainable Planet
Maurice Iwunze 2021 Speaker CEO & Co-Founder - SympliFi
Simon Davis 2021 Speaker Managing Director - OX Global- Llew Morkel 2021 Speaker Founder/CEO - Fraxeum Holdings
Olufunmi Adepoju, CFA, FRM 2021 Speaker Managing Partner - PearlMutual Consulting Limited
Chris Oyeniyi 2021 Speaker CEO & Founder - Karigo Logistics & Global Services Limited
Graeme Robertson 2021 Speaker Chairman - Intrasia Group
Jason Eisen 2021 Speaker Founder & CEO - UTU Technologies
Joshua Bicknell 2021 Speaker CEO - Balloon Ventures- Sebastian Waldburg 2021 Speaker Founding Partner - Oryx Impact
Susan Payne 2021 Speaker CEO - Holistic Agricultural Investments Group Ltd
Yvan De Grauwe 2021 Speaker Owner - De Grauwe- Maxime Bouan 2021 Speaker Partner - Seedstars Africa Ventures
- Justin Tinsey 2021 Speaker Founder, CEO - Greentech Power Solutions
- Micheal Kirungi 2021 Speaker Principal Partner - COSEF, LLC
- Luni Libes 2021 Speaker CEO - Africa Eats
Camille Rebelo 2021 Speaker Chief Operating Officer - Ecoplanet Bamboo
Samson Larsson 2021 Speaker Founder & CTO - Ayazona
Michael Okaredje 2021 Speaker CEO - Pickmeup Technologies Inc.
Gary Tomlins 2021 Speaker Founder and Owner - Kusi SARL
Room 4
10:00 am
Ghana JET Programme’s – Ghana Investment Forum: Welcome from Ghana JET Team
10:05 am
Ghana JET Programme’s – Ghana Investment Forum: Keynote Address
10:20 am
Ghana JET Programme’s – Ghana Investment Forum: An Introduction to Ghana JET Programme
10:35 am
Ghana JET Programme’s – Ghana Investment Forum: How to Accelerate Ghana’s Investments
10:50 am
Ghana JET Programme’s – Ghana Investment Forum: Creating an Enabling Environment for Agriculture Investments in Ghana
11:05 am
Networking Break
11:15 am
Ghana JET Programme’s – Ghana Investment Forum Panel Discussion: Development for Growth – Investing in Ghana’s Industrial Development
12:15 pm
Ghana JET Programme’s – Ghana Investment Forum: Network and Meet the Investors
Foyer Area
9:00 am
SOUTHERN AFRICA SESSIONS: Botswana
Speaker
Tim Hoops 2021 Speaker Operations Manager - Botswana - Strata-X Energy Inc
10:00 am
11:00 am
SOUTHERN AFRICA SESSIONS: South Africa
Speaker
Thato Mashigo 2021 Speaker Portfolio Manager and Vice President CFA Society South Africa - Sanlam Private Wealth
12:00 pm
SOUTHERN AFRICA SESSIONS: Zimbabwe
Speakers
Jiten Shah 2021 Speaker CEO - British Business Association of Zimbabwe
Kumbulani Masayila 2021 Speaker Managing Director - Upvest Group
2:00 pm
NORTH AFRICA SESSIONS: Egypt
Speakers
Sherif Abdel Aal 2021 Speaker Regional Head of M&A, Head of Country (Egypt) - KAMCO Investment Company
Wael Khattab 2021 Speaker Founder & Managing Partner - Feather Invest
Mohamed Reda 2021 Speaker Group CEO - SOLID Capital Group
Noha El Ghazaly 2021 Speaker Egypt Country Advisor - Mediterrania Capital Partners
3:00 pm
NORTH AFRICA SESSIONS: Morocco
Speaker
Najwa El Iraki 2021 Speaker Managing Partner - AfricaDev Consulting Ltd
