Thabiso Foto 2026 speakers
Group Director of Strategic Partnerships & Resource Mobilisation , African Guarantee Fund (AGF)
Thabiso Foto is Group Director of Strategic Partnerships & Resource Mobilisation at the African Guarantee Fund (AGF), a leading pan-African SME guarantee institution, rated AA– by Fitch, operating across 44 countries through 256 partner financial institutions. In this role, Thabiso leads AGF’s capital raising efforts and strategic partnerships to improve access and affordability of financing to SMEs in Africa. She works with partners across development finance institutions, philanthropic capital, institutional investors, and impact fund managers. Thabiso brings close to 20 years of executive leadership experience across asset management, venture capital, impact consulting, and banking. A Chartered Accountant (CA(SA), ACA) with an MBA from the University of Oxford.
