“Nijhad Jamal is the Managing Partner of Equator, a climate-tech VC investing in early-stage ventures in Energy, Agriculture and Mobility that are addressing some of Sub-Saharan Africa’s greatest climate and income inequality challenges. Previously, as the founder of Moja Capital and in his prior roles at BlackRock and Acumen Fund, he has invested in or… Read more »
“Nicola is a capital strategist and early-stage investor with a background in finance, enterprise technology, and venture capital. She began her career in global client acquisition at Dimension Data, closing over £35 million in new business, before completing her MBA at London Business School and interning at Google. Nicola has helped build and scale front-end… Read more »
“Nico Tyabji is an Investment Director at Mirova, focused on financing distributed clean energy in Africa and Asia. He joined pioneering off-grid investor SunFunder in 2016 from Bloomberg New Energy Finance in London, playing a key role in their series of blended finance investments primarily in Africa. Prior to Mirova’s acquisition of SunFunder in 2022,… Read more »
Nick is the founder and executive director of Savant, South Africa’s only commercial hardware technology incubator, Seed Fund and Venture Capital Fund. An engineer with an MBA, Nick has spent over 20 years working with startup companies that are founded on strong scientific and engineering intellectual property with global relevance. At Savant Nick has supported… Read more »
“Botswana-born and Oxford Educated Neo Mooki, is Managing Director, Head of Investment Solutions at Generali Investments., AUM$600bn. Neo is based in Milan, Italy. Prior to Generali, Neo was the Investment Director at abrdn, leading Investment Solutions in the City of London, with a client portfolio exceeding £200bn AUM. Neo was instrumental in the build of… Read more »
“Neil is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants with over 30 years of experience in finance. He has been involved in growing mining and oil and gas companies, both as an executive and an investor, for over 25 years. He is Executive Chairman of both Atlantic Lithium, developing the Ewoyaa Lithium Mine… Read more »
Ned Rauch-Mannino provides geopolitical context and project guidance expertise having worked within markets worldwide and with a diverse portfolio of industry partners and priorities. A former Presidential appointee, he previously served as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Global Operations and Senior Advisor for Global Markets at the U.S. Department of Commerce. He co-chaired the White House’s… Read more »
Ndeye is a passionate African woman leading Brightmore Capital (www.brightmorecapital.com), an impact investment firm focused on enterprises with regional high growth potential in West Africa. She started her career in the development finance world at the International Finance Corporation (IFC). in 2021, she was the chairwoman for the investment committee of a 30 millions USD… Read more »
“Head of International Corporates (Africa) and Financial Institutions Navin Ramdoyal is a CFA Charterholder. He holds an MSc Financial Analysis and Fund Management with Distinction with the University of Exeter as well as a First Class Bachelor Degree in Finance from the University of Mauritius. Seasoned banker with over 15 years of international banking experience… Read more »
Natascha Korvinus is a Principal Investment Officer at the Venture Capital department of PROPARCO. Since joining the French DFI in 2019, Natascha has led numerous early stage equity transactions, both fund and direct investments, including in several fragile states. She is co-leading the set up and strategy of PROPARCO’s Choose Africa VC programme and programme… Read more »
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