Archives: Speakers

Michael Okaredje is the co-founder and chief executive officer of Pickmeup Technologies, a transport technology company redesigning the way people move around their cities. Michael graduated from Ambrose Alli University in Nigeria with Bachelor of Science in Computer Science. Prior to Pickmeup, Michael has founded multiple companies in the IT and energy sector and helped… Read more »

Yves Eonnet is chairman and co-founder of TagPay, an international fintech company that has developed a Next-Generation Core Banking System. He has over 25 years’ experience in banking innovation and technology.   Previous to that, Yves was a Director of Innovation at Gemalto focusing on smart card technology (Visa & Mastercard). He also published a book “Fintech:… Read more »

Walid is the co-founder of BluePeak Private Capital, an alternative asset management firm that focuses on investments in mezzanine and credit in Africa. Prior to BluePeak Private Capital and until 2018, he was the head of the private debt business at Gulf Capital which he founded in 2011 and built a platform that invested in… Read more »

Eva Yazhari is the CEO and General Partner of Beyond Capital, a global early-stage impact investment fund that invests in for-profit, purpose-driven businesses throughout East Africa and India. Eva’s family has roots in Tanzania, and for the past decade she has invested in the next wave of innovation addressing the growing demand for basic goods… Read more »

Aryeh Green is Chief Strategy Officer at Gigawatt Global, a Dutch company backed by American and European investors, headquartered in Jerusalem, Israel, developing renewable energy projects in Africa. Aryeh has been a business executive and consultant in leading international companies for the past three decades, including working for Pfizer, Motto Guzzi, Bank Hapoalim, Aladdin, Audiocodes,… Read more »

Mateyo Kaluba is the Group Chief Executive Officer of the Industrial Development Corporation Limited (IDC) Limited, the largest local holding company in Zambia. He oversees a portfolio of 36 companies across twelve sectors including energy, financial services, railway, and manufacturing. Under his leadership, the corporation has invested in the first grid-scale solar projects in Zambia,… Read more »

Stephen has been at CDC since January 2019, and currently heads the Financial Services Group team, which oversees CDC’s investment activity via financial institutions and into financial services. Prior to his current role, Stephen was the Regional Head of Global Banking for Africa, Middle East, and Pakistan at Standard Chartered. He was a member of… Read more »

Jo Fry joined CDC as Investment Director and Head of Intermediated Credit in November 2019, based in London. At CDC, Jo focuses on exploring the various ways of deploying credit through intermediaries, such as private credit funds, risk-sharing facilities through banks and structuring new credit vehicles across CDC’s geographies. Previously, Jo worked for GE Capital… Read more »

Simon is the Managing Director of OX Global and has lead the project since joining as employee #1 in 2019. Prior to OX, Simon had a varied career at Jaguar Land Rover with roles covering Engineering, Product and Corporate Strategy, Programme Management, Consulting and Digital Development.

The Ayazona founding team has always shared the same interest in the responsibilities running across the whole company; core engineering; operations; customer success, partners, and management as they work to impact low income households in Kenya and beyond while directly tackling food waste. Samson Larsson started his career as a technical fellow at CodeforAfrica where… Read more »