Simon Davis has spent nearly 20 years in the automotive industry building simple solutions to complex problems. Simon Davis joined the Global Vehicle Trust as the sole employee in 2019. He lead the creation of the OX Delivers business model and technology, securing equity and grant funding to enable OX Delivers to be spun out… Read more »
Leslie Marbury serves as the Acting Chief Operating Officer of the U.S. government’s Prosper Africa initiative. In this role, she advances the U.S. government’s efforts to substantially increase two-way trade and investment between the United States and African countries. She coordinates across 17 participating U.S. departments and agencies to facilitate transactions, strengthen business climates, and… Read more »
Anne-Marie Chidzero is CIO of FSD Africa Investments, the investment arm of FSD Africa. A Zimbabwean, she is the former CEO of FSD Mozambique, and Co-founder of Alitheia IDF Managers, a private equity fund manager investing in women-led businesses. Anne-Marie Chidzero has a wealth of experience in building African financial markets. Across her career, she… Read more »
James Odede is a Kenyan tech entrepreneur. The Co-founder and CTO of Aquarech, AgTech leveraging mobile technology to improve fish farmers’ productivity, enable market access, and create an inclusive aquaculture value chain in Africa. A graduate of Maseno University with a Bsc. in Computer Science and Technology, James Odede is passionate about technology, education, Agtech… Read more »
Brendan J. Mullen is a co-founder and Managing Director of Secha Capital, an early-stage impact private equity firm in Southern Africa. Secha started in 2017. Its first fund invested in ten South African companies, creating 200+ jobs with an average revenue growth of 12x. Its second fund scales its Operator-Investor model at $50M. It focuses… Read more »
Yves Eonnet is Chairman and co-founder of Skaleet, an international fintech that has developed a Core Banking Platform. He has over 25 years’ experience in banking innovation and technology. Previous to that, Yves Eonnet was a Director of Innovation at Gemalto focusing on smart card technology (Visa & Mastercard). He also published a book “”Fintech:… Read more »
Margreet Muizelbelt is a Finance specialist with a 20+ year experience in structuring financial products within the corporate markets. In 2021 she joined a new innovative proposition within Rabobank called Acorn that stimulates smallholder farmers to transition to agroforestry whilst providing them access to the voluntary carbon market. Within this role she mediates between local… Read more »
Mahin Dissanayake is a Senior Director in the EMEA Financial Institutions group based in London. Here, he is Head of African banks. Mahin was previously seconded to Fitch Dubai from 2009 to 2012 as country director for GCC banks. Prior to joining Fitch in 2006, Mahin Dissanayake worked for Mizuho Corporate Bank, London, as an… Read more »
Maxine Chehab is an Investment Manager at Finance in Motion, an impact investor and manager of private debt and equity funds investing in emerging markets. She is experienced in corporate and investment finance having built and developed institutions to enhance their green and social impact in the Middle East and Africa. She currently manages Finance… Read more »
Nijhad Jamal is the Managing Partner of Equator, an early-stage VC investing in tech-enabled ventures in Energy, Agriculture and Mobility that are solving some of Sub-Saharan Africa’s greatest climate and income inequality challenges. Nijhad Jamal has over 15 years experience as an investor and entrepreneur, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa. At Moja Capital and in his… Read more »
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