Archives: Speakers

Investment Banking and Capital Market specialist with over 20 years of experience.

Callie oversees the corporate development activities of Sono. He has a background in financial services and investment in African and Emerging markets. Prior to joining Sono, he worked at Africa Merchant Capital and Goldman Sachs where he facilitated various debt and trade transactions. He is a qualified member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants. Callie… Read more »

Michael is the Managing Director of Sofala Capital where he has driven the investment strategy for the company and the formation and development of both Zambian Home Loans and IBUILD Home Loans. Prior to founding Sofala Capital, Michael was a Director of Standard Bank Plc where he headed the origination and structuring for the African… Read more »

As the co-founder and CEO of Sanergy, I oversee the expansion of Sanergy, manage local resources, and set the overall strategy for the company. With a background in technology and operations, prior to Sanergy, I built startups in India and the United States, and turned around a chain of dialysis clinics for low-income patients in… Read more »

Mr Ronald Mahondo (CEO) has 14+ years of experience in leadership roles across the region. He has spent the last eight years building mobility platforms across East Africa including as the Operations Director at Easy Taxi (Mobility App out of Brazil whose African Franchise was owned by Jumia Group) and Founding General Manager at Little… Read more »

Sam is a Product Marketing Manager at Zipline where he works closely with the Go-To-Market, Sales, Regulatory, Product, and Client Success teams in Africa to represent Zipline’s story, impact, and mission to potential clients and partners. Before joining Zipline, he was a Senior Insights Manager at GSMA where he worked on digital health and frontier… Read more »

AUBREY HRUBY is a long-time advisor to investors in African markets and an investor in African start-ups. Over the last 18 years, she has worked across sectors and asset classes in 30 African markets, facilitating over $2B in capital flows to the region. She is also co-founder of InsiderPR, a PR firm serving emerging market… Read more »

Mr. Emmanuel Haye serves as deputy head of the Financial Institutions Debt Group, covering Africa and Middle East, at Proparco, in Paris. Mr. Haye previously worked with PROPARCO and AFD in several African countries during 15 years. He started his career as Auditor with Deloitte. Mr. Haye holds a Master in Management Degree from EDHEC… Read more »

Dr. Djoudalbaye Benjamin, MD, MSc. MPH, Pg. Dipl. Infectious Diseases is Head of Policy and Health Diplomacy at the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention with over 15 years of experience in Public Health in Africa. He has been appointed in May 2020 Executive Secretary of the African Union COVID-19 Response Fund. Before, he… Read more »

Mr Obinna Onunkwo currently has the following roles: MD/CEO Microfinance Development Company Ltd MD/CEO PurpleMoney Microfinance Bank Ltd D/CEO Purple Group Previous Roles: Chairman NAMB Technical Committee on Recapitalisation Vice Chairman NAMB Lagos Chapter Director Law Union & Rock Insurance Plc