Archives: Speakers

Kumbulani Masayila 2022 speaker

Kumbulani Masayila (Kumbulani) is a Graduate of Stanford Graduate School of Business run Stanford Ignite program in New York City, USA. He is the Founder and Managing Director of Upvest Group. He works at the confluence of impact investing, trade, and entrepreneurship to champion inclusive socioeconomic development in Southern Africa. In February 2019 he was… Read more »

Frank Mwiti 2022 speaker

Frank Mwiti is the Eastern Africa Markets Leader and EY Parthenon leader for EY Africa. He is responsible for leading the firm’s strategic business developing in Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania, Ethiopia and South Sudan in line with EY’s significant investment plan and growth ambitions. He is a member of the EY Africa Sustainability Leadership Group… Read more »

Nirav Khambhati 2022 speaker

With Kaizenvest since 2018, Nirav Khambhati’s focus is managing the firm’s investment portfolio in India and leading the firm’s expansion into Sub-Saharan Africa with an impact-first blended finance solution. Prior to that, he was with the Tata Group for over 20 years in various roles including as the Chief Executive Officer of Tata ClassEdge and… Read more »

Alexandre Alfonsi 2022 speaker

Alexandre Alfonsi is a Founding Partner of Axonia Partners, a corporate finance and private equity advisory firm, and currently the number 1 adviser in Africa in terms of number of funds raised internationally. Within Axonia Partners, Alexandre Alfonsi specializes in advising private equity teams and organizations on their fundraising, secondary transactions and special situations worldwide… Read more »

Brice Beumo 2022 speaker

Brice Beumo is the founder and CEO of BEKO CAPITAL ADVISORY SA a leading Investment Bank in the CEMAC region and based out of Cameroon. Brice Beumo has over two decades of experience in client coverage and business development in Francophone Africa for local and international issuance. Prior to setting up BEKO CAPITAL ADVISORY, Brice… Read more »

Lynda Amadagana 2022 speaker

Lynda Amadagana is a lawyer registered with the Paris and Cameroon Bars. Lynda Amadagana obtained her Master 2 in International and European Law with a specialization in International Environmental Law from the University of Paris Nanterre La Défense in 2010. Lynda has worked for several international law firms on projects and concessions in the energy… Read more »

Ido Sum 2022 speaker

Ido Sum is a Partner at TLcom Capital, Africa’s most active tech focused VC fund, investing in early to growth stage with offices in Lagos, Nairobi and London. TLcom’s current Africa portfolio includes Andela, Twiga Foods, Kobo360, uLEsson, Okra and many others. Since joining TLcom in 2011 Ido was part of the founding team of… Read more »

Banji Fehintola 2022 speaker

Banji Fehintola is Senior Director and Head of Treasury & Financial Institutions at Africa Finance Corporation (AFC). He is responsible for managing the Corporation’s balance sheet with total assets of about US$4.5 billion and leading the implementation of its annual funding program in the international loan and debt capital markets. Banji joined AFC in January… Read more »

Richard Bennett 2022 speaker

Richard Bennett, is the founder and CEO of Sunbird Bioenergy Africa. His vision is to create a profitable pan-African renewable fuel company that delivers job creation, import substitution, energy security and reduced carbon emissions for our host governments and communities. Richard Bennett has more than 30 years entrepreneurial experience in the technology, cleantech and renewable… Read more »

Onyebuchim Obiyemi 2022 speaker

Onyebuchim Obiyemi is currently a Senior Vice President at CardinalStone Partners Limited and leads the Investment Banking Division. She has over 10 years hands on investment banking experience spanning various sectors including Financial services, FMCG, Healthcare, Manufacturing, Oil & Gas and Public sector. Her entire investment banking experience spans Afrinvest West Africa Limited and then… Read more »