Micheal Akampa is a sustainable investment professional with vast experience working in Europe and internationally. He was the Founder of Traction Capital, a Sweden based impact investment company that invests in emerging and frontier markets in Africa and Asia. Prior to founding Traction Capital, Micheal worked in various senior roles in the Treasury and Investment… Read more »
Bryan Mezue is the co-founder and CEO of Lifestores Healthcare, a Lagos-based startup democratising access to healthcare for Africans. Bryan is an Alumni Fellow of the Harvard Forum for Growth and Innovation, where he co-published a feature Foreign Affairs article with Professor Clayton Christensen on innovation-led economic prosperity. Bryan is founder of Banyi Ventures, an… Read more »
Guy Futi is an African venture builder. He is the founder of Star Kitchens Group, technology provider catering to the needs of African restaurants and startups. He has worked for the JUMIA Group as a Managing Director, IROKO Partners as a Growth Manager, and was the founder of MAJI Water, a social enterprise with water… Read more »
Angela Homsi is the co-founder and CEO of Angaza Capital, a global funds management firm focusing on sustainability and impact investments. Angela is a big believer in the power of finance and technology to better the world socially and environmentally. She started her career at Goldman Sachs, then worked with Apax founder Sir Ronald Cohen… Read more »
Dan Apungu is a Vice President within the corporate and investment banking division of Stanbic Bank Kenya (a member of the Standard Bank Group). Prior to assuming his current role, Dan served as an investment banking professional for J.P Morgan in New York as part of the Leveraged Finance team. He championed leveraged transactions during… Read more »
Mr. MINYEM Alain, a Cameroonian by Nationality is an international business man. He is the founder and president of ORTHO SERVICES Co.LTD. A company specialized in international public relations and contracts. He has a diploma in Commercial Engineering in the University of CALA- BAR-NIGERIA. He underwent construction training in Paris-France. He is competent in commercial… Read more »
Lexi Novitske is a venture investor driving growth in the companies that form the foundation of sub-Saharan Africa’s robust digital marketplace. After becoming jaded of the New York hedge fund scene, Lexi moved to Lagos, Nigeria—Africa’s largest city, and home to the continent’s most active startup ecosystem. In search of a greater impact, she launched… Read more »
Leslie Labruto is the Global Head of Energy at Acumen, where she leads Acumen’s $20M Pioneer Energy Investment Initiative (PEII). Leslie is responsible for driving strategy, portfolio construction, and thought leadership for Acumen’s Global Energy Portfolio. Leslie joined Acumen from the Clinton Foundation, where she served as Director of Clean Energy for the Clinton Climate… Read more »
Adel Hamaizia is Committee Vice-Chairman of the Oxford Gulf and Arabian Peninsula Studies Forum (OxGAPS) where he is the Co-Editor of OxGAPS’ thematic-quarterly, “Gulf Affairs”. Adel is a researcher at the University of Oxford, where he focuses on the Political Economy of the Middle East, and where he teaches Middle East Politics. He is also… Read more »
BURN Founder and CEO Peter Scott is a globally recognized leader in the clean cookstove industry and has pioneered the design and manufacturing of stove solutions for more than 20 years. He also developed the strategy to create sub-Saharan Africa’s first, and only, modern clean cookstove manufacturing facility in Ruiru, Kenya.