CFA EIM & Co-Lead Asset Management, Umulinga Karangwa has two decades of experience in financial services with a focus on investments in Africa. She has supported the TDB’s fund-raising efforts from institutional investors since late 2012.
“Omer is a British Somali lawyer, with exceptional experience of delivering legal services to multinational corporate clients, primarily operating across multiple jurisdictions in Africa. As Senior Legal Counsel for Africa Legal Risk Control, a London-based legal risk advisory practice with a presence in across HoA, including Hargeisa, Berbera, Addis Ababa, and Nairobi, Omer leads multidisciplinary… Read more »
Biro Condé serves Managing Director for the Francophone West & Central Africa region in DFC’s office in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. Prior to his appointment in Abidjan, Biro was an investment officer leading transactions in the Minerals, Infrastructure and Energy sectors from DFC’s headquarters in Washington DC. Prior to joining DFC, Biro was a Senior Consultant… Read more »
“Doris Gatari is an investment professional with experience in fund management, investment strategy development and capital deployment across traditional and alternative asset classes in Africa. She currently serves as Head, Equities of the Rwanda Social Security Board (RSSB), the public institution mandated to administer social security in Rwanda, which is as well the largest Rwandan… Read more »
“Martin Warioba is Founder and Managing Partner of Warioba Ventures, a Pan-African advisory and investment firm focused on Africa’s Great Lakes markets and with presence in both Rwanda and Tanzania. Warioba Ventures is currently establishing a Rwanda-domiciled early-stage, sector-agnostic, technology – based regional venture capital fund investing across Tanzania, Rwanda, Uganda, Democratic Republic of Congo… Read more »
Thabiso Foto is Group Director of Strategic Partnerships & Resource Mobilisation at the African Guarantee Fund (AGF), a leading pan-African SME guarantee institution, rated AA– by Fitch, operating across 44 countries through 256 partner financial institutions. In this role, Thabiso leads AGF’s capital raising efforts and strategic partnerships to improve access and affordability of financing… Read more »
Nana Dwemoh Benneh is a board-level financial executive and a leading voice on capital mobilisation for Africa’s infrastructure and energy future. As Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Infrastructure Investment Fund (GIIF), he structures and unlocks the domestic and international capital required to close Ghana’s infrastructure gap, working with development finance institutions, pension funds, and… Read more »
“Chris Chijiutomi serves as the Managing Director and Head of Africa at British International Investment (BII), the United Kingdom’s development finance institution. Having joined BII in 2017, Chris brought with him considerable infrastructure investment expertise, initially overseeing the organisation’s Infrastructure Equity investments across Africa. Chris’s commitment and leadership was recognised in 2023 when he was… Read more »
Enioluwa Awopejo is an Executive in the Gender & Diversity Finance team at British International Investment (BII), where he leads BOLD (Black Ownership and Leadership for Development), BII’s initiative to better understand and increase investment in Black-owned and led businesses across Sub-Saharan Africa. Through research, partnerships and market engagement, he works to strengthen the evidence… Read more »
Ivan has over 25 years’ experience in sourcing, structuring, and raising public and private equity for various companies in the natural resources sector. Ivan has held a number of key roles including acting as Director at GazpromBank Invest MENA, Partner at Fairfax Investment Bank, Managing Director of Aberdeen Asset Management (Ireland) Limited, and Executive Chairman… Read more »
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