Archives: Speakers

– Operations Lead at ACfA – Master’s in Development in Finance (UCT) -Disruptive Technology enthusiast

Michael Carlo Fabbroni is Head of Financial Institutions Debt Africa at ResponsAbility Investments AG. Based in Nairobi, Michael is in charge of the coordination and sourcing of transactions, supervision of due diligences activities, execution of transactions and portfolio management for debt investments in financial institutions, including commercial banks, microfinance banks, leasing companies, and selected consumer… Read more »

Tokunboh Ishmael is the co-founder of Alitheia Capital – a Nigeria-based fund manager channeling private equity investments to transform businesses in West Africa where funding gaps create unique opportunities. In 2015, she co-founded Alitheia Identity (www.alitheiaidentity.com) to scale investing across Sub-Saharan women-led SMEs. 

Tokunboh is a CFA Charter holder, corporate financier and M&A banker having… Read more »

Abenet Bekele is the Chief Market Operations Officer of the Ethiopia Commodity Exchange (ECX), first of its kind in Africa, a private-public partnership between market actors, the members of the exchange, and the government. Abenet is responsible for the major operations of the exchange including trading operation, clearing and settlement, and actors certification. He has… Read more »

Taku is a co-founder of Harare Receivables Exchange (HRE), the first financial services company in Zimbabwe to join Factors Chain International (FCI), a global leader in Receivables Finance. Taku oversees the local and regional operations of the business. He holds an LLB Honours degree from the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom and a… Read more »

Juliet Munro is Director of Financial Systems at FSD Africa, responsible for overseeing programmes that cut across a variety of themes – from credit, housing finance and insurance, to remittances, community finance, gender and financial integrity. Her work includes helping FSD Africa’s investment team to identify potential investment opportunities in her focal sectors. Prior to… Read more »

David Renwick is the Head of Investment Banking Division: Absa which includes the following areas of responsibility: Africa Leverage Finance, Debt Capital Markets, Loan Capital Markets, Resource and Project Finance, Equity Capital Markets, Equity linked and Financial Solutions Group. His previous appointment was at Standard Bank where he was Head of Diversified Lending and Leverage…. Read more »

My role is to drive the private sector funding in education and healthcare sectors across the continent at African development bank. African Development Bank is the premier pan-African development institution, promoting economic growth and social progress across the continent. The Bank’s development agenda is delivering the financial and technical support for transformative projects that will… Read more »

Sudeep Laad is a partner and a founding member of L.E.K. Consulting’s Global Education Practice. He advises education companies and investors across all education segments including K-12, Higher and Vocational Education, Transnational Education, English Language Learning, Corporate Training and Education Technology. Sudeep is an expert on the African education landscape, where he has led numerous… Read more »

Mr. Paul Murithi Muthaura has been leading the Capital Markets Authority (CMA) of Kenya since July 2012. In this period, the CMA has been recognized as the Most Innovative Capital Markets Regulator in Africa for four consecutive years from 2015-18. CMA was also been recognized for its outstanding contribution to Capital Markets Stability in Africa… Read more »