Loïc MACKOSSO, Managing Partner at ARIES Investissements, began his career in Paris in 2003 as a junior compliance officer in the finance industry within the asset management company Asset Allocation Advisors (AAA) which became Neuflize OBC Investissements. In 2006, following his return to Congo, he joined the legal affairs department of the state-owned oil company… Read more »
Mr Kwasi Kyere is a Professional accountant with the institute of chartered accountants Ghana. He holds a Master degree in Microfinance and a PhD in finance. He has over 20 years of experience at the management level having been the chief executive officer of triple protection services, a manned guard security company for 4 years,… Read more »
Andrei is a Principal with the IFC Asset Management Company, working on the IFC Global Infrastructure Fund, a USD 1.2bn vehicle investing in infrastructure companies and projects across emerging markets. He is leasing the Fund’s business development and origination efforts for Sub Saharan Africa. Before joining IFC, Andrei was a director with DP Holdings, focusing… Read more »
Ladé Araba is a senior development finance professional with over 17 years of experience. She is the Managing Director at Convergence Finance and Co-Chairs the Board of EED Advisory. She previously served as Technical Adviser to the former Minister of Finance of Nigeria and was the Head of the Strategic Monitoring Unit. She was also… Read more »
Kurt is a Senior Advisor for Impact Investments and SDGs at the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), responsible for leading the SDG Investing Programme for Family Offices and UHNWIs. He has over 15 years of impact investments and ESG strategy experience in international organisations, such as the World Bank, International Finance Corporation (IFC), UN-PRI, United… Read more »
Juan Jose Garcia is the Head of Syndications for Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America & the Caribbean at the World Bank Group’s International Finance Corporation (IFC). In his current capacity, Juan Jose leads the team responsible for delivering a 3rd party regional debt mobilization program of about US$3.0-3.5 billion per year and for overseeing an approximately… Read more »
Mr. Davidsen is Norfund’s VP of Scalable Enterprises – Agribusiness & Manufacturing. He is leading the work within the agribusiness and manufactuing sector. He is also a project manager for several projects in Africa. He has several years of project lead on mergers and acquisitions in the strategy team of Yara International, including numerous transactions… Read more »
Erik is responsible for Norfund’s investments in financial institutions across Sub-Sahara Africa, Southeast Asia and Central America. He is a board member of the bank investment firm Arise and the Nordic Microfinance Initiative (NMI), and has board experience from several banks and microfinance institutions across these regions. He is a member of the Norfund executive… Read more »
Rodrigue Fouafou is the CEO and one of the global visionaries behind HartNamtemah Inc. an investment firm based out of Toronto, Canada which specializes in vetting, mentoring, investing and strategic planning for African Startups. HartNamtemah does not only invest in people from a financial perspective but also believes in investing in relationships by getting to… Read more »