Kudzai is the co-founder and CEO of Mobbisurance, a fintech company that is developing a mobile based crop insurance product and other financial services for farmers. Kudzai and his team have used machine learning to drive down costs significantly associated with serving this particular market segment. In addition he also co-founded the Emerging Farmers Exchange,… Read more »
Monica Maduekwe has over 7 years of experience promoting renewable energy and energy efficiency markets in West Africa. She has an extensive knowledge of the energy landscape, particularly as it concerns investment, which she gained through her work as a Resource Mobilisation Specialist and Renewable Energy Programme Officer at the Economic Community of West African… Read more »
Mbindyo has more than 21 years experience in Banking and Technology. An Adventurous entrepreneur he was among the Pioneers of Internet service providers business in Kenya. He was involved in the early years of cross-border e-commerce partnering with the Government of Dubai to launch Tejari platform linking commodity traders in Africa, Middle east and Africa…. Read more »
Mr. Tonderai Mutesva is a Corporate Finance Executive with MyBucks, a Fintech company that uses technology to provide financial products and services to the low and middle-income customer segment, predominantly in high-growth emerging markets. He has 10 years investment banking experience on the African continent, having worked on various M&A transactions along with debt and… Read more »
Olivier Edelman heads EIB’s microfinance unit covering microfinance operations outside the EU. Olivier is responsible for the origination and execution of equity and loan operations (direct or indirect via funds) supporting micro-entrepreneurs and financial inclusion, notably via microfinance institutions.
Robert Schofield heads EIB’s Financial Sector Division covering Africa, Latin America/Caribbean and Asia/Pacific. Robert is responsible for EIB’s relationships with local and international financial institutions, aiming particularly to support banks in modernising their banking services in developing countries and in financing private enterprise.
JP joined DPI in 2016. His prior work experience combines investment banking at BNP Paribas and JPMorgan with management consulting at McKinsey & Company and The Boston Consulting Group. He has extensive experience leading M&A, strategy and transformational projects for government entities, major corporations and financial sponsors across both developed markets (North America, Europe) and… Read more »
Completed PhD (graduating in July 2019) in Business Strategy in Emerging Markets, examining strategies used by South African companies when they internationalise into other African countries. As the Head of Business Strategy for a financial planning business in one of the 4 major banks in South Africa, she has led the business expansion & adaptation… Read more »
Emma Wade-Smith is the first ever Her Majesty’s Trade Commissioner for Africa, representing the UK Government’s Department for International Trade. Emma was appointed to this role in May 2018 having created and led the pan-African regional trade team since April 2017. She has lived and worked in South Africa since February 2016, having initially arrived… Read more »
Eghosa Omoigui is the founder and Managing General Partner of EchoVC Partners (a seed & early-stage technology venture capital firm bridging Silicon Valley & underserved emerging markets), EchoVC Pan-Africa Fund, a seed-stage tech VC fund focused on sub-Saharan Africa & EchoVC+, an early-growth-stage Africa-focused VC platform in partnership with TPG Growth/TPG Rise Fund. Before this,… Read more »
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