“Rateneh Fassil Mekonnen is an entrepreneur at core, and has played an active and seminal role in the revival of the Ethiopian real estate sector some 15 years back and has since grown his reach and is now one of the prominent real estate figures. Currently Rateneh is highly engaged in the development of World… Read more »
“Ermias has over 25 years of technical and leadership experience on the continent and has held various posts together with several Board Directorships including the American Chamber in Ethiopia (AmCham), the Accounting Auditing Board of Ethiopia (AABE) and Zemen Bank’s Share Company. Ermias was ranked in the 2016 and 2017 ‘Choiseul 100 Africa-Future Economic leaders’… Read more »
“M’Bemba Sylla is Deputy Director General of the Guinea Development Board (GDB), leading the institution’s Private Investment and Industrialisation agenda. He brings over 11 years of experience at the intersection of strategy, business transformation, technology and investment. Prior to his current role, he served as Managing Director of Guinea’s Investment Promotion Agency (APIP) and held… Read more »
“Leads the 14 North Strategies niche commercial intelligence and strategy advisory firm. William is a retired senior CIA operations officer and three time Chief of Station with service in Africa, Europe, and South Asia, Prior to joining CIA William served as an officer in U.S. Army Special Forces and worked extensively in Africa. He is… Read more »
Christina Clark-Lowes is Cadmus’ Investment Lead with over ten years of experience in investment facilitation, access to finance, private sector development, and SME support in Africa. She has collaborated with DFIs, investors, governments, and local partners to develop investable businesses by providing investment readiness technical assistance throughout Sub-Saharan Africa. Currently, she leads the investment work… Read more »
Changwe Kumalinga is the Chief Financial Officer of Good Nature Agro, a leading legume seed and commodity company recognized by the Financial Times as the fastest-growing company in Zambia and among the top 50 in Africa. He leads financial operations across Zambia, Malawi, South Africa, and the USA, and provides strategic oversight to the Business… Read more »
“Lawrence Fubara Anga, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Professor of Practice, Federal University Oye-Ekiti, Chartered Arbitrator, Economist and Tax practitioner. He is one of the founding partners of ǼLEX, a full service commercial and dispute resolution law firm with offices in four major cities across West Africa. He heads the firm’s Banking, Financial Services and… Read more »
“Chief Commercial Officer| International Corporate Banking | Financial Institutions | Structured Trade Finance | Africa Coverage Senior international banking executive with over 18 years of experience leading Corporate Banking, Financial Institutions and Structured Trade Finance businesses across Africa, Europe and the Middle East. Recognised for originating and executing complex cross-border financings, developing international banking strategies… Read more »
“Kartik Sharma is an experienced venture investor focused on building secondaries infrastructure for African VC. He served as Head of Investments for Launch Africa Ventures Fund I before progressing to Head of Exits, where he built out the fund’s exit function and recently delivered its first distributions back to investors via secondary transactions. He is… Read more »