Anne-Marie is CIO of FSD Africa Investments, the development capital arm of FSD Africa. A Zimbabwean, she is the former CEO of Financial Sector Deepening Mozambique, and Co-founder of a private equity fund manager, Alitheia IDF Managers, investing in women-led businesses. She also took over and led the exists of Pan African microfinance fund returning… Read more »
Dolika Banda is the CEO of the African Risk Capacity Insurance Limited (ARC Ltd). She is a Zambian national with over 25 years of experience in international banking and financial management. Dolika has worked across the world – in Africa, Europe, Latin America, the Caribbean and the US with a specific focus on banking and… Read more »
Suzanne is founder of Catalyst At Large where she is a globally recognised adviser, speaker, writer, and field builder in gender lens investing. She is the Co-Producer of the Global Gender Lens Investing Summit. She is Investment Director for the SPRING Accelerator which has a focus on supporting impact businesses that have positive impact for… Read more »
Jonathan CFA, has over a decade of experience in public equity markets, having managed portfolios investing in Frontier Africa, South Africa and Developed Markets. He is a portfolio manager and director at Adventis SA where he manages the Adventis Africa Equity Fund. The fund has a competitive track record and follows a bottom-up value-driven investment… Read more »
Eddie Chibi is the CEO of Cassava Fintech Zimbabwe, a company wholly owned by Econet Wireless Zimbabwe Limited. The Cassava Fintech business unit houses the mobile money Business EcoCash, microinsurance EcoSure and eCommerce. Eddie has 19-years’ experience in Telecoms, ISP and Mobile Financial Services. He has served in the telecoms industry in Nigeria, Burundi and… Read more »
Andrew is Co-Founder and Managing Director of Zeepay. He is an expert in Banking and Mobile Payments, with over 15 years of experience in Banking and Business Development. Andrew’s experience spans the world of Marketing and Banking in which he has held various positions, from being a Brand Manager for Nescafe to holding several senior… Read more »
Daniel is the CEO and Co-Founder of Lendable, an off-balance sheet debt platform for alternative lenders in Sub-Saharan Africa. Prior to founding Lendable, Daniel was Partner at Greenstart, a seed stage venture capital firm in San Francisco, where his investment focus was on the intersection of data, finance, and energy. During that time he also… Read more »
Jeffrey Kirk is the managing partner of the Appleby British Virgin Islands office and he leads the BVI office Corporate Practice Group. He advises on public and private M&A, capital markets, banking & finance, investment funds & services, private equity, (re)insurance and other corporate matters. He is also the global head of the Appleby Islamic… Read more »
Tom’s family have lived in Kenya since 1993 and he spent eleven years at school in Nairobi. Having also graduated from Bath University with a first class business degree, Tom joined J Sainsbury Plc in London, spending two years in a number of brand strategy and commodity buying roles. Tom has also worked for L’Oréal… Read more »
Philip is the architect of the Frontclear business concept, having conceptualized the business while working at TCX Investment Management Company B.V. which he had joined in 2008. Prior to TCX, Philip was an Investment Officer at the Development Bank of Southern Africa for 4 years. Prior to DBSA, Philip worked at the European Institute of… Read more »