Archives: Speakers

Barry Cooper 2018 Speaker

Barry Cooper is a Technical Director at the Centre of Financial Regulation and Inclusion (Cenfri). He is a lawyer by training and an expert in national payment systems, and financial regulatory landscapes; serving as Cenfri’s lead for these research areas. Barry has been a director on Making Access Possible (MAP) financial inclusion diagnostics in DRC,… Read more »

Leon Isaacs 2018 Speaker

Leon Isaacs is a seasoned expert and business leader in the payments, remittances, mobile money and money transfer industry. He has over 25 years hands-on experience and since 2007 has led DMA Global, the specialist development consultancy. DMA Global, which is based in the UK but has a global remit, provides a broad range of… Read more »

David Ekabouma 2018 Speaker

David Ekabouma joined AGF as the Chief Internal Controller and was subsequently promoted to Deputy, then Head of Business Development. He supports the business development activities, with the main role of developing new and existing products, including and not limited to structured finance. He leads the thinking of the new products/propositions, on-going appraisals of existing… Read more »

Frank-Astère Ndiyo-Butoyi 2018 Speaker

Frank-Astère is Investment Manager at Amethis. His responsibilities at Amethis include financial sector deal sourcing and executing, as well as overseeing due diligences and executing transactions. Prior to joining Amethis in 2015, Mr. Ndiyo-Butoyi worked for KPMG’s Transaction Services department in Paris, mainly in the financial services sector, conducting due diligence and valuation missions, primarily… Read more »

Richard Tait 2018 Speaker

Experienced African investment banker, formerly with Goldman Sachs, CSFB and Standard Bank. Now focused on private equity investments, capital raising and creating value for clients.

Ben Mbanga 2018 Speaker

CEO of Deloitte Central Africa. 20 years in professional services, with experience in auditing and management consulting. Experience in advising clients from a strategy and operational excellence perspective in the Zimbabwe environment.

Edward Galante 2018 Speaker

Seasoned entrepreneur with many investment interests and experience in Zimbabwe in various sectors, from property to financial services and agriculture. Ted has had multiple interviews with CNBC and has a lot of experience with the economic and political environment in Zimbabwe.

Robert Zegers 2018 Speaker

Robert Zegers is chief investment officer and coordinator of Venture Capital activities at the AfDB’s financial sector development department. He leads the AfDB’s Africa SME Program and related activities to support SMEs and is currently in charge of the Bank’s activities to promote early stage high growth SME entrepreneurs through Venture Capital and the strengthening… Read more »

Grégoire Danel-Fedou 2018 Speaker

Grégoire Danel-Fedou joined Advans International (formerly Horus Development Finance) in 2003. As Deputy General Manager in FINADEV TCHAD, he developed skills in microfinance operations from different perspectives: design of credit products and methodology, commercial development, organization, supervision. His experience in microfinance was enriched in Myanmar (Burma), where he conducted a large scale Impact Study on… Read more »

Michael Kowalski 2018 Speaker

Mr. Kowalski has more than 20 years of experience in international banking, with special expertise in development finance, risk management and credit risk management. In his role as head of group credit risk at ProCredit Holding, he oversaw a loan portfolio of more than EUR 4 billion, and as CEO of ProCredit Bank Romania, he… Read more »