Jumai Mohammed is an Investment Director in the Financial Services Group at BII, where she is focused on Debt Investments, including loans and capital market instruments, in Financial Services across Africa and South Asia. Jumai plays a leading role in Gender Finance, inclusive innovation and capital markets development within BII. She has over 10 years’… Read more »
“Jumaane Tafawa is an intrapreneur, a serial entrepreneur, coach, business trainer and investor specifically focused on growing African-based SMEs. He has launched more than a half dozen companies of which four are multi-million-dollar businesses co-owned by his family office. With over 20 years of experience, he has enhanced SME ecosystem in Sub-Saharan Africa by creating… Read more »
“Julia Hawkins is the Founder and Director of Hawkins Eberdal Ltd, a financial advisory firm in Mauritius specialising in raising international capital for high-growth sustainable ventures across the African continent. Their expertise lies in corporate and project finance, with a focus on renewable energy, sustainable infrastructure, agriculture and health. Julia, originally from Sweden, spent over… Read more »
Joshua is the co-founder of Balloon Ventures who are unlocking the potential of ‘boring’ brick and mortar SMEs in East Africa with loans of $10,000 to $200,000 bundled with 6 months of technical assistance. Balloon have now released over $20 million of loans to SMEs in Uganda and created nearly 8,000 Good Jobs.
Josh is an Investment Manager at BII and is a core member of the Financial Services Group’s team supporting equity and debt investments in fintechs across Africa and Asia. He joined the company in 2019 and has been actively involved in BII’s investments in Tyme Group, Moniepoint, Paymob, and Wave Money. Prior to BII, Josh… Read more »
“Joseph Eimunjeze is a Partner in the firm’s banking and finance, corporate advisory and tax teams. His specialisations also include mergers and acquisitions, insolvency and corporate restructuring, foreign investments and banking regulatory compliance. Joseph has advised various clients on various finance and project finance matters and on derivatives, foreign investments, securities (equity and debt) and… Read more »
Joseph is the CEO of the Global Innovation Fund (GIF), a hybrid investment vehicle backed by leading bilateral aid agencies. He holds the overarching responsibility for GIF’s mission: identifying and funding innovations capable of transforming the lives of people living on less than $5 a day. Prior to being appointed CEO, Joseph served as GIF’s… Read more »
“Jonathan is a geologist and corporate financier with over 20 years relevant experience in DRC mineral development. Formerly with Gold Fields and HSBC, he has founded and raised over $100m for the following DRC ventures: Copperbelt Minerals (now CNMC), discovery of 80kt/year producing 4.5mt Deziwa Cu-Co deposit close to Kolwezi; Casa Mining (now Avanti Gold… Read more »
“Jon Kornik is the Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of Plentify, whose intelligent home energy management system solves the timing mismatch between when solar is available and when it is needed for 75% cheaper than batteries alone, and works in individual homes, microgrids and as virtual power plants across distribution grids. He has spent his… Read more »
“John Rutere is the UNDP Deputy Resident Representative in Tanzania. John has over 30 years diverse experience in both the private and public sectors in programme and operations, financial resource and risk management and in structuring and underwriting fixed income investments. John has worked in the UN Development System for 16 years in various senior… Read more »
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