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Eugene Kavishe 2026 Speakers

“Eugene P. Kavishe is the Founder and CEO of Vonkavy Agro Company Limited, a leading agribusiness in Tanzania specializing in poultry production and animal feeds manufacturing. With 14+ years of experience in the agriculture sector, he is recognized for advancing food security, modernizing production systems, and championing sustainable agribusiness models across East Africa. Eugene holds… Read more »

Joseph Jagada 2026 Speakers

“Joseph is a Vice President at Verdant Capital, where he advises on investment banking and financial transactions across African markets. He brings expertise in financial modelling, banking, investment analysis and transaction advisory, and is an Advanced Financial Modeler (AFM). Joseph holds a Bachelor of Commerce in Accounting and a Bachelor of Commerce Honours in Finance,… Read more »

Francis Dennig 2026 Speakers

“Francis currently leads the work identifying and supporting bankable sustainable energy projects through the Energy for Growth in Africa inititative. He joined the UNDP Rome Centre from the Macroeconomic and Debt Unit at the World Bank, where he integrated climate and energy considerations into the World Bank’s macroeconomic models. He holds a doctorate in economics… Read more »

Mpho Mataboge 2026 Speakers

Mpho Mataboge is a Sustainable Finance and Investment Specialist at the UNDP Rome Centre for Climate Action and Energy Transition, where she leads the work on investment facilitation across the Centre’s climate and energy portfolio. Her work focuses on strengthening the investment readiness of projects, developing financing strategies and facilitating engagement with development finance institutions,… Read more »

Thomas Williams 2026 Speakers

“Thomas is a seasoned finance and operations executive with more than 20 years of experience across the private and public sectors. He brings deep expertise in financial strategy, asset management, and project delivery. He has a proven record of driving operational improvement, strengthening budgetary oversight and accountability, and building productive stakeholder relationships. He combines disciplined… Read more »

Tania Eyanga 2026 Speakers

A native of DRCongo with a MBA in Finance, Ms Tania Eyanga is an astute international direct investments professional with over 14 years of experience in corporate financing, project funding and portfolio holdings management. She has acted as the Executive VP of Corporate Fundraising and Partnerships at MDT Innovations Sdn.Bhd/ Hela Technologies ApS, a Danish… Read more »

Joost de Kluijver 2026 Speakers

“I’m at AFSIC to raise funds for a 14MM dollar Nigerian project that combines CRM availability, urban mining, African impact and circular business model innovation in the tech industry. I’m the founder and CEO of Closing the Loop, a Dutch circular-economy company that has spent more than 12 years developing commercially viable electronic-waste value chains… Read more »

Joyce-Ann Wainaina 2026 Speakers

“Joyce-Ann Wainaina is a pan-African investor, board director, and institutional builder with a distinguished career spanning global banking and venture capital. She is the Managing Partner of Chui Ventures, a pan-African seed-stage venture capital firm backing African founders building scalable, mass-market solutions in fintech, B2B Software, digital commerce, and climate tech. Under her leadership, Chui… Read more »

Sara-Adelaide Odamtten 2026 Speakers

“For more than 22 years, I have helped businesses, investors and institutions unlock commercial opportunities across Africa, connecting capital, markets and partnerships that drive real economic growth. Today, as Group Managing Director of CDT Group, based in Dubai, I lead a strategy and market advisory firm focused on the Africa–Gulf corridor. We help investors, corporates… Read more »