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Eva Maria Stolz 2024 Speaker

Eva Maria Stolz is a Senior Principal at Persistent, Africa’s Climate Venture Builder. She based in Kenya and is responsible for early stage investments in climate positive ventures across SSA. She also supports entrepreneurs with venture building advice, and has served as an interim CFO for some portfolio companies. She served as a Treasurer and… Read more »

Eva Yazhari 2024 Speaker

Eva Yazhari is a seasoned investor, conscious entrepreneur, author, and Managing Partner of Beyond Capital Ventures, an early-stage emerging markets venture capital fund offering a diversified portfolio of early-stage purpose-driven companies in “need-to-have” sectors in emerging markets. Previously, Eva was Vice President at EnTrust Capital Inc. Her team invested over $5 billion into top hedge… Read more »

Eugene van Rensburg 2024 Speaker

Seasoned entrepreneur and investor with over 25 years of investment and executive management experience in financial markets having managed capital market trading and investment teams, and SaaS technology businesses. CEO of Education Innovation Partners (EduInnov8) and board member and Partner of Hlayisani Capital. Previously served in executive leadership positions at IRESS Ltd, Nedbank Capital, Sanlam… Read more »

Eugene Amusin 2024 Speaker

Eugene Amusin is Head of Strategy and Client Solutions, Director for Social Finance at Citi. Eugene is responsible for designing strategy and delivering client solutions with social impact in emerging markets. He provides industry specialist support globally across sector working with growth companies, financial institutions and corporates. Eugene leads social impact risk-sharing collaborations with development… Read more »

Erica Nell 2024 Speaker

Erica is currently head of Private Debt in the Sanlam Investments Alternatives business unit with R3bn (USD150m) under management. She joined Gensec Bank in 2004 and moved from Finance to the Credit Analysis department in 2005 when Gensec Bank became Sanlam Capital Markets. She was moved to Cape Town in 2006 to head up the… Read more »

Eric Tirabassi 2024 Speaker

Eric Tirabassi is the Chief Editor of TanzaniaInvest, a leading platform that provides critical insights and up-to-date information on investment opportunities across Tanzania. With a deep understanding of the Tanzanian economy, Eric has been instrumental in promoting the country’s investment landscape to a global audience.

Eren Kelekci 2024 Speaker

Eren has 20 years of professional experience in the investment industry on a wide range of asset classes, investment strategies/solutions and geographies both in direct and fund investments. Eren joined the African Development Bank in 2018 as Chief Investment Officer, Food and Agriculture, focusing on the origination and execution of private sector transactions across Africa…. Read more »

Enrique Tizon 2024 Speaker

Enrique is a seasoned syndicator with a 13-year experience mobilizing private and public debt to IFC projects and clients in Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe, Middle East and Latin America. During the last 5 years, he has played an active role syndicating debt in Africa across sectors (Infrastructure, Manufacturing, Agribusiness, Services and FIs, including Fintech).

Emad Naseraldin 2024 Speaker

Emad Naseraldin is an Associate Director at the EBRD, advising the Board and Management in respect of integrity and reputation risk. Prior to joining the EBRD, he worked at risk advisory firm Kroll in London and at the BBC. Emad holds an MSc in International Public Policy from UCL and an MA in political science… Read more »

Elias Omondi 2024 Speaker

Elias has over 10 years of experience in developing policies and regulations in the financial sector. He leads the development and implementation of programmes that work to improve the enabling environment for risk markets in Africa to drive systemic change in the market for insurance and other risk management instruments at FSD Africa. Previously, Elias… Read more »