I am the Head of Investments at Launch Africa Ventures, one of Africa’s most active early-stage VC firms with investments across the continent. With deep expertise in seed-stage technology investments, I focus on identifying transformative B2B and B2B2C ventures that leverage emerging technologies to solve critical challenges across African markets. My investment portfolio spans multiple… Read more »
“Ulrich Hess is Team Leader of the ICAMA Initiative at GIZ, catalysing innovative financing vehicles to support startups and growth firms across Africa. A pioneer in innovative finance for development, Ulrich spent fourteen years at the World Bank and IFC (1998-2012), where he designed groundbreaking weather risk management and index-based insurance instruments. He launched weather… Read more »
“Tori Abiola is the Founder and Convenor of the iXGC (ICT Exchange for Government and Citizens), a capital compact initiative with a $30–50 billion mandate to accelerate universal connectivity and digital inclusion in South Africa by linking capital allocators, hyperscalers, vendors, and the broader ecosystem to deliver citizen-centred services. With experience at Euromoney, where she… Read more »
“Dr. Kumwenda is a growth-oriented economist, finance specialist, and chartered accountant (CA) (Mw) with 17 years of practical experience in Development Banking, Commercial Banking, Retail Lending Solutions, Audit, Accounting, Teaching and Corporate Finance Transactions, ranging from mergers and acquisitions (M&As), initial public offerings (IPOs), the listing of bonds on the stock exchange, raising all types… Read more »
“Thomas HUSSON is Head of Investing in Frontier Markets at PROPARCO. He has previously served in South East Asia and Central Africa in his 20 years career at PROPARCO and has accumulated deep experience in development finance, risk mitigation, and structuring complex transactions in challenging environments.”
“Thomas Dugdale is a member of our Transactional team in London and advises clients on investment funds and corporate matters involving both Cayman Islands and British Virgin Islands law. Tom has over 10 years advising on all aspects of Cayman funds from launch to termination and restructurings both contentious and non-contentious. He specialises in hedge… Read more »
“Thomas Pascoe is a seasoned development professional with deep expertise in manufacturing, infrastructure, economic growth, and international development developed over 12 years of living and working in Africa. Currently serving as the Team Leader for Manufacturing Africa for McKinsey & Co in Nairobi, Thomas is responsible for the delivery of the UK’s flagship ODA funded… Read more »
Thomas Behrens holds an MBA and a PhD in Financial Economics, with 20 years of experience in startups and venture building. He co-founded and scaled two tech startups, successfully exiting the first through a trade sale. From 2020 to 2022, he advised corporates on venture building. In early 2023, he founded Global South Holding, a… Read more »
Tom Schumacher is the Director of Investments at Open Road where the leads the origination, structuring and negotiations of private debt transactions (primarily bridge loans) to impact-oriented businesses, project developers and funds. He has completed and closed over 100 transactions worth $75+ million of bridge loans. Prior to his work at Open Road, Tom was… Read more »
“Thea Jamison is Founder and Managing Director of CHANGE Global, an investment management firm specializing in developing markets on behalf of pension funds, foundations, family offices, and investment consulting firms. Ms. Jamison possesses more than 20 years of investing experience and as one of the earliest investors focused on emerging and frontier markets, has been… Read more »
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