Veronica holds a solid background of 20 years of Africa-focused trade and investment experience. She brings extensive knowledge of African trade relations and has advised African heads of state on their foreign direct investment approach to create and broaden opportunities for investment in Africa. Veronica has advised and led Africa investment strategies for several FTSE… Read more »
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 »
Uwem Uwemakpan is a seasoned ecosystem builder and investor, currently serving as the Head of Investments at Launch Africa VC Fund II. With an unwavering commitment to supporting early-stage startups, Uwem is at the forefront of driving entrepreneurship in Africa’s dynamic business landscape. Previously, Uwem played a pivotal role in the success of Ingressive Capital,… Read more »
In the past few years, Tracey Austin has been leading the capital mobilisation strategy under the UK Department for Business and Trade’s Financial Services sector. She has 25 years of experience working in emerging markets as an investment banker and direct and intermediate investor. Her passion is emerging markets particularly Africa, having worked in 24… Read more »
Tombo holds a MPhil in Engineering for Sustainable Development from the University of Cambridge and a MEng in Mechanical Engineering from Imperial College London. She is a chartered engineer registered with the Institution of Mechanical Engineers UK. Based in Nairobi, she leads CrossBoundary’s Mini-Grid Innovation Lab, which is pioneering the transition to a decentralized ‘power… Read more »
‘Tokunboh Ishmael is a global voice for creating wealth and impact by unlocking the potential of businesses that provide essential goods and services that address the accessibility, affordability, and inclusion needs of underserved markets to drive shared prosperity. She has dedicated the past two decades to the relentless pursuit of a vision: investing in businesses… Read more »
Todd Wilcox was appointed HSBC Bank Egypt Deputy Chairman and Chief Executive Officer with effect 01 July 2020. Mr Wilcox has an extensive international banking experience, the last 15 years of which have been with HSBC in a series of leadership roles. He spent the first 2 years of his career with HSBC Canada helping… Read more »
Timothy Nuy founded Fin in July 2019 with a vision of enabling financial inclusion through data driven lending. Timothy has over 10 years of international experience across Europe and Sub-Saharan Africa in management, investment and advisory capacity. During his previous tenure with MyBucks from 2014 until 2018, Timothy was most notably involved with the group’s… Read more »
Timbo Drayson is the co-founder and CEO of OkHi, which is on a mission to enable the 4 billion people without a physical address to “be included”. Previously he worked at Google where he launched Google Maps across the Middle East and Africa and invented Chromecast, taking it from idea to launch and filing 7… Read more »
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