Brad is both a Director of SAMANU and represents one of the largest investors in SAMANU. Chairing the Audit Committee and Environmental, Health and Safety Committee, Brad has overseen much of the transformation of the business into a sustainable supplier of much needed, affordable, locally branded products in Ethiopia, with its flagship brand Tena the… Read more »
Bowale Odumade Adeoye is a senior investment executive with two decades of experience driving sustainable infrastructure development and financing across transport and logistics, energy, manufacturing and industrial zones. At the Africa Finance Corporation (AFC), she has spearheaded strategic initiatives, managed risk, and represented the organisation on the boards of investee companies. Additionally, she has led… Read more »
Bessem Soua – a Tunisian National – has over 22 years of progressive experience holding various senior positions at the Central Bank of Tunisia and the Islamic Development Bank Group (the Islamic Corporation for the Insurance of Investment and Export Credit “ICIEC”). He is currently the regional Head for Sub-Saharan Africa & Europe at ICIEC… Read more »
Benjamin Fernandes Founder and CEO NALA Benjamin Fernandes is an award-winning Tanzanian speaker and entrepreneur. Benjamin grew up in Tanzania, then earned scholarships that took him to America for the first time at the age of 17. At age 21, Benjamin was the youngest African in history to ever be accepted into Stanford Graduate School… Read more »
Repeat entrepreneur turned VC founder & investor Ben’s experience as a founder and his passion for entrepreneurship led him to co-found Breega, a pan-European founder-led VC backing tech startups from PreSeed to Series B stage. Ben has built Breega to provide founders with the help he wished he had when he launched his own ventures…. Read more »
Azer Songnaba, CFA Co-founder/ Chief Investment Officer at Cauris Finance Azer is the Chief Investment officer of Cauris Finance, an Africa-focused private credit fund that lends growth capital to best-in-class Fintechs. He has over 15 years of investing and banking experience across multiple asset classes, including Fintech debt. Prior to co-founding Cauris, Azer worked at… Read more »
Ayòbámi Olúfadéjì is a practicing emergency physician and healthcare executive with over a decade of experience in building innovative care delivery models across global markets. He currently serves as the Managing Director of Global Health at Redesign Health, where he leads the expansion of Redesign’s unique venture-building model to emerging markets. Previously, he was the… Read more »
Dr Ayo Salami been involved in researching and investing in financial markets for over 30 years and has acquired substantial knowledge and experience on Emerging Market economies and companies. Ayo was named Chief Investment Officer of the year at the Investment Excellence Awards in 2014. Ayo has worked at Emerging Markets Investment Management Ltd (EMIM)… Read more »
Avinash leads GIF’s risk capital investment team and heads GIF Growth, GIF’s new returnable capital investment vehicle. He shares oversight of the GIF’s finance function with our CEO, ensuring close alignment between investments and financing. Avinash has over 12 years of experience spanning impact investing, social entrepreneurship, international banking and technology. He previously worked as… Read more »
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