Archives: Speakers

Oladiran Ajayi 2023 Speaker

Oladiran Ajayi is a lawyer with about 20 years’ experience in transactional practice and dispute resolution. He has worked on some of the ground-breaking transactions in the Nigerian business landscape; both as a lawyer advising multinational and Nigerian company clients and, subsequently, in-house as general counsel of a leading Nigerian company. His specific experience areas… Read more »

Oguche Agudah 2023 Speaker

“Oguche is currently the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Pension Fund Operators Association of Nigeria (PenOp); the umbrella body for all licensed pension fund operators in Nigeria. In this role he leads the efforts of the 30 billion dollar pension industry in Nigeria in engaging the government, regulators, the media, the financial markets and… Read more »

Nour El-Assal 2023 Speaker

Nour, CEO of Tagaddod, is highly skilled in negotiations, management, and is a strong business development professional. Nour is currently focusing on building Tagaddod’s international presence, fundraising, and supporting the executive team. Prior to that, he interned in Halliburton and then proceeded to co-found Tagaddod right after graduation. Nour has a prior venture to Tagaddod,… Read more »

Nosa Osazuwa 2023 Speaker

“Nosa is a Partner at ENR Advisory, a specialist boutique energy and natural resources law firm that is substantially dedicated to a portfolio of clients operating in the upstream, midstream, and downstream sectors of the petroleum industry, electric power sector, solid minerals and infrastructure sectors. He regularly advises on project development in these sectors with… Read more »

Nkem Onwuamaegbu 2023 Speaker

“Nkem Onwuamaegbu is Africa Regional Head for the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), the political risk insurance and credit enhancement arm of the World Bank Group. Based in Nairobi, Kenya, Ms. Onwuamaegbu’s mandate is to expand MIGA’s business opportunities across all sectors in line with MIGA’s commitment to climate, low income and fragile and post-conflict… Read more »

Njord Andrewes 2023 Speaker

“Njord Andrewes is a Managing Partner of Accion Impact Management. In his previous role as the Deputy Chief Investment Officer with Accion’s Global Investments team, he was responsible for generating deal flow, building relationships with investors, structuring investments and leading negotiations, fundraising for portfolio companies, and developing exit opportunities. Njord has more than 20 years… Read more »

Njeri Ngaruiya 2023 Speaker

Njeri has over 17 years of private equity experience on the African continent. She is presently an Investment Director at IFU since 2018 with a focus on Financial Sector investing. She has held several board positions and previously served as Regional Director Africa for Incofin, Senior Investment Manager at Imperial Azara and Investment Manager at… Read more »

Nitin Collappen 2023 Speaker

Nitin Collappen is a highly accomplished executive with over 15 years of international business experience, currently leading as the CEO of StraFrin Corporate Services. With a rich background spanning multiple sectors, Nitin has honed his expertise in corporate, trust, and fund administration fiduciary services, which has proven invaluable to numerous companies.

Nirav Khambhati 2023 Speaker

Nirav manages Kaizenvest’s private equity operations in India and leads the firm’s results-based financing practice globally. The latter includes Kaizenvest’s role as the implementation partner of USAID’s blended finance initiatives – CATALYZE EduFinance South Africa and CATALYZE EduFinance Rwanda. Nirav chairs the board of trustees of Global Schools Forum and is a member of the… Read more »

Nimrod Gerber 2023 Speaker

Nimrod is the Managing Partner of Vital Capital Fund and a member of its Investment Committee. He has 20 years of ground-level operational experience implementing investments, partnerships, and projects in Africa and emerging markets, that deliver environmental and societal impact at scale. Nimrod focuses on creating economic growth that directly impacts on urban and rural… Read more »