Archives: Speakers

Her Excellency Semereta Sewasew Aweke 2023 Speaker

“Semereta Sewasew is the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia’s State Minister of Finance for Economic Cooperation. In this role, she leads the Ministry of Finance’s international economic cooperation policies and operations, with a focus on ensuring external resources are effectively managed and mobilized to provide maximum benefit and results for the people of Ethiopia. She… Read more »

Her Excellency Lelise Neme 2023 Speaker

“Engineer Lelise Neme has served as the Commissioner of the Ethiopian Investment Commission (EIC) since June 2020. Her visionary leadership has been pivotal in navigating the challenging landscape posed by the COVID-19 pandemic and internal political issues that have prevailed in recent years. Under her astute guidance, Ethiopia has experienced a remarkable surge in foreign… Read more »

Heidi Patmore 2023 Speaker

Heidi Patmore is the Founder and Managing Director of Manjaro Marketing – a marketing consultancy specialising in taking tech startups to market in Africa. Having launched and scaled 6 tech startups in the past 5 years, Heidi has deep experience in understanding the unique challenges of tech startups and how best to launch, grow and… Read more »

Hassan Fayed 2023 Speaker

Hassan is the Founder & CEO of Aydi, an agri-tech startup that aims to build the digital infrastructure for farms to manage their workforce and optimize their field operations. He is also a Board Member at Tradeling.com, the UAE’s largest B2B e-commerce marketplace which is owned by the Government of Dubai. He was previously the… Read more »

Haim Taib 2023 Speaker

“Mr. Haim Taib is an Israeli entrepreneur and philanthropist, with over three decades of experience strengthening and developing countries in Africa. He initiated dozens of extensive infrastructure projects across diverse sectors in Africa, impacting quality of life and economic growth. Haim is the Founder and President of the Mitrelli Group Swiss, a prominent international consortium… Read more »

H.E. Johnston Busingye 2023 Speaker

“His Excellency Johnston Busingye assumed his duties as High Commissioner for Rwanda to the Court of Saint James on 29 March 2022 when he presented the working copies of his Credentials to the Vice-Marshall of the Diplomatic Corps and Director of Protocol at Lancaster House. His Excellency presented his Letters of Credence to Her Majesty… Read more »

Graham Shaw 2023 Speaker

“Graham Shaw FCA MBE is the CEO of Wilken Group a company that has operated in East Africa since 1963 that has operations in ICT, Aviation, Energy investing across East Africa. Graham led the successful expansion of iWay Africa until 2008 when it was sold to Telkom South Africa and also launched Cartrack 911 with… Read more »

Grace Mberia 2023 Speaker

Grace Mberia works for KPMG International Development Advisory Services (IDAS) under the Mastercard Foundation Fund for Resilience and Prosperity (FRP) as the Program Director. She has over fourteen years of experience in project management; consulting; technical assistance and capacity building; financial audits; gap analysis, impact assessment and implementation; internal control reviews/ monitoring; and due diligence… Read more »

Giles Hedley 2023 Speaker

Giles is responsible for the development of Gemcorp new fund products given the targeted EM (with focus on Africa) investment exposure. Prior to Gemcorp he was responsible for the growth and development of Africa’s largest trade finance fund at Barak Fund Management. Giles has an MBA and Business Science degree through the University of Cape… Read more »