Archives: Speakers

Michael Akampa 2023 Speaker

Michael Akampa is an impact investment professional with over 14 years’ experience structuring, leading, closing and managing impact deals. He is the Co-founder of [Investure](http://www.investure.co/) and [Nobon](http://www.nobon.app/), impact and climate finance platforms. He was also the Co-founder of RE Equity Partners and Traction Capital, Sweden based investment companies active in emerging and frontier markets. Prior… Read more »

Michael Mensah – Baah 2023 Speaker

“Michael Mensah-Baah has over 27 years of experience working in financial services across Europe, America and Africa. In 1998, Michael began his professional career in the United Kingdom and joined JP Morgan as an Associate on the Equity Derivatives Trading Desk. He later became Vice President, Investment Banking with Union Bank of Switzerland (UK), where… Read more »

Michael Musgrave 2023 Speaker

Born and raised in South Africa, Dr. Michael Musgrave has over 25 years experience in biodiversity conservation, forestry, natural climate solutions, carbon offsets, sustainable development, and business development. He has worked at every level in the Natural Climate Solutions industry and has on-the-ground experience in developing prefeasibility studies, project management, carbon measurement, reporting & verification,… Read more »

Michael Nzewi 2023 Speaker

Michael Nzewi is one of the founding partners of CardinalStone Partners Limited and has been Managing Director of the group since January 2017. Michael served as a Director in the Capital Markets division of Standard Chartered Bank (SCB), London. Prior to SCB, Michael served as the Head of Investment Banking at Vetiva Capital Management. Michael… Read more »

Meredith Muthoni 2023 Speaker

Meredith Muthoni is Head of Electric Finance at BURN, leading strategy and corporate fundraising for electric cooking. She is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and is the point person for the contact between BURN’s executive team and its electric cooking product line. She has spent over 9 years helping businesses across various sectors design business… Read more »

Merav Galili 2023 Speaker

Dr. Merav Galili is the CEO of the Menomadin Foundation, an international Israeli-based impact fund that promotes innovative solutions to social and climate sustainable development challenges in Israel and Africa, in a model that combines strategic philanthropy and impact investments. Over two decades in senior management positions in academia and non-profit organizations, Dr. Galili has… Read more »

Melinda Bohannon 2023 Speaker

“Melinda is the interim Director General, Humanitarian and Development at the Foreign Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO). She was previously FCDO Strategy Director from September 2020 to July 2023, and before that Strategy Director at the Department for International Development (DFID). Melinda joined the Civil Service in 1999 as an economist and has worked in… Read more »

Mekdes Mezgebu 2023 Speaker

Mekdes Mezgebu is the founder and principal of Mekdes & Associates Law Office, a law office that specializes in foreign investment, energy, infrastructure, project finance, PPPs and M&A in Ethiopia. Mekdes has vast experience practicing law in Ethiopia, working on several transactions involving large-scale foreign investment and private sector development of projects. She advises a… Read more »

Meghan McCormick 2023 Speaker

Meghan McCormick is a systems thinker and strategist, passionate about designing solutions that bring real value to customers, corporations, and communities. She has spent her career focused geographically on African markets and functionally on innovation strategy. She started her work as a Community Economic Development Volunteer in the Peace Corps in Guinea. During her service,… Read more »

Mayur Patel 2023 Speaker

A leader in Africa’s fintech and digital media sectors, Mayur Patel is Chief Commercial Officer at M-KOPA, the region’s largest connected financing platform. Previously, he served as COO for Cassava Fintech, a provider of mobile wallet and payment solutions, and was CEO of the award-winning mobile streaming company, Kwesé iflix, which pioneered pay-as-you-watch live and… Read more »