Archives: Speakers

Becky Jones-Phillips 2023 Speaker

Becky Jones-Phillips is Head of Innovation and Enterprise at The Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and the Infection Innovation Consortium (IICON) which is pioneering the delivery of integrated solutions for human infections. Becky has significant academic and commercial experience with an array of strategic and collaborative expertise gained in the Biotechnology and the UK healthcare… Read more »

Batya Blankers 2023 Speaker

Batya Blankers is the Co-founder and CEO of CHANCEN International. Batya is South African and was given access to university in Germany through participation in an Income Share Agreement. As a beneficiary herself, Batya is passionate about offering an ethical and fair financial aid model to fellow Africans to ensure more individuals have equal opportunities… Read more »

Basil Moftah 2023 Speaker

“Experienced company builder and general partner at Global Ventures: A growth focused venture capital firm that enables start-up success in the Middle East and North Africa region. Basil works with founders to create disruptive companies with an enterprise technology focus. Building networks between the west and east is central to his approach. This entails creating… Read more »

Barthout van Slingelandt 2023 Speaker

Barthout van Slingelandt is Managing Partner at XSML Capital. His responsibilities include overseeing XSML’s portfolio of investments and fund raising. Barthout has over 25 years of experience in investing, corporate restructuring and general management, in emerging markets, Europe and the US. In the last 12+ years, his focus has been on building XSML’s business in… Read more »

Azeezah Muse-Sadiq 2023 Speaker

“Azeezah Muse-Sadiq is a partner of Banwo & Ighodalo (B&I), a leading law firm with offices in Lagos and Abuja. She obtained her law degree from the University of Lagos and also has a postgraduate diploma in EU Competition Law from Kings College London. Her core practice areas are capital markets, M&A and corporate restructurings,… Read more »

Aum Thacker 2023 Speaker

“Aum Thacker is an Investment Professional at TLG Capital, an award-winning investment holding company that focusses on growth capital investments across frontier markets. TLG Capital has made over 33 Private Credit investments across Africa (with 22 exits). Aum has experience originating and executing a number of transactions and partnerships, particularly in the Venture & Technology… Read more »

Audrey-Cynthia Yamadjako 2023 Speaker

Audrey-Cynthia YAMADJAKO is coordinating the African Green Bank Initiative (AG3F) at the African Development Bank. She uses her international experiences in the banking sector, financial services as well as in the environment and climate finance, to develop innovative mechanism aiming to unlock the participation of the private sector in the support of a low-carbon, climate-resilient… Read more »

Ashvin Rishiraj Aukhjee 2023 Speaker

Ashvin is the co-founder and director of Arch Global Consult Ltd. He has nearly twenty years of solid and proven experience in the setting up and administration of global business companies, different types of Fund structure, Re-insurance, Re-insurance Broker & Insurance Manager, Foundations and Trusts in Mauritius.

Ashish Patel 2023 Speaker

Ashish has been involved with growth companies for over 20 years and has strategic, operational and investment experience. Before joining Aavishkaar Capital, as Managing Partner, to lead Africa, he was the Managing Director for Sub-Sahara Africa at Abraaj, based in Nairobi. Prior to that, he headed Strategy, Emerging Markets and Corporate Development at AVG Technologies… Read more »

Aryeh Green 2023 Speaker

Aryeh Green is Chief StrategyOfficer at Gigawatt Global, a solar energy developer for Africa based in Jerusalem. Aryeh is also the author of the book My Israel Trail: Finding Peace in the Promised Land about his hike on the 800-mile Israel National Trail from Dan to Eilat. Aryeh has been an advisor to Natan Sharansky… Read more »