Archives: Speakers

Andrew Halsall 2023 Speaker

“Andy Halsall is the CEO of Poa Internet, an ISP bridging the digital divide by providing affordable Internet to under-served communities in Kenya. Poa’s goal is to accelerate education, economic growth and social inclusion by connecting the hundreds of millions of Africans without Internet access. Andy is an accomplished entrepreneur and executive with a 30… Read more »

Andre Jr Ayotte 2023 Speaker

Mr. Ayotte is a proven financial director and entrepreneur with 10+ years experience in financial and risk due diligence, Capital Markets deal structuring, and buy/sell-side M&A in diversified industries. He’s currently executive director of a Single Family Office covering PE and VC transactions in Africa, and Partner of a global VC platform. Mr. Ayotte held… Read more »

Amr Sultan 2023 Speaker

“With over 22 years in investment banking experience in Egypt, I bring a wealth of expertise in leading equity and debt capital market transactions and mergers and acquisitions worth more than $8 billion. Most recently during my investment banking career, I have co-founded Akanar Partners, an investment bank in Egypt, which achieved a strategic exit… Read more »

Ammar Nouh 2023 Speaker

“Experienced REAL ESTATE investment professional with an Engineering and Dispute Resolution background from The AUC hailing from the top firms, BECHTEL, Hill International, Navigant and ANKURA. Ammar holds an MBA from Imperial College in London, and he brings an extensive experience in Real Estate Investment Consultancy. Ammar has worked with HNI’s and FO’s structuring SPV’s… Read more »

Amanda Bamberger 2023 Speaker

Amanda is an investor in sustainable solutions across many sectors including renewable energy, grid modernization solutions, and electric mobility. At EIF, she sources deals from a global maket place, helps form investment theses, and works with companies post-investment. Prior to working at EIF, Amanda was with Factor[e] Ventures, a seed-stage investment firm, and Environmental Resources… Read more »

Amanda Kabagambe 2023 Speaker

“Partner and Head of East Africa for TLG Capital. Currently co-raising a $50M private credit fund tailored to funding needs of East African SMEs. The fund will deploy debt secured by strong collateral. Previously worked in transaction advisory and international development with PwC and Deloitte across East and South Africa.”

Alvaro Perezcano 2023 Speaker

Alvaro has been part of the Speedinvest team for the past four years leading their fintech emerging markets initiatives. He’s supported entrepreneurs across the world in companies like Moove, Fairmoney and Revio in Sub-Saharan Africa, Khazna, Abhi and Pemo in MENAP and Fairplay and Morgana in Latin America.

Alex Kucharski 2023 Speaker

Alex is an advisory manager at British International Investment (BII). He focuses on BII’s Financial Institutions portfolio as well as initiatives to unlock investment in frontier markets such as ARIA and Invest for Impact Nepal. He previously lived in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ghana and Nigeria working in consulting.

Alderman James Vos 2023 Speaker

“Alderman James Vos is the Mayoral Committee Member for Economic Growth in the City of Cape Town. With a portfolio that covers matters of trade, tourism, investment and business support, James heads up a team that is instrumental in driving meaningful economic opportunity in Cape Town. During his time as a Public Representative, when he… Read more »

Albert Desire Zang 2023 Speaker

Holder of two postgraduate certificates, one in business law another in taxation, Albert is a CEMAC Certified Tax & Legal Advisor and a member of the Cameroon National Association of Tax Consultants. He is the Managing Partner of Phoenix Advisory. He is also Deputy Head of the Central Africa Sub-Region of Andersen Global, comprised of… Read more »