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Kecia Rust 2021 Speaker

Kecia Rust

Kecia Rust is the Executive Director of the Centre for Affordable Housing Finance in Africa (CAHF). She is a housing policy specialist and has worked with both public and private sector practitioners in promoting access to affordable housing and housing finance in Africa for the past 20 years. Over the span of her career, Kecia… Read more »

Nzomo Mutuku 2021 Speaker

Nzomo Mutuku

Mr. Nzomo Mutuku, MBS, is the Chief Executive Officer of Retirement Benefits Authority in Kenya. Prior to his appointment, Mr. Mutuku worked at the National Treasury as the Senior Advisor, Financial Sector and Acting Director, Financial and Sectoral Affairs Department working on policy matters relating to financial sector development including financial inclusion, efficiency and stability…. Read more »

Paul Muthaura 2021 Speaker

Paul Muthaura

Mr. Paul Murithi Muthaura is the Chief Executive Officer of ICEA LION General Insurance Company Limited having previously held the position of Chief Operating Officer. Prior to this he was the Chief Executive of the Capital Markets Authority of Kenya, which he led from July 2012 to December 2019. In that period, the CMA was:… Read more »

Callie Visagie 2021 Speaker

Callie Visagie

Callie oversees the corporate development activities of Sono. He has a background in financial services and investment in African and Emerging markets. Prior to joining Sono, he worked at Africa Merchant Capital and Goldman Sachs where he facilitated various debt and trade transactions. He is a qualified member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants. Callie… Read more »

Michael Waller 2021 Speaker

Michael Waller

Michael is the Managing Director of Sofala Capital where he has driven the investment strategy for the company and the formation and development of both Zambian Home Loans and IBUILD Home Loans. Prior to founding Sofala Capital, Michael was a Director of Standard Bank Plc where he headed the origination and structuring for the African… Read more »

Ani Vallabhaneni 2021 Speaker

Ani Vallabhaneni

As the co-founder and CEO of Sanergy, I oversee the expansion of Sanergy, manage local resources, and set the overall strategy for the company. With a background in technology and operations, prior to Sanergy, I built startups in India and the United States, and turned around a chain of dialysis clinics for low-income patients in… Read more »

Ronald Mahondo 2021 Speaker

Ronald Mahondo

Mr Ronald Mahondo (CEO) has 14+ years of experience in leadership roles across the region. He has spent the last eight years building mobility platforms across East Africa including as the Operations Director at Easy Taxi (Mobility App out of Brazil whose African Franchise was owned by Jumia Group) and Founding General Manager at Little… Read more »

Sam Ajadi 2021 Speaker

Sam Ajadi

Sam is a Product Marketing Manager at Zipline where he works closely with the Go-To-Market, Sales, Regulatory, Product, and Client Success teams in Africa to represent Zipline’s story, impact, and mission to potential clients and partners. Before joining Zipline, he was a Senior Insights Manager at GSMA where he worked on digital health and frontier… Read more »

Aubrey Hruby 2021 Speaker

Aubrey Hruby

AUBREY HRUBY is a long-time advisor to investors in African markets and an investor in African start-ups. Over the last 18 years, she has worked across sectors and asset classes in 30 African markets, facilitating over $2B in capital flows to the region. She is also co-founder of InsiderPR, a PR firm serving emerging market… Read more »