Archives: Speakers

Aceyaa Mohamed is the founder of Premier Starter and Managing Partner at Noma Capital. Ms. Mohamed dedicates her time to educating, empowering, and supporting the minority community nationwide. It is her goal and passion to close the racial equity gap and the financial literacy gap in America & Africa. In support of that goal, she… Read more »

“Abi is an ecosystem builder committed to the sustainable economic development of emerging markets through public policy and private investment. She is currently CEO of the African Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (AVCA), where she oversees strategy, partnerships, and innovation towards building a sustainable private capital industry in Africa. Abi’s career spans financial management and structuring, international trade, and investment policy in Europe and… Read more »

Abhishek Agrawal is Managing Partner for Accion Digital Transformation Fund (ADTx) based out of Mumbai, India. In his earlier role, he was Chief Regional Officer (CRO) for Accion in the Asia region. Abhishek has served on numerous boards and currently serves on the board of Annapurna MFI & IKF Finance.

Abdu-Rahman is the Co-Head of Hybrid Equity, a business unit within Old Mutual Alternative Investments (OMAI) and oversees the investment process, strategic direction and operational running of the business. In addition to assuming responsibility for the overall Hybrid Equity programme, as a member of the Hybrid Equity Investment Committee, he is actively involved in all… Read more »

“-Serial entrepreneur built 5 companies in entertainment, hospitality, 2 in finance and fin-tech. -16+ years of experience in the financial services Private Equity & Investment Banking. -Executed to 2 fully exits. -Managed & realized investments worth EGP2+ Bn. -Executed EGP5+ Bn transactions across MENA region. -Board member & mentor to 20+ companies across MENA region.”

“• Ababacar is Managing Director at Impaxis Group and in charge of Advisory and Capital Markets transactions (M&A / ECM / DCM / Structured & Leveraged Finance) • He is also CEO of Impaxis Securities, the licensed broker and capital markets arm of the Group • He is a seasoned investment banker with 15+ years… Read more »

Zachariah (‘Zach’) George is the Co-Founder and Chief Investment Officer of Startupbootcamp AfriTech – the leading multi-corporate backed venture accelerator program in Africa. He is the founder of Cactus Advisors – a specialist corporate finance advisory firm and micro VC fund specializing in high growth, high impact African tech ventures. Zach is a prominent Angel… Read more »

Ms. Wairimu Karanja is the Chief Legal Officer and Partner at Persistent and based in Nairobi. She is an international lawyer qualified in Kenya, with 12 years of legal experience. Wairimu has advised private sector and development organisations on various projects in Africa relating to renewable energy and climate change policy; power project development and… Read more »

Philippe Vogeleer leads a small, discreet, and highly skilled team acting as special envoy of Vodafone in the 125+ countries where the company delivers services; builds (public private) partnerships to deliver strategic projects; and manages partnerships between Vodafone and like-minded org. This notably involves negotiating with public authorities around the globe, and with intl. org…. Read more »

Ryan Levinson founded SunFunder in 2012 when he was inspired by the prospects for a global solar energy transformation and the need for new financing solutions to make this possible. Mirova SunFunder, formed by the acquisition of SunFunder by Mirova in June 2022, has closed more than $175 million in debt financing to 58 solar… Read more »