Archives: Speakers

Ganessen Soobramanien 2023 Speaker

Ganessen has more than 20 years working experience in the administration and fiduciary business servicing private clients, corporates and institutions. In this respect Ganessen has assisted a large number of investors with their cross border investments in Asia and Africa.

Galal Elbeshbishy 2023 Speaker

Galal Elbeshbishy is the Co-Founder and COO of Synapse Analytics. He has headed 40+ Artificial Intelligence deployments across different industries, including financial services, manufacturing, retail, and more. Synapse Analytics is a region leader in the AI & Data Science field, with a pioneering product suite at the intersection of the AI-Credit Decisioning & MLOPS space…. Read more »

Funmi Dele-Giwa 2023 Speaker

Funmi is a dual-qualified lawyer and a qualified Chartered Governance Professional. Having spent several years working out of Africa and from the United Kingdom, Funmi is a seasoned Senior Executive and Board Director, with extensive experience managing diverse global teams and complex functions in multi-jurisdictional organisations.

Frazer Lang 2023 Speaker

“Prior to becoming CEO of the Scottish Africa Business Association, Frazer had spent the majority of his career to date in Government Relations and as a Trade & Investment Advisor to Governments across the African continent. Frazer has worked closely with over 30 African governments, up to Head of State level, with an emphasis on… Read more »

Francois van Schalkwyk 2023 Speaker

Mr. François van Schalkwyk is Executive Director Investment & Sector Development at the Namibia Investment Promotion & Development Board (NIPDB), an agency in the Office of the President of the Republic of Namibia He was appointed in this role in April 2021. François previously served as CEO and partner at Holbrook Advisors, a specialist management… Read more »

Folaseto Akin-Olugbade 2023 Speaker

Folaseto is a highly accomplished private equity and infrastructure investor, with over 15 years of experience in both developed and growth markets. She has been instrumental in deploying and managing investments worth over $7 billion in growth markets particularly Africa. Currently, Folaseto serves as a Principal at Actis, a leading global investor in sustainable infrastructure… Read more »

Florian Grohs 2023 Speaker

Florian Grohs is an experienced manager with a background in impact investing in emerging markets. Florian heads the blended finance investor relations at Symbiotics SA, a Swiss impact asset manager specialized in emerging, sustainable, and inclusive finance in emerging and frontier markets.

Florence Bavanandan 2023 Speaker

Florence started her professional career as an opera singer before moving into vocal coaching followed by executive coaching, and then went onto set up and run her own consultancy helping companies to increase productivity of their existing teams through better systems, processes and communication. Her previous clients include Apple, The Prince’s Trust and HSBC. She… Read more »

Firas Ahmad 2023 Speaker

“Firas Ahmad is a fintech, energy, and technology executive with over 20 years of leadership and commercial experience in startups and high-growth companies in emerging markets. He has a cross-functional background in business operations, strategy, development, and implementation, with a focus on financial services, media, and distributed energy. He is the group CEO of AzamPay… Read more »

Fiona Childe 2023 Speaker

“Fiona is an experienced mining executive and former consultant with global experience in exploration, development and production. Prior to joining Sanu Gold Corp., she consulted to Mineros S.A. on their successful listing onto the TSX. She has held technical and corporate executive positions and consulted to a number of public and private companies, including Viceroy… Read more »