Archives: Speakers

Ebele is Managing Partner of Altica Partners, an Africa focused investment firm. He has over 20 years’ experience structuring, deploying, and risk managing capital across developed and emerging markets. He has held multiple senior roles at Goldman Sachs, Credit Suisse, and Standard Chartered Bank focused on lending and risk management to African corporates, financial institutions… Read more »

Ope Sule is the Business Development Manager for Africa at London Stock Exchange and is responsible for managing the firm’s equities listing business across Africa. Ope has over 8 years’ experience in banking with a focus on capital markets and corporate finance. Prior to joining London Stock Exchange in January 2020, Ope worked in various… Read more »

Mr. Brown has served as President of Delphos International since 2021, where he has oversight of the growth and operations of the firm’s global advisory business.  He has nearly twenty years of experience in project finance, corporate finance, and private equity in frontier markets. Mr. Brown has additional responsibilities as Head of Global Origination, including… Read more »

Sebastian Waldburg is responsible for overall operations and investments at Oryx Impact. He is a seasoned impact investor with significant experience in climate finance and venture capital. He has more than 25 years in the financial sector related to energy investments and private equity, with relevant exposure to emerging markets. Experienced team leader and entrepreneur… Read more »

EDUCATION Butler University, Indiana, USA Bachelor of Science Degree (Dec 1995) • Double Major – Accounting and Finance • Double Minor – Marketing and Economics St. Georges College, Harare, Zim O’Levels (Dec 1990) EXPERIENCE Director | Graniteside Chemicals Pvt. Ltd. 1998 to Present Company Director with extensive professional experience and significant executive leadership and accomplishments… Read more »

Suresh Samuel is Deputy Chief Investment Officer for Lendable, a provider of growth debt for financial technology companies working in emerging and frontier markets globally. Prior to Lendable, Mr. Samuel was Head of Capital Markets for Tala, a leading emerging markets fintech expanding financial services to underserved populations, where he was responsible for global capital… Read more »

Olu Oyinsan is an emerging Markets Seed-stage Investor and managing partner at Oui Capital-an early stage impact fund investing in promising technology companies in frontier markets- especially Sub-Saharan Africa. Before launching Oui capital, Olu started his career in commercial banking with Nigeria’s Guaranty Trust Bank, later working as a TEI Consultant at Forrester, a global… Read more »

Milena Loayza is currently Head of Financial Institutions at BIO, the Belgian Investment Company for Developing countries. She displays more than 15 years of experience in the financial sector. She has been with BIO since 2012 and is responsible for covering direct equity and debt investment in financial institutions through the emerging markets in which… Read more »

Micheal has over 10 years of experience in investing and provision of business development services. Micheal is the founder of an organization called Masindi Community Foundation (MCF). MCF employs a blended approach that includes business development services and investments to build social businesses in Uganda. Micheal has invested in and provided business development services to… Read more »

Maya Horgan Famodu is Founder & MD at Ingressive Capital, a $10 Million VC Fund I and $50 Million Fund II targeting early stage startups across Sub-Saharan Africa’s key tech markets. Ingressive Capital Fund I has seeded some of Africa’s fastest-growing businesses, including Paystack (sold for $200M+ to Stripe); 54gene (backed by Adjuvant, IFC fund,… Read more »