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Eric Dupont 2023 Speaker

“Eric Dupont is a senior director in Fitch Ratings’ financial institutions group. He started his career with Fitch 20 years ago. After covering numerous countries in Western Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa from London, he returned to Fitch Paris in 2002. He is now responsible for the ratings of banks in the Middle… Read more »

Eric Kump 2023 Speaker

Eric Kump is a Partner at Alterra Capital Partners based in London, with over 28 years of private equity investing experience across a variety of sectors. Prior to joining Alterra, Mr. Kump was a Carlyle Partner and head of the Carlyle Sub-Saharan Africa Fund. He was previously a Managing Director of Carlyle European Partners and… Read more »

Eric Muli 2023 Speaker

Eric, is an entrepreneur and the CEO of Lipa Later, which is a credit, payments and shopping platform that operates in Kenya, Uganda, Nigeria and Rwanda. Eric attended Babson College, the world’s #1 Entrepreneurship University, and Stanford Graduate School of Business: Stanford Seed 2019. Eric has been widely recognized for his entrepreneurial achievements; by Forbes,… Read more »

Enrique Tizon 2023 Speaker

Enrique is a seasoned syndicator with a 13-year experience mobilizing private and public debt to IFC projects and clients in Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe, Middle East and Latin America. During the last 5 years, he has played an active role syndicating debt in Africa across sectors (Infrastructure, Manufacturing, Agribusiness, Services and FIs, including Fintech).

Emma Gordon 2023 Speaker

Emma Gordon is an Energy and Investment Policy Analyst at the International Energy Agency. She leads on investment work on African countries, as well as a focus on sustainable finance. Prior to joining the IEA, she worked in risk advisory for energy companies investing across the continent.

Elizabeth Rossiello 2023 Speaker

Elizabeth Rossiello is the CEO and founder of global payments and FX fintech AZA Finance (previously known as BitPesa). Founded in Nairobi in 2013, AZA Finance empowers companies to move money, exchange currencies, make payments and settle easily across all major African and G20 currencies. AZA Finance was also the first ever to trade digital… Read more »

Edward Nana Yaw Koranteng 2023 Speaker

“Edward Nana Yaw Koranteng is an investment banker and lawyer with over twenty-two years corporate experience. He started his professional career as a Management Consultant at PriceWaterhouseCoopers in 1999. Prior to his appointment as the Chief Executive Officer of the Minerals Income Investment Fund, Mr. Koranteng was the Regional Head of East, Central and Southern… Read more »

Edward B. Ashong-Lartey 2023 Speaker

“Edward is the Director of Investor Services at the Centre with the primary responsibility to provide investor facilitation. He has over 30 years’ experience in investment promotion and facilitation and previously served as Director, Monitoring & Tracking; Director, Marketing & Public Relations; and Director, Business Development within the GIPC. He has planned and executed several… Read more »

Edouard Gueudet 2023 Speaker

“Edouard Gueudet joined TrustQore (Switzerland) SA as Managing Director in 2023. He started his career within an important family business and then acquired extensive experience in private banking and financial services in Switzerland and The Bahamas. Edouard also launched and managed two successful business ventures in Switzerland. Edouard has been working with private clients since… Read more »

Edmund Higenbottam 2023 Speaker

Edmund worked at global investment banks Deutsche Bank and Morgan Stanley in a career starting in 2001 before moving to the African continent in 2008. Edmund has broad expertise in financial inclusion, including traditional microfinance and fintech. Edmund is responsible for the Verdant Capital Hybrid Fund. Edmund is a graduate of Economics from the University… Read more »