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 Karanja has advised private sector and development organisations on various projects in Africa relating to renewable energy and climate change policy; power project development… Read more »
At FSD Africa, Dr Evans Osano leads capital markets development initiatives across Africa. These include green bond markets and market infrastructure development. He also sits on the board and investment committee of the African Local Currency Bond Fund (ALCBF) and chairs the donor committee of Frontclear’s Technical Assistance Facility. Dr Evans Osano has a keen… Read more »
Enrique Tizon is a seasoned Syndications Officer currently covering IFC syndicated lending across sectors, exclusively, in SSA. During his 12-year tenure at IFC he has covered IFC syndicated transactions in Asia based in Hong Kong, Latam based in Washington DC and more recently the larger EMEA region while based in London.
Matthew Gilbert is a partner in the Maples Group’s London office and chairs the Global Real Estate Finance Group. He advises on finance, banking and corporate law matters involving BVI and Cayman Islands companies and partnerships, including public and private mergers and acquisitions, IPOs, partnerships and joint ventures, debt and equity financings, and project, real… Read more »
Stanley Osuide is the Group CEO of AFRICA INVESTMENT GATEWAY (AIGGL) a UK-based company facilitating direct investment into life-changing, sustainable, and impactful projects in Africa. Stanley also sits on the board of a few other companies such as Nigeria Investment Gateway, Green Renewable Energy Group, Start-up City Hub; all companies currently operational in Africa. His… Read more »
Agnes Gitau is a partner at advisory services firm GBS Africa which provides services to businesses including market entry advisory, Africa practice strategy, and political and economic risk intelligence for businesses in Sub-Saharan Africa. To contribute to legal excellence in Africa, Agnes Gitau recently joined 3VB Chambers’ International Advisory and Dispute Resolutions Unit (IADRU), her… Read more »
Robert Haynie has over 20 years of experience in economic growth and enterprise development focused mainly in low and middle income countries. He is currently supporting FMO, the Dutch entrepreneurial development bank, in leading the Ventures Program Ecosystem Building efforts. As the former CEO of SPRING Accelerator, plus several years as a U.S. government diplomat… Read more »
Teddy Onserio is an Africa Investment Advisor to the US DFC, covering East Africa. He is resposible for sourcing and pre-screening transactions, monitoring DFC’s investments, and general field presence support to DFC investment teams in DC. Prior to the DFC, Teddy Onserio was an investment professional at the Soros Economic Development Fund, the Impact Investing… Read more »
Sharon Constançon Chairman of the South African Chamber of Commerce (UK) Limited. During her short tenure as Chairman has empowered the business to be sustainable, relevant and engaging. Sharon Constançon is also CEO of Genius Boards, and senior level board evaluation, risk management and Board development business; and, CEO of Valufin a forex company to… Read more »
Olivier Vidal is a Global Housing Finance Specialist in the long term finance unit of the World Bank Group. In this capacity, Olivier Vidal is the technical lead on a variety of housing finance lending operations and technical assistance projects in sub-Saharan Africa, Middle East, Latin America and South East asia. Prior to his move… Read more »
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