Archives: Speakers

George Kibala Bauer is Acting Director in the GSMA Digital Utilities, which seeks to enable access to essential utility services through digital solutions and innovative partnerships. His recently published report Digital Solutions for the Urban Poor, looks at how urban innovations across Africa and Asia are helping to improve basic service provision in the context… Read more »

Jonathan Said is Head of Inclusive Growth and Sectoral Practices for Africa at the Tony Blair Institute. Prior to this role, he served as country manager for TBI in Liberia and as investment and agriculture advisor to the government. Between 2011 and 2014 he served as an economics advisor to Malawi’s Ministry of Industry and… Read more »

Joel Bryce is the Chief Investment & Strategy Officer with South Africa-based Philafrica Foods , responsible for new investments, growth, and strategy across the business. He serves on the Executive Committee of Philafrica and sits on Boards of all invested companies. Prior to joining Philafrica Foods, Joel worked as Senior Advisor to AFGRI’s Board on… Read more »

Mr. Lackey is a serial entrepreneur with 8 +years of experience in emergency medicine and 20+ years of experience in fund management. Before founding the World Food Bank, he was the founder of the Global Food Exchange which formulated a network of stored food in the United States for response to natural disasters. His vision… Read more »

Souhir is Oxford Business Group’s Regional Editor for Africa and has been with the company for almost eight years. She currently oversees research and editorial processes in some of Africa’s largest economies, including Nigeria and Kenya. Souhir started off her career at OBG in the company’s editorial department in Istanbul in 2011 and has since… Read more »

Bronwyn Corbett is a founding member and the CEO of Grit, the largest pan-African real estate focused company listed on the main market of the London Stock Exchange, the main board of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, as well as on the Stock Exchange of Mauritius. Born in South Africa, Bronwyn qualified as chartered accountant, served… Read more »

Neale Petersen is a real estate entrepreneur, influencer, investor, and mentor. He is the visionary behind Real Estate Investor Magazine (REIM) as founder and editor-in chief including REImag www.reimag.co.za South Africa’s leading real estate investment and educational platform since 2007. Neale has had the unique privilege of meeting and interviewing many local and international investors,… Read more »

Co-Lead, Affordable Education Finance, CapitalPlus , CEO of SDG and Associate Fellow, Saïd Business School, University of Oxford. Peter has over 25 years of commercial experience in Africa, the United Kingdom and S E Asia investing and transforming financial institutions, banks, fair-trade and not-for profit organisations. Peter is CEO of SDG that advises impact investors… Read more »

Tony Tiyou is the Founder and CEO of Renewables in Africa, a Clean Energy engineering consultancy and media platform which vision is to Bring (Back) Power to Africa. Tony previously worked for a decade as Development Engineer, Project Manager, Lead Consultant and Business Development Manager in several companies in the Automotive and the Renewables Industries…. Read more »

Michelle Haigh Osorio is Investment Director at KawiSafi Ventures, driving investments in renewable energy access and related technologies in East Africa. Michelle has worked in emerging markets private equity since 2007, previously investing in renewable power projects in Latin America while at Conduit Capital Partners and the Carlyle Group. Earlier in her career, she worked… Read more »