Bobby is an experienced commercial and finance professional qualifying as a chartered accountant with PWC in 2006. Bobby has extensive knowledge of establishing cross-jurisdictional structures in Jersey, Mauritius and numerous African countries and has operated start up businesses in a wide variety of sectors through his 17 years of experience within the ICECAP group. Bobby… Read more »
Bernard has had extensive experience in venture capital, investment banking, telecommunications and strategy across sub-Saharan Africa. He is an Investment Manager at Norrsken22; an African tech growth fund providing capital and strategic value to founders in Africa. Prior to Norrsken22, Bernard was Head of Investments at Acuity Venture Partners, an Africa focused early stage investor…. Read more »
Benjamin Fernandes is an award-winning Tanzanian speaker and entrepreneur. Benjamin grew up in Tanzania, then earned scholarships that took him to America for the first time at the age of 17. At age 21, Benjamin was the youngest African in history to ever be accepted into Stanford Graduate School of Business. He holds an MBA… Read more »
“Bendaoud TALI is an accomplished finance professional with extensive experience in capital markets, strategy, and project management. He spent seven years at Euronext Group, executing IPOs and participating in several market initiatives. He later joined Réseau de Transport d’Electricité (RTE) France to support the XBID project’s global implementation aiming to create an EU integrated energy… Read more »
Becky Jones-Phillips is Head of Innovation and Enterprise at The Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and the Infection Innovation Consortium (IICON) which is pioneering the delivery of integrated solutions for human infections. Becky has significant academic and commercial experience with an array of strategic and collaborative expertise gained in the Biotechnology and the UK healthcare… Read more »
Batya Blankers is the Co-founder and CEO of CHANCEN International. Batya is South African and was given access to university in Germany through participation in an Income Share Agreement. As a beneficiary herself, Batya is passionate about offering an ethical and fair financial aid model to fellow Africans to ensure more individuals have equal opportunities… Read more »
“Experienced company builder and general partner at Global Ventures: A growth focused venture capital firm that enables start-up success in the Middle East and North Africa region. Basil works with founders to create disruptive companies with an enterprise technology focus. Building networks between the west and east is central to his approach. This entails creating… Read more »
Barthout van Slingelandt is Managing Partner at XSML Capital. His responsibilities include overseeing XSML’s portfolio of investments and fund raising. Barthout has over 25 years of experience in investing, corporate restructuring and general management, in emerging markets, Europe and the US. In the last 12+ years, his focus has been on building XSML’s business in… Read more »
“Azeezah Muse-Sadiq is a partner of Banwo & Ighodalo (B&I), a leading law firm with offices in Lagos and Abuja. She obtained her law degree from the University of Lagos and also has a postgraduate diploma in EU Competition Law from Kings College London. Her core practice areas are capital markets, M&A and corporate restructurings,… Read more »
“Aum Thacker is an Investment Professional at TLG Capital, an award-winning investment holding company that focusses on growth capital investments across frontier markets. TLG Capital has made over 33 Private Credit investments across Africa (with 22 exits). Aum has experience originating and executing a number of transactions and partnerships, particularly in the Venture & Technology… Read more »
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