Archives: Speakers

Louis Lebon is an Investment Analyst for Sub-Saharan Africa at Symbiotics, an impact investment fund manager focusing on senior and subordinated debt transactions in frontier and emerging markets economies. Symbiotics manages an aggregated portfolio of USD 2.9 billion spread across 25 funds and mandates of which USD 440 million in Africa. The main investment focus… Read more »

Lisa Putter is the of Senior Pipeline Manager for Anglophone Sub-Saharan Africa for The Symbiotics Group. Symbiotics is the leading market access platform for impact investing in emerging and frontier economies. The group manages >USD 2.9 billion in Assets for > 20 funds including the Regional MSME Investment Fund for Sub-Saharan Africa. The Fund invests… Read more »

Paul Chaggar specialises in strategy, business/product development, marketing and PR. He is a multicultural and multilingual senior professional skilled in building businesses and brand equity in the financial services, automotive, industrials, and professional services sectors across Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia. Currently working as Chief Commercial Officer with Tugende, Paul Chaggar previously worked… Read more »

Jorge Appiah is a Technoprenuer and Africa Tech-Policy Expert with a background in Electrical/Electronic Engineering (BSc), Business Administration (MBA) and Renewable energy (MSc). Jorge Appiah is the CEO/Cofounder of SolarTaxi Ghana which is championing affordable clean transportation to facilitate free movement of Africans through the local assembling and manufacturing of Solar vehicles. SolarTaxi locally design… Read more »

Mr. Abdulmajid Mussa Nsekela, has been the Chairman of the Tanzania Bankers Association https://www.tanzaniabankers.org since 18th December 2018. He joined CRDB Bank Group https://crdbbank.co.tz/ early October 2018 as the Group Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, coming from NMB Bank https://www.nmbbank.co.tz/ where he worked for 10 years overseeing the Retail Banking Business and its Operations…. Read more »

Anissa Kadi is a Senior Investment Analyst for Sub-Saharan Africa for The Symbiotics Group. Symbiotics is the leading market access platform for impact investing in emerging and frontier economies. The group manages >USD 2.9 billion in Assets for > 20 funds including the Regional MSME Investment Fund for Sub-Saharan Africa. The Fund invests in financial… Read more »

Constantine Kandie is an Executive Director in MiDA Advisors’ East Africa Office, focusing on institutional investors capacity development advisory services. She is a Founder Trustee of the Kenya Pension Fund Investment Consortium (KEPFIC), which she spearheaded as Director at Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) and Chair of the Board of Trustees. She also served as a… Read more »

Artem Sokol is the Global Director of Business Development at AZA Finance, an international fintech company that is accelerating economic growth in Africa through its best-in-class foreign exchange, payments, settlement, and treasury services. A career fintech and e-commerce executive, Artem Sokol leads the company’s international sales, marketing and customer success teams. Before joining AZA Finance,… Read more »

Jérôme de Chasteauneuf currently serves as the Group Finance Director of CIEL Limited, a diversified international group headquartered in Mauritius. He is an Associate of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and holds an honours qualification from the London School of Economics. Since joining CIEL in 1993, he has been instrumental in… Read more »

Dolu Olugbenjo is the Chief Investment Officer of the Stanbic IBTC Infrastructure Fund and an executive of the Standard Bank Group. As CIO of the N100bn Infrastructure Fund, he manages investment capital for a diverse base of alternative investment investors seeking exposure to the infrastructure asset class. Before transitioning into Fund management, Dolu spent over… Read more »