Archives: Speakers

Anne-Marie Chidzero 2023 Speaker

“Anne-Marie is CIO of FSD Africa Investments, the investment arm of FSD Africa. A Zimbabwean, she is the former CEO of FSD Mozambique, and Co-founder of Alitheia IDF Managers, a private equity fund manager investing in women-led businesses. Anne-Marie has a wealth of experience in building African financial markets. Across her career, she has led… Read more »

Anita Kover 2023 Speaker

Anita joined UBS Optimus Foundation in Switzerland in 2018 as a Social Finance Program Director. Anita’s role at the foundation has a focus on venture investments. In addition, Anita brings extensive experience in structuring impact finance funds from initial concept through investment thesis, governance, financial modeling and full launch. Previously Anita dedicated five years of… Read more »

Angus Brown 2023 Speaker

“Angus is the CEO of Minit Money, South Africa’s leading blockchain remittance business. This is the culmination of a career founding and leading innovative payments businesses in South Africa. Angus was part of the founding team in 2000, and later CEO of eBucks.com. As the world’s first bank-backed digital currency, this business made a lasting… Read more »

Andy Bainbridge 2023 Speaker

Andy is the Partner at gateway Partners in charge of Credit. He is also the Chair of Cable & Wireless Seychelles, The Infrastructure Crisis Facility Debt Pool and the Private Infrastructure Development Group. Andy was previously the CEO of the SBM Group, the Global Head of Commercial Clients and the CRO for Africa, MENA, Europe… Read more »

Andrew Halsall 2023 Speaker

“Andy Halsall is the CEO of Poa Internet, an ISP bridging the digital divide by providing affordable Internet to under-served communities in Kenya. Poa’s goal is to accelerate education, economic growth and social inclusion by connecting the hundreds of millions of Africans without Internet access. Andy is an accomplished entrepreneur and executive with a 30… Read more »

Andre Jr Ayotte 2023 Speaker

Mr. Ayotte is a proven financial director and entrepreneur with 10+ years experience in financial and risk due diligence, Capital Markets deal structuring, and buy/sell-side M&A in diversified industries. He’s currently executive director of a Single Family Office covering PE and VC transactions in Africa, and Partner of a global VC platform. Mr. Ayotte held… Read more »

Amr Sultan 2023 Speaker

“With over 22 years in investment banking experience in Egypt, I bring a wealth of expertise in leading equity and debt capital market transactions and mergers and acquisitions worth more than $8 billion. Most recently during my investment banking career, I have co-founded Akanar Partners, an investment bank in Egypt, which achieved a strategic exit… Read more »

Ammar Nouh 2023 Speaker

“Experienced REAL ESTATE investment professional with an Engineering and Dispute Resolution background from The AUC hailing from the top firms, BECHTEL, Hill International, Navigant and ANKURA. Ammar holds an MBA from Imperial College in London, and he brings an extensive experience in Real Estate Investment Consultancy. Ammar has worked with HNI’s and FO’s structuring SPV’s… Read more »

Amanda Bamberger 2023 Speaker

Amanda is an investor in sustainable solutions across many sectors including renewable energy, grid modernization solutions, and electric mobility. At EIF, she sources deals from a global maket place, helps form investment theses, and works with companies post-investment. Prior to working at EIF, Amanda was with Factor[e] Ventures, a seed-stage investment firm, and Environmental Resources… Read more »

Amanda Kabagambe 2023 Speaker

“Partner and Head of East Africa for TLG Capital. Currently co-raising a $50M private credit fund tailored to funding needs of East African SMEs. The fund will deploy debt secured by strong collateral. Previously worked in transaction advisory and international development with PwC and Deloitte across East and South Africa.”