Archives: Speakers

Chris Low 2025 Speaker

“Chris chairs the Advisory Committee for Ed Partner’s Africa Holdings Ltd who provide purpose-led financial and non-financial solutions to affordable schools through their operations in Kenya. Chris sits as an INED on the Board of United Bank For Africa (UK) Ltd, the London based subsidiary of Nigeria’s second largest and NSE listed bank with a… Read more »

Chris Mitman 2025 Speaker

Chris is Managing Partner and Head of Origination at Acre Impact Capital. Prior to joining Acre, Chris was Head of Export Finance at Investec Bank based in London where he founded the business in 2010, advising and arranging export & agency finance for project and sovereign infrastructure projects in Africa, growing the business to be… Read more »

Chris Wehbé 2025 Speaker

Chris Wehbé is the Chief Executive Officer of Lendable. Previously, he was a Partner of Arrowgrass Capital Partners where he served as Head of Relative Value globally for the multi-strategy firm, overseeing the Convertible Arbitrage, Volatility Arbitrage, and Capital Structure Arbitrage strategies. He also served as Chief Investment Officer for the firm’s tail-hedging product the… Read more »

Chipo Muwowo 2025 Speaker

Chipo is a financial journalist. Over the years, he’s written about Africa’s public and private markets. His latest venture, a podcast called African Allocator, shares the dynamic stories of capital allocators investing across the continent.

Charlie Long 2025 Speaker

Charlie is a mining specialist with industry and financial services experience. He started his career in mining over 20 years ago as the founder of a building materials quarrying company in China. He worked as a sell-side mining analyst for over 10 years before moving back into industry.

Charles Ogunwuyi 2025 Speaker

“Charles Ogunwuyi is a global business leader with more than 25 years of catalytic leadership, spanning international and multinational experience across automotive, consumer goods, telecommunications, financial services, and pharmaceuticals. Renowned for his strategic vision and ability to navigate complex business landscapes, Charles has consistently driven operational excellence, sustainable growth, and substantial shareholder value in both… Read more »

Casper Havinga 2025 Speaker

Casper Havinga is an Investment Director at AGRI3. Casper has 15+ years of development finance experience. He manages the global portfolio of guarantees and works with partner financial institutions (PFIs), specialising in agribusiness transactions in Latin America, Asia and Africa. Prior to AGRI3, Casper spent almost 12 years at FMO, the Dutch Entrepreneurial Development Bank.

Carl Johan Wahlund 2025 Speaker

Carl Johan Wahlund is the Senior Vice President of Norfund’s Green Infrastructure team, investing in water, waste and digital infrastructure. He has 18 years of experience from the circular economy and sustainability sector from the recycling world and management consulting, and has lead Norfund’s newest investment sector since five years.

Carl Neethling 2025 Speaker

Carl Neethling is a founder of ACN Capital, previously known as Acorn Private Equity, and a respected private equity industry operator and Chief Executive Officer with 18 years’ experience in private equity and the broader asset management industry. He has successfully managed several multi-billion rand funds as the principal across various sectors and has served… Read more »

Carisa Graf-Suleman 2025 Speaker

“Carisa Graf-Suleman is an experienced international executive with significant investment, operations and marketing experience across ICT, technology, consumer goods, automobile, beverage, hotel and aviation sectors. Carisa built one of the largest internet services companies in Kenya, capturing 30% of the corporate market. As CEO of CallKey Networks, she drove growth and client satisfaction to earn… Read more »