Archives: Speakers

Tsakani Kona’s areas of expertise relate to mergers and acquisitions, corporate structuring, restructuring and reorganisation, legal due diligence and general commercial transactions, with extensive experience in drafting and reviewing complex legal agreements on a wide-range of corporate and commercial transactions. Further to her legal expertise, Tsakani Kona has over eight years’ experience as a senior… Read more »

David Harper is the Head of Property Services for Hotel Partners Africa (HPA), advising on all aspects of hotel properties, including valuation, operator selection and acquisitions & disposals. HPA is the coming together of some of the most experienced consultants working in sub-Saharan Africa to provide a one-stop-shop for hoteliers and developers, and HPA have… Read more »

Preeti Gokulsing is the managing partner of John W Ffooks & Co’s Mauritius office. She graduated from King’s College University in London and qualified as a barrister in Mauritius. Preeti Gokulsing was previously Head of Legal for Barclays Bank (Mauritius) and Senior Counsel for Barclays’ regional team. She was responsible for the preparation of the… Read more »

Patrick Angénieux is an international arbitration specialist, dually qualified in English and French law, with nearly 20 years of practice. Patrick Angénieux represents companies, high-net-worth individuals and States from across the globe in commercial arbitration disputes (under well-known arbitration rules, such as ICC, LCIA, VIAC, SCC, AAA, UNCITRAL, LMAA, ICA etc) and in investor-state disputes… Read more »

Deji Adebusoye is a Principal at Sahel Capital, a food and agriculture-focused private investment firm in Sub-Saharan Africa. Sahel Capital manages two funds – Fund for Agriculture Financing in Nigeria (FAFIN), and Social Enterprise Fund for Agriculture in Africa (SEFAA). Deji Adebusoye leads investments and portfolio management for SEFAA and manages FAFIN portfolios. He is… Read more »

Aziz Chacha is has several years of executive leadership in banking. He is part of NMB bank executive leadership team responsible for funding and capital planning, Transaction Advisory, strategic balance sheet optimization and market risk management. Aziz Chacha has deep interest in the development of capital and financial markets in Africa. He holds an MBA… Read more »

Yves Brosens is a lawyer working in the DRC and Rwanda and some other countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. He is very experienced in corporate and finance matters (including mining & infrastructure). Yves Brosens was a partner in large international law firms for most of his career until he created the boutique firm PKM Africa to… Read more »

John Ffooks is the founding partner of John W Ffooks & Co. He graduated from the University of Cambridge in the UK and qualified with leading international firm Clifford Chance as an English Solicitor. John Ffooks has over 25 years of experience acting for listed companies in Canada, Australia, UK, and US with assets across… Read more »

Chinua Azubike is the pioneer Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of InfraCredit, prior to this, he was the project lead for the establishment of a Nigeria Infrastructure Credit Enhancement Facility, where he assisted GuarantCo and the Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority to establish InfraCredit as its first employee. He holds an MSc. in Finance & Financial Law… Read more »

Folake Elias-Adebowale is a corporate partner and a member of the firm’s M&A, private equity and oil and gas teams. Her specialisations include cross-border and domestic equity and asset acquisitions, disposals, joint ventures, strategic alliances, restructuring, investments, financing for energy, manufacturing and industrial projects and employment matters. Folake Elias-Adebowale’s transaction highlights include the acquisition by… Read more »