Archives: Speakers

Adejumoke Awolumate 2022 speaker

Mrs. Adejumoke Awolumate is a Senior Partner at PearlMutual Consulting Limited, she provides leadership for the team in deal origination and structuring, business incubation, and strategy development. Mrs. Adejumoke Awolumate is a Chartered Accountant and a Chartered Stock Broker. She is an Authorized Dealing Clerk at the Nigerian Stock Exchange. She holds a Master’s Degree… Read more »

Ermias Eshetu 2022 speaker

Ermias Eshetu has over 25 years of technical and leadership experience on the continent and has held various posts together with several Board Directorships including the American Chamber in Ethiopia (AmCham), the Accounting Auditing Board of Ethiopia (AABE) and Zemen Bank’s Share Company. Ermias Eshetu was ranked in the 2016 and 2017 ‘Choiseul 100 Africa-Future… Read more »

Richard More 2022 speaker

Richard More works with a range of clients across Africa, and to a lesser extent across the Middle East. He concentrates on the full gamut of private equity and private credit – including direct investments, advisory groups, fund of funds, secondary’s and placement agents. Richard More also works with Infrastructure funds as well as Family… Read more »

Aisha Raheem 2022 speaker

Aisha Raheem is a co-founder and the CEO of Farmz2u. As a Fellow at Harambeans she is committed to building solutions in Africa. Using her knowledge as an Economics graduate from Queen Mary University, London and an accountant with CIMA, she drives strategic growth. After an extensive career in asset management, including working at Schroders… Read more »

Michael Fischer 2022 speaker

Michael Fischer has more than 25 years’ experience in international finance ranging from project finance to private equity. Over this time he has been involved in more than 150 finance transaction on the African continent alone. Since 2004 Michael Fischer heads DEG’s Regional Office, Southern Africa in Johannesburg. In 2000 Michael Fischer joint DEG –… Read more »

Edmund Higenbottam 2022 speaker

Edmund Higenbottam is Managing Director of Verdant Capital. Prior to Verdant Capital, Edmund Higenbottam worked in London and in emerging markets at bulge bracket investment banks including Morgan Stanley and Deutsche Bank. Edmund Higenbottam has over 20 years experience in total.

Constantinos Kypreos 2022 speaker

Constantinos Kypreos is a Senior Vice President and covers a portfolio of banks in Africa, the Middle East and the Balkans. He also has oversight responsibilities for Moody’s banks ratings in Romania, and for the ratings of non-bank financial institutions in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region. Since joining Moody’s Limassol-based banking team in… Read more »

Eloine Barry 2022 speaker

Eloïne Barry is the Founder & CEO of African Media Agency (AMA), an award-winning Abidjan-based company founded as an answer to the rising need of multinationals, NGOs and international organizations to reach a broader audience in every African country, directly impacting their business strategies and goals. AMA has developed, supported and launched successful pan-African communications… Read more »

Dwayne Taylor 2022 speaker

Dwayne Taylor spent nearly 20 years in Investment banking (focusing on the equity markets), has headed up IR for a large European Telecoms operator and worked as a management consultant for one of Europe’s largest consultancy firms. Prior to that he worked in industry for a number of firms including AT&T.

Michael Awori 2022 speaker

Mr. Michael Awori is an international banker with over 22 years’ experience in development finance, investment banking, corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions and leveraged finance. Prior to his appointment as Chief Executive Officer of TDB on 1 April 2022, he served as a senior executive with TDB since 2017 (including as Deputy CEO). His track-record… Read more »