Speaker Group: 2019 Country Session and Business Enabler participants

Irede Ajala is the Founder/Managing Director at DMCB. He has overseen our nascence and growth with his vast experience in debt capital markets, public sector advisory, and financial advisory built over twelve years in Nigeria, Netherlands and the United Kingdom. He is currently working as an Independent Consultant to Synergos- A role that sees him… Read more »

Guy Baron is the Chief Investment Officer of the Rwanda Development Board (RDB), Rwanda’s Investment Promotion & Private Sector Development Agency. Guy is charged with overseeing investment activity in the country, by strategic, financial and private investors, across a broad range of sectors aligned with Rwanda’s economic development objectives. Prior to his current role, Guy… Read more »

Mr. Douglas Strong is responsible for Corporate Finance at Gerald Group. He is also Independent Chairperson of the Group’s HSEC Committee. Mr. Strong is an internationally experienced, former senior bank executive and chartered accountant. He has extensive experience in project and structured finance in the mining and metals sector gained over 25 years. Mr. Strong… Read more »

I am Salma Amin, Healthcare & financial Sector Trade Advisor at Department of International Trade, British Embassy in Egypt. I provide advice and promote trade and investment between UK and Egypt by exploring avenues for UK stakeholders to positively impact Egypt’s Market. Egypt has embarked on a journey to reform its system and it has… Read more »

Gonçalo is a founding Partner and CEO of ThirdWay Africa. Previously, Gonçalo has worked in London as an Executive Director for JP Morgan where he led the IB Strategic Investments team in Europe. Before that he was an Engagement Manager for McKinsey and an analyst for Goldman Sachs. Gonçalo has an MBA from Harvard Business… Read more »

William is a Manager within the Deals department of PwC Ivory Coast and PwC France. During his uninterrupted experience at PwC, he collaborated with experts of various geographical origins, bringing his technical skills and his knowledge of the local environment in the context of transactions involving foreign investors in West Africa. William has been involved,… Read more »

Endalkachew Sime, Secretary General, the Ethiopian Chamber of Commerce & S.A.

Accomplished Senior Position with 25+ years of experience with Commercial International Bank (CIB). Rania Abdel Aziz is appointed the task to lead the “Strategic Relations Group”, prior to this role Rania’s career at CIB started 1987 realizing a series of successful leadership and transformational roles across Institutional Banking namely Corporate Banking, Mid-Cap Banking and Global… Read more »