2025 Speaker Speakers

Nijhad Jamal 2025 Speaker

Managing Partner , Equator VC

"Nijhad Jamal is the Managing Partner of Equator, a climate-tech VC investing in early-stage ventures in Energy, Agriculture and Mobility that are addressing some of Sub-Saharan Africa’s greatest climate and…

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Nicola Gubb 2025 Speaker

Head of Capital Solutions , Baobab Network

"Nicola is a capital strategist and early-stage investor with a background in finance, enterprise technology, and venture capital. She began her career in global client acquisition at Dimension Data, closing…

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Nico Tyabij 2025 Speaker

Investment Director , Mirova SunFunder

"Nico Tyabji is an Investment Director at Mirova, focused on financing distributed clean energy in Africa and Asia. He joined pioneering off-grid investor SunFunder in 2016 from Bloomberg New Energy…

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Nick Allen 2025 Speaker

Managing Partner , Savant

Nick is the founder and executive director of Savant, South Africa’s only commercial hardware technology incubator, Seed Fund and Venture Capital Fund. An engineer with an MBA, Nick has spent…

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Neo Mooki 2025 Speaker

Managing Director and Head of Investment Solutions , Generali

"Botswana-born and Oxford Educated Neo Mooki, is Managing Director, Head of Investment Solutions at Generali Investments., AUM$600bn. Neo is based in Milan, Italy. Prior to Generali, Neo was the Investment…

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Neil Herbert 2025 Speaker

Executive Chair , Atlantic Lithium

"Neil is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants with over 30 years of experience in finance. He has been involved in growing mining and oil and gas…

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Ned Rauch-Mannino 2025 Speaker

President , Portsmouth Limited Company

Ned Rauch-Mannino provides geopolitical context and project guidance expertise having worked within markets worldwide and with a diverse portfolio of industry partners and priorities. A former Presidential appointee, he previously…

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Ndeye Thiaw 2025 Speaker

Managing Partner , Brightmore Capital

Ndeye is a passionate African woman leading Brightmore Capital (www.brightmorecapital.com), an impact investment firm focused on enterprises with regional high growth potential in West Africa. She started her career in…

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Navin Ramdoyal 2025 Speaker

Head of International Corporate(Africa) , AfrAsia Bank

"Head of International Corporates (Africa) and Financial Institutions Navin Ramdoyal is a CFA Charterholder. He holds an MSc Financial Analysis and Fund Management with Distinction with the University of Exeter…

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Natascha Korvinus 2025 Speaker

Principal Venture Capital , Proparco

Natascha Korvinus is a Principal Investment Officer at the Venture Capital department of PROPARCO. Since joining the French DFI in 2019, Natascha has led numerous early stage equity transactions, both…

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