2025 Speaker Speakers

Cobus Visagie 2025 Speaker

Group CEO , Africa Merchant Capital

"Cobus co-founded Africa Merchant Capital in 2012.. His professional experience includes corporate finance advisory, merchant banking, business consulting and auditing, as well as personal investing in Africa. Cobus qualified as…

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Cindy Ruvebana 2025 Speaker

Business Development Manager , Kigali International Financial Center

"Cindy ILIZA RUVEBANA is an Investor Relations & Business Development Manager at the Kigali International Financial Centre, a financial centre facilitating international investment and cross-border transactions in Africa. KIFC’s mandate…

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Chukwu-Emeka Chikezie 2025 Speaker

Team lead , Invest Salone

"My role as Team Lead of Invest Salone involves supporting the team to connect investible, export- and growth-oriented firms; domestic, foreign, impact, diaspora, angel, etc investors; and policymakers to foster…

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Christopher Diswai 2025 Speaker

Director - Airport Engineering & Maintenance , Civil Aviation Authority of Botswana

"Christopher is currently the Director for Airport Engineering & Maintenance at the Civil Aviation Authority of Botswana (CAAB), having joined the Authority in January 2023. He is a former Executive…

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Christopher Kulukundis 2025 Speaker

Special Advisor for the Bureau of African Affairs , US State Department

Christopher Kulukundis is the Special Advisor for the Bureau of African Affairs at the U.S. State Department. He focuses on the Department’s economic agenda for the African continent with a…

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Christopher Bredholt 2025 Speaker

Chief Underwriting Officer , The Development Guarantee Group

"Christopher is the Chief Underwriting Officer at The Development Guarantee Group (DGG). He is responsible for leading the Portfolio Team which screens, structures and monitors the portfolio of guarantees to…

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Christoph Both 2025 Speaker

Senior Advisor , GET.invest

"Christoph Both is a Senior Advisor at GET.invest, a European programme that mobilises investment in renewable energy in developing countries. He has graduated in finance and engineering, supplemented by a…

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Christina Clark-Lowes 2025 Speaker

Investment Lead , Cadmus

Christina Clark-Lowes is Cadmus’ Investment Lead with over ten years of experience in investment facilitation, access to finance, private sector development, and SME support in Africa. She has collaborated with…

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Christian Winkler 2025 Speaker

Managing Director & Co-Founder , asc impact GmbH

Christian Winkler is Co-Founder and Managing Partner at asc impact, where he leads fundraising and investor relations, drawing on a broad international network. He holds a double master’s degree in…

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