Business Leader Speakers

Maxime Bouan 2022 speaker

Partner , Seedstars Africa Ventures

Maxime Bouan is a seasoned investor in the African landscape, investing for nearly 15 years in the region across banking, fintech, education, energy, and agriculture. After managing BlueOrchard Finance's African…

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Chris Wehbe 2022 speaker

Chief Executive Officer , Lendable Inc

Chris Wehbé is the Chief Executive Officer of Lendable. Previously, he was a Partner of Arrowgrass Capital Partners where he served as Head of Relative Value globally for the multi-strategy…

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Hussein Sefian 2022 speaker

Founding Partner , Acre Impact Capital

Hussein Sefian is the Founding Partner of Acre Impact Capital, responsible for strategy, business development, growth and partnerships. Acre Impact Capital invests climate-aligned infrastructure by partnering with leading commercial lenders…

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Luni Libes 2022 speaker

CEO , Africa Eats

Luni Libes is a 30+ year serial entrepreneur turned teacher, author, and investor. Luni is the co-founder of Africa Eats, a pan-African investment holding company, and founder of Fledge, a…

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Bello Mohammed Tongo 2022 speaker

Founder & Chief Executive Officer , Tongston Entrepreneurship Holdings

Engr. Bello Mohammed Tongo is an award-winning experienced educational, construction, design and innovation professional, entrepreneur. He is the Executive Director, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Tongston Entrepreneurship Group (Tongston),…

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Rajiv Daya 2022 speaker

Head of Investments , Founders Factory Africa

Rajiv Daya is the Head of Investments at Founders Factory Africa (FFA) where he leads a team responsible for investing in and securing follow-on funding for a growing portfolio of…

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Alix Peterson Zwane 2022 speaker

Chief Executive Officer , Global Innovation Fund

Alix Peterson Zwane is Chief Executive Officer of the Global Innovation Fund, a hybrid investment vehicle that accelerates evidence-based innovation through early-stage debt and equity investing, as well as grant-making.…

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Hossam Abou Moussa 2022 speaker

Partner , Apis Partners

Hossam Abou Moussa has spent all his 20+ years career investing in growth markets with more than a decade dedicated to financial services. Prior to Apis Partners, Hossam Abou Moussa…

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Ababacar Diaw 2021 speaker

CEO / Managing Director , Impaxis

• Ababacar Diaw is Managing Director at Impaxis Group and in charge of Advisory and Capital Markets transactions (M&A / ECM / DCM / Structured & Leveraged Finance) • Ababacar…

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David Davies 2022 speaker

Founder & CEO , AgUnity

David Davies was named by Future Agro Challenge (FAC) as Global Agripreneur of the Year 2018 for his work as CEO of AgUnity and helping lift low-income farmers out of…

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