Speaker Group: Business Leader

Luni Libes 2021 Speaker

Luni Libes

Luni is a 29 year serial entrepreneur now focused on investing in and training the next generation of entrepreneurs. His latest startup is Africa Eats, a pan-African investment holding company focused on feeding Africa. This is a spin-off of Fledge, the global network of impact-oriented business accelerators also founded by Luni.

Chris Oyeniyi 2021 Speaker

chris Oyeniyi

Chris Oyeniyi is a chartered accountant by profession but an entrepreneur by wiring. His passion for entrepreneurship started early at the age of 17 where he managed the family business for 4years before proceed to study Chemistry, but soon became an accountant out of his love for numbers. He has been involved in other startups… Read more »

Tatenda Furusa 2021 Speaker

Tatenda Furusa

Tatenda is a Co-founder and CEO of ImaliPay, a fast-growing VC backed Fintech formed in 2020 offering financial services to African gig workers and platforms. Up until starting ImaliPay, he was Technical Advisor to the Co-CEO of Cellulant, a leading digital payments company operating across 18 African countries. Tatenda is a prestigious Chevening Scholar and… Read more »

Akinwale Ojomo 2021 Speaker

AKINWALE OJOMO

Executive Director, HomeD, Nigeria CEO, Diaspora Innovation Institute Consultant, GPP MBA. Consulting in global banking operations, developmental consulting, diaspora marketing, employee volunteering programmes, globalization, faith-based initiatives and youth empowerment. With Citigroup, Chams and Center for Management Development; led projects implementation to create jobs in Nigeria through entrepreneurship. Currently, via the Diaspora Innovation Institute, with partnership… Read more »

Harrison Byrnes 2021 Speaker

Harrison Byrnes

Harrison is responsible for identifying strategic partnerships as well as investigating and analysing opportunities to expand and grow the AgUnity community. Prior to AgUnity, Harrison focused primarily on consulting for large scale infrastructure investments and transactions.

Peter Williams 2021 Speaker

Peter Williams

Peter is President of IIRR, one of the world’s largest rural development organizations. Previously, he worked for the World Bank as an Expert Advisor before which he founded and led ARCHIVE Global – an NGO using design solutions to improve health. For almost 20 years, Peter has delivered projects on 5 continents and has taught… Read more »

Patrycja Kula-Verster 2021 Speaker

Patrycja Kula-Verster

Patrycja, has been with the JSE for 12 years, of which most of this time has been spent focussing on equity origination. Patrycja works in the Primary Market Division which is responsible for origination of new listings across the 3 asset classes, Equity, Debt and Structured Products as well as co creation and development of… Read more »

Hichem Omezzine 2021 Speaker

Hichem Omezzine

Hichem Omezzine joined TPG in January 2021 as Managing Director & Business Unit Partner in the Rise Fund, focused on African investments and impact investments. Mr Omezzine has over 14 years of experience in Private equity and Investment banking spanning multiple countries in Europe, Asia and Africa. Prior to TPG, Mr Omezzine was a Director… Read more »

Guy Baron 2021 Speaker

Guy Baron

Guy Baron is the Director, Head of Investment at the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change (TBI), leading investment related activities across TBI’s footprint of 17 countries in Africa. Prior to his current role, Guy was Chief Investment Officer of the Rwanda Development Board (RDB), Rwanda’s Investment Promotion & Private Sector Development Agency. Appointed by… Read more »

Serigne Mansour Gaye 2021 Speaker

Serigne Mansour Gaye

Serigne Mansour Gaye is a financial and investment professional and a social/tech entrepreneur. He has also spent many years working for several companies such as Bloomberg, KKR, AXA and Mintel performing various roles in Market Analysis, Corporate Governance and Investment Strategy. He is an Experienced Government Relations, Trade Facilitation with an in-depth knowledge of frontier… Read more »