Business Leader Speakers

Guy Baron 2021 Speaker

Director, Head of Investment , Tony Blair Institute for Global Change

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…

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Serigne Mansour Gaye 2021 Speaker

President , UK Senegal Business Council

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…

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Charles Awanda 2021 Speaker

Founder - Chief Knowledge Broker , Songhai Labs

Charles Awanda is a Certified Blockchain and Cryptocurrency Expert, Doctoral Candidate and Researcher in Organizational Psychology, Leadership and Innovation from Touro University. His research focuses on the social psychology dynamics…

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Grant Kurland 2021 Speaker

Joint CEO , Bayport Management Limited

Grant co-founded Bayport Management Ltd (BML) with Stuart Stone in 2002, and is the joint group CEO of BML. Grant started his career at Nando's in 1992 where he developed…

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Thomas Mundy 2021 Speaker

Head - Capital Markets and International Capital, Sub-Saharan Africa , JLL

Based out of Johannesburg, Tom has the dual role of heading JLL’s Capital Markets and International Capital Coverage business lines for Sub-Saharan Africa. In the last 18 months, Tom has…

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George Kibala Bauer 2021 Speaker

Acting Director , GSMA Digital Utilities

George Kibala Bauer is Acting Director in the GSMA Digital Utilities, which seeks to enable access to essential utility services through digital solutions and innovative partnerships. His recently published report…

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Jonathan Said 2020 Speaker

Head of Inclusive Growth, Africa , Tony Blair Institute for Global Change

Jonathan Said is Head of Inclusive Growth and Sectoral Practices for Africa at the Tony Blair Institute. Prior to this role, he served as country manager for TBI in Liberia…

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Joel Bryce 2020 Speaker

Chief Investment & Strategy Officer , Philafrica Foods

Joel Bryce is the Chief Investment & Strategy Officer with South Africa-based Philafrica Foods , responsible for new investments, growth, and strategy across the business. He serves on the Executive…

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Richard Lackey 2021 Speaker

CEO , World Food Bank Inc

Mr. Lackey is a serial entrepreneur with 8 +years of experience in emergency medicine and 20+ years of experience in fund management. Before founding the World Food Bank, he was…

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Souhir Mzali 2020 Speaker

Regional Editor, Africa , Oxford Business Group

Souhir is Oxford Business Group’s Regional Editor for Africa and has been with the company for almost eight years. She currently oversees research and editorial processes in some of Africa’s…

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