Business Leader Speakers

Szabi Baranyi 2021 Speaker

Senior Investment Officer , SunFunder

Szabi has 13 years' experience in investment and corporate finance roles in emerging markets. He is currently Senior Investment Officer at SunFunder, a leading Nairobi-based funder providing innovative debt financing…

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Aziz Hassanali 2021 Speaker

Managing Partner , Bateleur Capital LLC

Aziz Hassanali is the Managing Partner and portfolio Manager at Bateleur Capital LLC (“’Bateleur”). Bateleur is a special situations private equity fund focused on four core sectors – real estate,…

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Terje Osmundsen 2020 Speaker

CEO & Founder , Empower New Energy

During his eight years as Head of Business Development in Scatec Solar, Terje developed a distinctive track-record from pioneering and scaling solar energy in emerging markets. His leadership experience include…

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Lilian Mramba 2020 Speaker

Regional Director , Grassroots Business Fund

Lilian is an experienced investor with over a decade supporting impact businesses in Africa. She is the Africa Regional Director for Grassroots Business Fund where she is responsible for the…

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Guy Hosking 2020 Speaker

Chief Financial Officer , Retail Capital

Guy is the CFO of Retail Capital, having joined the business in 2013. Guy has 20 years’ experience in the banking, consumer and SME credit industries. During this time he…

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Tarek El Sherbini 2021 Speaker

Head of Agribusiness, Southern and Eastern Mediterranean , European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

Tarek El Sherbini has 20 years of banking and investment experience gained with major financial institutions – including the last 15 years with the EBRD in London. Mr. El Sherbini…

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Muhtari Adanan 2019 Speaker

Managing Partner , Xecced Ventures

Muhtari Adanan is managing partner and co-founder of AI first, impact investor Xecced Ventures (XV). XV’s $100m 4thIRiA I fund, driven by XV's novel AI platform W/OS, is reportedly “Africa’s…

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Wadzi Katsidzira 2021 Speaker

Senior Manager , Global Development Incubator

Wadzi manages the Capital Advisory Platform for Sustainable Urban Infrastructure, a new partnership between UN Habitat and Global Development Incubator that is focussed on upstream preparation of infrastructure projects in…

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José Reino da Costa 2020 Speaker

CEO , Millennium bim

José Reino da Costa: Millennium bim CEO and vice president of Impar Insurance Company since 2015. With a Bachelors degree in mechanical engineering and a post graduate in industrial engineering…

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Rob Withagen 2020 Speaker

CEO , Asoko Insight

Rob Withagen is co-founder and CEO of Asoko Insight, Africa’s leading corporate data and market insights platform, offering data and insight on the continent’s most dynamic companies and the people…

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