Business Leader Speakers

Patrick Ball 2020 Speaker

Director , Verdant Capital

Patrick has 15+ years’ experience in investment management in both global private equity and impact investing. Prior investment experience includes Doughty Hanson & Co, Deutsche Bank, Developing World Markets (DWM)…

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Llew Morkel 2020 Speaker

Founder/CEO , Fraxeum Holdings

Llew Morkel is the Founder of Fraxeum.com, AZUZA Wealth and DreamBlock. He is known on the global stage as a blockchain evangelist - an engaging, exiting speaker on the subject…

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Jessica Davies 2020 Speaker

Senior Disruption Analyst , Nedbank

Jessica is a Senior Disruption Analyst in Nedbank’s Disruption and Innovation team. The team has a global mandate to experiment with, commercialise and fund the most talented teams working on…

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Linda Broekhuizen 2020 Speaker

Chief Investment Officer , FMO - The Dutch Development Bank

Linda Broekhuizen is Chief Investment Officer in FMO’s Management Board since 2014. In this role, she is responsible for FMO’s total investment portfolio of more than EUR 9 billion. FMO…

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Vahid Monadjem 2020 Speaker

CEO , Nomanini

Vahid Monadjem is co-founder and CEO of Nomanini, an Africa-focused pioneering fintech platform for the informal retail ecosystem. Nomanini connects merchants and distributors to each other and to global service…

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Lamia Merzouki 2020 Speaker

Deputy General Manager , Casablanca Finance City

Lamia Merzouki, is Deputy General Manager at Casablanca Finance City Authority (CFCA), which she joined at its inception in 2010. Before that, Lamia was part of AKWA Group, the largest…

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Chijioke Dozie 2021 Speaker

CEO and Co-Founder , Carbon

Chijioke Dozie is the CEO of online consumer finance platform OneFi and Carbon (formerly Paylater), the digital financial services company, which after being founded in 2016 has been downloaded by…

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Marco Yamaguchi 2020 Speaker

Manager, Non-Sovereign Infrastructure Division, Infrastructure and Urban Development Department , African Development Bank

Marco is a Non-Sovereign Infrastructure Finance Division Manager at African Development Bank based in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire. His main mission is to lead to originate non-sovereign infrastructure projects across the…

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Roland Tatnall 2020 Speaker

Managing Partner , Naimon Capital

Over a 20 year career, Roland has lived, worked or built businesses in infrastructure sectors in over 15 African countries. He was a founding member of the first private equity…

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Lambert Osei Kofi 2021 Speaker

Chief Executive Officer , Eman Capital Microfinance Limited

Lambert is a microfinance and banking expert. I am currently the Chief Executive Officer of Eman Capital Microfinance. I also the former National Board Chairman of Ghana Association of Microfinance…

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