Speaker Group: Business Leader

Dan Apungu 2021 Speaker

Dan Apungu

Dan Apungu is a Vice President within the corporate and investment banking division of Stanbic Bank Kenya (a member of the Standard Bank Group). Prior to assuming his current role, Dan served as an investment banking professional for J.P Morgan in New York as part of the Leveraged Finance team. He championed leveraged transactions during… Read more »

Alain Minyem 2021 Speaker

ALAIN MINYEM

Mr. MINYEM Alain, a Cameroonian by Nationality is an international business man. He is the founder and president of ORTHO SERVICES Co.LTD. A company specialized in international public relations and contracts. He has a diploma in Commercial Engineering in the University of CALA- BAR-NIGERIA. He underwent construction training in Paris-France. He is competent in commercial… Read more »

Lexi Novitske 2021 Speaker

Lexi Novitske

Lexi Novitske is a venture investor driving growth in the companies that form the foundation of sub-Saharan Africa’s robust digital marketplace. After becoming jaded of the New York hedge fund scene, Lexi moved to Lagos, Nigeria—Africa’s largest city, and home to the continent’s most active startup ecosystem. In search of a greater impact, she launched… Read more »

Leslie Labruto 2021 Speaker

Leslie Labruto

Leslie Labruto is the Global Head of Energy at Acumen, where she leads Acumen’s $20M Pioneer Energy Investment Initiative (PEII). Leslie is responsible for driving strategy, portfolio construction, and thought leadership for Acumen’s Global Energy Portfolio. Leslie joined Acumen from the Clinton Foundation, where she served as Director of Clean Energy for the Clinton Climate… Read more »

Adel Hamaizia 2021 Speaker

Adel Hamaizia

Adel Hamaizia is Committee Vice-Chairman of the Oxford Gulf and Arabian Peninsula Studies Forum (OxGAPS) where he is the Co-Editor of OxGAPS’ thematic-quarterly, “Gulf Affairs”. Adel is a researcher at the University of Oxford, where he focuses on the Political Economy of the Middle East, and where he teaches Middle East Politics. He is also… Read more »

Peter Scott 2019 Speaker

Peter Scott

BURN Founder and CEO Peter Scott is a globally recognized leader in the clean cookstove industry and has pioneered the design and manufacturing of stove solutions for more than 20 years. He also developed the strategy to create sub-Saharan Africa’s first, and only, modern clean cookstove manufacturing facility in Ruiru, Kenya.

Lynda Amadagana 2021 Speaker

Lynda Amadagana

Lynda Amadagana is the Founder and Managing Partner of A&P Law Firm. She is a lawyer admitted in Paris and Cameroon advising investors and sponsors on general business law, corporate operations, projects and concessions in the energy and infrastructures sectors as well as project financing in Africa with a specific focus on the OHADA zone…. Read more »

Damilola Aloba 2019 Speaker

Damilola Aloba

Damilola is a Partner with EY’s Transaction Advisory Services in Nigeria. He has over 18 years experience in investment banking and corporate finance.

Ermias Eshetu 2021 Speaker

Ermias Eshetu 

Ermias was the CEO of Ethiopia Commodity Exchange (ECX) for three years and led the media company African Renaissance Television Service (ARTS) in 2018 for a short while. During his tenure with ECX, he prudently and strategically led the effort of the Exchange in building a modern marketing system via the launch of an e-Trade… Read more »

Michael Edem Akafia 2021 Speaker

Michael Edem Akafia 

Michael has a multi-disciplinary background in Law, Economics and Finance. He is currently the Vice President & Head, Legal at Gold Fields Limited’s West Africa operations responsible for the legal, compliance and company secretarial affairs. Before joining Gold Fields in 2010, he was the Company Secretary & Head, Legal & Compliance at SIC Financial Services… Read more »