Business Leader Speakers

Cathal Conaty 2021 Speaker

Managing Director , International Housing Solutions

Cathal Conaty is a founder of International Housing Solutions, and serves as Managing Director with responsibility for capital raising, investor relations and portfolio management. He is Chairman of the Investment…

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Bade Adesemowo 2021 Speaker

Cto & Co-Founder , Social Lender

A graduate of Electrical Engineering, Adesemowo Oyebade has over 18 years experience in Software Design and Application Development. He is an ICT Consultant and has been involved in Software, Mobile…

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Ralph Rossouw 2021 Speaker

Managing Director , Fujairah Gold Ghana, Vedanta Resources

Ralph Rossouw is a Charted, Professional Mining Engineer with 29 years of global mining operations and projects experience. His career includes executive roles with BHP, Rio Tinto, Anglo American and…

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Jay Kimmelman 2021 Speaker

CEO and Co-Founder , Bridge International Academies

Jay Kimmelman is CEO and Co-Founder of Bridge International Academies, the world's leading cloud-powered learning service provider for students in emerging markets of Africa and Asia. Bridge International Academies has…

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Nicolas Clavel 2021 Speaker

Founder , Scipion Capital

Nicolas is Scipion Capital’s Founder, overseeing all of the firm’s investment processes and development of new products He has worked for 30 years at the heart of global commodity finance…

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Samuel Ajiboyede 2021 Speaker

CEO , FleetPartners Limited

A disruptive digital innovator, a start-up tech wizard, business strategist, serial entrepreneur, and international keynote speaker. Samuel has a huge experience in technology, finance, and global leadership and has grown…

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Charles Quao 2021 Speaker

CEO , Quao Realty Limited

Prior to founding Quao Realty, Charles also served as the CEO of Mr Green Landscaping, where he aggressively led company to develop new business opportunities, reviewing and improving operational tasks…

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Nirav Khambhati 2022 Speaker

Managing Partner - Kaizenvest Edu Finance , Kaizenvest

Nirav has been with Kaizenvest since 2018. Prior to that, he was with the Tata Group for over 20 years in various roles including as the Chief Executive Officer of…

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Omawumi Kola-Lawal 2019 Speaker

Environmental and Social Risk Manager , Africa Finance Corporation

Omawumi has, for the past 20 years, focused on Environmental, Social and Safety Risk Management, with an emphasis on Risk Assessment, Business Management, Training, Management Systems Implementation and Auditing. Her…

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Ivan Cornet 2021 Speaker

Managing Partner , Latitude Five

Ivan Cornet has more than twenty years of real estate and structured finance experience in Europe and Africa as a lawyer, an investor and a financier. Ivan is since 2012…

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