Business Leader Speakers

Tokunboh Ishmael 2019 Speaker

Managing Partner , Alitheia Capital, Nigeria

Tokunboh Ishmael is the co-founder of Alitheia Capital – a Nigeria-based fund manager channeling private equity investments to transform businesses in West Africa where funding gaps create unique opportunities. In…

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Abenet Bekele 2019 Speaker

Chief Market Operations Officer , Ethiopia Commodity Exchange, Ethiopia

Abenet Bekele is the Chief Market Operations Officer of the Ethiopia Commodity Exchange (ECX), first of its kind in Africa, a private-public partnership between market actors, the members of the…

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Takudzwa Chinhengo 2019 Speaker

Chief Executive Officer , Harare Receivables Exchange, Southern Africa

Taku is a co-founder of Harare Receivables Exchange (HRE), the first financial services company in Zimbabwe to join Factors Chain International (FCI), a global leader in Receivables Finance. Taku oversees…

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Juliet Munro 2019 Speaker

Director - Financial Systems , FSD Africa, All Africa

Juliet Munro is Director of Financial Systems at FSD Africa, responsible for overseeing programmes that cut across a variety of themes – from credit, housing finance and insurance, to remittances,…

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David Renwick 2021 Speaker

Head Investment Banking , Absa Bank

David Renwick is the Head of Investment Banking Division: Absa which includes the following areas of responsibility: Africa Leverage Finance, Debt Capital Markets, Loan Capital Markets, Resource and Project Finance,…

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Arun Kumar 2019 Speaker

Principal Investment Officer , African Development Bank Group, Cote d'ivoire

My role is to drive the private sector funding in education and healthcare sectors across the continent at African development bank. African Development Bank is the premier pan-African development institution,…

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Sudeep Laad 2019 Speaker

Partner , L.E.K. Consulting

Sudeep Laad is a partner and a founding member of L.E.K. Consulting’s Global Education Practice. He advises education companies and investors across all education segments including K-12, Higher and Vocational…

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Paul Muthaura 2019 Speaker

Chief Executive , Capital Markets Authority, Kenya

Mr. Paul Murithi Muthaura has been leading the Capital Markets Authority (CMA) of Kenya since July 2012. In this period, the CMA has been recognized as the Most Innovative Capital…

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Daniel Ogbarmey Tetteh 2019 Speaker

Director General , Securities and Exchange Commission, Ghana

He is currently the Director General of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Ghana and Chairman of the West Africa Securities Regulation Association (WASRA). Rev. Daniel Ogbarmey Tetteh has over twenty…

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Dare Okoudjou 2019 Speaker

CEO and Founder , MFS Africa

Dare Okoudjou is the founder and CEO of MFS Africa, a leading Pan-African Fintech company, operating the largest digital payments hub on the continent. Prior to founding MFS Africa, Dare…

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