Speaker Group: Business Leader

Eddie Chibi 2018 Speaker

Eddie Chibi is the CEO of Cassava Fintech Zimbabwe, a company wholly owned by Econet Wireless Zimbabwe Limited. The Cassava Fintech business unit houses the mobile money Business EcoCash, microinsurance EcoSure and eCommerce. Eddie has 19-years’ experience in Telecoms, ISP and Mobile Financial Services. He has served in the telecoms industry in Nigeria, Burundi and… Read more »

Andrew Takyi-Appiah 2018 Speaker

Andrew is Co-Founder and Managing Director of Zeepay. He is an expert in Banking and Mobile Payments, with over 15 years of experience in Banking and Business Development. Andrew’s experience spans the world of Marketing and Banking in which he has held various positions, from being a Brand Manager for Nescafe to holding several senior… Read more »

Daniel Goldfarb 2018 Speaker

Daniel is the CEO and Co-Founder of Lendable, an off-balance sheet debt platform for alternative lenders in Sub-Saharan Africa. Prior to founding Lendable, Daniel was Partner at Greenstart, a seed stage venture capital firm in San Francisco, where his investment focus was on the intersection of data, finance, and energy. During that time he also… Read more »

Jeffrey Kirk 2018 Speaker

Jeffrey Kirk is the managing partner of the Appleby British Virgin Islands office and he leads the BVI office Corporate Practice Group. He advises on public and private M&A, capital markets, banking & finance, investment funds & services, private equity, (re)insurance and other corporate matters. He is also the global head of the Appleby Islamic… Read more »

Tom Fairburn 2018 Speaker

Tom’s family have lived in Kenya since 1993 and he spent eleven years at school in Nairobi. Having also graduated from Bath University with a first class business degree, Tom joined J Sainsbury Plc in London, spending two years in a number of brand strategy and commodity buying roles. Tom has also worked for L’Oréal… Read more »

Philip Buyskes 2018 Speaker

Philip Buyskes 

Philip is the architect of the Frontclear business concept, having conceptualized the business while working at TCX Investment Management Company B.V. which he had joined in 2008. Prior to TCX, Philip was an Investment Officer at the Development Bank of Southern Africa for 4 years. Prior to DBSA, Philip worked at the European Institute of… Read more »

Kwabena Appanteng 2018 Speaker

Kwabena joined Verdant Capital in 2014 to open the firm’s office in Accra, Ghana. Kwabena has direct experience working in the International Financial Institution sector as a Senior Private Sector Officer at USAID and has broad corporate, entrepreneurial and transactional experience in Ghana and beyond.

MacDonald Gomo 2018 Speaker

MacDonald is an Analyst at Verdant Capital having joined the organization in 2017. He is currently responsible for all aspects of the business including analysis, research work and transactional support in Southern Africa. Verdant Capital is a specialist corporate finance firm with exceptional experience transacting across the African continent.

Farrukh Raza 2018 Speaker

Farrukh enjoys 13 years of extensive and diverse experience in Islamic finance industry. His contribution involves policy level advisory to the governments of more than 20 countries, building the infrastructure for Islamic finance, and playing key roles in launching ground-breaking Islamic finance operations across several jurisdictions. He led IFAAS team in various high-profile projects, form… Read more »

Leutlwetse Tumelo 2018 Speaker

Leutlwetse has worked extensively in the capital markets and resources sector in Botswana. He has held key executive positions at Capital Securities (now Imara Capital Securities) where he worked as the Head Client Services responsible for institutional and retail clients. He has also worked as Country Manager for Minergy Limited responsible for the company’s operations… Read more »