Business Leader Speakers

Suzanne Biegel 2018 Speaker

Chief Catalyst , Catalyst At Large, East Africa

Suzanne is founder of Catalyst At Large where she is a globally recognised adviser, speaker, writer, and field builder in gender lens investing. She is the Co-Producer of the Global…

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Jonathan Kruger 2018 Speaker

Portfolio Manager & Director , Adventis, Africa excluding South Africa

Jonathan CFA, has over a decade of experience in public equity markets, having managed portfolios investing in Frontier Africa, South Africa and Developed Markets. He is a portfolio manager and…

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Eddie Chibi 2018 Speaker

CEO , Cassava FinTech Zimbabwe

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…

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Andrew Takyi-Appiah 2018 Speaker

Managing Director , Zeepay

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…

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Daniel Goldfarb 2018 Speaker

CEO & Co-Founder , Lendable

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…

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Jeffrey Kirk 2018 Speaker

Managing Partner | Group Head, Corporate & Commercial , BVI

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…

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Tom Fairburn 2018 Speaker

Co-Founder , The Baobab Network

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…

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Philip Buyskes 2018 Speaker

CEO , Frontclear

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,…

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Kwabena Appanteng 2018 Speaker

Vice President , Verdant Capital, Ghana

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…

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MacDonald Gomo 2018 Speaker

Analyst , Verdant Capital

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…

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