Business Leader Speakers

Heri Bomani 2017 Speaker

Founder & Managing Director , Pangani Group, Tanzania, East Africa

Born in Tanzania, Heri graduated with a BSC Economics degree from Cardiff Business school at the University of Wales in the UK. Heri founded and leads the Pangani Group, a…

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Babatunde Obaniyi 2017 Speaker

Director, Capital Markets , United Capital Plc, All Africa

Babatunde currently oversees transaction origination, structuring, arranging and execution covering the spectrum of debt and equity capital needs of corporate and government entities. He has over 13 years multi-faceted finance…

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Winnie Badiah 2017 Speaker

CEO & Co-Founder , GrassRoots Bima, Kenya

Winnie Badiah is the CEO of GrassRoots Bima, a startup narrowing the insurance protection gap through technology. WazInsure, is GrasssRoots’ insurtech solution that automates the entire insurance value chain making…

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Wael Khattab 2021 Speaker

Founder & Managing Partner , Feather Invest

With 20 years of business and investment experience, Wael is the Founder and CEO of Feather Invest; one of Egypt’s leading Buyout and Turnaround investment firms focused on industrial turnarounds.…

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Gerald Mwandiambira 2017 Speaker

Director , Financial Planning Institute of Southern Africa (FPI)

Gerald is the Acting CEO and Chief Strategist for the South African Savings Institute (SASI). The South African Savings Institute (SASI) is an independent non-profit organization dedicated to developing a…

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Andrew Schultz 2021 Speaker

Head of Sales - Frontier Africa , Investec

Andrew’s career has spanned venture capital in developed markets, industry in emerging markets, and has, for over 10 years, been focused on frontier Africa. Andrew has an MBA from UCT’s…

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Wilfried Tamegnon 2017 Speaker

Senior Investment Officer , International Finance Corporation, West and Central Africa

Wilfried Tamegnon is a seasoned investment professional, specialized in financial services. He is currently  Senior Investment Officer within the International Financial Corporation (IFC)'s Financial Institutions Group.  In this capacity, he…

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Nathan Byrd 2017 Speaker

Head of Global Programs , Opportunity International

Nathan is Head of Global Programs at Opportunity International. Focusing on areas with the potential for high-impact sustainable solutions that can reach hundreds of millions of people, Nathan oversees the…

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