Business Leader Speakers

Babatunde Okoya 2017 Speaker

MD/CEO , LANGE AND GRANT LTD

Mr Babatunde Rasaq Okoya was the former Managing Director of Eleganza Industries Limited after which he went to establish his own company in the year 2004. Lange and Grant limited…

View full profile »

Oscar Silva 2017 Speaker

Chairman , Davos International Advisory Ltd, All Africa

Oscar Silva is Chairman of Davos International Advisory Ltd, a London based advisory firm focused on private equity across emerging markets. He has over 30 years of experience leading investment…

View full profile »

Ifeoma Okeke 2017 Speaker

COO , Vineland Microfinance Bank

Ifeoma Anthonia Okeke is a certified Micro Finance bank practitioner of the Chartered Institute of bankers Nigeria. A member of the Chartered Institute of Stock brokers Nigeria. Ifeoma has over…

View full profile »

Elizabeth Howard 2017 Speaker

CEO, Co-Founder , LelapaFund

Elizabeth Howard is the CEO and Co-founder of LelapaFund, a fintech company that uses tech-enabled investment processes to make the economics of small deals in African SMEs viable for funds…

View full profile »

Suresh Samuel 2017 Speaker

Managing Director , Overseas Private Investment Corporation, East Africa

Suresh Samuel is Managing Director for Africa at the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) where he is responsible for managing business development activities for project and corporate finance, political risk…

View full profile »

Ayodele Olatiregun 2017 Speaker

Chief Financial Officer , Radix Pension Managers Limited, West Africa

Ayodele holds a First Class Honours degree in Applied Accounting from the Oxford Brookes University, U.K. and is an Associate Member of the Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers and an Authorised…

View full profile »

Alexander Howe 2021 Speaker

Director , Africa Insight Advisors

Alex has lived in Tanzania for over 5 years, and worked in the Oil and Gas industry before starting Africa Insight Advisors in 2015. Africa Insight Advisors (AIA) is based…

View full profile »

Zain Laher 2017 Speaker

Founding Partner , Kleoss Capital, South Africa

Zain is a seasoned private equity professional with extensive experience across the entire private equity spectrum from fundraising to origination and exit including managing troubled assets. Prior to co-founding Kleoss…

View full profile »

John Lwande 2017 Speaker

Program Director, ABF (Africa Board Fellowship) Program , Accion, All Africa

Leading Accion’s Africa Board Fellowship program, focused on strengthening governance and risk-management practices, technology trends and innovation as well as developing strategic leadership abilities in Africa through peer learning for…

View full profile »

Cédric Mbeng Mezui 2017 Speaker

Coordinator of African Financial Markets Initiative , African Development Bank, All Africa

Cédric Mbeng Mezui is Chief African Bond Markets and leads the African Financial Markets Initiative (AFMI) www.africanbondmarkets.org at the African Development Bank. Since 2008, he has carried out field missions…

View full profile »