Speaker Group: Business Leader

Rana Abdel Latif 2023 Speaker

“Rana Abdel Latif is currently a Senior Principal at Nclude, a VC fund investing in fintech and fintech-enabled startups. Before joining Nclude in April 2022, Rana was a Principal at Qalaa Holdings (formerly known as Citadel Capital), an African focused private equity firm, focused on M&A and equity financing in the cement, waste management and… Read more »

Ramez ElSerafy 2023 Speaker

“Ramez El-Serafy accumulates more than 18 years of experience in technology, investments, entrepreneurship and management. Ramez currently heads Flat6Labs and its regional and global expansion. Flat6Labs is the MENA’s leading seed and early-stage VC firm, and the manager of the most renowned startup programs in the region. Since 2011, Flat6Labs has established presence in Egypt,… Read more »

Ralph Pecker 2023 Speaker

“Ralph Pecker has over 40 years experience in start-ups and management at companies in Africa and around the world. A native Zambian, Ralph was Co-founder of leading haircare businesses in Africa. He is the key contact for Paycode’s high-profile customers across Africa.”

Rajat Dayal 2023 Speaker

“Rajat Dayal- the CEO of Yabx is a polymath. He is not only trained in multiple fields of expertise but also fall in the top 25% of it. To name them- Data Science, Port Folio underwriting, Product, Marketing and obviously, business or sales. He passed out from INSEAD in 2006 and have been working quite… Read more »

Rachel Crawford 2023 Speaker

Director of Special Projects at Village Capital, based in London – worked from VilCap Nairobi office for three years working across West and East Africa. 12+ years in investment, tech and innovation. She formerly worked on the investment team of Patron Capital LLC ($1B+ assets under management), then led strategic projects for their largest portco,… Read more »

Preston Ideh 2023 Speaker

Preston Ideh is the co-founder and CEO of Stears, an African data start-up. Stears is the data and insights provider that enables quick, accurate decisions for both financial and operational opportunities. Its mission is to become the world’s most trusted source of African data and insight to global businesses, finance and policy professionals. Preston previously… Read more »

Pieter Cilliers 2023 Speaker

Pieter is a Managing Director at Tana Africa and is a member of its Investment Committee. Prior to Tana, he was a Principal at Bain & Company in Brazil, where he led projects in the private equity, FMCG, education and healthcare sectors. He also worked as a Vice President at Hancock Park Associates, a Los… Read more »

Philip Lucky 2023 Speaker

Philip Lucky is the Ag. Chief Investment Officer at the Rwanda Development Board (RDB), a Government institution in charge of accelerating economic growth and development of the country, where he is tasked with aligning RDB’s strategic priorities with the National Vision and driving interventions to attract more investments in the country. Prior to that, Philip… Read more »

Philip Sigwart 2023 Speaker

Before he joined Baobab Group, Philip Sigwart served as Director for SME Banking at Equity Group Holdings, one of the leading banking groups in East Africa. Previously, he held several senior management positions at the ProCredit Group, and served as CEO in ProCredit subsidiaries in Kosovo, Georgia, and DRC. He started his career within the… Read more »

Peter Jarvis 2023 Speaker

Peter, has over 30 years of investment management experience in both Europe and Africa. He joined African Alliance Asset Managment in March 2012 and has overall responsibility for the group’s investment capability and our investment teams. The latter are based in East Africa, Botswana, Eswatini, South Africa and Mauritius. Prior to joining African Alliance, Peter… Read more »