Speaker Group: Business Leader

Nadia Kouassi Coulibaly 2023 Speaker

“Nadia is Head of Research at the African Private Capital Association (AVCA). She has thirteen years of experience working in the French private equity and venture capital industry. Prior to joining AVCA, Nadia worked as Head of Research at France Invest, the French Private Equity and Venture Capital Association, where she focused on providing the… Read more »

Mike Kamungeremu 2023 Speaker

Mike Kamungeremu is the President of the Zimbabwe National Chamber of Commerce and Managing Director of Tendo Electronics. He holds first degrees in Accounting and Law and a Masters in Business Administration. As the Chamber President he has been complementing government’s reengagement efforts through trade missions and exchange programs with sister chambers from other countries… Read more »

Michelle Osorio 2023 Speaker

Michelle Haigh Osorio is Investment Director at KawiSafi Ventures (kawisafi.com), a Nairobi-based impact venture fund backing high potential companies building distributed renewable energy and climate solutions in Africa. At KawiSafi, Michelle evaluates new investment opportunities and supports portfolio companies, including serving on the board of OPES Solutions and observer for SHYFT Power Solutions. In emerging… Read more »

Michael Fischer 2023 Speaker

“Michael Fischer has more than 25 years’ experience in international finance ranging from project finance to private equity. Over this time he has been involved in more than 150 finance transactions on the African continent alone. After heading DEG’s Regional Office, Southern Africa in Johannesburg for 14 years Michael Fischer now heads FI Africa and… Read more »

Michael Famoroti 2023 Speaker

Michael Famoroti leads our Intelligence team. He holds a BSc and MSc in Economics from the LSE. He spent the last few years identifying data gaps in the market as the Chief Economist at Vetiva Capital, an Investment Bank in Nigeria. He is the editor of two books, “Pathways to Shared Prosperity in Nigeria” and… Read more »

Michael Sanni 2023 Speaker

Michael is a climate and impact investment manager at BII, with a personal focus on private credit transactions (structured finance, guarantees and funds). He leads transaction origination, structuring and execution across priority climate ( including mitigation, adaptation, transition) and inclusion themes. He also co-chairs BII’s climate working group for financial services (leading the development of… Read more »

Michael Akampa 2023 Speaker

Michael Akampa is an impact investment professional with over 14 years’ experience structuring, leading, closing and managing impact deals. He is the Co-founder of [Investure](http://www.investure.co/) and [Nobon](http://www.nobon.app/), impact and climate finance platforms. He was also the Co-founder of RE Equity Partners and Traction Capital, Sweden based investment companies active in emerging and frontier markets. Prior… Read more »

Michael Mensah – Baah 2023 Speaker

“Michael Mensah-Baah has over 27 years of experience working in financial services across Europe, America and Africa. In 1998, Michael began his professional career in the United Kingdom and joined JP Morgan as an Associate on the Equity Derivatives Trading Desk. He later became Vice President, Investment Banking with Union Bank of Switzerland (UK), where… Read more »

Michael Musgrave 2023 Speaker

Born and raised in South Africa, Dr. Michael Musgrave has over 25 years experience in biodiversity conservation, forestry, natural climate solutions, carbon offsets, sustainable development, and business development. He has worked at every level in the Natural Climate Solutions industry and has on-the-ground experience in developing prefeasibility studies, project management, carbon measurement, reporting & verification,… Read more »

Michael Nzewi 2023 Speaker

Michael Nzewi is one of the founding partners of CardinalStone Partners Limited and has been Managing Director of the group since January 2017. Michael served as a Director in the Capital Markets division of Standard Chartered Bank (SCB), London. Prior to SCB, Michael served as the Head of Investment Banking at Vetiva Capital Management. Michael… Read more »