Speaker Group: Business Leader

Meredith Muthoni 2023 Speaker

Meredith Muthoni is Head of Electric Finance at BURN, leading strategy and corporate fundraising for electric cooking. She is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and is the point person for the contact between BURN’s executive team and its electric cooking product line. She has spent over 9 years helping businesses across various sectors design business… Read more »

Merav Galili 2023 Speaker

Dr. Merav Galili is the CEO of the Menomadin Foundation, an international Israeli-based impact fund that promotes innovative solutions to social and climate sustainable development challenges in Israel and Africa, in a model that combines strategic philanthropy and impact investments. Over two decades in senior management positions in academia and non-profit organizations, Dr. Galili has… Read more »

Melinda Bohannon 2023 Speaker

“Melinda is the interim Director General, Humanitarian and Development at the Foreign Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO). She was previously FCDO Strategy Director from September 2020 to July 2023, and before that Strategy Director at the Department for International Development (DFID). Melinda joined the Civil Service in 1999 as an economist and has worked in… Read more »

Mekdes Mezgebu 2023 Speaker

Mekdes Mezgebu is the founder and principal of Mekdes & Associates Law Office, a law office that specializes in foreign investment, energy, infrastructure, project finance, PPPs and M&A in Ethiopia. Mekdes has vast experience practicing law in Ethiopia, working on several transactions involving large-scale foreign investment and private sector development of projects. She advises a… Read more »

Meghan McCormick 2023 Speaker

Meghan McCormick is a systems thinker and strategist, passionate about designing solutions that bring real value to customers, corporations, and communities. She has spent her career focused geographically on African markets and functionally on innovation strategy. She started her work as a Community Economic Development Volunteer in the Peace Corps in Guinea. During her service,… Read more »

Mayur Patel 2023 Speaker

A leader in Africa’s fintech and digital media sectors, Mayur Patel is Chief Commercial Officer at M-KOPA, the region’s largest connected financing platform. Previously, he served as COO for Cassava Fintech, a provider of mobile wallet and payment solutions, and was CEO of the award-winning mobile streaming company, Kwesé iflix, which pioneered pay-as-you-watch live and… Read more »

Moustafa Moharram 2023 Speaker

“MOUSTAFA H. MOHARRAM FOUNDER & CEO, MOHARRAM & PARTNERS FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS AND STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS (M&P) Achievement-driven public policy management/political communications expert with qualifications in all aspects of political/policy, risk analysis, public affairs and strategic communications in the Middle East and Africa region. Accomplished at developing and implementing challenging public policy programs, Moustafa Moharram worked… Read more »

Mostafa El Beltagy 2023 Speaker

Graduated with a Bachelor’s of Business Administration from The American University in Cairo, Mostafa has 12+ years of experience in telecom giant Vodafone, where he took on several consumer centric and strategy roles across Egypt, South Africa, Europe and Romania, and ended his journey as CCO in Vodafone Romania where he lead the integration and… Read more »

Mohamed Salah Frad 2023 Speaker

“Mr. Frad has an extensive experience in corporate finance, asset management, financial & business restructuring and valuations. Prior to joining United Gulf Bank in 2008, Mr. Frad acted as the head of research department at a leading broker in Tunisia and led the listing of several companies in the Tunisian Stock Exchange. Mr. Frad holds… Read more »