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Speaker Group: Business Leader

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 »

Pazani Vaitilingon 2023 Speaker

“Pazani Vaitilingon is currently the Head of Fund & Asset Managers at IQ-EQ Mauritius and segmental lead for the AIME (Africa, India & Middle East) region. As a seasoned professional with over 15 years experience in the financial services sector, Pazani has strong hands-on PE knowledge having been exposed to major areas of the global… Read more »

Paul Bragiel 2023 Speaker

Paul Bragiel is a 3 time entrepreneur that is the founder of Bragiel Brothers, an early stage technology fund in Silicon Valley. He also sits on the advisory board of the car-sharing service Uber. Collectively he’s invested in the seed rounds of over 200+ companies which includes holdings in other billion dollar companies like Unity… Read more »

Paul Mack 2023 Speaker

Paul Mack is Group Executive Director of The Latitude Hotels Group, focussing upon group management, development strategy, capital raising and investor relations. Paul is a chartered accountant and has been involved for many years in transactions in a number of territories.