Africa Agri Investment Indaba 2023 | African Agri Council | 19 November 2023 | CTICC, Cape Town, Convention Square, 1 Lower Long Street, Cape Town, 8001, South Africa

The global meeting place for agrifood. Bringing together over 1100 key stakeholders – from governments, banks, financiers, investors, project owners, project developers, commercial farmers and the agro and food processing industry – to discuss trends that will likely influence food and agribusiness economics over the next decade in Africa.

2023 Speakers

Dr Ivan Meyer
Minister of Agriculture, Western Cape Provincial Government, South Africa

Andrew Makenete
Executive Director, Manama Hole Holdings and Calico Capital, & Chairman MatiTech. South Africa

Atsuko Toda
Director, Agriculture Finance & Rural Development Department, AfDB, Côte d'Ivoire

Craig Saven
Executive and Head of the Banking and Finance Practice, ENSafrica South Africa

David Burton
Sector Director Agriculture, Africa, UK Department for International Trade, UK

Dr. Litha Magingxa
President and Chief Executive Officer, Agricultural Research Council (ARC). South Africa

Edward Galante
Chief Investment Officer & Co-Founder, Mangwana Capital. Zimbabwe

Grace Mberia
Program Coordinator, Mastercard Foundation Fund for Rural Prosperity Kenya

Johanna Raehalme
Head of Nairobi Office, Finnfund Kenya

Kgampi Jack Bapela
Head, Agri-processing & Agriculture, IDC South Africa

Lloyd Muposhi
CEO, Africinvest Private Credit

Matt Lane
Portfolio Manager, Challenger Management South Africa

Nhlanhla Nene
Chairman of the Board of Directors, Thebe Investment Corporation South Africa

Otto Vinther Christensen
Vice President, Head of Sustainable Food Systems, IFU, Denmark

Philani Mzila
Investment Manager, Founders Factory Africa South Africa

Roman Frenkel
Director, Head of Food and Agriculture Equity, British International Investment (BII) United Kingdom

Stephie Mendelsohn
Head of Impact, Grounded. South Africa

Terry Wyer
Senior Vice President of Investment Programs, Heifer International South Africa

Warwick Blamey
Group Chief Executive Officer, Foxvest Group South Africa

Andreas Davidsen
Vice President of Agribusiness and Manufacturing, Norfund, Norway

Angel Abelleira
Economic and Trade Advisor, European Union Delegation to South Africa. South Africa

Ayodeji Balogun
Chief Executive Officer AFEX Commodities Exchange Limited Nigeria

Claire Fillatre
Global Head for Agribusiness, Proparco, France

David Nefdt
Chief Programme Officer, Casidra SOC Ltd. South Africa

Dr Innocent Sirhova
CEO, Agricultural Sector Education and Training Authority (AgriSETA). South Africa

Franziska Hollmann
Director Industries & Services Africa & EMECA, DEG. Germany

Hans Bogaard
Manager Agribusiness, Food & Water for Africa, FMO, The Netherlands

Johnny Ohgrøn Hansen
Senior Portfolio Director, Zebu Investment Partners

Laurie Hammond
Partner, Hogan Lovells South Africa

Mark Taylor
CEO, Cala Capital Africa South Africa

Michael Bowley
Executive Director, MatiTech Solutions South Africa

Nashipae Leteipan
Communications Manager, Mastercard Foundation Fund for Rural Prosperity. Kenya

Owusu Akoto
Chief Executive Officer, FreezeLink. Ghana

Richard Ofori-Mante
Agriculture and Rural Finance Division Manager, AfDB, Cote d’Ivoire

Sanne Steemers
Group Chief Operating Officer: Africa Expansion, AFEX Commodities Exchange Limited. Nigeria

Simpiwe Somdyala,
Deputy Chairperson, ECDC & CEO, Amadlelo Agri. South Africa

Tracey Austin
Sector Director Finance, Africa, UK Department for International Trade. United Kingdom

​Wynand Espach
Chief Operating Officer, Agricolleges International

Allan Musona
Founder & Executive Director, Loita B2B Agri Marketplace. South Africa

Alexandre Kaufmann
Agribusiness Investments Specialist, The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Italy

Chris Hart
Chief Executive Officer, Impact Investment Africa Botswana

Daniel Hulls
Chief Executive Officer, AgDevCo. United Kingdom
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Dheerie Govender
Chief Executive Officer, Global Collateral Control (GCC) South Africa

Dr Mogale Sebopetsa
Head of Agriculture, Western Cape Provincial Government. South Africa

George Wilson
Head of Institutional Trade Finance, Investec South Africa

Ilyes Bdioui
Senior Investment Consultant / Agri-SMEs Blended Finance Fund in Africa, AfDB.Tunisia

Kalili Kafuku
Sales Manager, Kazi Yetu.Tanzania

Lillian Nyamasoka
CEO, ShawashAgri Zimbabwe

Martin Kromat
Senior Partner, Phatisa South Africa​

Dr Mpho Mathithibane
Executive Manager Operations, Landbank

Natalya Zhukova
Director, Head of Agribusiness, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), United Kingdom

Omobolanle Atobatele
Head, Strategic Business Development, Husk Power Systems, Nigeria

Ruggero Mendicini
Head of Corporate & Financial Institutions, Cassa Depositi e Prestiti (CDP) Italy

Susan Payne
CEO, Holistic Agri Investments Group Co-Founder & Chair, GLIDE Fund Africa, United Kingdom

Tatiana Mata
Founder and Managing Director, Elim Servicos Mozambique

Tobias Fausch
Chief Information Officer, BayWa AG. Germany

Zhann Meyer​
Africa Head - Global Commodity Finance, Nedbank Corporate and Investment Bank (Nedbank CIB). South Africa