IFN Forum Kenya 2017 | REDmoney Events | 27 November 2017 | Villa Rosa Kempinski Nairobi, Chiromo Rd, Nairobi, Kenya

Kenya, one of the fastest-growing economies in Africa, is now a leading contender in the bid to become Africa’s Islamic finance hub. Efforts by Kenya’s financial regulators have paid off and paved the way forward for the country’s Islamic finance industry. With its much anticipated sovereign issuance, recently proposed CMA legislation promoting the use of Islamic financial products and the government’s commitment to position Kenya as a center of excellence for Shariah finance, the Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector and REDmoney Events are pleased to announce that our inaugural IFN Kenya Forum will take place in Nairobi on 27th November.

With all eyes on Kenya’s progress in Islamic finance, the IFN Kenya Forum will host some of the most influential Islamic finance dealmakers from Europe, the Middle East and key African economies.

2017 Speakers:

Dr Kamau Thugge
CBS – Principal secretary, The National Treasury

Luke Ombara
Director, Regulatory Policy and Strategy, Capital Markets Authority

Geoffrey Odundo
CEO, Nairobi Securities Exchange

Moderators and Panelists:

Imran Mufti
Partner, Hogan Lovells

Abdirahman Mohamed A Hashi
Minister of Fisheries and Marine Resources, Federal Republic of Somalia

Dan Omoro
CEO, DIB Kenya

Hassan Yusuf
CEO, International Bank of Somalia

Salah Babale
Division Head, Line of Finance Division – FIDD, Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector

Claire Matheson Kirton
Partner, White & Case

Hussein Khalif Jama
Former Advisor to CEO, Islamic Corporation for the Insurance of Investment and Export Credit (ICIEC)

Mamadou Barro
CEO, Tamweel Africa Holding

Mohammad Farrukh Raza
Managing Director, IFAAS

Samira Mensah
Senior Credit Analyst, S&P Global

Saad Rahman
Group Managing Partner, Amani Partners

Hussein Hassan
Global Head of Islamic Finance, JP Morgan

Mona K Doshi
Partner, Anjarwalla & Khanna | ALN

Rahail Ali
Global Head of Islamic Finance, Hogan Lovells

Rahma Hersi
Managing Partner, Awal Consulting Limited

Olivier Deiters
Investment Officer, Africa & Middle East, Triple Jump Kenya

Sandra Abiola
Sector Lead, Financial Intermediaries and Private Equity Funds, International Finance Corporation/World Bank Group

Victor Nkiiri
Capital Markets Development Specialist, FSD Africa

Martin Botik
Consultant Solicitor, Norton Rose Fulbright Tanzania

Frank Kamthunzi
Head, Project and Infrastructure Finance, The Trade and Development Bank

Jean-Pierre Labuschagne
Partner, Africa Lead Infrastructure and Capital Projects, Deloitte

Sohail Barkatali
Partner, Hogan Lovells

Anne Eriksson
Regional Senior Partner, East, PwC

Bilal Laving
Shariah Coordinator, re-Takaful, Kenya Reinsurance Corporation

Hassan Bashir
CEO, Takaful Africa Group

Mohamed Abdi
Shariah Manager, Islamic Banking, Barclays Kenya

Sohail Barkatali
Partner, Hogan Lovells

Ivan Mbowa
Co-Founder and CEO, Umati Capital

Shaher Abbas
Director, IFAAS

Jaafar Abdulkadir
Managing Director, Aqeel Consulting Limited

Keneth Bichang'a
Research and Policy Analyst, Sacco Societies Regulatory Authority

Mubarak Elegbede
Manager, Trade Finance Department, International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC)

Onyango Obiero
Head of Business Banking, DIB Bank (Kenya)

2017 Sponsors and Partners:

• The Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector (ICD)
• Islamic Finance Advisory & Assurance Services
• Banque Islamique de Guinee
• Banque Islamique de Mauritanie
• Banque Islamique du Niger
• Banque Islamique du Senegal
• International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation
• IDB Group Business Forum (THIQAH)
• The RFI Foundation
• White & Case
• S&P Global Ratings
• Islamic Finance news
• IFNFintech
• IFN Corporate
• IFN Saudi Arabia
• AlHuda Centre of Islamic Banking and Economics
• Amanah Institute of Islamic Finance and Economics (Amanah IIFE)
• Business Islamica
• Capital Business
• China Go Abroad
• Executive Women
• Global Business Magazine & News
• iSfin
• Nairobi Business Monthly
• The Business Year
• True Banking Magazine
• Voices of Leaders