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The Westin Cape Town
The Westin Cape Town, City Centre, Cape Town, 8000, South Africa

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Event Date Mon Dec 4 GMT - Wed Dec 6 GMT (over 7 years ago)
In your timezone (EDT): Mon Dec 4 12:00am - Wed Dec 6 12:00am
Location The Westin Cape Town
City Centre, Cape Town, 8000, South Africa
Region EMEA
Details

Learn, network, and invest.

Where the African private equity community comes together to be inspired and discover new opportunities
550+ Attendees. 150+ Speakers. Africa's largest private equity and venture capital conference.

Speakers

Jessye Lapenn
U.S. Chargé d'Affaires to South Africa

Thabo Mbeki
Former President of South Africa, Founder, Thabo Mbeki Foundation

Yewande Sadiku
CEO, NIPC

Ademola Adesina
CEO, Rensource Energy

Ashenafi Alemu
Managing Partner & Co-founder, Zoscales Partners

Alexandre Alfonsi
Founding Partner, Axonia Partners

Mbwana Alliy
Managing Partner, Savannah Fund

Funsho Allu
Partner, TIA Capital LLC

Albert Alsina
Founder & CEO, Mediterrania Capital Partners

Zeyn Angamia
Executive Director, Adinah Capital Partners

Solomon Asamoah
CEO, Ghana Infrastructure Investment Fund

Hany Assaad
Co-Founder, Avanz Capital

Opeyemi Awoyemi
Founding Partner, Venture Kinetics

Stuart Bedford
Partner, Linklaters

Hatim Ben Ahmed
Partner, Mediterrania Capital Partners

Karim Ben Salah
Co-Founder & Head of Private Equity, Tell

Vivina Berla
Co-Managing Partner, Sarona Asset Management

Jonathan Berman
Managing Director, Fieldstone Africa

Brice Beumo
Managing Director, Head of West and Central Africa, Eaglestone Advisory

Carola Bose
Director Corporates & Funds Africa, DEG

Johan Bosini
Partner, Quona Capital Management

Paul Boynton
CEO, Old Mutual Alternative Investments (Pty) Ltd

Stephan Breban
Board Member, Dean Wetton Advisory

Gordon Carrihill
Managing Director, Africa Sustainable Forestry Fund

Walid Cherif
Senior Managing Director, Gulf Capital

David Cooke
Partner, Actis

Ivan Cornet
Managing Partner, Latitude Five

David Cowan
Africa Economist, Citi Research

Jean Craven
Director & Founding Partner, Barak Fund Management

Jake Cusack
Managing Partner, CrossBoundary

David Damiba
Partner, Credit, Helios Investment Partners LLP

Hubert Danso
CEO & Vice Chairman, Africa Investor

Mike Davies
Analyst, Kudos Africa

Darshan Daya
Co-Founder and Principal, Capitalworks Investment Partners

Clarisa De Franco
Head of Africa Funds, CDC Group

Ladi Delano
Managing Partner, Grace Lake Partners

Adesua Dozie
General Counsel, Gas Power Systems and Services, SSA, GE

Chijioke Dozie
Co-Founder and CEO, OneFi

Folabi Esan
Partner, Adlevo Capital

Christoph Evard
Partner, Kibo Capital Partners

Matt Fifield
Partner, Pacific Road Capital

Mark Florman
CEO, Time Partners Limited

Bryce Fort
Managing Director and Founding Partner, ECP Investments

Louise Gardiner
Co-founder and Director, KudosAfrica

Udayan Goyal
Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Apis Partners

Steven Grin
Managing Partner, Lateral Capital

Magchiel Groot
Senior Investment Officer, Private Equity, FMO

Isaac Gross
Investment Manager, Capria Ventures

Johannes Gunnell
Commercial Director, Maris

Tim Harris
CEO, Wesgro

Anders Hauch
Investment Director, Partner & Co-founder, Frontier Energy

Peter Hayward-Butt
Partner, Ethos

Jarl Heijstee
Co-founder and Managing Partner, XSML

Andrea Heinzer
CIO, OBVIAM

Carlos Heneine
Senior Executive Officer/Partner, Quilvest Dubai Limited

Zhi Yong Heng
Head of Trading and Research, TLG Capital

Ed Higenbottam
Managing Director, Verdant Capital

Aubrey Hruby
Co-Founder, Africa Expert Network & Senior Fellow, Africa Center

Guy Hudson
Investment Officer, European Investment Bank

Nicholas Hughes
Partner, Clifford Chance LLP

Eric Idiahi
Co-Founder & Partner, Verod Capital Management

Afsane Jetha
Managing Partner & CEO, Alta Semper Capital LLP

Brenlen Jinkens
Managing Director, Greenhill

Robert Jividen
Managing Director and Head of Business Development, MPC Capital

Omobola Johnson
Senior Partner, Tlcom Capital LLP

Suneel Kaji
Director –Emerging Markets & Co-Investments, UTIMCO

Jito Kayumba
Partner, Kukula Capital

Anne Keppler
Vice President Corporates & Funds Africa, DEG

Alison Klein
Manager, Private Equity, FMO

Thomas Klein
Vice President, DEG

Lucas Kranck
Managing Partner, Ascent Private Equity

Daniel Kranzler
Venture Partner, Capria Ventures

Eric Kump
Co-Head and Managing Director, The Carlyle Group

Sudeep Laad
Senior Manager, L.E.K Consulting

Guy Lafferty
Partner & CIO, ThirdWay Africa Partners

Nabeel Laher
Head of International Private Equity, Old Mutual Alternative Investments (Pty) Ltd

Zain Laher
Co-founder and Partner, Kleoss Capital

Yemi Lalude
Managing Partner, TPG Growth

Frans Lamprecht
CEO, Conservation Hub

Setor Lassey
Investment Manager, CDC Group

Zain Latif
CEO, TLG Capital

Olumide Lawson
Partner, Sahel Capital

Peter Maila
Investment Director, CDC Group

Eric Maillebiau
Founder, CapEos

Magellan Makhlouf
Co-Founder & Managing Director, CedarBridge Partners

Pardon Makumbe
Co-Founder and Managing Partner, CRE Venture Capital

Chishamiso Mawoyo
Investment Manager, Norfund

Sam Mehta
Director, The Atlas Family Office

Greg Metro
Managing Director, Schulze Global

Sara Mezui Engo
Alternatives Investments Manager
The Government Institutions Pensions Fund (GIPF)

Rhoda Mhango
Manager, Member Services, AVCA

Ndabezinhle Mkhize
Chief Investment Officer, Eskom Pension and Provident Fund

Chinedu Mofunanya
Portfolio Manager, Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority

Bafana Molomo
Lead Transaction Advisor, Botswana Development Corporation

Wayne Moore
Member of Board of Investments, LACERA

Abdu Mukhtar
Director of Industrial & Trade Development, The African Development Bank Group

Gail Mwamba
Managing Editor, Private Equity Africa

Phillip Myburgh
Partner, Ethos Mezzanine Partners

Esther Ndeti
Executive Director, EAVCA

Olaf Neubert
Managing Partner, TopCap Partners, Inc.

Gonçalo Neves-Correia
Founding Partner and CEO, ThirdWay Africa Partners

Lynn Nguyen
Acting VP/Head of Investment Funds, OPIC

Richard Ngwenya
Executive Director, Nisela Capital

Nnena Nkongho
Principal, DiGAME Investment Company

Ziyanda Ntshona
Partner, Webber Wentzel

Mark O'Hare
Founder & Chief Executive, Preqin

Stephen O'Neill
Co-Founder & Managing Director, 57 Stars

Chudi Obianwu
Infrastructure Investor, A.P. Moller Capital

Charles Ogunwuyi
Chief Operating Officer, Coronation Capital

Dapo Okubadejo
Partner & Africa Head of Private Equity & Transaction Advisory, KPMG

Jide Olanrewaju
Partner, TPG Growth

George Ombima
Head of Africa Capitalization Fund, IFC

Eghosa Omoigui
Managing General Partner, EchoVC Partners

Eric Osiakwan
Managing Partner, Chanzo Capital

Ziad Oueslati
Founding Partner, AfricInvest

Justin Partington
Group Fund Solutions Leader, SGG Group

Lisa Pinsley
Director, Actis

Samantha Pokroy
Founder & CEO, Sanari Capital

Martin Poulsen
Director, Acacia Sustainable Business Advisors

Christopher Powers
Field Investment Officer, USAID

Romain Py
Investment Director, Head of Transactions, African Infrastructure Investment Managers (AIIM)

Jacop Rentschler
Managing Partner & Co-founder, Zoscales Partners

Carlos Reyes
Principal of IFC African, Latin American & Caribbean Fund, IFC

Luc Rigouzzo
Managing Partner, Amethis Finance

Dietrich Rogge
CEO & Founder, ROCKSTONE Real Estate

Ibrahim Sagna
Director for Advisory and Capital Markets, Afreximbank

Aymeric Saha
Managing Director, NASP-USAID Investment Partnership

Marcos Sampablo
Deputy Head of Francophone Advisory, CrossBoundary

Nana Sao
Partner, Head of Africa, Africa Capitalworks

Idan Segal
Founding Partner & CIO, Convergence Partners

V. Shankar
Chief Executive Officer & Partner, Gateway Partners

Oscar Silva
Chairman, Davos International Advisory

Denis Sireyjol
Regional Head, Southern Africa & Indian Ocean, PROPARCO

Matteo Stefanel
Managing Partner & Co-Founder, Apis Partners

Mitchell Strauss
Special Advisor for Socially Responsible Investment Finance, OPIC

Jurie Swart
CEO, African Infrastructure Investment Managers (AIIM)

Michiel Timmerman
Founder and Managing Partner, Mbuyu Capital Partners

Wim van der Beek
Founding Partner, Goodwell Investments

Saskia Van der Mast
Investment Manager, DOB Equity

Graham Viljoen
Director, Webber Wentzel

Thomas Viot
Chief Investment Officer, The African Development Bank Group

Carole Wainaina
Chief Operating Officer, Africa50 Infrastructure Fund

Alan Witherden
Country Head - Southern Africa, ABAX

Joanne Yoo
Senior Executive, Development Partners International

Talha Zafar
Investment Officer, Private Equity, FMO

Quinton Zunga
Chief Executive Officer, RH Bophelo

Sponsors & Partners

2017 Sponsors:

PRINCIPAL:
• Linklaters
• Webber Wentzel

CO-SPONSORS:
• Actis
• AIIM
• AfricInvest
• Amethis
• Apis Partners
• Clifford Chance LLP
• Ethos Private Equity
• Old Mutual Alternative Investments
• Mediterranean Capital Markets

ASSOCIATE:
• Gulf Capital
• Verdant Capital
• Abax
• Africa50
• Barak
• Coronation Capital
• L.E.K Consulting
• People Shopping
• SGG Group

BAG:
• Verod Capital Management

WIFI
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