Meet African Dealmakers 2023 | AFSIC - Investing in Africa | 8 October 2023 | Park Plaza Westminster Bridge London, 200 Westminster Bridge Rd, London SE1 7UT, UK

This event is a ticket only event and space is limited. Please note that entrance to the Meet African Dealmakers event is not included in the AFSIC delegate ticket.

This event is specifically designed for dealmakers such as investment bankers, corporate finance advisors, stockbrokers, lawyers, debt and equity experts, African business leaders and investors to network with each other in a relaxed environment. The event has a consistently high quality of attendance, offering dealmakers the opportunity to develop their pan Africa network efficiently, removing the requirement for a considerable amount of travel on the continent.

2023 Speakers

Khalid Aabid
Head of Capital Markets, Crédit du Maroc

Sherif Abdelaal
Head of M&A - MENA, Kamco Invest

Abdelaziz Abdelnabi
CEO and Co-Founder, Catalyst Partners Holding

Blen Abebe
Africa Investment Advisor, United States Development Finance Corporation

Abdu-Rahman Abrahams
Co-Head: Hybrid Equity, Old Mutual Alternative Investments

Deji Adebusoye
Principal, Sahel Capital

Olufunmi Adepoju
Managing Partner, PearlBridge Capital Managers

Kunle Adesuyi
Group Chief Financial Officer- AFEX, AFEX

Abhishek Agrawal
Managing Partner, Accion

Oguche Agudah
Chief Executive Officer, Pension Funds Operators Association of Nigeria

Youngsik Ahn
Director, Head of Sub-Saharan Africa, Export & Agency Finance, Citibank

Folaseto Akin-Olugbade
Principal, Actis

Mohamed Aladdin
Principal, Global Ventures

Stephen Alangbo
Executive Director Technical Operations, Cornerstone Insurance PLC

Saadiya Aliyu
Managing Director/CEO, Urban Shelter LTD

Njord Andrewes
Managing Partner, Accion

Orli Arav
Managing Director, Head of Debt Funds, Lion’s Head Global Partners

Yaw Attua- Afari
CFO, Yemaachi Biotech

William Attwell
Director, Climate Research, Sustainable Fitch

David Auerbach
President, Regen Organics

Andre Jr Ayotte
Partner, Modus Africa

Chinua Azibuke
Chief Executive Officer, InfraCredit

Andy Bainbridge
Partner, Gateway Partners

Simone Baur
Portfolio Manager, Allianz Global Investor

Maxime Bayen
Head of Venture Building & Lead Venture Partner, Catalyst Fund

Omar Bekkali
Partner, AfricInvest

Joshua Bicknell
Managing Director, Balloon Ventures

Batya Blankers
co-Founder and Ceo, Chancen International

Dr. Lydiah Kemunto Bosire
Founder / CEO, 8B Education Investments

David Brand
Executive Chair, New Forests

William Brent
Chief Marketing Officer, Husk Power Systems

Ade Buraimo
Group Managing Director, Alpha Morgan Capital

Leyla Charles
Investment Executive, British International Investment plc

Maxine Chehab
Investment Manager, Finance in Motion

Mark Chiaviello
Chief Representative, RMB Securities (USA) Inc

Fiona Childe
Vice President Corporate Development & Communications, Sanu Gold Corp.

Caroline Chinhuru
Senior Investment Officer, Calvert Impact

Samuel Chiwanda
Founder and CEO, Click Mobile

Pieter Cilliers
Managing Director, Tana Africa Capital

Nitin Collappen
CEO, StraFin Corporate Services

Caitlin Craig
Head of Private Capital Markets, Untapped Global

Rachel Crawford
Director, Special Projects, EMEAA, Village Capital

Mobola da-Silva
Venture Partner, Capria Ventures

Simon Davis
Founder and Managing Director, OX Delivers

Olivier Deiters
Regional Manager Africa & Middle East, Triple Jump

Funmi Dele-Giwa
General Counsel & Head of GRC, and Group Company Secretary, MFS Africa

Ababacar Sadikh Diaw
CEO / Managing Director, Impaxis Securities

Yvette Dimiri
Director of Stears Insights, Stears

Matthew Doherty
Global Impact Fund Senior Advisor and Officer, International Electrotechnical Commission - IEC

Eugene du Plessis
Chief Investment Officer, Izwe Loans

Sarah Dusek
Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Enygma Ventures

Uka Eje
Co-founder & CEO, ThriveAgric

David Ekabouma
Managing Director, G4A

Duke Ekezie-Joseph
Co-founder & President, Kippa Africa

Karim El Hnot
CEO, Sogécapital Gestion

Najwa El Iraki
Managing Partner, AfricaDev Consulting | General Representative North & West Africa, Lloyd’s of London

Tamim El Zein
Partner, Seedstars Africa Ventures

Olúwatóyìn Emmanuel-Olubake
Investment Director, Novastar Ventures

Ermias Eshetu
Chief Executive Officer, FSD Ethiopia

Martin Ewald
Managing Director AfricaGrow and EMCAF, Allianz Global Investors

Tania Eyanga
CEO, Central Africa Markets Venture Capital & Private Equity Association(CAMPEA)

Modupe Famakinwa
Head, Corporate Funding and IR, Africa Finance Corporation

Michael Famoroti
Co-founder & Head of Intelligence, Stears

Michelle Farrell
Senior Operations Officer, IFC, World Bank Group

Benjamin Fernandes
CEO, NALA

Mathieu Fourn
Director of EduFinance Technical Assistance (UK), Opportunity International EduFinance

Mohamed Salah Frad
General Manager, UGFS NA

Richmond Kwame Frimpong
Managing Director, LMI Land Holdings

Zachariah George
Managing Partner, Launch Africa Ventures

Nimrod Gerber
Managing Partner, Vital Capital

Bernard Ghartey
Manager, West Africa, Norrsken22

Youcef Ghoula
Deputy CEO, BNP Paribas Algeria

Duncan Goldie-Scot
Independent Investor in Africa

David Grayson
Chief Executive Officer, Auerbach Grayson & Company

Gideon Greaves
Managing Director, CV VC

Aryeh Green
Chief Strategy Officer, Gigawatt Global

Florian Grohs
Blended Finance Expert, Symbiotics Asset Management

Akshay Grover
Group CEO, Cellulant

Olivier Gui
CEO, Africa Link Capital Titrisation

Yared Haile-Meskel
Managing Director, YHM Consulting PLC

Gbenga Hassan
Managing Partner, Àrgentil Capital Management Limited

Charmaine Hayden
Founding Partner, GOODSoil VC

Giles Hedley
Fundraiser, Gemcorp Capital

Karim Helal
CEO, Concord international investments

Gaetan Herinckx
Manager of direct investment in SME/Corporate and Infrastructure, BIO (The Belgian DFI)

Preston Ideh
CEO & Co-founder, Stears, Stears

Ugonna Iheme
Director of Stears Advisory, Stears

Kasief Isaacs
Head: Private Markets, Mergence Investment Managers

Vibhuti Jain
Regional Managing Director, Africa, US International Development Finance Corporation

Nijhad Jamal
Managing Partner, Equator VC

Peter Jarvis
Chief Investment Officer, African Alliance Asset Management

Marc Jermin
Managing Director, Pack UG

Becky Jones-Phillips
Head of Enterprise and Innovation, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine

Amanda Kabagambe
Partner and Head of East Africa, TLG Capital

Paul Kamau
Director, Finaltus

Kevin Kamemba
Principal Investment Officer and Head of Africa, Women's World Banking Asset Management

Mike Kamungeremu
President, Zimbabwe National Chamber of Commerce

Wairimu Karanja
Partner & Chief Legal Officer, Persistent Energy

Eren Kelekci
Chief Investment Officer, Food & Agriculture, African Development Bank

Achraf Khallouli
Investment Analyst, Flat6Labs

Nirav Khambhati
Managing Partner, Kaizenvest

Yaseen Khan
CEO, EMGuidance

Nadia Kouassi Coulibaly
Head of Research, AVCA - African Private Capital Association

Anita Kover
Program Director - Investments, UBS Optimus Foundation

Patrycja Kula - Verster
Business Development Manager, JSE

Zerubabel Junior Kwebiiha
Country Director - Mozambique, ENGIE Energy Access

Brenton Lalu
Specialist: Africa, Public Investment Corporation

Kristoffer Laurson
CEO, Gamma Meon

Maria Angeles Leon
Co-Founder and President, Global Social Impact Investments

Ian Lessem
Managing Partner, HAVAIC

Luni Libes
CEO, Africa Eats

Agosta Liko
CEO and Co-Founder, Pesapal

Kurtis Lockhart
Executive Director, Charter Cities Institute

Cedric Longange
President, Congolese Chamber of Commerce in Great Britain (CCCGB)

Chris Low
Senior Advisor & INED, ASA International Plc

Severin Luebke
Team Leader, MOBILIST

Ben Marrel
CEO and Co-Founder, Breega

Isaac Marshall
Senior Investment Professional, TLG Capital

Reginald Massawe
Managing Director, AML Finance

Gerald Matthe
Lead Investment Officer, FDC

Jean-Eric Matunga
Head of Financial Institutions, Bank One Limited

Zohrab Mawani
Director, AEDC (Africa Energy Development Corporation)

Lisa Mazaleni
Deputy Director: Investment Promotions, South African Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment

Tesh Mbaabu
Co-Founder and CEO, MarketForce

Meghan McCormick
Co-Founder & CEO, Oze

Onke Mkiva
Co-Head: Telecommunications, Media and Technology (incl. Fintech), Rand Merchant Bank

Julia Moffett
Co-founder and Managing Partner, Future of Learning Fund

Basil Moftah
General Partner, Nclude

Aceyaa Mohamed
Managing Partner, Noma Capital

Dr. Tarek Moharram
Group CEO, Elevate Capital

Llewellyn Morkel
Founder, Fraxeum

Tarek Mouganie
Founder and Group CEO, Affinity

Guy Mountonga
CEO, SafeTrade101

Hossam Abou Moussa
Partner, Apis Partners LLP

Dorien Mulder
Investment Director, Medical Credit Fund

Eric Muli
CEO, Lipa Later Limited

Abi Mustapha-Maduakor
Chief Executive Officer, AVCA - African Private Capital Association

Anusha Naidu
Corporate Finance Executive, Select Africa

Carl Neethling
CEO, ACN Capital

Erica Nell
Head of Private Debt, Sanlam Investments

Her Excellency Lelise Neme
Commissioner, Ethiopian Investment Commission

Njeri Ngaruiya
Investment Director, IFU

Jane Niedra
Investment Director Financial Inclusion, Swedfund International

Ruby Nimkar
Partner, GreenHouse Capital

Wakiuru Njuguna
Managing Partner, HEVA Fund LLP

Lauren Nkuranga
Chief Advisor to the Chairman & the CEO, Rwanda Development Board

Kazuhiro Numasawa
Manager, Agriculture Finance and Infrastructure Development, African Development Bank

Timothy Nuy
Co-Founder & Co-CEO, Fin

Kenny Nwosu
CEO, Norsad Capital

Nathaniel Nyika
Chief Investment Officer, Norsad Capital

Michael Nzewi
Group Managing Director, CardinalStone Partners Limited

Tola Odukomaiya
Investment Director, GuarantCo

Gbite Oduneye
General Partner, ODBA

Sijibomi Ogundele
Group Managing Director, Sujimoto

Ogho Okiti
Managing Director, ThinkBusiness Africa Ltd

Paul Okunaiya
Director, Oakwood Green Africa

Sophia Omar
Programme Manager, Impact Investing Institute

Scott Onder
Chief Investment Officer, Mercy Corps Ventures

Jackline Onyango
Senior Investment Officer, BlueOrchard

Werner Opperman
CEO of Agrarius Sustainability Engineered, 27four Investment Managers

Rory Ord
Head of Private Markets, 27four Investment Managers

Michelle Osorio
Investment Director, KawiSafi Ventures

Jack Ovens
Director, Business Development, Truestone Impact Investment Management

Kolawole Owodunni
Executive Director & Chief Investment Officer, Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA)

Olu Oyinsan
Managing Partner, Oui Capital

Simon Page
Global Head of Fund Services, Hawksford

Ted Pantone
Co-Founder and CEO, Turaco

Antti Partanen
Investment Manager, Finnfund

Imran Patel
Director, Verdant Capital

Mayur Patel
Chief Commercial Officer, M-KOPA

Ashish Patel
Managing Partner, Aavishkaar Capital

Michelle Patrick-Akinrinade
Africa Investment Advisor, United States Development Finance Corporation (DFC)

Alec Paxton
Director, Social Enterprise Finance Team, U.S. Development Finance Corporation

Susan Payne
Co-Founder and Chairperson, GLIDE Capital Africa

Yaw Peprah
Investor Relations Manager, Goodwell Investment

Alvaro Perezcano
Fintech Investor, Speedinvest

Nicole Poindexter
CEO, Energicity Corp

Vymala Poligadu Thuron
D-Chief of Party, Mastercard Foundation Africa Growth Fund

Julia Price
Cofounder, Linea Capital

Erik Renander
Portfolio Manager, Emerging Markets Investment Management

Selma Ribica
Co Founder and Managing Partner, First Circle Capital

Charlie Robertson
Head of Macro Strategy, FIM Partners

Elizabeth Rossiello
Founder and CEO, AZA Finance

Matthew Ryan
Head of Market Strategy, Ebury

Fatma Salah
Managing Partner, Riad & Riad Law Firm

Michael Sanni
Investment Manager, British International Investment

Michael Habte Sebany
Senior Project Manager, Ethiopian Securities Exchange

Pritish Sehgal
Associate Vice President, IAN Fund

Salim Sekkat
Partner, Valyans Consulting

Nicholas Sennungi
Director, Fincon Africa

Her Excellency Semereta Sewasew Aweke
State Minister, External Economic Cooperation, Ministry of Finance, Ethiopia

Mikir Shah
CEO, Africa Specialty Risks

Graham Shaw
Chief Executive Officer, Wilken Telecommunications Ltd

Saad Sheikh
Partner, Enko Capital

Philip Sigwart
CEO, Baobab Group

Niklas Simola
Investment Manager, Finnfund

Jack Sirett
Head of Dealing / Partner, Ebury

Ahmed Sobhy
Chief Investment Officer, Banque Misr

Oyin Solebo
Managing Director, Techstars

Cecile Sother
Founder, SABI Fund

Denesh Srishanker
Director, Credit Enhancement Facilities, Private Infrastructure Development Group

Jessica Stephens
Director of Business Development, Persistent Energy

Sam Sturm
Chief Portfolio Officer, Founders Factory Africa

Farida Suleiman
Senior Investment Manager, IFU

Jumaane Tafawa
Co-Founder & Executive Director, Africa Eats

His Excellency Abdurehman Eid Tahir
Chief Executive Officer, Ethiopian Investment Holdings

Bendaoud Tali
Head of Strategy, Casablanca Stock Exchange

Roland Tatnall
Managing Director, Naimon Capital

His Excellency Dr. Brook Taye
Director General, Ethiopian Capital Market Authority

Dylan Terrill
Co-Founder & Chief Business Officer, Asaak

Aum Thacker
Investment Professional, TLG Capital

Lisa G. Thomas
Founder and Managing Director, Samata Capital

Enrique Tizon
Africa Syndications Lead, IFC

Tracey Turner
Founder & Chair, Copia Global

Nico Tyabji
Director of Origination & Strategic Partnerships, Mirova SunFunder

Nangula Uaandja
CEO and Chairperson, Namibia Investment Promotion and Development Board

Thierry Vallet
Interim CEO, AfrAsia Bank

Sten Van Der Ham
CEO, eBee Africa

Francios van Schalkwyk
Executive Director Investment & Sector Development, Namibia Investment Promotion & Development Board

Jeff van Staden
Founder, Conservest

Cobus Visagie
Group CEO, Africa Merchant Capital

Chris Wehbe
CEO, Lendable

Josh Whale
Founder & CEO, Ampersand

Sarah Whitten
Regional Manager - Financing & Implementation, USTDA

Gavin Wilkins
Group CCO (Chief Commercial Officer), Hawksford

Thankdeka Xaba
Managing Partner, Digital Africa Ventures

Audrey-Cynthia Yamadjako
Coordinator of the African Green Bank Initiative - Principal Climate and Environment Finance Officer, African Development Bank

Eva Yazhari
General Partner, Beyond Capital Ventures

2023 Sponsors

PREMIER & LEAD STREAM SPONSORS:
• FSD Africa
• UK Aid
• Executives In Africa
• Stears

GOLD SPONSORS:
• British International Investment
• 27 Four
• Ice Cap
• RMB
• Fitch Ratings
• Economic Development Board
• Mauritus International Financial Centre
• Ebury
• Manufacturing Africa
• NClude

SPONSORS:
• Bank One
• Alpha Morgan Capital
• Bench Mark
• Mitco
• Carey Olsen
• NIPDB
• Urban Shelter
• KFW
• Verdant Capital
• Genesis Energy
• Elevate
• BIO
• Knight Knox
• Challenger
• Wesgro
• Invest SA
• OX Delivers
• FSD Ethiopia
• Financial Service Authority
• RDB