The 14th Annual AVCA Conference 2017 | African Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (AVCA) | 3 April 2017 | Abidjan, Africa

The annual AVCA Conference is the largest private equity gathering globally, attracting investors who collectively manage over US$1.5tn in assets. Over the past 13 years, the AVCA conference has become the most important forum for promoting, developing, and stimulating private investment in Africa. The conference continues to be a rallying beacon, shedding light on the vast opportunities available to global investors, and guiding the industry with informative research and thought leadership.

Speakers for 2017

JOHN MAWULI ABABIO
Senior Partner, PCM Capital Partners

MICHEL ABROGOUA
Founder and Managing Partner, PCM Capital Partners

DEMOLA ADEGBITE
Associate Director, LeapFrog Investments

YINKA ADEGOKE
Africa Editor, Quartz

MATTHEW BOADU ADJEI
Chief Executive Officer, Oasis Capital Ghana

DANIEL AGBOR
Managing Partner, Udo Udoma & Belo-Osagie

CHRISTIAN AGOSSA
Chief Executive Officer, Caisse Régionale de Refinancement Hypothécaire - Union Économique et Monetaire Ouest Africaine, Banque Ouest Africaine de Développement

AKINTOYE AKINDELE
Co-Founder and Partner, Synergy Capital Managers

RUNA ALAM
Co-Founding Partner and Chief Executive Officer, Development Partners International

ALEXANDRE ALFONSI
Founding Partner, Axonia Partners

BABA ALOKOLARO
Managing Partner, TNP

EDOH KOSSI AMENOUNVE
Chief Executive Officer, Bourse Régionale des Valeurs Mobilières

AYODELE AROGBO
Co-Founder and Partner, Synergy Capital Managers

PATRICE BACKER
Chief Operating Officer, AFIG Funds

GRANT BROOKE
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Twiga Foods

SÉBASTIEN BOYÉ
Chief Investment Officer, Investisseurs & Partenaires

GEOFFREY BURGESS
Partner, Debevoise & Plimpton

MAURIZIO CAIO
Managing Partner, TLcom Capital

JEREMY CLEAVER
Portfolio Director, Intermediated Equity, CDC Group

H.E. ABDOURAHMANE CISSÉ
Ministre du Budget et du Portefeuille de l’Etat, République de Côte d'Ivoire

ANTOINE DELAPORTE
Founder and Managing Director, Adenia Partners

HURLEY DODDY
Managing Director, Founding Partner and Co-Chief Executive Officer, Emerging Capital Partners

OMO-DÉLÉ EGUE
Managing Director, Groupe NSIA

H.E. DANIEL KABLAN DUNCAN
Vice-Président, République de Côte d'Ivoire

NOËL YAWO EKLO
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Cauris Management

THEOPHILUS EMUWA
Managing Partner and Head of the Corporate and Commercial Practice Group, AELEX Partners

EMMANUEL ESMEL ESSIS
Chief Executive Officer, CEPICI

FOLABI ESAN
Founding Partner, Adlevo Capital

MICHELLE KATHRYN ESSOMÉ
Chief Executive Officer, African Private Equity and Venture Capital Association

DOUTY FADIGA
Partner and Deals Coordinator, PwC

MATT FLANNERY
Founder, Branch.co

WOLE FAROUN
Managing Director and Founder, NetPlusDotCom

FRÉDÉRIC FLÉJOU
Co-Chief Executive Officer, AXA Africa Specialty Risks

PIERRE GUISLAIN
Vice President, Private Sector, Infrastructure and Industrialization, African Development Bank

MATTHEW HUNT
Principal, South Suez Capital

THIERRY HUGNIN
Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Kibo Capital

'TOKUNBOH ISHMAEL
Managing Director and Co-Founder, Alitheia Identity

KAGO KAGICHIRI
Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, Eneza Education

JACK KNELLINGER
Co-Founder, Capria Ventures

MARK KENDERDINE-DAVIES
General Counsel, CDC Group

CHARLES DENIS KOUASSI
Chief Executive Officer, Caisse de Nationale de Prévoyance Sociale

JAN-HENRIK KUHLMANN
Senior Investment Manager, Triple Jump

SOFIANE LAHMAR
Partner, Development Partners International

NABEEL LAHER
Senior Investment Professional, Old Mutual Alternative Investments

DR FRANNIE LÉAUTIER
Senior Vice-President, African Development Bank

KUNLE MALOMO
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, People Productivity Solutions

BAFANA MOLOMO
Chief Investment Officer, Botswana Development Corporation

ADRIAN MAYER
Partner, Charles Russell Speechlys

ABI MUSTAPHA-MADUAKOR
Ag. Chief Operating Officer, African Private Equity and Venture Capital Association

FERDINAND KEMOUM NGON
Managing Director, Emerging Capital Partners

OBI NWOGUGU
Head of Real Estate, African Capital Alliance

KEVIN NJIRAINI
Regional Lead, Sub-Saharan Africa, International Finance Corporation

SIMON NYAKUNDI
Chief Executive Officer, Kenya Railway Staff Retirement Scheme

ENITAN OBASANJO-ADELEYE
Director, Head of Research, African Private Equity and Venture Capital Association

TOSIN ODUSANYA
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Africa Terminaling Company Limited

YINKA ODELEYE
Partner, Synergy Capital Managers

OPUIYO OFORIOKUMA
Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Arm-Harith Infrastructure Investment

KELECHI OHIRI
Managing Partner, Flint Atlantic Capital Partners

DAPO OKUBADEJO
Partner and Africa Head, Deal Advisory and Private Equity Group, KPMG.

KEHINDE OJUAWO
Partner, Banwo & Ighodalo

OLUGBENGA OLADEJI
Director of Investments, Casey Family Programs

JERRY PARKES
Chief Executive Officer, Injaro Investments

LUC RIGOUZZO
Managing Partner and Co-Founder, Amethis

VIKRAM RAJU
Executive Director and Portfolio Manager, Morgan Stanley Alternative Investment Partners

RICHARD RINCON
Senior Investment Officer, The University of Texas Investment Management Company

DERRICK ROPER
Chief Executive Officer, Novare Equity Partners

BOLDEWIJN SLOET
Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Africa Technology Ventures

AYMERIC SAHA
Managing Director, NASP-USAID Partnership for Mobilizing Institutional Investors to Develop Africa's Infrastructure

JURIE SWART
Chief Executive Officer, African Infrastructure Investment Managers

SERGE THIÉMÉLÉ
Managing Partner, Transactions Advisory Services, EY .

MAMADOU TOURE
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Ubuntu Capital

MARA TOPPING
Partner, White & Case

NINA TRIANTIS
Head, Sponsor Coverage, Standard Bank Group

EMENIKE DAVE UDUANU
Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Sigma Pensions

SEV VETTIVETPILLAI
Managing Partner, The Abraaj Group

BARTHOUT VAN SLINGELANDT
Managing Partner, XSML Capital

SOLOMON WIFA
Partner, Willkie Farr & Gallagher

ANN WYMAN
Senior Manager, AfricInvest

ROBERT ZEGERS
Chief Investment Officer, Financial Sector, African Development Bank

Sponsors for 2017

AELEX
ACA
AMETHIS FINANCE
pwc
Argentil
TNP
PCM
AFIG FUNDS
ABAX
AFRICINVEST
DPI
ECP
LEAPFROG
BRVM
STANDARD BANK
TLCOM TIDE
AfDB
SYNERGY CAPITAL MANAGERS
BOAD
CDC
UDO UDOMA & BELO-OSAGIE
AFRICAN INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT\MANAGERS NetPlusDotCom
INJARO
BANWO & IGHODALO
cauris management