Speaker Group: Business Leader

Jesse Corradi is Head of Africa and Product Innovation at USAID’s Development Credit Authority (DCA). As such, Jesse leads DCA’s Africa regional team, which mobilizes private capital for underserved markets across Sub-Saharan Africa by underwriting partial-credit guarantees, and DCA’s product innovation and fintech strategies. Previously, Jesse held positions in public service, impact investing, and finance… Read more »

Adrien Diouf is the Managing Director of Agence UMOA-Titres which is a Regional Financial institution dedicated to assisting the eight (8) WAMU member countries in raising funds on the financial markets and to the development of the regional Sovereign Debt markets (MTP). Adrien Diouf has a wide operational and managerial experience in finance both in… Read more »

Dr Edward George is the head of the UK representative office of pan-African bank, Ecobank, as well as being head of group research. Edward oversees the teams in the London office, with a focus on corporate banking, international organisations, treasury, research and digital innovation. As head of research he manages a team of eight analysts… Read more »

Barry Cooper is a Technical Director at the Centre of Financial Regulation and Inclusion (Cenfri). He is a lawyer by training and an expert in national payment systems, and financial regulatory landscapes; serving as Cenfri’s lead for these research areas. Barry has been a director on Making Access Possible (MAP) financial inclusion diagnostics in DRC,… Read more »

Leon Isaacs is a seasoned expert and business leader in the payments, remittances, mobile money and money transfer industry. He has over 25 years hands-on experience and since 2007 has led DMA Global, the specialist development consultancy. DMA Global, which is based in the UK but has a global remit, provides a broad range of… Read more »

David Ekabouma joined AGF as the Chief Internal Controller and was subsequently promoted to Deputy, then Head of Business Development. He supports the business development activities, with the main role of developing new and existing products, including and not limited to structured finance. He leads the thinking of the new products/propositions, on-going appraisals of existing… Read more »

Frank-Astère is Investment Manager at Amethis. His responsibilities at Amethis include financial sector deal sourcing and executing, as well as overseeing due diligences and executing transactions. Prior to joining Amethis in 2015, Mr. Ndiyo-Butoyi worked for KPMG’s Transaction Services department in Paris, mainly in the financial services sector, conducting due diligence and valuation missions, primarily… Read more »

Experienced African investment banker, formerly with Goldman Sachs, CSFB and Standard Bank. Now focused on private equity investments, capital raising and creating value for clients.

CEO of Deloitte Central Africa. 20 years in professional services, with experience in auditing and management consulting. Experience in advising clients from a strategy and operational excellence perspective in the Zimbabwe environment.

Seasoned entrepreneur with many investment interests and experience in Zimbabwe in various sectors, from property to financial services and agriculture. Ted has had multiple interviews with CNBC and has a lot of experience with the economic and political environment in Zimbabwe.