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Speaker Group: Business Leader

Ermias Eshetu 2023 Speaker

“Ermias is the CEO of FSD Ethiopia, leading the establishment of the FSD Ethiopia office and developing the strategic interventions needed to develop the financial sector in Ethiopia, working alongside the regulators, the private sector, and key development partners. Prior to that, Ermias held the position of Advisory Partner at Grant Thornton Ethiopia and CEO… Read more »

Erik Renander 2023 Speaker

Erik Renander is an institutional portfolio manager for Emerging Markets Investment Management based in London. For the last 10 years Erik has been investing in African public equities and fixed income markets.

Erica Nell 2023 Speaker

Erica is currently head of private debt in the Sanlam Investments Alternatives business unit. Previously she was a credit fund manager in the alternatives sector. She joined Gensec Bank in 2004 and moved from Finance to the Credit Analysis department in 2005 when Gensec Bank became Sanlam Capital Markets. She was moved to Cape Town… Read more »

Eric Dupont 2023 Speaker

“Eric Dupont is a senior director in Fitch Ratings’ financial institutions group. He started his career with Fitch 20 years ago. After covering numerous countries in Western Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa from London, he returned to Fitch Paris in 2002. He is now responsible for the ratings of banks in the Middle… Read more »

Eric Kump 2023 Speaker

Eric Kump is a Partner at Alterra Capital Partners based in London, with over 28 years of private equity investing experience across a variety of sectors. Prior to joining Alterra, Mr. Kump was a Carlyle Partner and head of the Carlyle Sub-Saharan Africa Fund. He was previously a Managing Director of Carlyle European Partners and… Read more »

Eric Muli 2023 Speaker

Eric, is an entrepreneur and the CEO of Lipa Later, which is a credit, payments and shopping platform that operates in Kenya, Uganda, Nigeria and Rwanda. Eric attended Babson College, the world’s #1 Entrepreneurship University, and Stanford Graduate School of Business: Stanford Seed 2019. Eric has been widely recognized for his entrepreneurial achievements; by Forbes,… Read more »

Enrique Tizon 2023 Speaker

Enrique is a seasoned syndicator with a 13-year experience mobilizing private and public debt to IFC projects and clients in Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe, Middle East and Latin America. During the last 5 years, he has played an active role syndicating debt in Africa across sectors (Infrastructure, Manufacturing, Agribusiness, Services and FIs, including Fintech).

Emma Gordon 2023 Speaker

Emma Gordon is an Energy and Investment Policy Analyst at the International Energy Agency. She leads on investment work on African countries, as well as a focus on sustainable finance. Prior to joining the IEA, she worked in risk advisory for energy companies investing across the continent.

Elizabeth Rossiello 2023 Speaker

Elizabeth Rossiello is the CEO and founder of global payments and FX fintech AZA Finance (previously known as BitPesa). Founded in Nairobi in 2013, AZA Finance empowers companies to move money, exchange currencies, make payments and settle easily across all major African and G20 currencies. AZA Finance was also the first ever to trade digital… Read more »

Edward Nana Yaw Koranteng 2023 Speaker

“Edward Nana Yaw Koranteng is an investment banker and lawyer with over twenty-two years corporate experience. He started his professional career as a Management Consultant at PriceWaterhouseCoopers in 1999. Prior to his appointment as the Chief Executive Officer of the Minerals Income Investment Fund, Mr. Koranteng was the Regional Head of East, Central and Southern… Read more »