Speaker Group: Business Leader

“Caitlin Craig is the Head of Private Capital Markets at Untapped Global, previously Operations Lead and Investment Officer for Southern Africa. Originally from Canada and now based in Cape Town, South Africa, Caitlin works on deploying Smart Asset Financing across Africa and raising capital globally. Prior to Untapped, she spent years working in Nigeria with… Read more »

Brenton is an experienced Investment Professional with over a decade of demonstrated history of working in the Financial Services Sector. Skilled in Deal Origination, Investment Research, Strategy, Analytical Reasoning, Negotiation & Persuasion and Keynote Speaking. Currently at the Public Investment Corporation (PIC), looking after Africa strategy across Developmental Investments, Properties and Private Equity; whilst managing… Read more »

Brad is an ex Investment banker, previously Global Head of Global Markets at Africa’s largest Bank, Standard Bank, before co-founding African Alpha Investment Partners, which manages a portfolio of assets on the African continent focused primarily on the consumer sector. AAIP’s largest investments are in Ethiopia where the FMCG assets are co managed with 54… Read more »

Bernard has had extensive experience in venture capital, investment banking, telecommunications and strategy across sub-Saharan Africa. He is an Investment Manager at Norrsken22; an African tech growth fund providing capital and strategic value to founders in Africa. Prior to Norrsken22, Bernard was Head of Investments at Acuity Venture Partners, an Africa focused early stage investor…. Read more »

Benjamin Fernandes is an award-winning Tanzanian speaker and entrepreneur. Benjamin grew up in Tanzania, then earned scholarships that took him to America for the first time at the age of 17. At age 21, Benjamin was the youngest African in history to ever be accepted into Stanford Graduate School of Business. He holds an MBA… Read more »

“Bendaoud TALI is an accomplished finance professional with extensive experience in capital markets, strategy, and project management. He spent seven years at Euronext Group, executing IPOs and participating in several market initiatives. He later joined Réseau de Transport d’Electricité (RTE) France to support the XBID project’s global implementation aiming to create an EU integrated energy… Read more »

Becky Jones-Phillips is Head of Innovation and Enterprise at The Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and the Infection Innovation Consortium (IICON) which is pioneering the delivery of integrated solutions for human infections. Becky has significant academic and commercial experience with an array of strategic and collaborative expertise gained in the Biotechnology and the UK healthcare… Read more »

Batya Blankers is the Co-founder and CEO of CHANCEN International. Batya is South African and was given access to university in Germany through participation in an Income Share Agreement. As a beneficiary herself, Batya is passionate about offering an ethical and fair financial aid model to fellow Africans to ensure more individuals have equal opportunities… Read more »

“Experienced company builder and general partner at Global Ventures: A growth focused venture capital firm that enables start-up success in the Middle East and North Africa region. Basil works with founders to create disruptive companies with an enterprise technology focus. Building networks between the west and east is central to his approach. This entails creating… Read more »