Speaker Group: Business Leader

Jorge Appiah is a Technoprenuer and Africa Tech-Policy Expert with a background in Electrical/Electronic Engineering (BSc), Business Administration (MBA) and Renewable energy (MSc). Jorge Appiah is the CEO/Cofounder of SolarTaxi Ghana which is championing affordable clean transportation to facilitate free movement of Africans through the local assembling and manufacturing of Solar vehicles. SolarTaxi locally design… Read more »

Mr. Abdulmajid Mussa Nsekela, has been the Chairman of the Tanzania Bankers Association https://www.tanzaniabankers.org since 18th December 2018. He joined CRDB Bank Group https://crdbbank.co.tz/ early October 2018 as the Group Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, coming from NMB Bank https://www.nmbbank.co.tz/ where he worked for 10 years overseeing the Retail Banking Business and its Operations…. Read more »

Anissa Kadi is a Senior Investment Analyst for Sub-Saharan Africa for The Symbiotics Group. Symbiotics is the leading market access platform for impact investing in emerging and frontier economies. The group manages >USD 2.9 billion in Assets for > 20 funds including the Regional MSME Investment Fund for Sub-Saharan Africa. The Fund invests in financial… Read more »

Constantine Kandie is an Executive Director in MiDA Advisors’ East Africa Office, focusing on institutional investors capacity development advisory services. She is a Founder Trustee of the Kenya Pension Fund Investment Consortium (KEPFIC), which she spearheaded as Director at Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) and Chair of the Board of Trustees. She also served as a… Read more »

Artem Sokol is the Global Director of Business Development at AZA Finance, an international fintech company that is accelerating economic growth in Africa through its best-in-class foreign exchange, payments, settlement, and treasury services. A career fintech and e-commerce executive, Artem Sokol leads the company’s international sales, marketing and customer success teams. Before joining AZA Finance,… Read more »

Jérôme de Chasteauneuf currently serves as the Group Finance Director of CIEL Limited, a diversified international group headquartered in Mauritius. He is an Associate of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and holds an honours qualification from the London School of Economics. Since joining CIEL in 1993, he has been instrumental in… Read more »

Dolu Olugbenjo is the Chief Investment Officer of the Stanbic IBTC Infrastructure Fund and an executive of the Standard Bank Group. As CIO of the N100bn Infrastructure Fund, he manages investment capital for a diverse base of alternative investment investors seeking exposure to the infrastructure asset class. Before transitioning into Fund management, Dolu spent over… Read more »

Sheila Kyarisiima is a partner at NISK Capital, a boutique corporate finance and transaction advisory firm covering the East African market. In her role, she has overseen the successful fundraise of close to US $ 1 billion dollars for a variety of clients including blue chip firms and rapidly growing SMEs in the markets of… Read more »

Harriet Jackson has over ten years of debt investment experience in emerging markets, primarily in climate finance and sustainable food. Since 2020 she leads debt investments in sustainable food companies in West Africa at responsAbility.

Juulia Laakso is a Partner and Director for Business Development at Tramigo Africa, the market leader in creating sustainable and transparent mobility and supply-chain ecosystems through connecting vehicles and assets. As a visionary, she saw the massive potential of Tramigo’s long-term presence and partner network across the continent. She invested in the company in the… Read more »