Archives: Speakers

Helena Riese Harstad is the Co-Founder and working Chairman of Optimizer Foundation. She leads the overall strategic direction of the foundation, including assessment of investment opportunities, and manages donor engagement. In addition, she provides legal support to portfolio companies. She is a trained lawyer and has a background within Banking and Financing.

Bernard Oduro Takyi is Young Commercial Farmer and the Founder/CEO of Omanbapa Ghana Ltd (www.omanbapaghana.com), which is an award winning Agribusiness Company in Ghana with focus on organic & mechanized farming, unique branding, secure packaging and efficient door to door sale of Farm Products (Food Crops, Vegetables, Fruits and Bush Meat). I am also the… Read more »

Mrs MOMHA Nathalie is the Founder and Managing Director of ELITIS Cameroun, an Insurance Brokerage Firm. Nathalie is a holder of advanced diplomas in Insurance (Manager II de l’Assurance / ESA – Ecole Supérieure des Assurances of Paris) and Business Administration (MBA – Finance and Accounting from ESSEC – Ecole Supérieure des Sciences Economiques et… Read more »

Tanja established Clarmondial in Zurich in May 2010 to facilitate investments linked to improved natural resource use efficiency, including payments for environmental services (e.g. carbon finance), climate smart agriculture, renewable energy, and sustainable forestry. Tanja previously worked for Climate Change Capital (UK), and has carried out work for a range of organisations including leading corporates,… Read more »

Reginald Kadzutu is a finance and economic analyst whose career spans over 12 years in Kenya and the Africa region. He holds a Msc and Bsc in Applied Accounting from Oxford Brookes University, he is also an ACCA holder. Reginald Kadzutu has held various positions at Amana Capital, Craft Silicon and Zamara ranging from fund… Read more »

I am founding president of the real estate company Eden Prestige. I specialize in the complex financial mountains of luxury real estate projects in Africa, Indonesia and Singapore and also member of the Chamber of Commerce and Ivory Coast Industry and several international organizations and works in collaboration with leading real estate finance firms.

Geoffrey White, CEO of Agility Africa, is an expert on infrastructure development, retail supply chains, agri-business, and investment for African markets. Agility, a leading global provider of logistics and related infrastructure solutions for the oil and gas and FMCG markets, has over $5.2 billion in revenue, 24,000 employees, and offices in more than 100 countries…. Read more »

Ade Buraimo is the Group Managing Director of Alpha Morgan Capital Group, a fast growing Investment Banking Group. Before his appointment as the Group Managing Director, He was Managing Director Alpha Morgan Capital Managers Ltd, Chairman of the Board of Directors Hotspot Network Limited and Independent Non-Executive Director, Saro Agro-Allied Limited. He has over 30… Read more »

John Lentaigne was appointed Acting CEO of the African Trade Insurance Agency (ATI) in June, 2019. Prior to this appointment, he was the Chief Underwriting Officer of ATI, a position he assumed in late 2016. John has over 14 years of experience in the credit and political risk sphere, as well as prior entrepreneurial experience…. Read more »

Olivier GUI currently holds the position of Managing Director of ALC Titrisation, a securitization fund management company licensed by the Securities and Exchange Commission (CREPMF), member of Africa Link Capital Group (ALC Group). In this role Olivier is responsible for originating, executing, and managing debt securitization transactions as well as promoting the use of securitization… Read more »