Archives: Speakers

Mr. Abdel Aal has over 22 years of progressive professional experience in Corporate Banking, direct investments, private equities, investment banking and market research. Developed through his involvement in the execution of more than 80 transactions worth more than US$7 billion across the MENA region. He is currently the Managing Director and the Head of M&A… Read more »

Elhadji Malick Soumare is an Investment Professional and an Accredited SME consultant with strong experience and knowledge of African markets and finance industry. He currently is Investment Manager at GroFin, a pioneering private development finance institution specialized in financing and supporting small and growing businesses (SGBs) across Africa and the Middle East by combining medium… Read more »

José Santiago is a proactive, accomplished financial strategist with deep knowledge of FinTech (payment systems, mobile money and digital money), financial inclusion strategies and asset protection. In 1998 José founded LBWTA (Let’s Bring Wealth to Africa) Foundation with the mission to bank the unbanked, increasing financial inclusion. Currently Mr. Jose Santiago is a Global Strategy… Read more »

Shamin A. Sookia joined Perigeum Capital as Managing Director as from July 2016, following a 30‐year career spanning across various fields including auditing, taxation, management and consultancy services, global business and financial restructuring. He is a fellow member of Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA – UK) and of Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (… Read more »

Basheer Oshodi is the CEO and co-founder of TrustBanc Arthur. He had setup three non-interest banks and windows and developed ethical products across investment and corporate banking, commercial and retail banking. He was the Group Head, Non-Interest Banking, Sterling Bank from 2013 to 2020 and has over 22-year work experience in banking, real-estate and academia…. Read more »

Thea Jamison, CFA is the Managing Director and Founder of CHANGE Global Investment. Thea started her investment career in emerging and frontier markets in 1997. She has researched investment opportunities in over 90 countries and invested directly on 60 local stock exchanges. Over her career, Thea has built out new firms focused on the emerging… Read more »

Bamidele Olalekan Oseni is passionate about developing and implementing Enterprise Risk Management in Africa with the aim to add value to the institution by balancing risks and returns. As a seasoned and experienced Risk Management Professional of over a decade, he has implemented Enterprise Risk Management across the continent of Africa in Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya,… Read more »

Mezuo Nwuneli is the Managing Partner, Sahel Capital Agribusiness Managers Ltd., a food and agriculture focused private equity firm which invests in mid-sized agribusinesses. Sahel Capital oversees $65.9 million in assets through its fund – Fund for Agricultural Finance in Nigeria (“FAFIN”). He is also the Co-Founder of AACE Foods, a food processing company which… Read more »

Sanyade Okoli is the Chief Executive Officer of Alpha African Advisory Limited (“Alpha African”, formerly Travant Capital). She has over 25 years of financial advisory; private equity; corporate, commercial and management finance; and auditing experience. Sanyade has led numerous advisory transactions in areas such as mergers & acquisitions, capital restructuring and strategic advisory. Sanyade joined… Read more »