Archives: Speakers

My role is to drive the private sector funding in education and healthcare sectors across the continent at African development bank. African Development Bank is the premier pan-African development institution, promoting economic growth and social progress across the continent. The Bank’s development agenda is delivering the financial and technical support for transformative projects that will… Read more »

Sudeep Laad is a partner and a founding member of L.E.K. Consulting’s Global Education Practice. He advises education companies and investors across all education segments including K-12, Higher and Vocational Education, Transnational Education, English Language Learning, Corporate Training and Education Technology. Sudeep is an expert on the African education landscape, where he has led numerous… Read more »

Mr. Paul Murithi Muthaura has been leading the Capital Markets Authority (CMA) of Kenya since July 2012. In this period, the CMA has been recognized as the Most Innovative Capital Markets Regulator in Africa for four consecutive years from 2015-18. CMA was also been recognized for its outstanding contribution to Capital Markets Stability in Africa… Read more »

He is currently the Director General of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Ghana and Chairman of the West Africa Securities Regulation Association (WASRA). Rev. Daniel Ogbarmey Tetteh has over twenty (20) years’ experience in investment banking with Databank Group, where he was the Head of Asset Management and Research. He was the Vice President of… Read more »

Dare Okoudjou is the founder and CEO of MFS Africa, a leading Pan-African Fintech company, operating the largest digital payments hub on the continent. Prior to founding MFS Africa, Dare worked at MTN Group, where he developed its mobile payment strategy and led its implementation across 21 countries throughout Africa and the Middle East. He… Read more »

Mr Bertrand Casteres, born in 1978, holds a Master’s degree in applied mathematics, actuarial science and finance and an Executive MBA from HEC (Paris). Mr Casteres has worked for major insurance companies in Europe. Before joining MUA in January 2012 as head of internal audit, he worked in the internal audit department of Aviva Europe… Read more »

Roland heads investments into sub-Saharan Africa for Mubadala Infrastructure Partners, the Abu Dhabi-based emerging market infrastructure fund manager. He has lived, worked and transacted in over 15 African countries; as a founding member of the first private equity infrastructure fund focused solely on SSA (ex South Africa); in the investment company he founded; and in… Read more »

Born and raised in Zimbabwe, David leads Momentum’s frontier Africa real estate investment management business.  Before joining Momentum’s Africa team in December 2012, David spent six years in Momentum’s Alternative Strategies team.  Prior to joining Momentum, David was a Vice President at Maples Finance Limited in the Cayman Islands where he provided fiduciary services to… Read more »

Graham was appointed Chairman of the Board in the summer of 2013. Ever since visiting Nepal and India in 1981 Graham had wanted to work in international development. So, ten years ago he quit his business career and decided to “retrain” for a new career by completing an MsC in Development Economics at SOAS. Since… Read more »

Robert Haynie leads SPRING, a social enterprise accelerator that helps scale small businesses by creating products and services that empower girls and young women across East Africa. He has over 17 years of experience bringing together governments, foundations, corporations, and impact investors to build market-based solutions for challenging global issues. Robert is based in London… Read more »