Archives: Speakers

Johann is in charge of the division responsible for equity investments in financial institutions and startups at Proparco. Prior to joining Proparco in 2013, Johann was a sell-side equity analyst at Natixis, a French bank. He subsequently worked on strategy and corporate development at Boursorama, the leading french digital bank, subsidiary of Société Générale. Finally,… Read more »

Aunnie Patton Power is the founder of Intelligent Impact, a technology for social impact advisory firm, and a university lecturer on Innovative Finance, Impact Investing and Technology for Impact. At the University of Oxford’s Saïd Business School, she holds the title Associate Fellow as well as Entrepreneur in Residence at the Skoll Centre for Social… Read more »

Mohamed Maarouf is an international expert in finance and development.  He was the Managing Director of BTI Bank. He was Head of Participatory Finance at BMCE Bank of Africa, and previously Executive Director of PlaNet Finance Morocco after leading the MENA zone. He was also the first President of Development Gateway Morocco. Mr. Maarouf was… Read more »

Loïc MACKOSSO, Managing Partner at ARIES Investissements, began his career in Paris in 2003 as a junior compliance officer in the finance industry within the asset management company Asset Allocation Advisors (AAA) which became Neuflize OBC Investissements. In 2006, following his return to Congo, he joined the legal affairs department of the state-owned oil company… Read more »

Mr Kwasi Kyere is a Professional accountant with the institute of chartered accountants Ghana. He holds a Master degree in Microfinance and a PhD in finance. He has over 20 years of experience at the management level having been the chief executive officer of triple protection services, a manned guard security company for 4 years,… Read more »

Andrei is a Principal with the IFC Asset Management Company, working on the IFC Global Infrastructure Fund, a USD 1.2bn vehicle investing in infrastructure companies and projects across emerging markets. He is leasing the Fund’s business development and origination efforts for Sub Saharan Africa. Before joining IFC, Andrei was a director with DP Holdings, focusing… Read more »

Ladé Araba is a senior development finance professional with over 17 years of experience. She is the Managing Director at Convergence Finance and Co-Chairs the Board of EED Advisory. She previously served as Technical Adviser to the former Minister of Finance of Nigeria and was the Head of the Strategic Monitoring Unit. She was also… Read more »

Kurt is a Senior Advisor for Impact Investments and SDGs at the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), responsible for leading the SDG Investing Programme for Family Offices and UHNWIs. He has over 15 years of impact investments and ESG strategy experience in international organisations, such as the World Bank, International Finance Corporation (IFC), UN-PRI, United… Read more »

Juan Jose Garcia is the Head of Syndications for Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America & the Caribbean at the World Bank Group’s International Finance Corporation (IFC). In his current capacity, Juan Jose leads the team responsible for delivering a 3rd party regional debt mobilization program of about US$3.0-3.5 billion per year and for overseeing an approximately… Read more »

Mr. Davidsen is Norfund’s VP of Scalable Enterprises – Agribusiness & Manufacturing. He is leading the work within the agribusiness and manufactuing sector. He is also a project manager for several projects in Africa. He has several years of project lead on mergers and acquisitions in the strategy team of Yara International, including numerous transactions… Read more »