Archives: Speakers

Erik is responsible for Norfund’s investments in financial institutions across Sub-Sahara Africa, Southeast Asia and Central America. He is a board member of the bank investment firm Arise and the Nordic Microfinance Initiative (NMI), and has board experience from several banks and microfinance institutions across these regions. He is a member of the Norfund executive… Read more »

Rodrigue Fouafou is the CEO and one of the global visionaries behind HartNamtemah Inc. an investment firm based out of Toronto, Canada which specializes in vetting, mentoring, investing and strategic planning for African Startups. HartNamtemah does not only invest in people from a financial perspective but also believes in investing in relationships by getting to… Read more »

Erick is our CEO and co-founder and has helped developed our unique investment approach that combines funding, knowledge transfer, and capacity building. He is our specialist for working with startups, global strategy, and business development. Erick has traveled extensively since he was young and has lived in various countries while traveling with his parents. He… Read more »

Tanya van Lill joined the Southern African Venture Capital and Private Equity Association (SAVCA) in March 2017 as CEO, after a rewarding 10-year career at the Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS). There, she fulfilled the roles of Director of Academic Programmes, and learning and development specialist, focusing on management and leadership development across a… Read more »

Ptolemy is a private family office that is focussed on the development of international natural resource, Industrial, manufacturing and technology projects. Currently, we are actively looking to back technical operations teams in early stage projects.

Leonard Stiegeler is the Founder of Pulse, the leading innovative media company in Africa. He is backing & investing in media-/technology- & -enabled ventures/assets. Some of his interests include Business Insider Africa, Art News Africa, Digital News Africa, Carbon, Flutterwave, Paystack and more. Prior, he was the General Manager of Swiss Ringier Africa AG since… Read more »

Jonathan de la Pasture BSc (Hons), First in Business Studies (Finance) Jonathan is a Cape Town based Portfolio Manager at Stanlib and has managed Liberty’s Africa Specialised Credit Fund since May 2014. Jonathan has over 24 years of experience as a loans professional and has arranged financings across the full spectrum of credit from corporate… Read more »

Education and qualifications: BA in Economics, Liverpool University A.C.I.B. CCF FSA London Stock Exchange “Approved Person” Certified Investment and Financial Analyst (KASNEB) Experience – Nigel has been a full time Debt Advisor and Restructuring specialist for over 25 years. He is proven at leading teams and also external stakeholders and agents/advisors in complex and high… Read more »

Josephine Kibe is responsible for the market development of the Gateway Academy and for reaching out to financial service providers, content/training providers who will be using the online learning platform. Previously, Josephine was an educator with Strathmore Business School in Nairobi and also worked in the Kenyan banking industry. Josephine has a PhD in Economics… Read more »