Archives: Speakers

Shiori Onishi is Head of Investment at CROWD CREDIT, Inc., and engaged in sourcing of potential partners, due diligence, and launching of funds for Japanese individual investors. Got her education in Japan/UK/Philippines, and built her career in Japan/India/Afghanistan, Shiori has gained her hands-on knowledge and experience on micro, SME, and rural finance as well as… Read more »

Saugata Banerjee is the Chairman of the DIGITIAN Group and Managing Director of the boutique digital Investment Fund DIGITIAN Investment Incorporated UAE. DIGITIAN Investment is an Africa focussed Fund mainly active in East and North Africa. He is an Investment Banker aged 48years, with a Top executive level working experience in three continents (America, Asia… Read more »

Emilio joined the Private Infrastructure Development Group in 2015 as Executive Director of The Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund.  He became Head of PIDG Technical Assistance in December 2019, responsible for the deployment of grants to projects being developed by the PIDG Companies, as well as providing upstream capacity building grants to governments and managing a… Read more »

Ope is the Head of Project Finance for Arise where he focuses on raising and structuring financing for various projects in Africa. Arise, backed by shareholders such as A.P Moller Capital, Olam International and Africa Finance Corporation is a leading pan African infrastructure developer particular focused on design, finance and operation of integrated transport and… Read more »

Sam Preece is CEO of Clean Invest Africa Plc and London listed investment vehicle making investments in clean energy and waste to energy opportunities in Africa. Sam is an Environmental Geologist and has worked for over 20years managing the Environmental Social and Governance (ESG) risks for some of the worlds largest companies as they implement… Read more »

Founder of Granatum Finance, a financial technology company with the objective of providing an alternative source of funding for corporates and governments based on asset-backed blockchain tokenisation (ABBT). Fabien’s vision is to bring more liquidity and transparency to the African capital market by tokenising and designing smart contracts for future or existing assets with the… Read more »

Yann joined Swiss Re Direct Investment in 2014 as the Head of Africa for Principal Investment and Private Equity, taking on responsibility for originating and executing transactions and monitoring investee companies throughout Africa. Prior to that, he worked as a Principal at Actis, based in Lagos, covering West Africa transactions. Yann founded and is currently… Read more »

Ulla works as an investment manager at Finnfund, focusing on origination and execution of Financial Sector investments and projects with gender initiatives. Previously she has worked in asset management with a special focus on microfinance. Ulla has also been responsible for Finnfund’s treasury. Prior to joining Finnfund Ulla has been working as a treasury professional… Read more »

Rupert Scofield is the President, CEO and Co-Founder of FINCA International, author of “The Social Entrepreneur’s Handbook,” presenter of The Social Enterprise Podcast (www.socentpodcast.org), and a regular contributor to articles published on Forbes. A pioneer in microfinance and life-long social entrepreneur, Mr. Scofield leads FINCA International, the majority-owner of 20-community-based microfinance institutions and banks across… Read more »

Hirander Misra is Co-Founder, Chairman and CEO of GMEX Group, which is a set of companies that offer sustainable and innovative solutions for the new era of global financial markets through an aligned partnership driven approach. This involves the creation and operation of electronic exchanges and post trade infrastructure in equities, debt, FX, derivatives and… Read more »