Archives: Speakers

Joshua studied International management & Chinese at SOAS University of London. Followed by Chinese at Beijing Normal University. He has 12 years of sales, marketing and entrepreneurship experience, spanning 16 Countries. Joshua has worked with the former CEO of HSBC China, received a commendation from the former UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown, and worked with… Read more »

Peter George is the Clean Cooking Alliance’s Senior Director responsible for its private sector development and investment activities. Prior to joining the Alliance, he invested in and advised oil and gas companies and renewable energy project developers in the United States, as well as start-ups and small and medium enterprises developing distributed energy solutions in… Read more »

Kevin Mutiso, 30, is the CEO and co-founder of Alternative Circle. The company developed a Kenyan Mobile based app “SHIKA”, that enables individuals with little or no credit history to access affordable micro loans through their mobile phones. The app also provides financial institutions a platform they can use to lend to users, since these… Read more »

Kudzai is the co-founder and CEO of Mobbisurance, a fintech company that is developing a mobile based crop insurance product and other financial services for farmers. Kudzai and his team have used machine learning to drive down costs significantly associated with serving this particular market segment. In addition he also co-founded the Emerging Farmers Exchange,… Read more »

Monica Maduekwe has over 7 years of experience promoting renewable energy and energy efficiency markets in West Africa. She has an extensive knowledge of the energy landscape, particularly as it concerns investment, which she gained through her work as a Resource Mobilisation Specialist and Renewable Energy Programme Officer at the Economic Community of West African… Read more »

Mbindyo has more than 21 years experience in Banking and Technology. An Adventurous entrepreneur he was among the Pioneers of Internet service providers business in Kenya. He was involved in the early years of cross-border e-commerce partnering with the Government of Dubai to launch Tejari platform linking commodity traders in Africa, Middle east and Africa…. Read more »

Mr. Tonderai Mutesva is a Corporate Finance Executive with MyBucks, a Fintech company that uses technology to provide financial products and services to the low and middle-income customer segment, predominantly in high-growth emerging markets. He has 10 years investment banking experience on the African continent, having worked on various M&A transactions along with debt and… Read more »

Olivier Edelman heads EIB’s microfinance unit covering microfinance operations outside the EU. Olivier is responsible for the origination and execution of equity and loan operations (direct or indirect via funds) supporting micro-entrepreneurs and financial inclusion, notably via microfinance institutions.

Robert Schofield heads EIB’s Financial Sector Division covering Africa, Latin America/Caribbean and Asia/Pacific. Robert is responsible for EIB’s relationships with local and international financial institutions, aiming particularly to support banks in modernising their banking services in developing countries and in financing private enterprise.

JP joined DPI in 2016. His prior work experience combines investment banking at BNP Paribas and JPMorgan with management consulting at McKinsey & Company and The Boston Consulting Group. He has extensive experience leading M&A, strategy and transformational projects for government entities, major corporations and financial sponsors across both developed markets (North America, Europe) and… Read more »