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Archives: Speakers

Lerato Nkabinde 2023 Speaker

Lerato is a qualified Chartered Accountant (South Africa) with in-depth executive-level finance and operational experience. Prior to joining Chancen, she worked for various institutions in the financial services industry , responsible for assets under management of over $100m and she was also the CFO of Sifiso Learning Group

Lauren Nkuranga 2023 Speaker

Lauren Nkuranga serves as Chief Advisor to the Chairman & the CEO at the Rwanda Development Board, the Rwandan government’s main body that oversees private sector development. In this role, she focuses on privatization, attracting investment into priority projects, and leading RDB’s governance. She also serves as the Chief Advisor to the Chairman of the… Read more »

Kurtis Lockhart 2023 Speaker

Kurtis Lockhart is a PhD candidate in political science at the University of Oxford. His research examines the effect of institutional reforms on public goods provision with a regional focus on sub-Saharan Africa. At Oxford he’s taught both quantitative methods and African politics. In the field, he has previously worked as a Research Manager for… Read more »

Kunle Adesuyi 2023 Speaker

Adekunle Adesuyi is the President, Beyond Markets and the Group Chief Financial Officer at AFEX. He is responsible for ensuring that the business unit within the AFEX Group that caters to shared services, which is consolidation of business operations are used within the AFEX organizational structure. He is also charged with the responsibility of centralizing… Read more »

Kristoffer Laurson 2023 Speaker

“Kristoffer is the cofounder and CEO of both PAS Solar and more recently of Gamma Meon. He raised debt and equity in 6 rounds of investment for a Nigerian offgrid energy business from blue chip investors in the sector. Kristoffer is a graduate of LSE and LBS with a Master in Finance.”

Kolawole Owodunni 2023 Speaker

Kola Owodunni is a consummate professional with over two decades of cognate experience principally in the financial services sector spanning Investment Management, Risk Management and Treasury. Currently serving as an Executive Director & Chief Investment Officer of the Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (“NSIA”), he is responsible for deploying over US$4.3 billion across various investment mandates… Read more »

Khalid Aabid 2023 Speaker

Investment banker with a strong experience both in developped countries and emerging/developping countries.

Kevin Kamemba 2023 Speaker

Kevin Kamemba is based in Nairobi. Kevin brings twelve years of experience investing in private equity and real estate in Africa with a strong recent focus on financial inclusion. He joined Women’s World Banking from Incofin Investment Management, where he served as the Regional Director for Africa and oversaw the Africa portfolio in Debt and… Read more »

Kenny Nwosu 2023 Speaker

Kenny is Chief Executive Officer at Norsad Capital, an impact investor and private credit provider that offers tailor-made debt solutions to growth companies that deliver desirable social impact in Africa. Norsad’s investment coverage is sub-Sahara Africa, and the principal operational area is the Southern Africa region. Norsad’s purpose is to build a better Africa by… Read more »

Kazuhiro Numasawa 2023 Speaker

azuhiro Numasawa, CFA has more than 22 years of experience in advisory and investments across sectors while focusing on development finance over the last 17 years. He is currently a Manager at the Agriculture Finance and Rural Infrastructure Department of the African Development Bank (“AfDB”). Across 24 countries in Africa, he has identified and analyzed… Read more »