Archives: Speakers

Dr. Chinyere Almona is the Director-General/Chief Executive Officer at the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the foremost Chamber of Commerce in the region. She is a governance professional with vast global experience in establishing standards and enhancing investment opportunities for companies. Dr. Chinyere Almona has about thirty years of diversified experience in various roles…. Read more »

Timothy Nuy has >10 years of financial services experiences in Sub-Saharan Africa. Prior to starting Finclusion Group, Timothy Nuy was involved in the building and successful exit of ADC African Development Corporation to Atlas Mara and the scaling of MyBucks as a digital bank across multiple jurisdictions in Africa. Timothy Nuy started his career at… Read more »

Kumbulani Masayila (Kumbulani) is a Graduate of Stanford Graduate School of Business run Stanford Ignite program in New York City, USA. He is the Founder and Managing Director of Upvest Group. He works at the confluence of impact investing, trade, and entrepreneurship to champion inclusive socioeconomic development in Southern Africa. In February 2019 he was… Read more »

Frank Mwiti is the Eastern Africa Markets Leader and EY Parthenon leader for EY Africa. He is responsible for leading the firm’s strategic business developing in Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania, Ethiopia and South Sudan in line with EY’s significant investment plan and growth ambitions. He is a member of the EY Africa Sustainability Leadership Group… Read more »

With Kaizenvest since 2018, Nirav Khambhati’s focus is managing the firm’s investment portfolio in India and leading the firm’s expansion into Sub-Saharan Africa with an impact-first blended finance solution. Prior to that, he was with the Tata Group for over 20 years in various roles including as the Chief Executive Officer of Tata ClassEdge and… Read more »

Alexandre Alfonsi is a Founding Partner of Axonia Partners, a corporate finance and private equity advisory firm, and currently the number 1 adviser in Africa in terms of number of funds raised internationally. Within Axonia Partners, Alexandre Alfonsi specializes in advising private equity teams and organizations on their fundraising, secondary transactions and special situations worldwide… Read more »

Brice Beumo is the founder and CEO of BEKO CAPITAL ADVISORY SA a leading Investment Bank in the CEMAC region and based out of Cameroon. Brice Beumo has over two decades of experience in client coverage and business development in Francophone Africa for local and international issuance. Prior to setting up BEKO CAPITAL ADVISORY, Brice… Read more »

Lynda Amadagana is a lawyer registered with the Paris and Cameroon Bars. Lynda Amadagana obtained her Master 2 in International and European Law with a specialization in International Environmental Law from the University of Paris Nanterre La Défense in 2010. Lynda has worked for several international law firms on projects and concessions in the energy… Read more »

Ido Sum is a Partner at TLcom Capital, Africa’s most active tech focused VC fund, investing in early to growth stage with offices in Lagos, Nairobi and London. TLcom’s current Africa portfolio includes Andela, Twiga Foods, Kobo360, uLEsson, Okra and many others. Since joining TLcom in 2011 Ido was part of the founding team of… Read more »

Banji Fehintola is Senior Director and Head of Treasury & Financial Institutions at Africa Finance Corporation (AFC). He is responsible for managing the Corporation’s balance sheet with total assets of about US$4.5 billion and leading the implementation of its annual funding program in the international loan and debt capital markets. Banji joined AFC in January… Read more »