Archives: Speakers

Tarek El Sherbini has 20 years of banking and investment experience gained with major financial institutions – including the last 15 years with the EBRD in London. Mr. El Sherbini has been responsible with the EBRD for leading debt and equity financing and investments in the food and agribusiness sectors in North Africa, the East… Read more »

Muhtari Adanan is managing partner and co-founder of AI first, impact investor Xecced Ventures (XV). XV’s $100m 4thIRiA I fund, driven by XV’s novel AI platform W/OS, is reportedly “Africa’s first AI fund” (quant).

Wadzi manages the Capital Advisory Platform for Sustainable Urban Infrastructure, a new partnership between UN Habitat and Global Development Incubator that is focussed on upstream preparation of infrastructure projects in developing cities across the globe. Previously Wadzi was a Vice President at Greenoaks Global Holdings an insurance focussed private equity fund with investments in Asia… Read more »

José Reino da Costa: Millennium bim CEO and vice president of Impar Insurance Company since 2015. With a Bachelors degree in mechanical engineering and a post graduate in industrial engineering and E- Business, as well as an MBA in management, José Reino da Costa has developed his carrer in top managerial positions in sectors such… Read more »

Rob Withagen is co-founder and CEO of Asoko Insight, Africa’s leading corporate data and market insights platform, offering data and insight on the continent’s most dynamic companies and the people who run them. Prior to starting Asoko, Rob spent over a decade working for emerging market consultancies. He led in-country research teams across the continent’s… Read more »

Fabio Scala is the founder of FurtherMarkets, an UK based Africa-focused consultancy. He previously led a London equity holding company into a portfolio of investments in Southern Africa, starting in Mozambique later expanding into Zimbabwe and Zambia. Fabio has also served as the Managing Director of Mozambique’s investment and development bank, where he was a… Read more »

Aly Z. Ramji is a Director at Mediapix Ltd., a media house in East Africa, where he is the Managing Editor of “The Exchange”(www.theexchange.africa), a finance and investment publication focused on Africa. Other publications that fall under his auspices include PesaTu a financial inclusion paper, an African travel site known as See Africa Today (www.seeafricatoday.com)… Read more »

Ikponmwosa “Ik” Izedonmwen has over 20 years Investment Banking and Corporate Finance experience in the manufacturing and financial services sectors. He had held senior position at Procter & Gamble, Citibank, First Bank of Nigeria and FSDH Merchant Bank. Ik is currently a Director at Verdant Capital and head of the firm’s Lagos office.

Tim has over 41 years experience in the oil and gas industry having graduated in Geological Engineering from the Colorado School of Mines and a Masters of Science Degree in Global Energy Management for the U. of Colorado. Tim has extensive experience in project development in the USA and Australia. Working with junior explorers has… Read more »