Archives: Speakers

Lamia Merzouki, is Deputy General Manager at Casablanca Finance City Authority (CFCA), which she joined at its inception in 2010. Before that, Lamia was part of AKWA Group, the largest private group in Morocco, within which she held the position of Director of Strategy and organization for 7 years. She also worked on the Green… Read more »

Chijioke Dozie is the CEO of online consumer finance platform OneFi and Carbon (formerly Paylater), the digital financial services company, which after being founded in 2016 has been downloaded by over 1.5 million users and recently secured a $5mn debt facility from Lendable. OneFi is also the first African fintech company to receive a credit… Read more »

Marco is a Non-Sovereign Infrastructure Finance Division Manager at African Development Bank based in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire. His main mission is to lead to originate non-sovereign infrastructure projects across the region. Prior to joining AfDB, Marco spent 20 years in infrastructure/ climate finance both at public and private sectors such as Sustainable Energy Finance program… Read more »

Over a 20 year career, Roland has lived, worked or built businesses in infrastructure sectors in over 15 African countries. He was a founding member of the first private equity infrastructure fund focused solely on sub-Saharan Africa; co-founded an award winning private equity infrastructure boutique; and established Mubadala Infrastructure Partners’ first office, and strategy outside… Read more »

Lambert is a microfinance and banking expert. I am currently the Chief Executive Officer of Eman Capital Microfinance. I also the former National Board Chairman of Ghana Association of Microfinance Companies (GAMC). I was recently a member of the National Council of Ghana Microfinance Institutions Network(GHAMFIN). My additional responsibility as a Part Time Lectuerer at… Read more »

Ben Kramer is CEO and co-founder of awamo. Prior to founding awamo, Ben has been working with the African Development Corporation and KPMG. He was named Forbes 30 under 30 by Forbes Magazine and Innovator Under 35 by MIT Technology Review. Ben is a Certified Expert in Microfinance. He studied in Germany, the US, and… Read more »

Samir Ibrahim is the CEO and co-founder of SunCulture, which develops and commercializes life-changing technology that solves the biggest daily challenges for smallholder farmers. He has spoken on productive use technology and the future of smallholder farming to the Vienna Energy Forum, COP21, the International Parliamentary Conference, the World Energy Congress, and TEDx. Samir is… Read more »

Ron is the Head of Global Sustainable Financing of Menomadin Group, a diversified holding company with investments, operations, and philanthropy focused on Africa across all major SDGs. For the past 15 years, Ron has invested in impact tech startups that operate in SSA to address gaps in delivering primary products and services to previously excluded… Read more »

Simba is a seasoned impact investment executive focuses on financing businesses that empower underserved and financially excluded communities and individuals. Simba has more 12 years’ experience in financial services, including 5 years managing an Australian pension fund’s alternatives, fixed income and impact investment portfolios. He has extensive experience in researching and carrying out due diligence… Read more »

Tunde Kehinde is a seasoned emerging markets entrepreneur, the co-founder of Jumia Nigeria, Africa’s first unicorn (publicly listed on the NYSE) and Africa Courier Express. Tunde Kehinde most recently co-founded Lidya: a digital fintech lender which allows small business owners in emerging markets to access credit and build a credit rating for the first time…. Read more »