Archives: Speakers

Kadidiatou FADIKA-COULIBALY accumulates over 20 years of varied experience in corporate finance and investsment advisory acquired during various M&A, equity, and bond transactions. She began her career at SGI Hudson & Cie as a financial analyst in 1998 and left the company in 2000 to obtain an MBA from Howard University (USA). Kadi joins the… Read more »

Peter is a member of CDC’s Africa Team, based in London. He supports CDC’s equity, debt and fund investment teams throughout Africa. Peter has worked in the private equity, investment banking and telecommunications industries for 20 years. Prior to joining CDC in 2012, he was Investment Director, Principal Investments at HSBC in London. Before that,… Read more »

Mr. Farrell is the Chairman & CEO of Privos Capital, a global Multi-Family Office LP (MFO). Privos partners with single family offices, multi-family offices, sovereign and royal families, their funds, foundations, and portfolio companies, in leading financial centers, as well as in the BRICS, N-11, and Frontier Countries of the Emerging Markets. The firm’s main… Read more »

Qualified mining engineer with over 25 years of experiences working with international and local companies at both grassroots and senior management level in Africa and Europe with focus on mineral exploration, business development and programme management. Currently I am managing director of Nubian Gold Exploration Ltd, a UK and Ethiopia registered company engaged in gold… Read more »

Mr. Mohamed Reda is the Group Chief Executive Officer of SOLID Capital Group | Africa & GCC. Also, Reda is a Board Member at Egyptian Capital Market Association ECMA, Chairman of SOLID Capital For Financial Advisory S.A.E and SOLID Capital for Investment and Development S.A.E. Reda is a board member of a group of regional… Read more »

Philip Mutooni is a Partner and Managing Director at Kuramo Capital Management, where he is responsible for sourcing, executing, and managing investments. In addition to his investing role, Mr. Mutooni heads the coverage of Kuramo’s strategic relationships, and is a member of the firm’s Investment Committee. He is based in New York. Prior to Kuramo,… Read more »

Jyrki Koskelo has a 30 year plus career in development finance. He worked at IFC starting as an Investment Officer in 1987 and left after serving multiple years in IFC’s senior management team in 2011. He has acted in multiple Advisory and Board positions between 2012 and present focusing in financial sector, agri value chains… Read more »

Albert Alsina has more than 25 years of international experience in multi-national settings where he held several executive positions in General Management at global and European levels in the US, UK, Brazil, Germany, Zimbabwe and Spain. In 2007, Albert joined the financial group Riva y García to lead the fund “Fons Mediterrania Capital” (Mediterrania Capital… Read more »

Andia Laura Chakava is an Investment professional. She is currently the Investment Director at the Graca Machel Trust to lead the organization’s gender lens investing initiative. She is also the Chairperson of New Faces New Voices Kenya chapter (women in finance network) and is passionate about facilitating intra Africa investment, investor education and is a… Read more »