Archives: Speakers

A disruptive digital innovator, a start-up tech wizard, business strategist, serial entrepreneur, and international keynote speaker. Samuel has a huge experience in technology, finance, and global leadership and has grown a very strong influence and following in the tech and digital space in Africa. He is fast establishing himself as a thought leader in early-stage… Read more »

Prior to founding Quao Realty, Charles also served as the CEO of Mr Green Landscaping, where he aggressively led company to develop new business opportunities, reviewing and improving operational tasks of firm as well as ensuring company was at the forefront of the landscaping industry. Charles’s landscaping role also ensured he worked with various developers… Read more »

Nirav has been with Kaizenvest since 2018. 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 Tata Interactive Systems, and Vice President – Chairman’s Office. Nirav has led several international projects and collaborations in the fields of telecommunications… Read more »

Omawumi has, for the past 20 years, focused on Environmental, Social and Safety Risk Management, with an emphasis on Risk Assessment, Business Management, Training, Management Systems Implementation and Auditing. Her key competence areas include management systems development and implementation, due diligence, corporate performance improvement and sustainability. Her current key interests are climate/green finance strategy and… Read more »

Ivan Cornet has more than twenty years of real estate and structured finance experience in Europe and Africa as a lawyer, an investor and a financier. Ivan is since 2012 a managing partner with Latitude Five, a West African investment and advisory firm, in charge of real estate and infrastructure. Ivan assists international and local… Read more »

Tiaan Bazuin is the Chief Executive Officer of Namibian Stock Exchange since 2013. He is an admitted Legal Practitioner in the High Court of Namibia and a business executive primarily focused on governance, regulatory and legal aspects in telecommunications, banking and capital markets and regulated exchanges. He has extensive experience in start-up business planning and… 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 »

Kenyan born Camille Rebelo has a background in the financing mechanisms for the conservation of tropical forests, spanning private and public sectors. She has been at the forefront of the rapidly growing sustainability arena of the land use and forestry sectors for more than a decade and has developed and managed successful operations across her… Read more »

Dr. Victor Meme is an Associate Partner with MNCAA and the 1st Vice President/Co-founder of Human Resources and Management Development Institute (HRMDI). He is a Fellow of the prestigious Institute of Management Consultants (IMC), with a distinguished teaching/training career for over 18 years, of practical informal and formal business managerial skills and consultancy. He is… Read more »

Joseph advises clients on a wide range of corporate/commercial matters ranging from mergers and acquisitions, internal reorganizations, share and asset sales, joint venture arrangements, capital markets and due diligence assignments. He advises local and international equity investors, local and international listed companies, insurance companies, telecommunication companies, energy companies and private equity funds. Joseph has over… Read more »