Archives: Speakers

Bamidele Olalekan Oseni 2019 Speaker

Bamidele Olalekan Oseni

Bamidele Olalekan Oseni is passionate about developing and implementing Enterprise Risk Management in Africa with the aim to add value to the institution by balancing risks and returns. As a seasoned and experienced Risk Management Professional of over a decade, he has implemented Enterprise Risk Management across the continent of Africa in Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya,… Read more »

Mezuo Nwuneli 2021 Speaker

Mezuo Nwuneli 

Mezuo Nwuneli is the Managing Partner, Sahel Capital Agribusiness Managers Ltd., a food and agriculture focused private equity firm which invests in mid-sized agribusinesses. Sahel Capital oversees $65.9 million in assets through its fund – Fund for Agricultural Finance in Nigeria (“FAFIN”). He is also the Co-Founder of AACE Foods, a food processing company which… Read more »

Sanyade Okoli 2021 Speaker

Sanyade Okoli 

Sanyade Okoli is the Chief Executive Officer of Alpha African Advisory Limited (“Alpha African”, formerly Travant Capital). She has over 25 years of financial advisory; private equity; corporate, commercial and management finance; and auditing experience. Sanyade has led numerous advisory transactions in areas such as mergers & acquisitions, capital restructuring and strategic advisory. Sanyade joined… Read more »

James Griffiths 2019 Speaker

James is an investment professional at DPI. Prior to DPI, James worked in the corporate finance team at Rand Merchant Bank where he was involved in transactions in South Africa, Nigeria and Tanzania in the natural resources, real estate, FMCG and healthcare industries. Prior to this, James worked in Ernst & Young’s assurance division, where… Read more »

Divya Babu 2019 Speaker

Divya is a South African actuary with nine years of global experience working in financial services across the insurance, payments and fintech sectors in emerging markets. She has prior experience working on partnership-driven growth strategies, product development and financial inclusion initiatives for Old Mutual across Africa, Micro Insurance Academy in India and Mastercard in the… Read more »

Graham Stuart 2019 Speaker

Graham Stuart was elected Conservative MP for Beverley and Holderness in 2005 and more recently, appointed Minister for Investment at the Department for International Trade. Graham started his publishing business while still at Cambridge University. He was later elected to Cambridge City Council, where he eventually led the Conservative Group. Graham’s Parliamentary career has seen… Read more »

Obi Ejimofo 2019 Speaker

Obi is Chief Innovation Officer at Asoko Insight, establishing the company’s operations and strategic partnerships across the African region. Asoko Insight today is the leading provider of corporate data on privately-held companies in Africa.   Obi has 20 years experience in technology-driven business development and transformation, the last 9 years of which have been focused… Read more »