Archives: Speakers

Sailesh Navsaria 2018 Speaker

Sailesh leads Minerva’s sub-Saharan Africa strategic and business development activities, coordinating these across the group’s international offices. He works closely with colleagues and professional partners sharing his passion for the continent, and guides successful families with their succession planning, as well as local and international businesses in many aspects of their cross-border structuring options. During… Read more »

Claudia Huber 2018 Speaker

Claudia is a senior professional in financial inclusion and an independent consultant. She serves as a member of the Board of Directors of FPM ASBL and as the Chair of the Board of Directors of FPM SA, two vehicles providing technical assistance and refinancing to financial institutions serving MSMEs in DR Congo (www.fpm.cd). Earlier in… Read more »

Ken Simwaba 2018 Speaker

Ken is a finance professional with over 20 years experience in financial services covering insurance, Microfinance and asset management. His a qualified Chartered Management Accountant (CIMA) and holds an MBA from Heriot Watt University Scotland. Previous key roles include CEO in Microfinance and asset management companies and CFO in insurance company.

Hossam Rageh 2018 Speaker

Hossam has 35 years of experience in trade, corporate and investment banking in the MENA region . He is currently working as the Head of Financial Institutions at Commercial International Bank Egypt .

Martin Baart 2018 Speaker

Martin is co-founder and CEO of Ecoligo, a fully-financed solar-as-a-service solution provider for businesses in emerging markets. In his last role he worked as Vice President Engineering for OneShore Energy and was responsible for all engineering aspects on PV-diesel hybrid systems. Prior to OneShore Martin was the Business Development Manager for Microgrids with ABB. He… Read more »

Stephen Haggard 2018 Speaker

Stephen Haggard is part-time Chair of Board since 2015 at Eneza Education, a company based in Nairobi and operating in Kenya, Cote d’Ivoire and Ghana. With an Executive role in finance and strategy, he has led the company through a successful Series A raise and to scale. Currently, Eneza’s technology, data analytics and AI systems… Read more »

Nothando Ndebele 2018 Speaker

Nothando Ndebele is Head of FIG (Financial Institutions Group) at Barclays Africa having joined the Bank in October 2014. Formerly Nothando was Head of Research at Renaissance Capital for 5 years where she was also the top-rated SSA FIG research analyst over that period covering. She has over 20 years experience in African financial markets… Read more »

George Asante 2018 Speaker

George is the Managing Principal and Head of Global Markets – Absa Regional Operations. He is a seasoned Banker with extensive professional experience in Sales Trading, Treasury management and business leadership within multicultural settings. George joined the Absa Corporate and Investment Bank team in South Africa initially as the Head of Trading for Absa Regional… Read more »

Paul Kamau 2018 Speaker

Paul has over 15 years of experience in Finance and Accounting, garnered in leading organizations in the larger Eastern and Central Africa. Currently, he is a partner at Finaltus Ventures Limited a licensed investment and transaction advisory Firm based in Nairobi. As a co-founder of Finaltus, he has been key in delivering specialist work and… Read more »