Archives: Speakers

Douglas Bennet is the COO of GuarantCo’s Management Company and has been involved with GuarantCo since 2007.  Douglas started his career as a lawyer and has been advising, structuring, financing and arranging transactions, mainly in emerging and frontier markets, for almost 20 years.  GuarantCo provides contingent solutions to help bridge the gap between the local… Read more »

Jussi is leading the origination and execution of Digital Infrastructure and Solutions investments at Finnfund. Digital Infrastructure and Solutions (DIS) is a newly established team within the investment function. We invest in commercially attractive high impact businesses within the emerging markets digital value chain (Telecom & Tech), focusing on rural connectivity, access to data, and… Read more »

SeSeasoned Cotton Trader, New York Cotton Exchange, Memphis Cotton International, Newcot S.A, Loius Dreyfus Cotton International, Rio Verde S.A. Business Development Director – Petrovillage AG. managing operations for Africa South of Sahara. Alternative Investments and Structured Trade Finance trainee – UBS. Co-founder Serenity Capital Fund – Tanzania.

Lanre has over 15 years’ investment experience doing business between Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA). Prior to co-founding Orbitt, Lanre was involved in originating investment ideas and raising the required capital to grow start-ups in Africa, including Sankuru, First African Gold and Tranergy Capital. He also worked at BP, Subsea 7 and Citi in… Read more »

Mr Tsheole is a seasoned Financial Markets expert with a cumulative experience of over 19 years having worked for the Central Bank Bank of Botswana and Botswana Stock Exchange (BSE). Mr Tsheole holds a Bachelor of Social Sciences (Single Major Economics) from the University of Botswana and a Master of Commerce (MComm) in Financial Markets… Read more »

Chief Executive Officer-Housing Investment Partners (Pty) Ltd Board Member-Housing Investment Partners (Pty) Ltd CA (SA), MBA (Durham-U.K), currently completing PHD I am an accomplished Chartered Accountant with an MBA from Durham University from the United Kingdom. I enjoyed a fast-track development career with Unilever as Group Financial Manager of Unilever South East Africa. I was… Read more »

Mohamed Elakhdar is the Managing Director of Beltone Investment Banking where he provides advisory services for a full range of transactions, including mergers, sales, acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, spin-offs, divestitures and other restructurings. He brings over ten years of experience across various industries including healthcare, energy, transportation, aerospace & defense, consumer products, financial services, telecom, oil… Read more »

Alberto is the Founder of Varcando and has worked on impact investments for the past 15 years. He started off his career as a consultant for major development agencies such as the Inter- American Development Bank and the World Bank before becoming an Operations Officer at the International Finance Organisation (IFC) in Lima (Peru). In… Read more »

James Doree joined Lion’s Head in 2011, and has worked with the founding Partners to build investment banking and asset management activities across Africa and Frontier Markets. He now leads Corporate and Investment Banking, covering sectors such as power, infrastructure, affordable housing, industry and financial inclusion. As part of Lion’s Head’s work in African capital… Read more »

Wayne Hennessy-Barrett is Founder and CEO of 4G Capital, an award-winning African fintech delivering microloans and enterprise training to power MSME growth. Over 25 years’ experience in frontier market operations. creating sustainable and scalable operations to deliver high shared value outcomes. He has advised and served several commercial and non-profit boards in the social impact,… Read more »