Archives: Speakers

Denesh Srishanker 2024 Speaker

Denesh is currently serving as the Group Head, Credit Enhancement Facilities for the Private Infrastructure Development Group with a mandate to create and invest in new Credit Enhancement Facilities across Africa and Asia. Has over 18 years of experience in credit, derivatives, structured,project and corporate financing, fundraising and syndication, all primarily in emerging markets with… Read more »

Deji Adebusoye 2024 Speaker

Deji is a Partner at Sahel Capital, a food and agriculture-focused private investment firm in Sub-Saharan Africa. Sahel Capital manages the Fund for Agriculture Financing in Nigeria (FAFIN) and the Social Enterprise Fund for Agriculture in Africa (SEFAA). Deji co-leads SEFAA, an impact-first fund investing in agribusinesses that provide direct or indirect benefits to smallholder… Read more »

Deepankar Rustagi 2024 Speaker

Deepankar Rustagi is the visionary founder and CEO of OmniRetail. His objective is re-wiring traditional trade in Africa. With an engineering background and having worked in the FMCG industry for 15+ years, a serial entrepreneur, a member of Endeavor, YPO and an alumni of Stanford University Graduate School of Business, he blends a passion for… Read more »

Davis Albohm 2024 Speaker

Davis Albohm is the director of global partnerships at Stanford Seed. His portfolio includes managing collaborations with aligned organizations around the world, including investors, which can support Seed’s mission and Seed portfolio companies. He also oversees the strategy for the Seed Transformation Network, a community of more than 1,000 entrepreneurs which have completed the one-year… Read more »

David Kruijff 2024 Speaker

David joined CGAP in 2021 as part of its MSE team. Prior to this he has accumulated a wealth of experience in the microfinance sector working for organizations like ProCredit, the International Finance Corporation (IFC), and OXFAM. David held Board positions on regulated MSME banks in Nigeria, Ghana and Kenya, one Serbian Bank and a… Read more »

David Grayson 2024 Speaker

David Grayson is Managing Partner of Grayson Global & Partners LLC, a New York City investment bank specializing in cross border Mergers and Acquisitions and capital raising in emerging and frontier markets globally. He is also Chairman of Global Alliance Partners (GAP), a Hong Kong based international network of financial services companies that focus on… Read more »

Dave van Niekerk 2024 Speaker

Dave van Niekerk is a distinguished global fintech leader and entrepreneur, renowned for his transformative impact on financial services across Africa. As the founder and CEO of MyBucks, a German fintech firm listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, Dave has been pivotal in addressing the limitations of traditional banking and advancing financial inclusion across the… Read more »

Daniel Musafiri 2024 Speaker

Daniel is the Chief Commercial Officer for I&M Bank Rwanda PLC. He is responsible for driving business development in the country.

Damilola Aloba 2024 Speaker

Damilola Aloba has 23+ years’ experience in consulting and investment banking. He is a Partner in EY’s Strategy and Transactions, M&A Leader and Consumer Markets Leader for West Africa. He is a graduate of Economics, Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria and MBA graduate from Warwick Business School, UK.

Damian Burns 2024 Speaker

Damian joined Saint Helena Government (SHG) in May 2021 as the then Head of Sustainable Development in the Treasury, Infrastructure and Sustainable Development Portfolio (TI&SD). In January 2024, he was appointed to lead the newly formed Economic Development Portfolio. Damian and his team are responsible for ensuring the growth of the island’s tourism industry; enabling… Read more »