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Thedore Pantone 2024 Speaker

Ted Pantone is the Co-founder and CEO of Turaco, an innovative insurtech company on a mission to free people from the fear of financial shocks. Turaco offers affordable health and life insurance products, costing as little as USD $1 a month, across Kenya, Nigeria, Ghana, and Uganda. Currently serving over 2,000,000 customers, Turaco has an… Read more »

Thea Jamison 2024 Speaker

Thea Jamison is the founder and Managing Director of CHANGE Global Investment. Thea started her investment career in emerging and frontier markets in 1997. She has researched investment opportunities in over 90 countries and invested directly on 60 local stock exchanges. As such, Thea was one of the first institutional investors in Africa. Over her… Read more »

Terkuma Ivande 2024 Speaker

Terkuma Ivande serves as the Chief Operations Officer at Prado Power Limited, having over a decade of experience in the power sector. Previously, he advanced through the ranks to become the Station Manager of a gas turbine power plant. Recognizing the transformative potential of solar energy, Terkuma made a deliberate shift to the renewable energy… Read more »

Temi Marcella 2024 Speaker

Temi Marcella is an instrumental investor on the continent for the past 15 years, advising corporates, funds, and public sector stakeholders on origination, growth, and impact strategies. She served as the Regional Lead for Evercare Health Fund, as part of the $1 billion impact fund managed by TPG Capital and The Rise Fund, and led… Read more »

Tayo Oviosu 2024 Speaker

Tayo is the Founder & CEO of Paga (www.paga.com). Paga is a mobile payment company, building an ecosystem to enable people digitally send and receive money as well as creating simple financial access for everyone. Paga is the leading mobile money service in Nigeria, its first market. Prior to Paga, Tayo was Vice-President at Travant… Read more »

Tamer Nigm 2024 Speaker

Capital markets and Investment Professional with over 24 years experience working in Regional and International top tier Investment banks specializing in Fund Management, Private equity, Equity brokerage ( UK, MENA and US Financial markets) and Investor relations, obtained my Master degree in Financial Markets in 2016, and currently perusing my academic career to obtain my… Read more »

Tamar Julie Pasthan 2024 Speaker

As Head of ESG & Impact, Tamar designs and executes Vital’s cohesive, long-term impact strategy. She brings with her extensive knowledge of measurement and evaluation, and ESG implementation across multiple sectors and countries. With over a decade’s experience in social and environmental management, Tamar recommends and oversees the implementation of strategies that increase ESG and… Read more »

Taiwo Yusuff 2024 Speaker

A self driven professional with over 10 years hands-on experience in critical aspects of the construction and management industry such as; project management, building construction, construction management, and architecture. He holds a Diploma in Strategic Management from Westford University College-Dubai, an MBA in Strategic Management from the Cardiff Metropolitan University-UK, a PhD (in-view) in Architecture… Read more »

Susie Scannelli Cook 2024 Speaker

Susie is based in London and oversees the investment process both at the project and portfolio level. As Chief Investment Officer at Empower, she plays a pivotal role in selecting and evaluating projects to be presented to Empower’s investment committee for final investment decisions. She is a seasoned specialist in all aspects of development finance,… Read more »

Sunil Dutt Benimadhu 2024 Speaker

Sunil Benimadhu joined the Stock Exchange of Mauritius (SEM) as Chief Executive in May 1998. He was appointed Executive Director of the SEM in October 2008. Sunil was until October 2020, the Chairman of Global Finance Mauritius (GFM), the apex body of private sector operators in the Financial Services Industry in Mauritius, aiming at developing… Read more »