MAP 27 years of WABF

Welcome to WABF27!

As Co-Chairs of this event, we have inherited a decades old tradition of gathering

leaders from across sectors with the continent’s rising stars to discuss challenges
and opportunities on the continent. We have endeavored to keep the best
features of WABF alive while also evolving our content to match the rapid pace
of change that characterizes the continent itself. All of this fits within our theme:
Moving Africa Forward: Mobilizing for the Next Growth Frontier.
(TIAP)
To that end, you’ll see many of the same crowd favorites as last year --
distinguished keynote speakers, ample networking opportunities and a fantastic
Walnut Street
evening of entertainment to wrap up a thought-provoking weekend of
conversation. We have also made some changes to reflect feedback from previous
years: we have added new panel discussions, changed the format of keynote
conversations and increased our New Venture Competition prize money twofold.
(JMHH)
In this guide, you’ll find the agenda for the weekend and all that you need to
know to navigate the conference -- the who, what, where and when. Whether
you are a panelist, prospective student, young professional or simply interested
in the continent’s trajectory, we are so happy that you are here. We can’t wait to
bring this event to life through your active participation and energy. Cheers to a
wonderful WABF!
(SHDH)
Best,
Leonie Badger, Taiwo Abayomi & Ellen Halle
Co-Chairs, WABF27

Spruce Street

Huntsmall Hall (JMHH) / 3730 Walnut Street : Nov 1 All programming, Nov 2 Partial programming
Steinberg - Dietrich Hall (SHDH) / 3620 Locust Walk : Nov 2 Panels, Career fair, and Coffee chats
Inn at Penn (TIAP) / 3600 Sansom Street : Nov 2 Registration, Keynotes, Breakfast, Lunch

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 3.15 - 4.20 pm
WABF 2019 SCHEDULE Panels 5 - 8
5: Energy & Infrastructure Public Private Partnership / JMHH Room TBC

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6: Arts, Media, & Entertainment / JMHH Room TBC
12.00 - 1.00 pm 7: Sustainable Agriculture in a Growing Economy /JMHH Room TBC
Arrival and registration / JMHH 260 8: The Future of Tech and Venture Capital on the Continent / JMHH Room TBC

1.00 - 2.50 pm 4.30 - 5.35 pm

Prospective students session / JMHH 270 Panels 9 - 12
9: A Look at African Private Equity Investing / JMHH Room TBC
3.00 - 8.00 pm
10: Scaling Pan-African Fintech / JMHH Room TBC
New Venture Competition / JMHH F85
11: Youth’s Role in Politics & Business /JMHH Room TBC

NOV
10.00 pm - 2.00 am 12: Tales from the Real Estate Market / JMHH Room TBC
Official WABF Kickoff Party (ft DJ Prince) / Stratus Rooftop Lounge
7.00 - 7.45 pm
TICKET REQUIRED (forum.whartonafrica.com/ticktets)
Gala: Greetings, Registration and Cocktails / LHRB

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7.45 - 10.00 pm
Gala: Dinner ft Chief Obi, fashion and dance showcase / LHRB
8.00 - 8.50 am
Registration and breakfast / TIAP 10.00 pm - 2.00 am
Official WABF After Party ft DJ Tunez and DJ Quenchie / LHRB
8.50 - 9.00 am

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Welcome address / JMHH 260

9.10 - 9.55 am
Morning Keynote: Amane Dannouni / TIAP

NOV
10.05 - 11.10 am
Panels 1 - 4
1: The Future of African Healthcare / SHDH 211
2: China in Africa: Rebalancing the Relationship / SHDH 213
3: Entrepreneurship: What’s Your Story? / SHDH 215

NOV
4: Women In Business & Leadership / SHDH 109 11.30a - 1.30 pm
WABF & Young African MBA’s Brunch / Loews
11.25 am - 12.05 pm
Hotel, Howe Room
Lunch Keynote: Hon Clare Akamanzi / TIAP

12.05 - 1.00 pm
Lunch / TIAP

1.00 - 1.30 pm
New Venture Competition Finalists presentation / TIAP

1.30 - 2.10 pm
Keynote Special: Taste of WABF / TIAP

2.25 - 3.10 pm
Career fair / Location TBC JMHH - Jon M Huntsmall Hall / 3730 Walnut Street
Coffee chats / Location TBC SHDH - Steinberg - Dietrich Hall / 3620 Locust Walk
TIAP - The Inn at Penn Hotel / 3600 Sansom Street
LHRB - Loews Hotel Regency Ballroom / 1200 Market Street

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PLATINUM SPONSOR - BOSTON CONSULTING GROUP
UNLOCKING POTENTIAL
ACROSS AFRICA
Our mission is clear. We go deep to unlock insight and have the
courage to act. We bring the right people together to challenge
established thinking and drive transformation. We work with our
clients to build the capabilities that enable organizations to achieve
sustainable advantage.
BCGOneAfrica@bcg.com
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NVC CLOSING NOTE SPEAKER
DR. WAHEED A. OLAGUNJU
FORMER ACTING MANAGING
DIRECTOR & CEO, BANK OF INDUSTRY
Dr Waheed A Olagunju retired from the Bank of Industry in April
2019 after a distinguished career that spanned 28 years. He began his
banking career with BOI’s precursor institution the Nigerian Industrial
Development Bank (NIDB) in 1990 as a Senior Manager and rose to the
position of Executive Director, Business Development (ED, BD) in 2012.
He was reassigned as Executive Director, Small and Medium Enterprises
(ED, SME) in August 2014. Dr. Olagunju acted twice as Managing Director
& Chief Executive Officer of the bank between April and May 2014 as well
as between February 2016 and May 2017 in addition to his responsibilities
as ED, BD and ED, SME.
Under his leadership of the SME Directorate, the bank’s annual lending
to SMEs rose phenomenally to N5.6 billion in 2015 which represented
205% increase over the average annual lending of N1.8 billion to SMEs
in previous years. The trend was sustained such that by 2018 the annual
disbursements to SMEs peaked at N28.3bn from N26bn in 2017 and
N8.2bn in 2016. Under his watch as Acting MD & CEO between 2016
and 2017, the bank recorded remarkable improvements that culminated in
BOI’s ratings by international and domestic rating agencies being upgraded
and affirmed by 2016. While Moody’s assigned BOI Aa1 in 2016 up from
Ba3 of 2015, Agusto’s rating of AA- in 2016 was higher than A+ of 2015.
AA+ assigned by Fitch in 2015 was affirmed in 2016.
Dr. Olagunju who is one of Nigeria’s leading development practitioners
and scholars bagged his Bachelor of Arts and Master of Social Sciences
degrees from the University of Lagos in 1981 and 1984 respectively as
well a Doctorate Degree in Business Administration from the Paris School
of Business in 2017. He obtained a professional certificate in Investment
Appraisal and Risk Analysis from the Queens University, Canada in 2013
and a certificate in Executive Development in 2018 from the Wharton
School, University of Pennsylvania, United States of America.
 MORNING KEYNOTE SPEAKER
AMANE DANNOUNI
PARTNER, BOSTON CONSULTING GROUP
“Impact of Online Marketplaces on
Employment in Africa”
Amane Dannouni is a member of the Center for Digital Government and
a core member of the Technology, Media & Telecommunications (TMT)
practice at Boston Consulting Group. He joined BCG in 2009 and has
worked for the firm’s Paris, Singapore, and Casablanca offices, for clients in
Europe, Southeast Asia, and Africa.
During his time in Singapore, Amane cofounded and led BCG’s Digital
Transformation Enablement Center in Asia Pacific, which helps clients
execute and sustain large-scale digital transformation efforts.
Amane has a deep interest in foreseeing how technology might invalidate
established business models across multiple industries, and how greater
economic and social value can be unlocked by developing the right set
of digital enablers (alternative digital channels, data and analytics-based
decision support, innovation vehicles, etc.). Before joining BCG, Amane
worked at JPMorgan and PricewaterhouseCoopers, mostly on deal
financing and strategic due diligence.
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LUNCH KEYNOTE SPEAKER
CLARE AKAMANZI
CEO, RWANDAN DEVELOPMENT BOARD
“Sharing Rwanda’s Development Experience”
Ms. Clare Akamanzi is CEO of the Rwanda Development Board (RDB)
and Member of the Cabinet of Rwanda. Prior to this role, she served as
Head of Strategy and Policy for H.E President Paul Kagame and for over 7
years as COO of the RDB.
Ms. Akamanzi has previously served as a Commercial Diplomat in London
and a Trade Negotiator in Geneva at the World Trade Organization.
She is an International Trade and Investment Lawyer, who has lived,
schooled and worked in 7 countries in 3 continents but nothing beats the
privilege of being part of rebuilding her nation.
Ms Akamanzi is a Harvard Kennedy School MPA alum, where she was
the recipient of the Lucius N. Littaeur Fellows Award; the Raymond &
Josephine Vernon Award, both for academic excellence and distinguished
contribution to HKS community, as well as the Robert F. Kennedy Award
for Excellence in Public Service. She also holds an LLM (International Trade
and Investment) with distinction from the University of Pretoria, South
Africa, and LLM (Hons) from Makerere University, Uganda.
She is a 2012 Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum and was
named one of Africa’s Top 20 leading women in economic development by
Forbes in 2013. Earlier this year, Ms. Akamanzi was awarded an Honorary
Doctorate by Concordia University in Canada.
KEYNOTE PLENARY TED TALKS: A TASTE OF WABF
“A Taste of WABF”: TED-style Perspectives from Leaders & Rising Stars
THE INN AT PENN / 1.30 PM - 2.10 PM
Leaders from the diverse array of sectors represented at WABF speak about
areas of expertise and passion; topics will range from personal to more techni-
cal. We hope to share with the audience the incredible wealth and diversity of
knowledge represented at our conference.
RUBY SPONSORS
Busara is a 501c3 non profit registered in the US, but headquartered in
Kenya, with offices in Ethiopia, Uganda, Tanzania, Nigeria and India. Our
mission is to “Work with researchers and organizations to advance and
apply behavioral science in pursuit of poverty alleviation.” We work with
foundations, non-profits, governments and social enterprises to design and
test behavioral interventions around the world.
We exist because we believe the world and the world of behavioral science
isn’t WEIRD (Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, Democratic). We run
the world’s largest experimental lab to bridge the WEIRD gap in academic
research and are based in the global south to tackle local problems embed-
ded in the context of the populations we want to serve.

Strategic Security Systems (Stratsec) is a services conglomerate based in

Accra, Ghana comprising of a procurement firm (StratSec), a renewable
energy solutions firm (SPS), a total logistics company (SCA), a property
development firm (Liqsoil Planning and Engineering), an ICT and data
management firm (eScripts Solutions) and an agri-chemical production and
distribution company (EcoIndex).

Stratsec’s vision is to become market leaders in all our industries and to grow
into an internationally competitive entity. To achieve this goal, Stratsec has
built a strong team of diverse qualifications and backgrounds that ensures
that best practices are adhered to always and the final consumers needs are
being addressed.

As an ISO and IEC certified company we ensure that we adhere to all local
Raza Hasnani Aubrey Hruby and international standards. As a group we believe the future for everyone
AFRICA50 AFRICAN EXPERT NETWORK of our stakeholders, employees and clients needs to be adequately secured.
(Head of Infrastracture (Co-Founder)
Investments) The Legatum Center was founded on the belief that entrepreneurs and their
market-driven solutions are critical to advancing economic and social prog-
ress in the developing world. While global prosperity has increased in recent
decades, the progress is uneven, with the worst deprivations concentrated
in specific parts of the globe. The Center drives more inclusive prosperity by
building pathways for the next generation of change agents who, through
principled entrepreneurial leadership, will create good jobs, transform
systems, and improve lives. We’re a global community that is based at MIT,
drawing on the Institute’s talent, networks, presence, and expertise to inspire
and equip those who want to move their ideas toward scalable impact.

Our capstone program—a competitive Fellowship—is reserved for our most

promising and committed students. Each year we build a cohort of 20-25 stu-
dents who are dedicated to building and scaling ventures in the developing
Caine Wanjau world. We provide them with tuition, travel, and prototyping support, as well
Pelumi Olatinpo as access to mentors, special seminars, and other cross-campus resources.
TWIGA FOODS POSTAGRAPH
(CTO) (CEO/ Founder) Flutterwave is a global payments technology company that helps businesses
make and accept payments from anywhere in Africa on a single platform.
Our technology is a one stop shop for companies looking to go global
and scale with ease when it comes to payments. Since launching in 2016,
Flutterwave has processed over $3B across 84M transactions for clients such
as Uber, Booking.com, Flywire, Facebook, among others.

Our product, Rave, supports collections and disbursement across various

payment types such as cards, bank accounts, mobile wallets, QR, among
others.

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INNOVATION PARTNERS
Based in Nairobi, Lori has built a logistics platform that is
revolutionising the cargo-transport value chain in Africa –
from the ground up.
The relative cost of moving goods in East Africa is one of
the highest in the world, leading to up to 75% of a product
cost’s going to logistics (compared to 6% in the US).
Lori enables the logistics space to operate at an order of
magnitude more efficiently than it does today.
Higher efficiency through Lori has been demon
strated to drive costs down which, in turn is expected to
create new jobs & stimulate overall economic development
in a tangible way.
Postagraph is an app for discovering, planning and sharing
authentic experiences. In a world of digital noise and curated
falsehoods, millennials seek a platform that seamlessly deliver
original and personalized experiences. From social media to
travel magazines, there’s the desire for truthful inspiration.
At Postagraph, we believe these inspirational experiences
are all around us, and if one looks through unfiltered lens,
one will find that travel is not where you go … but where
you are.
NEW VENTURE COMPETITION SPONSORS
GENERAL SPONSORS
PARTNERS
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Kobo360 is a technology company that aggregates end-to-
end haulage operations to help cargo owners, truck owners,
drivers, and cargo recipients to achieve an efficient supply
chain framework.
With only a click of a button on our seamless mobile and
web applications, cargo owners can simply request for any
truck of their choice and have their goods picked up and
delivered to the required location through an all-in-one
robust logistics ecosystem.
Kobo uses big data and technology to reduce logistics
frictions while empowering rural farmers to earn more by
reducing farm wastages and helping manufacturers of all
sizes to find new markets. Kobo enables unprecedented
efficiency and cost reduction in the supply chain, providing
360-visibility while delivering products of all sizes safely, on
time and in full.
PANEL 1: THE FUTURE OF AFRICAN HEALTHCARE
How digital is unlocking new business models for healthy people and profits
STEINBERG-DIETRICH HALL, ROOM 211 / 10.05AM - 11.10AM
Ami Dalal, Vice President at FINCA International and Managing Director of FINCA Ventures, has over 15
years of principal investing experience across Africa, Asia, Europe and North America. She is responsible
for leading FINCA Ventures, an impact investing initiative that provides patient capital and pre- and post-
investment support to help early-stage social enterprises grow. By linking access to finance with access
to basic services, FINCA Ventures seeks to increase the quality of life, resilience and productivity of those
living at the bottom of the pyramid (BOP). Ami is a seasoned investor who has worked across sectors,
including impact investing, consumer products, infrastructure and real estate. Ami has an MBA from the
Ami Dalal Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. She also holds a B.S. in Economics and a B.A. in Philosophy
FINCA Ventures from the University of Pennsylvania.
(Managing Director)
Dr. Ben Ngoye is a Public Health, Organizational Development and Healthcare Management expert
currently serving as faculty at the Institute of Healthcare Management at Strathmore University. Ben was
the founding director of the Institute where he is credited with founding or co-founding several academic
and executive education programs, and he remains a member of the Board of the Africa Institute for
Healthcare Management. He has also undertaken various practitioner, management, consulting and
advisory roles in the public, private and not-for-profit domains in the health sector in many African
countries that include Kenya, Uganda, South Sudan, Rwanda and Burundi. His current research and
Dr. Ben Ngoye academic interest are focused on health systems strengthening, healthcare management development,
IHM, Strathmore and performance measurement and decision making in the public sector, with an obvious bias toward
(Lecturer) health.
Zachary joined Alta Semper in 2016 and brings more than nine years of advisory and investing
experience to the firm. Prior to joining Alta Semper, Zachary was a Senior Associate at Emerging Capital
Partners where he covered infrastructure and consumer / retail investments in Kenya. He worked across
the private equity life cycle including fundraising, new investments, portfolio management and exits. Prior
to Emerging Capital Partners, Zachary was an M&A Executive at SABMiller and worked on beverage
related transactions in South Africa, Nigeria, Angola, Kenya, Ethiopia, Malawi, and Tanzania. Zachary’s
advisory experience was developed within the investment banking divisions of UBS and Goldman Sachs
Zachary Fond in New York and Johannesburg. He focused on Consumer Products and broader Sub-Saharan Africa.
ALTA SEMPER Zachary has an MBA from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and a BA in Economics
(Managing Director) from Cornell University.
Dr. Patrick Singa is the Medical Director of Babyl Rwanda (of Babylon Health), a telemedicine operation
that has registered over 2 million users and performed over 650 thousand consultations. Prior to Babyl,
Dr. Singa served as a medical doctor with 10-years of hands-on medical practice in different public and
private health facilities. He has held different senior positions within the Rwandan Ministry of Health the
last one being a Director General role in a referral hospital. He also has extensive experience in public
health, community policing, hospital administration and people management he obtained while working
for different international institutions, the government of Rwanda and the United Nations. He spent 4
Dr. Patrick Singa years working for the United Nations in peace building missions and was deployed in South Sudan, Mali
BABYL RWANDA and the Ivory Coast.
(Medical Director)
Ralph Oluwole leads the Growth Team at Helium Health. He has spent the past three years pushing
Helium Health to become the largest EMR provider in West Africa. A larger than life team player and
calculated risk-taker, he has spent years helping teams at Access Bank, Gadroville Constructions and
Mobinatrics achieve their organizational objectives. Ralph holds a BSc in Mass Communications from
Redeemer’s University and is well versed in the art of sales and marketing.
Ralph Oluwole
HELIUM HEALTH
(Director of growth)
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PANEL 2: CHINA IN AFRICA
Rebalancing the relationship
STEINBERG-DIETRICH HALL, ROOM 213 / 10.05AM - 11.10AM
Bridget Boakye is a data scientist, entrepreneur, and writer based in Accra, Ghana, and New York City. She
is the CEO and co-founder of Africans on China, an advisory and consultancy on a mission to develop
human and industry capacities toward a self-sufficient Africa that relates to the world, especially China, on
mutually beneficial terms. Since its launch in late 2018, the firm has reached over 50,000 people with its
impact-driven community activation around China-Africa relations and has worked with prominent actors
in the China-Africa space including Jack Ma Foundation, Kente-Silk, and China Africa Tech Initiative. The
firm’s youth-focused program, Africans on China Campus Leaders Ambassadors Program (AoCCLAP)
Bridget Boakye with student leaders from Ghana, Nigeria, and Kenya, is also already leaving its mark, including receiving a
AFRICANS ON CHINA noteworthy invitation to participate in Jack Ma’s Inaugural Africa Netpreneur Summit.
(CEO)
Aubrey Hruby is a Co-Founder of the Africa Expert Network (AXN), Insider PR and an investor in
African start-ups. As a Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council and advisor Fortune 500 companies doing
business in Africa, she speaks and writes regularly on African business issues for the Financial Times and
Axios. She has interviewed with the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, National Public Radio, Al
Jazeera, Bloomberg Radio, CNBC, CCTV, and Africa24. Aubrey sits on the board of Invest Africa USA,
the private sector advisory board of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) and two dynamic
Nigerian companies. She is a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations and Young Leader at
Aubrey Hruby the Milken Institute. Aubrey teaches at Georgetown University and the co-author of award-winning
AFRICAN EXPERT The Next Africa (Macmillan, 2015). She earned a MBA from the Wharton School at the University of
NETWORK Pennsylvania and a MA from Georgetown University.
(Co-Founder)
Paul Trustfull’s many roles with Forbes Media include serving as the founding editor of Forbes Afrique,
the French edition of Forbes that is distributed in 23 francophone countries in Africa and founding
writer of Forbes’s Emerging Markets custom content category. He has fostered important international
business relationships with CEOs and heads of states that have proven invaluable in developing new
business––specifically the African business sector––for Forbes magazine. He has travelled extensively to
meet and interview some of the world’s most intriguing leaders such as the late Nelson Mandela, Fmr.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, President Lula da Silva of Brazil, Prime Minister Matata Ponyo Mapon, of
Paul Trustfull the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Lamido Sanusi, former Nigerian Central Bank Governor. Paul
FORBES EMERGING has also interviewed and featured personalities in the entertainment industry including Quincy Jones and
MARKETS Harry Belafonte.
(Editor)
For the last 5 years Peter has been focused on investing in technology startups across Africa, and is
currently the Managing Partner and Co-Founder of 4DX Ventures, a venture capital firm focused on
Africa. At 4DX Peter works to find and partner with the top entrepreneurs on the continent. Peter
has been an investor for over a decade, with roles spanning global macro, public and private equity
investing, as well as designing overall portfolio and risk management strategies before founding 4DX
Ventures. He’s had investment roles at Bridgewater Associates (Emerging Markets Research & Lead
China Analyst), Adakin Capital (public & private equity investing at an NYC based family office), and
Peter Orth JPMorgan (investment banking). In addition he used to run strategy & business development at Mirror
4DX VENTURES Labs, a venture backed business in the Blockchain space. He graduated from Tufts University in 2007 with
(Co-Founder) degrees in Quantitative Economics & International Relations.
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PANEL 3: ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Navigating Africa’s Entrepreneurial Ecosystem
STEINBERG-DIETRICH HALL, ROOM 215 / 10.05AM - 11.10AM
Euler Bropleh is the founder and Managing Director of VestedWorld, an early-stage investment fund
focused on spurring sustainable economic growth in underserved regions around the world. A native
of Liberia, Euler has a firsthand understanding of the potential that capitalism has to transform the
developing world and improve the lives of people living in those regions. Prior to founding VestedWorld
in 2014, Euler practiced law, specializing in venture capital, private equity, and merger and acquisition
transactions with Latham & Watkins and Vedder Price. Euler holds a J.D. from University of Chicago Law
School, a Graduate Diploma in International Strategy and Economics from the University of St. Andrews
Euler Bropleh (Scotland), and a BA in International Studies from Emory University. He is a Chicago Council on Global
VESTEDWORLD Affairs Emerging Leader and a member of the Milken Institute’s Young Leaders Circle.
(Founder)
Kagure Wamunyu is the CEO, Africa Region for Kobo360. She is charged with the launch and growth of
Kobo360 across Africa. Kagure has a passion in transport, which she believes will be an important factor
in the economic development of Africa. Previously, Kagure served as the Senior Director of Strategy for
Bridge International Academies in East Africa, where she focused on policy and PPPs. Before Bridge, she
worked as the country manager for Uber in Kenya where she joined as the first hire in Nairobi at launch
and grew Uber to a major transportation option in Nairobi. Kagure Wamunyu is currently pursuing
a part-time PhD at the University of Oxford. She holds a Masters in City Planning with a focus on
Kagure Wamunyu transportation from UC Berkeley, a BSC in Civil Engineering with a focus on Transport Engineering from
KOBO360 North Carolina State and a BA in Mathematics from Meredith College. Kagure seats on the Board of
(CEO, Africa Region) Fuzu and the Somo Project. She is an active alumna of Zawadi Africa Education Fund.
Richard Greenberg is a Managing Director at OPIC, the U.S. Government’s development finance
institution, with responsibility for co-leading the organization’s efforts to expand its contribution in the
area of social enterprise and impact finance. The unit he leads has significantly grown OPIC’s social
enterprise finance activity, having closed over $1 billion in OPIC financing to the microfinance sector and
expanded OPIC’s activity in sectors such as health, water, education, energy, and agribusiness. In recent
years, he played a key role in developing two major initiatives, one focused on financing for investment
funds with an impact strategy, the other on providing debt to early stage social enterprises. Previously,
Richard Greenberg Mr. Greenberg led the financing of major infrastructure projects and of small and medium enterprises
OPIC in various sectors and countries. He represents OPIC at impact investing conferences and has lectured
(Managing Director) on SME, microfinance and impact investing at Wharton, Stanford, Duke/Fuqua, Johns Hopkins/SAIS,
Debo Olaosebikan is an entrepreneur, physicist and engineer based in San Francisco. He founded Gigster
while on leave from a Ph.D. in Physics at Cornell. He previously worked on a $6m DOD project to build
the world’s first electric silicon laser - a building block of next-generation computing. He was Future
Awards Young Nigerian Scientist in 2011 and a finalist for Young Nigerian of 2011. Debo loves music and
was formerly a radio-featured rapper. He also advises startups and is a mentor at the Thiel Fellowship.
Debo Olaosebikan
GIGSTER
(Founder)
Okendo Lewis-Gayle is author of Harambeans and Chairman of the Harambe Entrepreneur Alliance.
Harambe is an ecosystem of over 280 young African leaders (Harambeans) which has spawned a series
of tech-enabled ventures such as Andela, Yoco and Fibre. Collectively Harambeans have generated over
3000 jobs, raised over $400m from Google Ventures, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative and Alibaba and in the
process established a pan-African network of startups valued at over $1bn. Okendo is a graduate of
Harvard University, the Inaugural Entrepreneur in Residence at Schwarzman College in Beijing and has
served as Africa Advisor to the Vatican, Rhodes Trust, and Chan Zuckerberg Initiative.
Okendo Lewis-Gayle
HARAME
ENTREPRENEUR
ALLIANCE
(Chairman)
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PANEL 4: WOMEN IN BUSINESS AND LEADERSHIP
The role of women in the next level of growth and development
STEINBERG-DIETRICH HALL, ROOM 109 / 10.05AM - 11.10AM
Addie was born in Nigeria and moved to the U.S with her family at the age of six. As with most children
new to a foreign environment, she struggled to fit into the American lifestyle with new foods, vocabulary,
and culture. As she grew older, she learned to accept and embrace herself and her African roots. While
studying at Oral Roberts University she solidified her life’s goal of creating a successful business that
would enable her to give back to the African community.It would take her many years to return to this
vision. But after one fateful conversation with two fellow Nigerian friends, she decided to start an African
inspired clothing line. D’IYANU was born in her little studio apartment.
Adesola Elabor
D’IYANU
(Founder)
Dia Martin, WG’02, is a Managing Director on the Social Enterprise Finance team in the Small and
Medium Enterprise Finance department of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) in
Washington, D.C. OPIC is the U.S. Government’s development finance institution; it mobilizes private
capital to help solve development challenges and advances U.S. foreign policy. Dia is responsible for
providing financing to projects and funds active in microfinance, SME and other impact investment
sectors. Dia also leads the Portfolio for Impact program, which is focused on financing scalable, earlier
stage projects that are highly developmental. Dia Martin is a proven leader with over a decade of
Dia Martin experience in impact investing and debt origination globally. As a catalyst for innovation with experience
OPIC creating new programs and structuring funds, she has a strong track record across multiple sectors,
(Managing Director) including financial services, health care and agriculture.
Thoko Moyo is Associate Dean for Communications and Public affairs at Harvard Kennedy School (HKS).
She oversees communications for the School and teaches strategic communications to senior executives
participating in Harvard executive education programs. Before joining HKS in 2017, she worked as
Director of global communications at the Ford Foundation in New York. Thoko has worked for various
organizations in the private and public sector including the World Bank in Washington DC, Diageo (UK)
and BP, where she was in charge of Africa communications based in Cape Town. She began her career as
a journalist working for the BBC in London. Thoko is also a Mason Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School
Thoko Moyo and has been working on a pan- Africa project to shift narratives about the continent.
HARVARD KENNEDY
SCHOOL
(Associate Dean)
Nneile Nkholise is a Mechanical Engineer by profession, Sport activist by passion and a Social
Entrepreneur by devotion. She is the founder of 3DIMO – a sport tech company that provides a
tracking and insurance solution for sport athletes during training and at games to ensure that their
careers are secured, and for clubs to ensure that their investments are secured. She is a Harambean, a
Forbes Africa under 30 for 2018 fellow, and a Tony Elumelu Foundation fellow amongst other awards.
Beyond entrepreneurship; she has formerly served in sport leading the role of second deputy president
of University Sport South Africa and secretary of Free State Sport Confederation. She is a brand
Neile Nkhosile ambassador of the South African government National Development Plan 2030, led by the Department
3DIMO of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation.
(Founder)
Yasmin Belo-Osagie is a cofounder of She Leads Africa, a media company focused on millennial african
women. She Leads currently has an audience of ~600K women and has been featured in the Financial
Times, BBC, CNN, Quartz Africa, Fast Company, Forbes and CNBC Africa. Prior to this, Yasmin worked
at McKinsey and Co. Yasmin has a BA from Princeton, a JD from Harvard Law School and an MBA from
Stanford Business School.
Yasmin Belo-Osagie
SHE LEADS AFRICA
(Co-Founder)
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PANEL 5: ENERGY & INFRASTRUCTURE PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP
The Case of Côte d’Ivoire and Beyond
JON M HUNTSMAN HALL, ROOM TBC / 3.15PM - 4.20PM
Aditi Maheshwari is a Senior Operations Officer at IFC with 17 years of experience working across
both the public and private sector. Her work focuses on understanding how to mobilize private capital
for climate investments in developing countries, supporting the corporation’s climate change agenda and
commitment to increase its climate-friendly lending. She is leading initiatives at IFC to promote private
sector investment aligned to national climate plans, including on renewable energy, and to increase the
use of internal carbon pricing by businesses as a tool to manage risks and capitalize on opportunities. She
has authored several publications, most recently leading on IFC’s flagship report on Climate Investment
Aditi Maheshwari Opportunities in Cities. She holds an MSc in Environmental and Resource Economics from University
IFC
College London.
(Senior Ops Officer)
Tom Flahive is a Partner at CrossBoundary LLC, where he is responsible for leading the firm’s Investment
Facilitation programs and investment advisory engagements. Before joining CrossBoundary, Mr. Flahive
began his career at Lazard Alternative Investments, in one of the firm’s private equity groups in New
York. Following his time with Lazard, Mr.Flahive worked at the global real estate services firm Jones Lang
LaSalle, also in New York. Mr. Flahive’s international experience prior to joining CrossBoundary was at
a leading emerging market private equity fund – Abraaj Capital in Dubai – and Mongolia International
Capital Corporation in Ulaanbaatar.
Tom Flahive
CROSSBOUNDARY
(Parnter)
Jean-Jacques, Finergreen Africa’s Managing Partner, is an expert in private equity and in advisory,
specialized in the structuring and the financing of renewable energy and energy efficiency projects in
Africa. He started his career as an Investment Banker at Rothschild then joined the French sovereign
wealth fund (FSI), building solid skills in Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Equity. Since January 2016, he
manages Finergreen Africa advisory firm and assists local developers, governmental agents and investors
in the financial modelling and the fundraising (debt, equity, grant) of renewable energy projects, including
on-grid PV solar power plants. He keeps close relationships with authorities of the energy sector in Ivory
Jean-Jacques Coast (CI-Energies and Ministry of Energy) as he provided assistance in the restructuration of the sector
FINERGREEN
and in the definition of CIE’s business model.
(Partner)
Liubym Gerasymenko is the Chief Financial Officer for Symbion Power. Mr. Gerasymenko developed his
20-year international business career through senior finance management and business development
assignments, running operations for multinationals spanning three industries on four continents. He has
led the development of several Independent Power Projects including two in the Russian capital Moscow.
Mr. Gerasymenko holds a Bachelor of Economics and a Master of International Management degrees
from Kiev National University of Economics. He is a Fellow of the U.K.-based Association of Chartered
Certified Accountants and a member of the American Society of Appraisers.
Liubym Gerasymenko
SYMBION POWER
(CFO)
Ifeanyi Umejei is Co-Founder and Director of Business Development at ICE Commerial Power. Ifeanyi
has over 10 years experience in private wealth management and financial sales at several bulge bracket
financial institutions including Morgan Stanley. He has a bachelors degree from Virginia Tech. Ifeanyi
eventually decided to resign as a career banker and co-founded a sustainable energy company. His novel
innovation won him a new venture competition at Harvard Business School, raised over 6 figures in pre-
seed round investments, negotiated an MOU with Microsoft, developed an app, and most importantly,
provided electricity to empower several small businesses.
Ifeanyi Umejei
ICE COMM. POWER
(Co-Founder)
Mr. Emmanuel Nyirinkindi is a Ugandan national and is currently the Director Transaction Advisory
Services at the International Finance Corporation (IFC), World Bank Group. Mr. Nyirinkindi joined IFC in
2006 as a Senior Investment Officer in IFC Johannesburg Office. He was the Global Head of IFC’s Public-
Private Partnerships Advisory Services prior to his current position. Over the past decade, Mr. Nyirinkindi
has established a strong record of leadership and execution in advising governments in designing and
bringing to market commercially robust PPP projects that provide high quality, affordable and efficient
infrastructure and social services to the public across a variety of sectors. He holds an MBA from the
Emmanuel Nyirinkindi University of Kansas and a Bachelor of Commerce degree from Makerere University, Kampala.
IFC
(Director)
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PANEL 6: ARTS, MEDIA, & ENTERTAINMENT PANEL 7: SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE IN A GROWING ECONOMY
Capitalizing on Africa’s Rising Cultural Currency
JON M HUNTSMAN HALL, ROOM TBC / 3.15PM - 4.20PM JON M HUNTSMAN HALL, ROOM TBC / 3.15PM - 4.20PM

Larry Madowo is a Knight-Bagehot Fellow in Economics and Business Journalism at Columbia University
in New York and the BBC Africa Business Editor (currently on a career break). He was named among
the 100 Most Influential Africans in 2018 by New African magazine. He has reported from more than 40
countries and interviewed some of the world’s most prominent business, political and cultural leaders. He
is an international journalist, speaker and moderator who has been on such diverse stages as the World
Economic Forum, Mobile World Congress, Slush Finland, Global Digital Content Market and numerous
others. His work has been featured on various global outlets like CNN International, the Washington
Larry Madowo Post, Al Jazeera English, France 24, Channel 4 News, Forbes, The Guardian, Financial Times, Public Radio
BBC Africa International, ABC News Australia and RTÉ Ireland. He has previously worked in Nairobi, London and
(Business Editor) Johannesburg, gaining nearly 4 million followers on social media along the way.
Mr. Tembwe Mutungu is a Co-Founder and Director of FirstWave Group, the largest vertically integrated
freshwater aquaculture business in Sub-Saharan Africa. The FirstWave value chain converts locally
sourced agricultural commodities into locally consumed white protein for urban households. The Group’s
portfolio companies, located in Zambia and Uganda, specialize in tilapia production, retail and distribution
as well as grain commodity sourcing and the production of extruded fish feed. Tembwe has over 10 years
of experience in operations and finance and is devoted to leading high-impact, scale-up businesses on
the Continent. He holds an MBA in Finance from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
Tembwe Mutungu and a B.Sc. in Industrial Engineering from the University of Witwatersrand. Tembwe also serves as a board
FirstWave Group member on the Liberi Foundation and a founding Working Member of The Africa List, a CDC initiative
(Co-Founder) aimed at community and leadership development for the next generation of CEOs in Zambia.

Rachel Naa-Du Laryea is a Ph.D. candidate in the dual doctoral program in Anthropology and African
American Studies at Yale University. After receiving her Bachelors of Arts at New York University in Tsito Raharison is an Investment Manager with UFF African Agri-Investment. UFF is the dedicated agri-
Social & Cultural Analysis in 2016, Rachel worked as an analyst on Wall Street at Goldman Sachs & Co. investment boutique within the Old Mutual Investment Group. In his role, Tsito has overall responsibility
in Corporate Social Responsibility. While in graduate school, she launched her business, Kelewele LLC, for UFF’s investments in African French-speaking countries and serves on the board of directors and
which is a healthy lifestyle brand dedicated to making innovative and culturally inspired plantain dishes. supervisory committees of portfolio companies. Tsito has spent his career investing in emerging and
Having grown up on plantains in a traditional Ghanaian home, Rachel created Kelewele as an ode to her developing markets. Prior to his current position, Tsito was an Investment Officer within the Global
favorite childhood snack, but also and more importantly, as a way to celebrate Africa and the diaspora TMT team of IFC, where he joined as part of the Young Professional Program. Tsito is originally from
through food, culture, community and migration by recognizing shared cultural food practices across the Madagascar and is currently based in the Netherlands. He holds a Master’s degree in finance from the
Rachel Laryea
diaspora. Her business has been featured in numerous festivals including the ESSENCE Streetstyle Festival,
Tsito Raharison University of Cape Town.
KELEWELE LLC
UFF
(Founder) Vegandale, and Curlfest among others.
(Investment Manager)

Abdul Karim Abdullah is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Culture Management Group (CMG)
and Afrochella Festival. Abdul graduated from Syracuse University with a BS in Psychology/Biology. He
also received a Masters In Public Health from CUNY Hunter College.
In 2017, Abdul & his team founded Afrochella. Afrochella is a festival designed to highlight & elevate
thrilling and thriving talent from and within Africa. The festival exists to foster engagement, to boost
tourism within Ghana and Africa at large by providing a space for the diaspora celebrate culture by
appreciating African Music, Food, Art and Culture curated from a native’s perspective
Abdul Karim Adbullah
CMG
(Founder and CEO)
(Managing Principal)
Jerry Parkes is the Managing Principal of Injaro Investments Limited. Prior to Injaro, Mr. Parkes was a
Director at Knox D’Arcy Investment Management, a UK-based fund manager and activist private equity
investor. His previous experience spans consulting and investment banking with firms such as Accenture,
Merrill Lynch, UBS and Technoserve, where he advised Ghanaian entrepreneurs on strategy and business
development. He has completed transactions ranging in size from US$30mn to US$0.6bn and has co-
authored a business case that forms part of the Private Equity in Emerging Markets curriculum at the
Wharton School. Mr. Parkes holds a MEng. in Electronic and Electrical Engineering (First Class Honours)
Jerry Parkes from the University of Manchester and an MBA from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.
INJARO Jerry is a Ghanaian national.

Eche Emole is the founder & CEO of Afropolitan Group, a community as a service company. (CAAS).
Founded in 2016, Afropolitan curates a seamless experience in Travel, Events & Ticketing that serves the
needs of our customers in the diaspora and Africa. Afropolitan Group is a big player in the Afrobeats
entertainment space. Organizing and promoting concerts for superstars such as Burna Boy, Davido,
D’banj, Wizkid, Psquare, 2face, Tiwa Savage, Patoranking, Olamide etc. Eche is also a former executive
at Flutterwave Inc. a payment technology company focused on helping banks and businesses provide
seamless and secure payment experiences for their customers in Africa and globally. Eche has 10 years of
Eche Emole experience curating social and professional events catered to the African diaspora market in the U.S.
AFROPOLITAN
GROUP
(Founder)

Yetunde Olukoya, a medical doctor turned designer, had adored fashion since she was a child. Her
clothing line, Ray Darten is focused on using its styles to tell stories of her magnificent Nigerian culture
and heritage. She believes in playing a role in helping drive African economy, with all her clothes ethically
hand made in Nigeria. Her brand also gives back to children in Nigeria through its Ray of Hope initiative

Yetunde Olukoya
RAY DARTEN
(Founder)

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PANEL 8: THE FUTURE OF TECH AND VENTURE CAPITAL IN AFRICA
JON M HUNTSMAN HALL, ROOM TBC / 3.15PM - 4.20PM
Omar is General Partner and CFO at Arab Angel Fund a strategic investment firm that provides
unprecedented access to brilliant entrepreneurs with startups seeking to enter the North Africa and
Middle East markets. Omar has over 14 years of international experience in corporate finance, corporate
communications, management consulting, strategy, investor relations and venture capital. Omar is also
an angel investor in various startups including Andela, FiscalNote and Quarrio Corp. Omar holds a BA
in Economics and Political Science with Honors from the University of Chicago and an MBA from The
Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania
Omar Darwazah
AAF Management
(Founder)
Caine Wanjau is currently the CTO of Twiga Foods, a Kenya based B2B distributor of fresh products and
essential goods and consumables to retailers. Prior to joining Twiga, Caine co-founded two companies -
Flashcast, which provided live-streamed advertisements in public transport vehicles in Nairobi, and Faidika
Technologies, where he provided bespoke IT, ERP, and mobile solutions to corporate and NGO clients.
Prior to that Caine worked in Melbourne, Australia with the Commonwealth Bank of Australia in various
banking and credit capacities. Caine graduated from Monash University in Australia with a degree in
Computer Sciences and a Diploma of Engineering. Prior to his undergraduate studies Caine spent time in
Caine Wanjau Japan where he studied Japanese culture and learnt to speak Japanese.
TWIGA FOODS
(CTO)
Olu Oyinsan is an emerging Markets Seed-stage Investor and managing partner at Oui Capital- an early
stage impact fund investing in promising technology companies in frontier markets- especially Sub-
Saharan Africa. Before launching Oui capital, Olu started his career in commercial banking with Nigeria’s
Guaranty Trust Bank, and as a TEI Consultant at Forrester. He later worked at Silicon Valley Bank’s early
stage practice supporting early stage startups across the east coast of the US. He most recently worked
served as VP Investments at Amina Capital, leading investments in Sub-saharan Africa. Here he made
and managed investments in several high growth startups including Awabike, Paystack and Ogavenue.
Olu Oyinsan He holds an MBA from Hult International Business School, Boston with a concentration in Finance and
OUI CAPITAL Strategy”. He was recently featured on Ventureburn’s list of “12 African VCs you need to know
(Managing Partner)
Efayomi is the Head of Strategic Finance at Lori Systems where he oversees fundraising efforts and the
company’s financial products. Prior to joining Lori, Efayomi was a Senior Associate at Quona Capital
supporting their investments in Africa. Before Quona, Efayomi worked with 8 Miles LLP, a London-based
private equity firm that invests in Africa. Previously, Efayomi worked with the Boston Consulting Group
in New York and Nigeria covering financial services. He has also spent time working as the Head of
Marketplace for Jumia Nigeria in Lagos, and as the Head of Information Management and Analysis for
the National Ebola Response Center in Freetown. Efayomi received an MBA from the Harvard Business
EFAYOMI CARR School and a BA in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics from the University of Pennsylvania.
LORI SYSTEMS
(Head of Strat. Fin.)
Debo Olaosebikan is an entrepreneur, physicist and engineer based in San Francisco. He founded Gigster
while on leave from a Ph.D. in Physics at Cornell. He previously worked on a $6m DOD project to build
the world’s first electric silicon laser - a building block of next-generation computing. He was Future
Awards Young Nigerian Scientist in 2011 and a finalist for Young Nigerian of 2011. Debo loves music and
was formerly a radio-featured rapper. He also advises startups and is a mentor at the Thiel Fellowship.
Debo Olaosebikan
GIGSTER
(Co-Founder; CTO)
Steve has founded, managed or financed over 40 companies in life sciences and IT globally. He recently
founded Pangea University for the Health Sciences in Bangalore, India, an international platform for
medical, nursing and health technology education for the emerging and frontier markets. Over the last
several decades he has been a partner or adviser to numerous health care and impact-oriented venture
capital and private equity firms internationally and has also founded health care management MBA
programs in India and throughout Africa. Steve is also Senior Fellow, Health Care Management and
Lecturer, Entrepreneurship at the Wharton School.
Stephen Sammut
WHARTON
(Professor)
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PANEL 9: DEPLOYING PRIVATE CAPITAL
A look at African private equity investing
JON M HUNTSMAN HALL, ROOM TBC / 4.30PM - 5.35PM
Raza Hasnani has over twenty-three years of infrastructure, private equity, and impact investing
experience in Africa, Asia and the Americas. He leads the infrastructure investments business at Africa50
(a $850 million investment platform) and is focused on making private equity and growth investments
into greenfield and brownfield projects as well as platforms. He has also led project and corporate
financings for energy and infrastructure projects around the world while at Exxon Mobil Corporation
in Dallas and Houston. He started his career at Deloitte in Philadelphia. Mr. Hasnani has invested in
renewable and conventional power projects, electric and gas utilities, pipelines, ports, terminals, upstream,
Raza Hasnani refineries, transportation, and other energy and infrastructure assets around the world.
AFRICA50 He holds an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and a BA from Franklin
(Head of Infras. Inv.) and Marshall College.
Justin DeAngelis is a Partner in the International Power Fund of Denham Capital. Justin is responsible
for origination, analysis, structuring, valuation and execution of investments for the Power Deal Team. He
brings 20 years of experience to the firm. Prior to joining Denham, Justin was a Director at Waypoint
Energy and worked as a Manager at Pace Global Energy and PG&E National Energy Group, after serving
as an Engineer at Delmarva Power. He is currently a member of the Board of Directors of Endeavor
Energy and subsidiaries of Rio Energy. Justin is a member of the Millennium Challenge Corporation
Advisory Council and a member of the Advisory Council for NASP-USAID Investment Partnership
Justin DeAngelis for “Mobilizing Institutional Investors to Develop Africa’s Infrastructure” or “MIDA.” He also serves as a
DENHAM CAPITAL Board Member for IGD (Initiative for Global Development). Separately, Justin is taking part in Columbia
(Partner) University’s World Projects Initiative.
Melissa Cook, Founder and Managing Director, African Sunrise Partners LLC. Melissa Cook is a longtime
proponent of investing and doing business in Africa. Since 2007, Ms. Cook has made more than 45 trips
to 16 countries on the continent. She offers research and advisory services to institutional investors and
companies. She is particularly interested in countries undergoing significant political and economic change.
Ms. Cook has more than 30 years of global research and business experience. Before starting her work in
Africa, she had a front-row seat watching the emergence of new economies in Eastern Europe and China.
Ms. Cook covered several sectors as an equity analyst at Wall Street firms. These included Drexel
Melissa Cook Burnham Lambert, Prudential Securities, and CLSA Asia-Pacific Markets. She was Head of Global
ASP Research at Lazard Asset Management.
(Founder)
Allan Cunningham is a senior media and marketing executive who has spent the last 15 years career
working for some of the world’s most respected M&A and private equity media and information
companies including Dow Jones’s publications Private Equity Analyst and VentureWire and most recently,
The Deal. Allan has built a number of successful digital and event content businesses, both subscription
and sponsor-supported, delivering information and content-marketing services to clients in the M&A,
private equity and broader deal ecosystem.
Allen Cunningham
AFRICA CAPITAL
DIGEST
(CEO)
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PANEL 10: SCALING PAN-AFRICAN FINTECH
JON M HUNTSMAN HALL, ROOM TBC / 4.30PM - 5.35PM
Mr. Pardon Makumbe is a Co-Founder and Managing Partner of CRE Venture Capital. CRE invests in
category-defining early stage technology companies that are levered to Africa. CRE is widely recognized
as a pioneer and market leader in Africa’s technology and venture capital ecosystem. Prior to CRE, Mr.
Makumbe worked for a Rothschild family private investment holding company based out of New York
and London, overseeing a portfolio of early and late stage investments and holdings in Asia, Europe
and Africa. Earlier on, he worked at Temasek Holdings in Singapore, at Emerging Capital Partners in
Johannesburg, and at Bain & Company in New York. Mr. Makumbe graduated with a BSE in Electrical
Pardon Makumbe Engineering from Princeton University, and as a Palmer Scholar from the Wharton School of Business. He
CRE VENTURE CAPITAL has served on the Boards of various leading African tech companies including Flutterwave, Rensource,
(Co-Founder) Safeboda, Flow Living, FlexClub, and Baobab Circle. He is a Trustee of the Harambe Entrepreneur Alliance.
Omosalewa “O” heads the Expansion team at Flutterwave.
Flutterwave is a global payments technology company building digital payments infrastructure, with a
focus on the African market. We enable digital transactions across Africa, between Africa and other
regions. Products include:
1. Rave; an online merchant acquiring and disbursement platform that works across Africa, US, Europe. It
is 3DS enabled, has an inbuilt fraud management system and is PCIDSS Level 1 certified.
2. Barter; a consumer lifestyle application, launched in partnership with Visa.
Omosalewa ‘O’ Adeyemi Since launching in 2016, Flutterwave has processed $3.5B across 60M transactions for clients such as
FLUTTERWAVE Uber, Booking.com, Facebook, Flywire, Transferwise among others.
(Head of Expansion)
Saad is an investment principal at TLG Capital and heads private investments and portfolio operations
across the firm’s Africa interests. He has been instrumental in originating, structuring and closing
healthcare, pharma, O&G and FMCG related transactions. He has significant experience with the
microfinance company within TLG’s portfolio and is looking to expand the operation globally. He joined
TLG Capital in 2014 with responsibilities around deal origination, structuring, execution and value
creation. Saad represents TLG on boards of various portfolio companies to steer strategy and expansion
opportunities. Prior to TLG Capital, Saad was a director at Accenture, consulting across technology and
Saad Sheikh business strategy. He brings long standing experience from Accenture, Nokia and Alcatel working across
TLG CAPITAL 4 continents; Europe, Middle East, Asia and Africa; in 20+ countries managing strategic directives for
(Investment Principal) corporations such as Barclays, Virgin Media, Vodafone, Hutchison, Telefonica, Telenor and Orascom
Nico is COO of NALA, Africa’s first internet-free payments application. NALA was recently part of
Y-Combinator’s Winter 2019 batch, and currently ranks #3 in the Top Finance Applications in Tanzania.
Nicolai has spent the duration of his professional career in the financial services sector and he most
recently came from Morningstar where he lead product management for the EMEA Indexes division
and spearheaded global go-to-market of the firm’s fixed income indexes. At NALA, Nicolai is focused
on product, legal, finance, and expansion efforts into new markets. Nicolai holds a bachelor’s degree in
Economics from Bard College and in his free time enjoys running.
Nico Eddy
NALA
(COO)
David K. Musto is the Ronald O. Perelman Professor in Finance and faculty director of the Stevens Center
for Innovation in Finance at the Wharton School, where he has been on the faculty since 1995. He also
served as Senior Financial Economist at the Securities Exchange Commission from 2005 to 2007. He has
a BA from Yale University and a PhD from the University of Chicago, and between college and graduate
school he worked for Roll and Ross Asset Management in Culver City, CA. Most of his work, both
theoretical and empirical, is in the area of consumer financial services, mutual funds and consumer credit
in particular.
David Musto
WHARTON
(Professor)
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PANEL 11: YOUTH’S ROLE IN POLITICS & BUSINESS
A rising generation
JON M HUNTSMAN HALL, ROOM TBC / 4.30PM - 5.35PM
Alliance4ai is the champion of future technology in Africa. It convenes key stakeholders across the
continent to stimulate adoption of exponential technologies for development and drives the African
agenda at continental and global gatherings on exponential technologies. It cares most about youth
empowerment, equal opportunity across gender and providing food, health and financial security for black
people everywhere. It supports 70+ AI startups and partners with training organizations that collectively
made 50,000+ Africans AI-aware in 2019. Beyond founding the Alliance4ai, Alexander drives the cloud
AI and HPC business for NVIDIA, empowering millions of developers to use exponential technologies to
Alexander Tsado tackle meaningful and expansive problems around the world.
Alliance4ai.org
(Founding Director)
Brighton Mukupa Kaoma is a Zambian Social Entrepreneur and Environmental Innovator. He Co-Founded
KARTON, a Zambian social good transportation and logistics company. He is an MPA-Environmental
Science and Policy Candidate at Columbia University and an alum of both the University of Zambia and
Cambridge University. He is an advocate of the profound potential of education to empower, inspire and
change lives of young people on the African continent. He is a recipient of numerous prestigious global
accolades including the Queen’s Young Leaders Award from Queen Elizabeth II, WWF International
President’s Award, JCI Outstanding Young Persons, The Mandela Washington Fellowship and his work was
Brighton Kaoma in 2017 recognized by former US President Barack Obama. He is the Global Youth Ambassador for The
KARTON Children’s Radio Foundation and a One Young World Ambassador.
(Co-Founder)
Kunle Malomo is the Chief Executive Officer of People Productivity Solutions and has twenty years
experience in human capital strategy formulation and implementation, strategic partnering initiatives, and
more. Kunle co-founded the first ever Africa based affiliate of the Great Place To Work Institute, which
has now expanded operations to Nigeria, South Africa, Kenya and Cote D’Ivoire. Kunle also co-founded
a Wireless Middleware company which placed second in Morgan Stanley’s National e-Business plan
competition and later become Mobile Applications Technology Kunle was selected as a Global Leader
for Tomorrow by the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland and recognized by Philadelphia
Kunle Malomo Business Journal as one of its 40 under 40. Kunle has an MBA from The Wharton School, University of
PPS Pennsylvania where he won Henry Morgenthau and Shils Zeidman fellowships.
(CEO)
Kemi is an international finance professional with over 5 years of investment banking, commercial banking,
and corporate finance expertise in the United States, Europe and Africa. Prior to joining Standard
Chartered Bank, she worked at Pricewaterhouse Coopers, Google, Goldman Sachs and Deutsche Bank.
Kemi is also the founder of GLOW UP which stands for Girls Ladies Orphans Women United (for)
Progress. GLOW UP aims to create a pipeline of young female leaders who are equipped, qualified, and
empowered to secure the best opportunities; as well as contribute to conversations on policy changes,
discussions on government resources deployed to orphanages and foster homes for their growth and
Kemi Adetu development. In recognition of her work as a Champion of Women in Business, she recently received an
GLOW UP award as #1 on Yahoo Finance’s Top 50 Future Female Leaders HERoes 2019 list, and was invited to join
(Founder) the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Goalkeepers Community.
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PANEL 12: TALES FROM THE REAL ESTATE MARKET
Views from Financiers & Practitioners
JON M HUNTSMAN HALL, ROOM TBC / 4.30PM - 5.35PMW
Diran Otegbade is the Founder & Managing Director of Realtor.ng, a real estate technology company
committed to leveraging the use of technology in the real estate industry in Nigeria. At the start of his
career, he worked at IBM for close to 4 years as a software developer and advisory project manager
for multi-million dollar contracts across multiple business units and clients in the finance, insurance,
retail & tourism sectors. He’s a board advisor to startups and growing companies like Loftshare.co,
Chargeautomation.com, Triage.com, Trinity Suites, and a few others, a member of the Nigerian Economic
Summit Group (NESG).
Diran Otegbade
REALTOR.NG
(Founder)
Rokhaya Duah is the Managing Director of Sagef, a family owned construction company which has
built over 1700 houses in Senegal. She leads several affordable housing projects and specializes in the
conception, planning, building and financing of homes for low income families. Using innovative building
systems, PPP arrangements and innovative financing, Rokhaya is constantly looking at opportunities to
lower the cost of homes for families in Senegal and contribute to reducing the housing deficit. She is also
an investor in Peacock Investments, a housing development company, and currently sits on its board.
Rokhaya Diop Duah
SAGEF
(Managing Director)
Britt Gwinner has more than thirty years of experience in financial sector investing and advisory, with
a focus on affordable housing. He most recently led the International Finance Corporation’s (IFC’s)
global investment and advisory programs for affordable housing finance, with deepest experience in
Latin America, sub-Saharan Africa, and South Asia. Prior to joining IFC, Britt led advisory engagements
with sovereigns on housing policy for the World Bank in Latin America, Eastern Europe, and Central
and East Asia. Before the World Bank, Britt participated in the development of risk-based capital models
and capital requirements for U.S. housing finance institutions, and he worked in financial consulting for
Britt Gwinner Fortune 500 companies. Britt is a Chartered Financial Analyst, holds an MBA in Finance and a Master’s in
IFC Public Policy from the University of Chicago, and a bachelor’s degree from George Washington University.
(Former Head of
Housing Finance)
Bob Hornsby is co-founder and CFO of American Homebuilders of West Africa (africa-housing.com),
a US-based firm providing high quality housing and housing finance to West Africans in the diaspora
and those living in the region. When not pursuing entrepreneurial ventures, Bob is a dedicated civic
engagement enthusiast, having served on nonprofit boards including St. Peter’s Episcopal Church,
Moonstone Preschool, and his neighborhood Civic Association. He currently serves on the School
Advisory Council for Academy at Palumbo in the Philadelphia school district.
Bob Hornsby
AHWA
(Co-Founder)
Fred Cooper joined Toll Brothers in 1993 to establish its Finance and Investor Relations Departments.
As the firm’s in-house investment bank, the team he leads is responsible for Toll’s capital markets and
investor relations activities, as well as its partnering relationships with major U.S. and international
financial and development institutions. Fred is a founding board member of the U.S. Friends of Kenya
Community Development Foundation and an advisor to Reall International, which provides capital and
technical assistance to affordable housing developers in Africa, Asia and the Middle East. He is a volunteer
consultant with the Stanford University SEED Program, where he works with African entrepreneurs
Fred Cooper in the real estate development sector. He co-developed and teaches in Wharton’s “Real Estate
WHARTON Development in Emerging Markets” course and has lectured on real estate finance and development
(Professor) since 2006 in Wharton’s International Housing Finance Program.
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NEW VENTURE COMPETITION JUDGES
Ami Dalal, Vice President at FINCA International and Managing Director of FINCA Ventures, has
over 15 years of principal investing experience across Africa, Asia, Europe and North America. She is
responsible for leading FINCA Ventures, an impact investing initiative that provides patient capital and
pre- and post-investment support to help early-stage social enterprises grow. Most recently, she served
as a strategic adviser to Ashoka’s Social Finance Services initiative, leading a search in innovative financial
mechanisms to accelerate financing for social impact. Ami has an MBA from the Wharton School,
University of Pennsylvania. She also holds a B.S. in Economics and a B.A. in Philosophy from the University
Ami Dalal of Pennsylvania.
FINCA Ventures
(Managing Director)
Mr. Pardon Makumbe is a Co-Founder and Managing Partner of CRE Venture Capital. CRE invests in
category-defining early stage technology companies that are levered to Africa. CRE is widely recognized
as a pioneer and market leader in Africa’s technology and venture capital ecosystem. Prior to CRE, Mr.
Makumbe worked for a Rothschild New York and London,Temasek Holdings in Singapore, Emerging
Capital Partners in Johannesburg, and at Bain & Company in New York. Mr. Makumbe graduated with
a BSE in Electrical Engineering from Princeton University, and as a Palmer Scholar from the Wharton
School of Business. He has served on the Boards of various leading African tech companies including
Pardon Makumbe Flutterwave, Rensource, Safeboda, Flow Living, FlexClub, and Baobab Circle. He is a Trustee of the
CRE VC Harambe Entrepreneur Alliance.
(Co-Founder)
Mr. Seymour has over 42 years of investment experience in international and emerging markets through
18 years at Bankers Trust living and working in Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe, and Latin America. PGS
advises on global best practices for private equity firms with a focus on social impact investing in frontier
emerging markets. He has served as a Senior Advisor to private equity firms in Cambodia; Chairman
of the Investment Committee of a private equity fund in Haiti; Senior Advisor to private equity funds in
Nigeria, Kenya and Bangladesh; Advisor to a mezzanine fund in South Africa; Board Director of a venture
capital firm in India; Senior Advisor to an investment company that investments in mixed-use property
James Seymour developments for educational institutions in Ghana and Kenya; and Board Director of a public securities
PGS fund in Africa. In total, he has served on 18 international, emerging market, and U.S. private equity fund
(Managing Partner) advisory boards.
Stephen Sammut is an Investor as well as a Senior Fellow, Health Care Management and Lecturer,
Entrepreneurship at the Wharton School. During his 28 years teaching at Wharton and other business
schools in India, Israel, Kenya, Portugal and Russia, he has created over a dozen courses that he has taught
to nearly 11,000 students.
He is visiting faculty and served as coordinator of the Indian School of Business healthcare program and
is Visiting Associate Professor at the Strathmore Business School in Nairobi where he founded the first
Healthcare Management MBA program on the African continent, as well as founding the African Institute
Stephen Sammut for Healthcare Management, an organization focused on developing faculty and teaching materials to
WHARTON advance health services. He is currently developing a School of Global Public Health at Strathmore
(Investor; Professor)
Sarah Alexander is a Senior Managing Director at GIF, and the Chair of the GIF Investment Committee.
She brings to GIF an extensive background in innovative private capital solutions for development finance,
having worked in this area in the public, non-profit and private sectors. Most recently, Ms. Alexander has
advised institutional investors and fund managers on the design and development of their private capital
strategies in emerging and frontier markets. Previously, she was a Managing Director at The Abraaj Group,
and the Founding CEO of the Emerging Markets Private Equity Association (EMPEA). She has also been
a direct long-term equity investor in the developing markets of Asia. Ms. Alexander holds an MBA from
Sarah Alexander Harvard Business School, an MPA from the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University and a BA,
GIF summa cum laude, from Emory University.
(Senior MD)
Bruce leads the operations of Chandaria Capital, a Venture Capital vehicle focused on investing in
burgeoning companies that contribute to Africa’s growth and accelerating their development. Operating
from Kenya, Chandaria Capital has played a substantial role in the growth of the pioneering and awarding
winning companies within its portfolio, which includes companies that are scaling across Africa. Before
Chandaria Capital, Bruce worked at Credit Suisse’s London office for over five years, assisting in the
management and innovation of Investment Banking businesses with operations in North America, Europe,
Asia, and Africa.
Bruce Lule
CHANDRIA CAPITAL
(Principal)
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Bunmi co-founded Generation Enterprise
- a non-profit reducing unemployment
and poverty by providing transferable
skills and career pathways using AI. He
holds degrees in Electrical & Computer
Engineering and Public Policy from Baylor
University and Princeton University.
Bunmi Otegbade
GENERATION ENT.
(Founder)
Kunle Malomo is the Chief Executive
Officer of People Productivity Solutions
and has twenty years experience in
human capital strategy formulation and
implementation, strategic partnering
initiatives, and more.. Kunle has an MBA
from The Wharton School, University
Kunle Malomo of Pennsylvania where he won Henry
PPS Morgenthau and Shils Zeidman
(CEO)
Moe is the Innovation Partner at Vazi
Legal – a network of lawyers focused on
the innovation and frontier technology
space in Africa. In addition, Moe is a
partner at TipHub an early stage Venture
Capital fund supporting and investing in
great companies in Africa and the African
Moe Odele Diaspora. Moe has over 7 years of
VAZI LEGAL experience advising early stage start ups.
(Innovation Partner)
Norman Batuma is the CEO of BAJ
Service Station Limited a retail fuel
distributor in Uganda and the Chairman
Chims Africa Uganda Limited a leading
mobile money operator in Uganda.
Norman is also a director of TF Capital a
micro lending firm.
Norman Batuma
CHIMS AFRICA
(Chairman)
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Nichole Yembra is the Founder and
Managing Director of The Chrysalis Co
which houses The Chrysalis Capital,
a $15M African tech fund and The
Chrysalis Advisors, a financial, investment,
and strategy firm. For the past 4 years,
she has focused on transforming Africa
Nichole Yembra through data and payments.
THE CHRYSALIS CO
(Founder)
Saad is an investment principal at TLG
Capital and heads private investments
and portfolio operations across the
firm’s Africa interests. He brings long
standing experience from Accenture,
Nokia and Alcatel and experience
managing strategic directives for
Saad Sheikh corporations such as Barclays, Virgin
TLG CAPITAL Media, Vodafone, Hutchison, Telefonica,
(Investment Principal) Telenor and Orascom
Harvey coaches cross-industry leaders
in signature programs including, the
MBA, Executive MBA, and General
Management Program, and serves as a
Lead Executive Coach for the Executive
Development Program. Harvey holds
a Master’s degree in Organizational
Harvey Floyd Psychology and Change Leadership from
WHARTON Columbia University, and a Bachelor’s
(Executive Coach)
Company: Doksta
Founder: Teminioluwa Ajayi, MD, MPH | info@doksta.org
Sector(s): Consumer Technology, Healthcare
Region(s) of business operations: Nigeria
Company description: Doksta provides a platform for health professionals and trainees across Africa
to seamlessly connect with each other by offering immediate access to the latest and best in medical
education, including high quality board preparation materials, through its user-friendly mobile app.
Company: KaziTu
Founder: Sarah Lebu | sarah_lebu@berkeley.edu
Sector(s): Consumer Technology, Services
Region(s) of business operations: Kenya
Company description: KaziTu is a gig-matching technology solution that connects informal, blue-collar
talent in low-income communities to hiring employers.
Company: Limestart
Founder: Keturah Ovio | keturah@limestart.co
Sector(s): Financial Technology
Region(s) of business operations: Nigeria
Company description: Limestart helps small businesses in emerging markets to digitize transaction
records from every sales touch point.
Company: Saada
Founder: Faderr Johm | faderr@saadabot.com
Sector(s): Mobile Technology
Region(s) of business operations: Kenya
Company description: Saada combines messaging and mobile money to offer a fast and convenient
ticketing experience.
Company: Spare-Wo
Founder: Edrine Ssempebwa | edrinesempebwa@gmail.com
Sector(s): Automobile, Consumer
Region(s) of business operations: Uganda
Company description: An online platform dedicated to providing affordable genuine Spare Parts
Conveniently by sourcing from the most reputable Local and International merchants
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Company: Xeno Ray Darten

Founder: Aéko Ongodia | aeko.ongodia@myxeno.com Yetunde Olukoya, a medical doctor turned designer, had adored fashion since she was a child. Her clothing line,
Sector(s): Financial Technology, Financial Services Ray Darten, is focused on using its styles to tell stories of her magnificent Nigerian culture and heritage. She
Region(s) of business operations: Uganda believes in playing a role in helping drive African economy, with all her clothes ethically hand made in Nigeria.
Company Description: Xeno is a goal-based investment platform that helps people to plan, save, and Her brand also gives back to children in Nigeria through its Ray of Hope initiative.
invest for their financial goals.
Use special code “WABFRD10” to get 10% off any purchase!

Company: Looworks
Founder: Samlara Baah | sbaah@hks.harvard.edu
Sector(s): Infrastructure / PPP Mizizi
Region(s) of business operations: Ghana MIZIZI, meaning “roots” in Swahili is a lifestyle brand that embodies the spirit and strength of its African
Company Description: Loo Works manufactures toilet solutions for low income households in West ancestors. The brand started as an idea in the dining halls of the University of South Florida in the spring of
Africa by repurposing plastic waste to create off-grid privacy structures and biological digesters. 2014. “I wanted to uplift that African self-esteem within everyone and give them something they can wear
stylishly and take pride in,” Essandoh says. The line officially launched in the summer of 2015. MIZIZI began
as a reminder that taking pride in your roots is an integral part of self actualization and has transformed into
a movement that leverages the power of representation to educate, revere and connect the multifaceted
members of the Diaspora. MIZIZI is a celebration of individual identity and the roots that connect us all.
Forever and always the goal is to #StayRooted.

Company: Eden Care

Founder: Moses Mukundi | mukundi@wharton.upenn.edu
Sector(s): Healthcare
Region(s) of business operations: Sub-Saharan Africa
Company Description: Eden Care is a no-frills single brand hospital chain that leverages its network and YTPshop
low-cost technology to deliver affordable access to quality healthcare in Sub-Saharan Africa. After many years of gifting her friends with chic African-inspired clothing, Yinka Taiwo-Peters started YTPshop
to spread her love for African fashion with the world. Beyond an apparel brand, YTPshop aims to promote
awareness of the diverse cultures across Africa. It is a source of social awareness and economic empowerment.
All YTPshop products are crafted by gifted hands in Nigeria and the fabrics are carefully sourced from West
African markets. YTPshop products are made with high-quality materials, cutting edge tailoring, vibrant colors,
and are affordably priced. Keeping the production in Nigeria helps to grow the local African economy and
keep our products authentic. Every YTPshop product is truly a gift to the fabric vendors, artisans, partners in
Company: ePoultry.NG the motherland, and to YOU!
Founder: Anthony Ebitimi Owei
Sector(s): Agriculture Use special code “WABF” to get 50% off any purchase!
Region(s) of business operations: Nigeria
Company Description: ePoultry.NG is a digital agriculture platform that connects smallholder farmers to
debt-free financing, technical skills and mentorship as well as market access. D’IYANU
D’IYANU (dee-ya-nu) is a ready-to-wear bold print clothing line offering quality, trendy African inspired fashion
at affordable prices. With her love for fashion and passion for self expression through unique clothing, Nigerian
born Addie Elabor launched the D’IYANU brand at the beginning of 2014. D’IYANU is a fun, bold, chic line
centered on inspiring individuals to confidently dress bold and beautifully. All garments are made with great
attention to quality.

Use special code “WABF10” to get 10% off any purchase!

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