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Odunayo Eweniyi
Odunayo Eweniyi Co-Founder & COO PiggyVest Odunayo Eweniyi is the co-founder & Chief Operations Officer, PiggyVest, the largest digital and investment platform in Nigeria. She previously co-founded pushcv.com, one of the largest job sites in Africa with the largest database of pre-screened candidates. She has 7 years’ experience in Business Analysis and Operations. She’s an...
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Fope Adelowo
Fope Adelowo Senior VP, Investment Team Helios   Fope Adelowo is Senior Vice President, Investment Team at Helios.  Ms Adelowo has 11 years of relevant professional experience. Prior to joining Helios in April 2014, she was a Fellow in the Principal Investment Group at Cardinal Stone Partners in Lagos and served in several roles in...
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Sike Bamisebi
Sike Bamisebi Chief Business Officer, Cellulant Sike is an experienced professional with over 19 years of comprehensive experience in all facets of business and financial operations, including interfacing with key stakeholders and planning to ensure the attainment of financial and strategic objectives. She has broad expertise in African expansion and Commercial leadership in the Fintech...
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Dr. Eleni Gabre-Madhin
Dr. Eleni Gabre-Madhin Chief Innovation Officer UNDP Dr. Eleni Gabre-Madhin is Chief Innovation Officer within UNDP’s Regional Bureau for Africa taking the lead in launching timbuktoo, a revolutionary private-public Youth Start-up Innovation Financing Facility for Africa.  Eleni was founder and chief executive of blueMoon, Ethiopia’s top incubator and early-stage startup investor, as well as founder...
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Noor Sweid
Noor Sweid Managing Partner Global Ventures Noor Sweid is Managing Partner at Global Ventures and passionate about enabling disruptive technology companies and their emerging market founders to solve real problems while changing the world with measurable impact. Noor is a founder, investor, and operator. Identified by Forbes magazine as one of the “World’s Top 50...
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Omar Hagrass
Omar Hagrass CEO & Co-Founder Trella Omar Hagrass is an experienced launch and expansion manager with a proven track record of success; Recognized as a tireless entrepreneur and  partner advocate who leads with authenticity; brings deep and broad understanding of launching a product and growing a business. Trella is a Cairo-based trucking marketplace that connects...
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Jihan Abass
Jihan Abass Founder & CEO of Lami   Jihan is currently the Founder and CEO of Lami, an insurance as a service platform that aims to increase insurance penetration across Africa. The Griffin Motor App is Lami’s flagship product and has shortened the purchase process of car insurance to less than 2 minutes.   Prior...
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Gokul Mani
Gokul Mani Head of Primary Markets London Stock Exchange Gokul Mani is Head of Primary Markets – Africa, Middle East & India for London Stock Exchange and is responsible for the firm’s listings business across product classes in these markets. Gokul has spent the past 18 years across Capital Markets & Corporate Finance – having...
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Ope Sule
Ope Sule Business Development Manager Africa London Stock Exchange Ope Sule is the Business Development Manager for Africa at London Stock Exchange and is responsible for managing the firm’s equities listing business across Africa. Ope has over 8 years’ experience in banking with a focus on capital markets and corporate finance. Prior to joining London...
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Carmelle Cadet
Carmelle Cadet Chief Executive Officer/Founder Emtech   Carmelle Cadet is an experienced Finance and Business Leader in the Enterprise IT sector, with specializations in the Financial Services, Treasury Management, and Blockchain Technologies.  As former IBM Finance and Business Executive Ms. Cadet managed multi-million software portfolios, while delivering over 100% year over year revenue growth.  EMTECH’s...
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