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Manji Cheto
Manji Cheto London Stock Exchange Manji joined the Primary Markets team at the London Stock Exchange Group in December 2017 to lead on IPO origination from Africa. In this role, she advises clients from the region on listing options, ways to raise capital, corporate governance, investor relations and continuing obligations on LSE. Additionally, Ms Cheto...
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Emem Rita Usanga
Emem Rita Usanga Co-Lead TLA Africa Emem is the Founder & CEO of Bnkability, a tech platform automating the African infrastructure project vetting process. She is also Co-Lead of TLA Africa, Strategy Committee member of Ada's List, London chapter Lead for the Interaction Design Foundation and mentors for a number of accelerator programmes including Seedcamp...
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Sinclair Skinner
Sinclair Skinner Co-Founder BitMari Sinclair Skinner is Co-Founder of BitMari, the largest Pan-African Bitcoin wallet provider that is using blockchain technology to open doors of financial inclusion and economic empowerment. BitMari has been among the most successful bitcoin companies in Africa and is the first to partner with the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe to lower...
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Charlotte Ward
Charlotte Ward Senior Partner AHL Ventures Charlotte Ward joined AHL Ventures in 2014. From her base in the UK, she leads AHL's relationships with a number of portfolio companies, and sits on many Boards and Advisory Committees. Ms. Ward has experience in investment banking, project finance and managing small business development support programs in emerging...
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Sheilah Birgen
Sheilah Birgen Entrepreneurs Engagement Lead, iHub Sheilah Birgen is Entrepreneurs Engagement Lead at iHub.  She has over 7 years of experience in the entrepreneurship and tech ecosystem in East Africa and vastly knowledgeable of the entrepreneurship and innovation scene in Africa. She lead in the development and execution of mLab East Africa ( iHub’s incubation...
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Akinyi Ochieng
Akinyi Ochieng Botho Emerging Markets Group Akinyi Ochieng is a Senior Adviser at Botho Emerging Markets Group, an investment advisory firm headquartered in Nairobi and Dubai.  A prolific writer on African business and politics, Akinyi's work has appeared in NPR, Slate, Quartz, Forbes Middle East, and more. Akinyi has worked with leading multinationals in the...
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Sara Gamay
Sara Gamay Cairo Angels Sara Gamay is the Director of the London chapter and Advisory Board member of Cairo Angels, Egypt's leading angel investment network, which has invested 2 million USD in 19 startups in MENA since its inception in 2012. Sara is currently the director of Press'd Coffee, which is on a mission to...
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Eghosa Omoigui
Eghosa Omoigui Founder & Managing Partner EchoVC Eghosa Omoigui is the founder and Managing General Partner of EchoVC Partners (a seed & early-stage technology venture capital firm bridging Silicon Valley & underserved emerging markets), EchoVC Pan-Africa Fund, a seed-stage tech VC fund focused on sub-Saharan Africa & EchoVC+, an early-growth-stage VC vehicle focused on emerging...
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Maggie Mutesi
Maggie Mutesi Founder MUTESI Maggie Mutesi is a business journalist and the founder of MUTESI, an online platform that covers investment opportunities in Africa. As a business journalist, Ms Mutesi has covered the whole range of journalistic skills: writing articles, done research, produced TV- stories, news, documentaries and covered exclusive stories with from different sectors....
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Dayo Olopade
Dayo Olopade
Dayo Olopade YouTube Dayo Olopade leads content partnerships for Africa at YouTube, working with broadcasters, production companies, record labels, traditional publishers and independent media across the continent as an active supporter of Google’s Next Billion Users initiative. She began her career as a reporter in Washington covering politics, policy, and the Obama administration. She spent...
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