Rostan Schwab

Rostan Schwab is Senior Investment Officer at the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group. He is in charge of Fintech investments for Sub-Saharan Africa.

Rostan Schwab

Senior Investment Officer

International Finance Corporation (IFC)

Rostan Schwab is Senior Investment Officer at the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group. He is in charge of Fintech investments for Sub-Saharan Africa.

Rostan is a French and Brazilian national. He started his professional career in 1995 as a junior auditor at Arthur Andersen, France. He then worked five years as a strategy consultant for Stratorg and Mercer Management Consulting (now Oliver Wyman). There, he was involved in the design of international expansion plans for leading European conglomerates in the steel, energy and food sectors and in the conduct of M&A and strategic due diligence for private equity firms in the automobile, mining and infrastructure sectors.

Rostan joined IFC in 2004 through the Global Transaction Team (GTT) program in Washington DC. At IFC, Rostan advised governments in Latin America and in Middle-East and North Africa on privatizations and Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) in infrastructure sectors (airport, airline, port, telecom, solar energy, health). He closed 5 advisory transactions which led to the mobilization of over US$1 billion of private sector investments.

One of Rostan’s advisory transactions, the privatization of telecom incumbent TELECO in Haiti, received both an IFC corporate award and an IFC advisory services excellence award in FY2013. Rostan also worked with the investment side of IFC. He worked on IFC’s North African Investments in the manufacturing, agribusiness and services sector then on IFC’s Telecommunications, Media, and Technology (TMT) investments for Sub-Saharan Africa. He now leads IFC’s Fintech investment for Sub-Saharan Africa.

Market Opening – London Stock Exchange

Invitation Only

08.00

Registration and Networking

08.10

Opening Remarks

by Neanda Salvaterra - Agenda

08.55

Welcome Address

Andrew Fassnidge – Africa Tech Summit

09.00

Leveraging IoT: Enabling New Financial Possibilities for the Next Billion

Mayur Patel – COO – M-KOPA

9.10

Pathways To Funding & Monetization – Charting The Course of Funding, Exits and M&A

Chris Baird – Partner – DLA Piper (Moderator)
Neil Shah – Senior Business Development Director – London Stock Exchange
Kola Aina – Founding Partner – Ventures Platform
Nina Triantis – Global Head of TMT – Standard Bank
Odunayo Eweniyi – Co-Founder PiggyVest / First Check Africa

Main Theatre

09.30

Networking Break

10.30

Mobile & Digital Economy – Unpacking The Latest Trends on Connectivity, Content and Talent

Addy Awofisayo – Head of Music, Sub-Saharan Africa -YouTube
Kojo Boakye – Head of Connectivity and Access Policy for Africa – META
Mahlet Tamene – CFO – Gebeya Inc
Jessica Hope – Founder & CEO – Wimbart (Moderator)

Main Theatre

11.10

IPO Masterclass: Tech trends in London

Ope Sule – Business Development Manager for Africa – London Stock Exchange

Forum Room

11.10

Payments in Africa – The Billion(s) Dollar Battlefield

Akshay Grover – Group CEO – Cellulant
Andrew Takyi-Appiah – Co-founder & MD Zeepay
Anthony Day – Partner -DLA Piper
Tosin Eniolorunda – Founder & CEO – TeamApt
Nkiru Uwaje – Director of Strategic Platform Partnerships – Finastra (Moderator)

Main Theatre

11.55

VC Lift Off – Unpacking The Explosive Growth Of Activity & Investment Outlook

Ido Sum – Partner – TLcom Capital
Eghosa Omoigui – Founder & Partner – EchoVC
Ruby Nimkar – Principal – GreenHouse Capital
Ope Sule – Business Development Manager Africa – London Stock Exchange (Moderator)

Main Theatre

12.35

Networking Lunch

13.15

Roundtable – Scaling Africa Fintech for Global Success

Hosted by Cellulant

Forum Room

14.15

Crypto for Africa – The Endless Possibilities

Rotimi Ogunwede – Chief Marketing Officer – Patricia Technologies

Main Theatre

14.15

DeFi for Africa – The Future of Decentralised Finance & Crypto Across The Continent

Carmelle Cadet – Chief Executive Officer/Founder – Emtech
Rotimi Ogunwede – Global Head of Strategy & Expansion- Patricia
Chris Ostrowski – Global Head of Public Sector Engagement – cLabs
Tedd George –Chief Narrative Officer – Kleos Advisory UK (Moderator)

 

Main Theatre

14.45

The Role of Fintech’s In Developing An Inclusive Digital Economy

Hosted by Ghana Fintech and Payments Association
Forum Room 2

15.15

Networking Break

15.40

De-risking the supply chain of sensitive products in Africa Tega Iortim – CEO & Founder- Gricd

Tega Iortim – CEO & Founder- Gricd

16.00

Embedded Finance & InsurTech – Meet The Game Changers Digitising Insurance In Africa

Jihan Abass – Founder & CEO of Lami
Henry Mascot – Co-Founder & CEO Curacel
Boko Inyundo – Director Strategic Relations – Hence (Moderator)

Main Theatre

16.15

Closing Remarks

by LSE & Africa Tech Summit

17.00

ATS Networking Drinks Reception

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