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Lewam Kefela
Lewam Kefela Principal at Partech Africa  Lewam is a Principal at Partech Africa. She invests in Seed+ to Series C startups across the continent with ticket sizes between $1M to $15M. Lewam has over 10 years of experience investing in the US and emerging markets such Latin America, Southeast Asia, India, the Middle East and...
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Micheline Ntiru
Micheline Ntiru Director of Post-Investment Support at Delta40 Micheline Ntiru is Director of Post-Investment Support at Delta40. With an extensive career spanning over 20 years, Micheline brings a wealth of expertise in development finance, impact and venture capital investment, business advisory, and private sector development across five continents. She served as Business Advisor for Stanford...
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Eugene Rwagasore
Eugene Rwagasore  Co-founder and CTO, Pindo Meet Eugene, the champion behind user-centric design solutions tailored for the African market. With a decade under his belt crafting digital products, Eugene brings a unique blend of creativity and practicality to the table. His passion lies in building accessible systems that empower communication across the continent, shattering language...
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Ariel White-Tsimikalis
Ariel White-Tsimikalis Partner Goodwin Ariel White-Tsimikalis leads Goodwin’s UK Equity Capital Markets & Public Company Advisory Practice in London and specialises in advising on equity capital markets transactions including IPOs, secondary offerings and private placements; corporate governance matters (including ESG) and general public company representation. Considered one of the leading “new generation” partners in the...
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Carol Koech
Carol Koech Country President Schneider Electric East Africa Carol is an energy and sustainability enthusiast who is passionate about energy access. Her journey began in rural Kenya, where she personally experienced the harsh realities of energy poverty, fueling a strong desire in her to find innovative solutions to tackle this pressing challenge head-on. Currently, Carol...
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Rachel Macauley
Rachel Macauley Principal Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation Rachel is an impact-first investing specialist, with regional expertise across Africa and the US. She currently serves as Principal and Africa Lead for Sourcing and Diligence at the Draper Richards Kaplan (DRK) Foundation - a global impact investing firm. Prior to DRK, Rachel worked as Senior Program Officer...
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Aude Juglard
Aude Juglard Head of Finance & Fundraising Mstudio Aude is an experienced CFO specializing in fintech and fundraising. She combines her strategic financial leadership with a sharp eye for growth opportunities in the vibrant Francophone African market. At Mstudio, she uses her strategic approach to corporate finance and fundraising to guide startups from their early...
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Oliver Game
Oliver Game Venture capital and private equity lead Proparco Oliver leads venture capital and private equity for Proparco in East Africa. Based in Nairobi, he handles deal sourcing and structuring in the region, as well as value creation across a portfolio of c.$150m/20 companies. Previously, he was a senior investment officer in Proparco's PE department in...
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Tamim El Zein
Tamim El Zein Co-founder Seedstars Africa Ventures Tamim is a co-founder of Seedstars Africa Ventures, an early-stage fund investing in pre-series A and series A startups across the continent. Seedstars Africa Ventures prides itself in supporting tech startups as well as innovative, high growth SMEs leveraging the power of digitalization. In addition to capital, Seedstars...
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Azer Songnaba
Azer Songnaba Co-founder Chief Investment Officer Cauris Finance Azer is the Chief Investment officer of Cauris Finance, an Africa-focused private credit fund that lends growth capital to best-in-class Fintechs. He has over 15 years of investing and banking experience across multiple asset classes, including Fintech debt.  He began his career in New York at Goldman...
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