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Ashley Lewis
Ashley Lewis Partner for Africa Accion Venture Lab Ashley Lewis is the Partner for Africa at Accion Venture Lab, Accion’s seed-stage venture initiative focused on fintech for financial inclusion. Ashley has fifteen years of experience across financial services, investments, and social ventures, and has dedicated her career to investing in and scaling ventures across sub-Saharan...
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Deborah Ojengbede
Deborah Ojengbede CEO of AFEN Blockchain Group Deborah Ojengbede is the CEO of AFEN Blockchain Group and a seasoned banker with over 5 years of working experience in the Banking industry.  Deborah has thrived in roles ranging from Business Development, Strategy & Innovation, Project Management, and Women Banking to culminate in a leadership role in...
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Ruby Nimkar
Ruby Nimkar Principal GreenHouse Capital Surabhi (Ruby) Nimkar is a Principal at GreenHouse Capital, a Nigeria-based early-stage investor focused on the Sub-Saharan Africa and MENA regions. Ruby is primarily focused on Fintech and Enterprise Software, and is actively involved in GHC’s investment decisioning, having backed market champions such as Flutterwave, Helium Health, Migo, NowMoney, Indicina...
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Peter Njonjo
Peter Njonjo Co-Founder & Group CEO, Twiga Foods Peter Njonjo is Co-Founder and Group CEO of Twiga Foods, a B2B e-commerce company that focuses on food and grocery in the informal retail. Twiga currently employs 1,000 people and has 100,000 customers, delivering to about 10,000 every day. The Company was voted as the 35th Most...
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Fope Adelowo
Fope Adelowo Principal, Investment Team Helios Fope Adelowo is Principal, 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 the Emerging Markets Structured...
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Amadou Daffe
Amadou Daffe
Amadou Daffe CEO Gebeya Amadou Daffe is the CEO and Co-founder of Gebeya, Inc., a Pan-African SaaS-Enabled Marketplace company headquartered in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The company aims to become an active contributor to Africa’s Gig Economy industry by leveraging continental and global job opportunities for African talent. Gebeya offers, on one side, a network of...
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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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Emmanuel Lubanzadio
Emmanuel Lubanzadio Head of Public Policy, Sub-Saharan Africa Twitter Emmanuel Lubanzadio is Head of Public Policy for Sub-Saharan Africa on Twitter's Public Policy EMEA Team in Dublin. Twitter Public Policy focuses on policy issues posed by the continuing spread of digital technology and web-based communications services around the world. These issues range from freedom of...
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Amjad-Badr Shwehdy
Amjad-Badr Shwehdy Specialist ICT for Development and Social Innovation Amjad-Badr, a social entrepreneur from Libya, works on ICT for Development and Social Innovation, passionate about technology and its applications, advocates for digital transformation and good governance
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Hugo Obi
Hugo Obi Founder Maliyo Hugo Obi is the founder of Maliyo; a design studio known for developing African-inspired games for mobile devices. He is a pioneer in his field, having created gaming classics like Mosquito Smasher, Okada Rider, Aboki Run, and Whot King. In 2012, Hugo identified a gap in the gaming industry and stepped...
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