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Gbenro Dara
Gbenro Dara CEO & Co-Founder Octamile  Gbenro Dara is a seasoned Insurtech Founder with a distinguished track record spanning over 14 years, demonstrating unparalleled expertise in launching and scaling E-commerce businesses and online marketplaces throughout Africa. Renowned for his visionary leadership that has contributed to the success and strategic growth of two Unicorns within the...
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Sonia Nnadozie Aliyu
Sonia Nnadozie Aliyu eTrade for Women Lead United Nations Sonia Nnadozie Aliyu is a seasoned professional with over a decade of experience in business development, digital entrepreneurship, and international trade across Europe and Africa. She is currently leading the 'eTrade for Women' initiative at the United Nations, to contribute to more gender equality in tech...
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William Phelps
William Phelps Investment Manager Adaverse William Phelps is Investment Manager at Adaverse - a Venture fund and Accelerator that brings together entrepreneurs, strategists and mentors building a robust foundation in Asia, Middle East, and Africa. It's a collaborative initiative between EMURGO and Everest Ventures Group that supports blockchain founders with funding, mentorship and tech infrastructure...
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Mumbi Annstella
Mumbi Annstella General Manager Tala Kenya Mumbi is a business leader with experience working across Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa and Uganda in Fintech and Edtech, and has an educational background in mechatronics engineering. She currently serves as the General Manager at Tala Kenya, a fintech company that has disbursed over $1.9 billion...
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Erik Nygard
Erik Nygard Founder & CEO Kofa Erik has worked in the energy markets for over 16 years. Prior to founding Kofa, he founded and built Limejump in the UK, an energy technology firm that optimized distributed assets, that was bought by Shell in 2019 and prior to this had a career in electricity trading and...
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Olugbeminiyi Idowu
Olugbeminiyi Idowu Founder & Managing Director Talking Drum Communications Olugbeminiyi Idowu is the founder and managing director of Talking Drum Communications, a public relations and communications consultancy that supports companies innovating in Africa to shape perceptions and get more effective publicity for the work they are doing. He is an African Tech PR specialist, with...
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John Woolsey
John Woolsey CEO Node Bio John Woolsey is the CEO of Node Bio, an agricultural biotech startup developing cutting-edge crop treatments that make African agriculture more climate-resilient, productive, and sustainable. Before co-founding Node Bio, he spent most of his career working with startups like Fenix International and KOKO Networks to launch clean energy products for...
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Vincent Tumwijukye
Vincent Tumwijukye Co-Founder & CEO FutureLink Technologies Vincent is a Business Leader and a Software Engineer, passionate about inclusive and sustainable Financial ecosystems. He is the Co-Founder and CEO of FutureLink Technologies aka FLT, - Africa’s fast growing Community driven marketplace for financial services. Working with over 300 Financial Cooperatives, his team enables the unbanked...
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Rukayat Bello
Rukayat Bello Founder and CEO Regxta Rukayat Bello is the founder and CEO of Regxta. She has B.sc degree in Kwara State University where she graduated as one of the best and respected students in the school. She is a member of Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN). She has over 6 years of...
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Yara El Abd
Yara El Abd Group Head of Investment valU Yara El Abd is an economist with extensive background in financial and private sector development through her experience in the private sector, international institutions, and the public sector. She is currently the Group Head of Investment at valU, the leading BNPL and lifestyle-enabling fintech platform in the...
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