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Rebecca Sankar

Organisation: AgDevCo

Position: Managing Director & Head of East Region

Country(s) of residence: Kenya

Speaker topics: Agribusiness; Impact Investing; Early stage investing (debt and equity)

Sectors: agriculture

Investment size: 2mn-5mn | 5mn-15mn

Regions of investment: southern-africa-ex-south-africa | east-africa | west-africa-francophone | west-africa-anglophone

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Rena Kakon

Investment size: 50k-500k

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Rosanne Whalley

Organisation: AHL Venture Partners

Position: CEO

Country(s) of residence: Kenya

Speaker topics: SME investing in Africa; Fund economics/structuring

Investment size: 500k-2mn | 2mn-5mn

Regions of investment: southern-africa-ex-south-africa | east-africa | west-africa-anglophone | south-africa

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Rowena Luk

Founder

Rowena Luk

Founder

Organisation: Africa Health Ventures

Position: Founder

Country of residence: South Africa

Speaker topics: HealthTech, Impact Investing, Technology

WAI Angel Network Member

Sectors: healthcare

Investment size: 50k-500k

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Rufaro Maunze-Bhebhe

Managing Partner

Rufaro Maunze-Bhebhe

Managing Partner

Investment size: 50k-500k | 500k-2mn

Regions of investment: southern-africa-ex-south-africa | central-africa | south-africa

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Rumbi Makanga

Country(s) of residence: UK and Zimbabwe

Investment size: 50k-500k | 500k-2mn | 2mn-5mn

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Ruth Bertens

Organisation: Pyramidia Venturest

Position: Managing Partner

Country of residence: Kenya

Speaker topics: Venture building ; Agrifood

WAI Angel Network Member

Sectors: agriculture

Investment size: 50k-500k

Regions of investment: east-africa

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Sally Walkerman

Impact Management & Learning Lead

Sally Walkerman

Impact Management & Learning Lead

Organisation: Small Foundation

Position: Senior Executive

Country(s) of residence: France

Speaker topics: Early-stage investing; Field building for impact investing

Sectors: agriculture | financial-services

Investment size: 50k-500k | 500k-2mn | 2mn-5mn

Regions of investment: southern-africa-ex-south-africa | east-africa | west-africa-francophone | west-africa-anglophone | central-africa

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Samantha Pokroy

Organisation: Sanari Capital

Position: CEO

Country(s) of residence: South Africa

Speaker topics: 1) Leadership in a changing world: human and digital enablement to unlock business potential 2) Diversity & inclusion: transforming the complexion of industry through owner-managed businesses: access, visibility and dinner table conversations 3) Growth and tech investing in Africa and beyond: thinking outside the box

Sectors: consumer-goods-and-services | education | healthcare | ict | manufacturing

Investment size: 2mn-5mn | 5mn-15mn

Regions of investment: southern-africa-ex-south-africa | east-africa | central-africa | south-africa

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Samia Tnani

Organisation: Africinvest Private Credit

Position: Head of Credit

Country(s) of residence: Tunisia

Speaker topics: Private Credit; SMEs; Africa

Sectors: agriculture

Investment size: 2mn-5mn

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Sana Kapadia

Chief Catalyst

Sana Kapadia

Chief Catalyst

My career has spanned gender finance, mission venture capital, development finance, impact investing and equity research. I am focused on leveraging capital as a tool for social change and to support deep and intersectional systemic shifts. My experience has spanned developed and emerging markets across both public and private sector capital, and have led executive leadership roles, grown businesses and advanced the field the gender finance. I also run a leadership podcast.

Investment size: 50k-500k | 500k-2mn

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Sandra Halilovic

Organisation: Ceniarth LLC

Position: Senior Investment Manager

Country of residence: United Kingdom

Speaker topics: Gender Lens; Innovative and blended finance; Impact investing in Africa

Sectors: agriculture | consumer-goods-and-services | education | energy | financial-services

Investment size: 500k-2mn | 2mn-5mn

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Sandra Locoh-Donou

Sandra Donou

Organisation: Finlo

Position: Managing Director

Country(s) of residence: Kenya

Speaker topics: Agribusiness; Fintech; Private Debt in frontier markets

Sectors: agriculture

Investment size: 50k-500k

Regions of investment: west-africa-francophone

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Sanjana Sunnak

Organisation: British International Investment (BII) Position: Executive, Asset Allocation and Capital Solutions Country(s) of residence: UK

Investment size: 2mn-5mn | 5mn-15mn | 15mn-50mn | 50mn-150mn | 150mn

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Sapna Shah

Organisation: Novastar Ventures

Position: Partner

Country(s) of residence: Kenya

Speaker topics: Early-stage investing in East Africa, Nigeria and Ghana

Investment size: 50k-500k | 500k-2mn | 2mn-5mn | 5mn-15mn

Regions of investment: east-africa | west-africa-anglophone

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Sarah Dusek

Organisation: Enygma Ventures

Position: Managing Partner

Country of residence: South Africa

Speaker topics: Founding; Growing, scaling and exiting a business for 9 figures; Helping women think big enough

Investment size: 50k-500k | 500k-2mn

Regions of investment: southern-africa-ex-south-africa | east-africa | south-africa

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Sarah Johnson

Organisation: Collaborative for Frontier Finance

Position: Senior Advisor

Country(s) of residence: United Kingdom

Speaker topics: Early stage investment; fund set-up and operations; TA support

Sectors: agriculture

Investment size: 50k-500k

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Sarah Mathies

Organisation: CDC Group

Position: Investment Director

Country(s) of residence: United Kingdom

Speaker topics: Africa PE; LP investment environment; Fin-tech

Investment size: 5mn-15mn | 15mn-50mn | 50mn-150mn

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Saskia Nysschens

COO

Saskia Nysschens

COO

I am passionate about playing a part in unlocking the potential that innovation and technological change can play in Africa- finding a place where people, profit, the continent and technology meet to create a better place for all. Chief Operations Officer at Anza Capital, a venture capital firm addressing the funding gap for early-stage tech businesses in Africa. ORIGINATOR I INVESTOR l SHOWCASER I CONNECTOR I SUPPORTER Demonstrated history of working in the startup ecosystem as well as medical device industry. Skilled in operational management with a focus on business development, marketing, process implementation and management, finance, stakeholder relations and communications. Obtained a BCompt focused in Accounting as well as a BCom Corporate Communication.

Sectors: agriculture | education | energy | healthcare | ict

Investment size: 50k-500k | 500k-2mn

Regions of investment: southern-africa-ex-south-africa | east-africa | north-africa | south-africa

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Saskia van der Mast

Saskia Mast

Organisation: DOB Equity

Position: Co-CEO

Country(s) of residence: Kenya; The Netherlands

Sectors: agriculture | education | energy | healthcare

Investment size: 2mn-5mn

Regions of investment: east-africa

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Sawa Nakagawa

Organisation: ThreeArrows Impact Partner Position: Founder and Partner Country(s) of residence: Kenya

Speaker topics: Impact investing, Social innovation, Sustainability finance

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Sebigilwe Ooke

Organisation: CDC Group

Position: Investment Executive

Country(s) of residence: Botswana

Speaker topics: Africa PE; LP investment environment; Fin-tech

Investment size: 5mn-15mn | 15mn-50mn | 50mn-150mn

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Seema Dhanani

Organisation: CDC Group

Position: Head of Kenya and Coverage Director East Africa

Country(s) of residence: Kenya

Investment size: 5mn-15mn | 15mn-50mn | 50mn-150mn | 150mn

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Seema Gohil

Organisation: Acumen East Africa Position: Head of Agriculture (EA)

Country of residence: Kenya

Speaker topics: Innovation; Entrepreneurship; Scaling Companies

Sectors: agriculture

Investment size: 50k-500k | 500k-2mn

Regions of investment: east-africa

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Sherine Shohdy

Organisation: BII Position: Head of Egypt and Coverage Director Country(s) of residence: Egypt

Speaker topics: Impact Investing Development & Sustainable Financing

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Shiluba Mawela

Organisation: Tshiamo Impact Partners

Position: Managing Partner

Country of residence: South Africa

Speaker topics: Impact Investing

WAI Angel Network Member

Investment size: 50k-500k | 500k-2mn

Regions of investment: south-africa

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Shirley Ann Gilbey

Shirley Gilbey

Organisation: The Fold, Future Females Ventures and Investments Position: CEO Country(s) of residence: South Africa

Sectors: agriculture | consumer-goods-and-services | education | financial-services | healthcare

Investment size: 50k-500k

Regions of investment: southern-africa-ex-south-africa | east-africa | west-africa-anglophone | south-africa

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Shirley Somuah

Organisation: CardinalStone Capital Advisers

Position: Principal

Country(s) of residence: Ghana; Nigeria

Speaker topics: SME investing; Agribusiness/Processing; Ghana and Nigeria investment climate

Investment size: 5mn-15mn

Regions of investment: west-africa-anglophone

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Sibulele Ndandani

Organisation: Sibukha (Pty) Ltd

Position: Investment Management Professional

Country of residence: South Africa

Speaker topics: Financial Inclusion ; Impact investing; Capital allocation

Sectors: agriculture | education | healthcare

Investment size: 50k-500k

Regions of investment: southern-africa-ex-south-africa | south-africa

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Sneha Shah

Organisation: Refinitiv Business Accelerator

Position: Managing Director

Country(s) of residence: Kenya; United States

Speaker topics: Scaling businesses; Purpose driven business; High performance and diverse teams

Sectors: financial-services | ict

Investment size: 50k-500k | 500k-2mn

Regions of investment: southern-africa-ex-south-africa | east-africa | west-africa-francophone | west-africa-anglophone | south-africa

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Sonal Premjee

Organisation: British International Investment

Position: Investment Manager, Venture Capital

Country of residence: United Kingdom

Speaker topics: Venture Capital, Fund investing

WAI Angel Network Member

Investment size: 2mn-5mn | 5mn-15mn | 15mn-50mn | 50mn-150mn

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Sonja Riedke

Co-Founder & Director

Sonja Riedke

Co-Founder & Director

Sonja co-founded Samawati Capital Partners in 2018 after having lived and worked in Africa and the Middle East for more than 15 years. Now she brings her on-the-ground experience in the African impact investment space and impact advisory, including strong knowledge of African markets and countries, to Samawati clients and partners. Before co-founding Samawati, Sonja was at Deutsche Bank AG, where she managed the investment activities of the Africa Agriculture and Trade Investment Fund (AATIF) in East and Southern Africa. Before that, she worked for the regional GIZ project based out of Ghana focusing on establishing Farmer Business Schools. She is a board member of Agricultural Leasing Company Zambia Limited (AgLeaseCo), a non-banking financial institution sponsored by KfW, the German development bank, that is focused on providing agricultural equipment leases and mechanization solutions to small-scale and emerging farmers in Zambia. Sonja earned a BS in international management at the European School of Business (ESB) and Dublin City University and an MS in agricultural economics at the University of Bonn.

Sectors: agriculture | energy | financial-services

Investment size: 50k-500k | 500k-2mn | 2mn-5mn | 5mn-15mn | 15mn-50mn

Regions of investment: southern-africa-ex-south-africa | east-africa | west-africa-francophone | west-africa-anglophone | south-africa

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Stéphanie Emond

Organisation: Development Finance Institute (FinDev) Canada

Position: VP Operations & Chief Impact Officer

Country(s) of residence: Canada

Sectors: agriculture | energy | financial-services

Investment size: 5mn-15mn

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Surayyah Ahmad

General Partner

Surayyah Ahmad

General Partner

Investment size: 50k-500k

Regions of investment: east-africa | west-africa-anglophone

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Susan de Witt

Susan Witt

Organisation: Collaborative for Frontier Finance

Position: Director

Country of residence: South Africa

Speaker topics: Impact Investment; Outcomes based contracting; Impact Bonds; Small and growing business finance

Regions of investment: south-africa

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Susan Payne

Organisation: GLIDE Capital Africa

Position: Founder and Chairperson

Country of residence: Mozambique, United Kingdom

Speaker topics: Food Security, Climate Change Initiatives, Gender Lens Investing

WAI Angel Network Member

Investment size: 50k-500k | 500k-2mn | 2mn-5mn | 5mn-15mn

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Susanne Roelofsen

Venture builder

Susanne Roelofsen

Venture builder

I am a business development expert and venture builder with over 10 years of experience on the African Continent (mostly Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Ethiopia, and Rwanda). I have been based in Ghana since 2016 and work on developing products, services and partnerships to promote private sector development. At CEO, an African venture studio, our team is building a crowdlending platform which will bringing together (angel) investors and SMEs in Ghana (focusing on working capital for SMEs with short-term loans <1year <100,000USD). We have a wide network of 500+ entrepreneurs from programmes we have previously implemented at the Ghana Innovation Hub like the Orange Corners Ghana Acceleration Programme. Please reach out on LinkedIn if you're interested in joining forces! https://www.linkedin.com/in/susanneroelofsen/

Sectors: agriculture | consumer-goods-and-services | manufacturing

Investment size: 50k-500k

Regions of investment: west-africa-anglophone

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Suzanne Biegel

Organisation: Catalyst at Large; GenderSmart

Position: Chief Catalyst; Co-Founder

Country(s) of residence: United Kingdom

Speaker topics: Gender lens investing; Impact investing; Investing in women entrepreneurs

Sectors: agriculture

Investment size: 50k-500k

Regions of investment: east-africa

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Sylvia Dimiti

Organisation: Corus International

Position: Senior Investment Manager

Country of residence: United States

Speaker topics: Investing in SMEs; Investing in agriculture; Catalytic financing

Sectors: agriculture | consumer-goods-and-services

Investment size: 50k-500k

Regions of investment: east-africa | west-africa-francophone | central-africa

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Tamara Abdel-Jaber

Tamara Jaber

Organisation: Amam Ventures Position: CEO

Speaker topics: Gender-lens investing, Strategy design, Enabling business environment

Investment size: 500k-2mn

Regions of investment: north-africa

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Tania Eyanga

Organisation: Central Africa Markers Venture Capital & Private Equity Association

Position: Chair & CEO

Country of residence: Ireland, United Kingdom

Speaker topics: Capital raising in the context of the last frontier market of Africa: unlocking value, exposure and financing for Central Africa countries; Sharing views and experience in fundraising, investment management, global investor Relations management and deal origination; Venture Capital Ecosystem building: perspectives by an African woman business executive and independent capital advisory firm founder

WAI Angel Network Member

Regions of investment: central-africa

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Tara Sabre Collier

Tara Collier

Organisation: Shell Foundation

Position: Manager

Country(s) of residence: United States

Speaker topics: Backing under-represented founders (i.e. founders of colour); Gender lens investing Venture building

Sectors: agriculture | energy

Investment size: 50k-500k | 500k-2mn

Regions of investment: southern-africa-ex-south-africa | east-africa | west-africa-francophone | west-africa-anglophone | central-africa

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Temi Ransome-Kuti

Temi Kuti

Organisation: FirstCheck Africa

Position: Senior Associate

Country of residence: Nigeria

WAI Angel Network Member

Investment size: 50k-500k

Regions of investment: southern-africa-ex-south-africa | east-africa | west-africa-francophone | west-africa-anglophone | south-africa

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Temilade Denton

Organisation: Alitheia Capital

Position: Social Impact and ESG manager

Country(s) of residence: Mauritania

Speaker topics: PE in francophone Africa; Impact investing

Investment size: 2mn-5mn

Regions of investment: southern-africa-ex-south-africa | west-africa-anglophone | south-africa

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Thato Tshabalala

Investment size: 500k-2mn

Regions of investment: south-africa

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Thelma Ekiyor

Organisation: SME.NG Position: Managing Partner Country of residence: Nigeria Speaker topics: Impact Investing in Africa; Gender Lens Investing in Nigeria/West Africa WAI Angel Network Member

Sectors: consumer-goods-and-services

Investment size: 50mn-150mn

Regions of investment: west-africa-anglophone

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Thithi Kuhlase-Maseko

Thithi Maseko

Organisation: British International Investment Position: Head of SA & Africa Coverage Director Country(s) of residence: South Africa

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Tine Fisker Henriksen

Managing Director

Tine Henriksen

Managing Director

Investment size: 50k-500k | 500k-2mn | 2mn-5mn

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Tochi Ginigeme

Founder and Managing Partner

Tochi Ginigeme

Founder and Managing Partner

Tochi is the founder and managing partner at Mesh, a full-service start-up/SME consulting firm based in Lagos, Nigeria. Mesh offers market research, business consulting, due diligence, and program/project management services to clients across Africa, the UK, and the Middle East. Formerly, Tochi served as a director at the Oxford Seed Fund (OSF), Europe's largest fund of its kind, investing up to £100k in early-stage startups. She managed various activities throughout the investment life cycle, including venture sourcing, due diligence, deal flow, and marketing initiatives. This resulted in successful capital deployments in fintech, climate-tech, and health-tech startups across the US, UK, and LATAM. Tochi holds an MBA from the University of Oxford (UK), a BSc in Economics from the University of Ibadan (Nigeria), and has pursued executive and leadership programs at INSEAD (Singapore campus) and Harvard. She has consulted on enterprise and social impact projects, appeared in notable publications like Yahoo Finance, and Forbes and delivered speeches at entrepreneurship-focused at The Oxford-Africa Business Alliance, Parsons School of Design and the Africa Diaspora Network.

Investment size: 50k-500k

Regions of investment: west-africa-francophone | west-africa-anglophone | south-africa

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Tomi Ajayi

Investment Lead - Agribusiness

Tomi Ajayi

Investment Lead - Agribusiness

Sectors: agriculture

Investment size: 15mn-50mn | 50mn-150mn | 150mn

Regions of investment: west-africa-francophone | west-africa-anglophone | central-africa | north-africa

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Tshilidzi Matlala

Chief Portfolio Manager

Tshilidzi Matlala

Chief Portfolio Manager

Investment size: 50k-500k

Regions of investment: south-africa

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Tyler Karahalios

Chief of Staff

Tyler Karahalios

Chief of Staff

Tyler serves as Chief of Staff at Delta40, a climate-focused VC Fund and Venture Studio investing in African and Female Founders, based in Nairobi, Kenya. Previously, she led Financial Services at MarketForce across four markets, worked in Management Consulting at EY-Parthenon, and invested in global and Africa tech ventures at MIT Solve and Enza Capital. She's passionate about supporting female founders and women's economic opportunity - and loves hiking, yoga, and scuba diving!

Sectors: agriculture | energy | financial-services

Investment size: 50k-500k

Regions of investment: southern-africa-ex-south-africa | east-africa | west-africa-anglophone

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Umulinga Karangwa

Organisation: Africa Nziza Investment Advisory

Position: Equity Investment Manager

Country of residence: South Africa

Speaker topics: Listed equities; African markets; Alternative investments; Multi asset strategies

Investment size: 50k-500k | 500k-2mn | 2mn-5mn

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Vanessa Nzabamwita

Organisation: Smallholder Resilience Ventures

Position: Senior Lead, Investment

Country of residence: Rwanda

Sectors: agriculture

Investment size: 50k-500k | 500k-2mn

Regions of investment: east-africa

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Vera Wachira

Organisation: DOB Equity

Position: Investment Associate

Country(s) of residence: Kenya

Sectors: agriculture | education | energy | healthcare

Investment size: 500k-2mn | 2mn-5mn

Regions of investment: east-africa

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Veronica Hare

Organisation: British International Investment

Position: Project Coordinator, Gender & Diversity Finance

Country of residence: United Kingdom

WAI Angel Network Member

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Veronique Su

Organisation: adOpes Limited

Position: Founder and Managing Director

Country of residence: Kenya

Sectors: agriculture | financial-services

Investment size: 50k-500k | 500k-2mn

Regions of investment: east-africa

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Victoria Cameron

Organisation: Ceniarth LLC

Position: Investment Officer

Country(s) of residence: United Kingdom

Sectors: agriculture | energy | financial-services

Investment size: 50k-500k | 500k-2mn | 2mn-5mn

Regions of investment: east-africa | west-africa-anglophone

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Wadzi Katsidzira

Organisation: Taumba Advisory

Position: Managing Director

Country(s) of residence: Australia

Speaker topics: Sustainable finance, technical assistance, venture philanthropy.

Sectors: education | infrastructure

Investment size: 50k-500k

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Wakiuru Njuguna

Organisation: HEVA Fund

Position: Partner

Country(s) of residence: Kenya

Speaker topics: Creative industry finance in Africa; Financial models for the creative sector; Investing in women in Africa

Sectors: manufacturing

Investment size: 50k-500k

Regions of investment: east-africa

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Warda Abdelkader

Organisation: Synergie Impulse

Position: Diaspora investment specialist for International Fund for Agriculture (IFAD)

Country(s) of residence: France

Speaker topics: Diaspora investment; Financial education; Agriculture entrepreneurship

Investment size: 50k-500k

Regions of investment: west-africa-francophone

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Winnie Ibukayo Mwangi

Winnie Mwangi

Organisation: Bamboo Capital Partners

Position: Investment Director-Technology4Impact

Country(s) of residence: Kenya

Speaker topics: Venture Capital in Africa Technology in Africa Impact Investing

Sectors: ict

Investment size: 500k-2mn

Regions of investment: east-africa | west-africa-francophone | west-africa-anglophone

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Wonu Banjo

Organisation: Argentil Capital Partners

Position: Vice President

Country of residence: Nigeria

Investment size: 5mn-15mn | 15mn-50mn

Regions of investment: east-africa | west-africa-anglophone | south-africa

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Yemi Keri

Organisation: Rising Tide Africa

Position: Co-founder

Country(s) of residence: Nigeria

Speaker topics: Angel investing; Business Strategy and Growth Digital Transformation/ Technology

Sectors: agriculture

Investment size: 50k-500k

Regions of investment: east-africa | west-africa-francophone | west-africa-anglophone | south-africa

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Yvonne Ofosu-Appiah

Yvonne Appiah

Organisation: Wangara Green Ventures

Position: Chief Investment Officer

Country of residence: Ghana

Speaker topics: Gender Lens Investing; Climate Finance; Financing the 'missing middle',

Sectors: agriculture

Investment size: 50k-500k

Regions of investment: west-africa-anglophone

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Zee de Gersigny

Head: Investments

Zee Gersigny

Head: Investments

Investment size: 2mn-5mn | 5mn-15mn

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Zipporah Gakuu

Senior Investment Analyst

Zipporah Gakuu

Senior Investment Analyst

Sectors: agriculture | energy

Investment size: 50k-500k | 500k-2mn

Regions of investment: east-africa

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