Hamza RKHA CHAHAM

Hamza is the co-founder of SOWIT, a start-up providing African farmers with the financing and technology they need to increase their productivity and incomes, face climate-change and feed the continent. SOWIT is incorporated in Morocco, France and Senegal and leverages all the power of remote-sensing, AI and agronomy to provide to farmers all they need […]

Chris SMITH

Chris is Global Head of Sovereign Sustainable Finance at BwB – The Investment Bank for Earth and is also a member of the firm’s Executive Committee. Before joining BwB following its launch, Chris had worked in the City of London for nearly 20 years for HSBC and Standard Charted Bank in a range of corporate […]

Gwendoline ABUNAW

Gwendoline ABUNAW is the Managing Director of Ecobank Cameroon, subsidiary of the leading Pan African financial services group present in 35 countries on the Continent. She is equally the Cluster Head for the CEMAC region covering 6 Ecobank affiliates including Cameroon, Gabon, Congo Brazzaville, Chad, Equatorial Guinea and Central African Republic. On June 2022, she […]

Augustine Kpehe NGAFUAN

Early Life and Education Born on April 7, 1970, at the Old Maternity Center on Capitol Bye Pass, Monrovia, Augustine Kpehe Ngafuan began his education at A.B. Tolbert Elementary School in Logan Town, Monrovia. He continued his studies at Boatswain Junior High School and graduated as Valedictorian from Booker Washington Institute (BWI) in 1989, earning […]

Steven DUCHATELLE

Steven Duchatelle is Chief Executive Officer of the Advans Group, where he leads the group’s strategic and operational activities. He also sits on the board of several Advans’ subsidiaries. Steven was part of the leadership team who created the Advans Group in 2005 and has been instrumental in the expansion of the Advans network, driving […]

Admassu TADESSE

Admassu Tadesse has been serving as Trade and Development Bank Group President and Managing Director since 2022. Prior, he led PTA Bank, and its evolution into TDB, and previously served as Executive Vice President for International Finance and Corporate Strategy with the Development Bank of Southern Africa. Under his leadership, TDB Group has expanded into […]

Olivier GRANET

Olivier is Managing Partner and Co-Chief Executive Officer of Kasada Capital Management, the leading independent real estate private equity platform dedicated to the hospitality sector in Africa. We are committed to generating sustainable, positive impact in the African economies and communities we invest in, while also ensuring the delivery of attractive, risk-adjusted returns for our […]