Josephine ANAN-ANKOMAH
A well-respected international banker, Josephine has for 3 decades played various key roles in treasury management, strategy implementation, investment and commercial banking. She is currently Ecobank Transnational’s Regional Executive for the Central, Eastern and Southern Africa Region (CESA) and Managing Director for Ecobank Kenya. In this role she has oversight over 18 of Ecobank’s […]
Akef EL MAGHRABY
Najwa EL IRAKI
Najwa El Iraki is the North & West Africa Representative for Lloyd’s of London and Managing Director of its office in Morocco, where she plays a pivotal role in developing the market’s presence across the region and engaging with regulators, governments, and key industry stakeholders. She has been instrumental in advancing initiatives that foster growth, […]
Elizabeth Kibirige NAMUGENYI
Eliza, a Ugandan national, is IFC’s Director of Partnerships and Blended Finance. In this capacity, Eliza leads on strategic relationships with development partners, multilaterals, think tanks, and other relevant stakeholders to reinforce IFC’s reputation and position on the development finance landscape and enable IFC to set the global agenda on private sector development in emerging […]
Yasmina ASRARGUIS
Yasmina Asrarguis is currently a Fulbright Visiting Scholar at the Department of Near Eastern Studies, Princeton University. She is a PhD candidate at Sorbonne-Nouvelle University, where her research focuses on the Abraham Accords and the evolving geopolitics of Israeli-Arab normalization since 2020. A graduate of Sciences Po Paris (MA) and the University of Bath (BA), […]
Mary PORTER PESCHKA
Mary Porter Peschka is IFC’s Regional Director for Eastern Africa based in Nairobi, Kenya. In this role, she leads the implementation of IFC’s strategy, oversees its operations across sectors, and manages key relationships with clients, partners, and governments in the sub-region. Her focus is on creating, expanding, and deepening markets in Africa that create jobs […]
Rony LAM
Rony Lam was appointed Chief Executive Officer of MCB Capital Markets (MCBCM) in 2014. Over the past decade, he has led the development of MCB Group’s investment banking franchise and established MCBCM as the clear leader in debt advisory, capital markets and M&A in Mauritius. Rony has played a pioneering role in the development of […]
Sophia ALJ
Sophia Alj is the co-founder & COO of Chari, a start-up that offers a comprehensive suite of FinTech and e-commerce apps tailored for retailers in Morocco. As a licensed financial institution, Chari provides acquiring, issuing, processing and value-added services to merchants, while building a robust agency banking network. The startup participated in Y Combinator’s Summer […]
Aristide OUATTARA
Eden HARRIS
Eden Harris is a prominent US-Africa journalist based in Washington, DC, and will soon be moving to Africa. She is committed to equity-driven storytelling that amplifies African and diaspora voices. With bylines at NBC News, the Financial Times, Al Jazeera and more, she intentionally chose the freelance path after her full-time gig as politics producer […]