Mumbi ANNSTELLA
Mumbi is a business leader with experience working across Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Ghana, South Africa and Uganda in Fintech and Edtech, and has an educational background in mechatronics engineering.Based in Kenya, she currently serves as the General Manager at Tala, a fintech company that has disbursed over $5 billion in credit to more than 10 […]
Anjani TRIVEDI
Anjani Trivedi is The Economist‘s global business correspondent. She writes about shifts and trends across global industries. Anjani previously wrote a column for Bloomberg Opinion, based in Dubai and Hong Kong covering industrial companies across Asia-Pacific. Prior to that, she wrote for the Wall Street Journal’s Heard on the Street column about industrial companies, banks […]
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 […]
Sérgio PIMENTA
Marius ISSA NKORI
Jean-Louis MENANN-KOUAME
Jean-Louis Menann-Kouamé, 47 years old and father of 4 children, is originally from Côte d’Ivoire. Since January 2020, he has been the Chief Executive Officer of Orange Bank Africa, the 1st digital bank in the WAEMU with more than 1,700,000 customers, present in Côte d’Ivoire and soon in Senegal. Prior to his appointment, he spent […]