André WAMESO
André Wameso Nkualoloki is a Congolese economist, politician, and senior civil servant. He was appointed Governor of the Central Bank of Congo (BCC) on July 23, 2025. Biography EducationHe holds a degree in business engineering and management, specializing in finance, from the Catholic University of Louvain (Belgium)[1]. He has over twenty-five years of experience in […]
Youssef ROUISSI
▪ M. Youssef Rouissi : Directeur Général Délégué en charge du pôle Corporate & Investment Banking– 53 ans. ▪ M. Youssef ROUISSI est diplômé de l’Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales de Paris (HEC). ▪ M. Youssef ROUISSI rejoint la Banque Commerciale du Maroc en 1994. En 1996, il participe à la création de la […]
Mustafa RAWJI
Mustafa Rawji studied at Babson College in Boston, Massachusetts from where he obtained a Master’s degree in finance. He had his first professional experiences at Calyon Bank in Geneva, Switzerland, followed by Crédit Agricole in Paris, France. In 2002, he participated in the creation of Rawbank. Two years later, he took the initiative to acquire […]
Richard LOWE
Richard LOWE is one of the founding figures of the African insurance industry. A graduate of ESSEC Paris (Class of 1980), he led the Cameroonian operations of a major French insurance group for 17 years before turning to entrepreneurship. In 1998, convinced that Africa deserved world-class insurance institutions built on its own soil, he founded […]
Filomena Rossana Airosa MANJATA
Filomena Rossana Airosa Manjata, is Chairperson of the Board of Directors of ARSEG (Angolan Insurance Regulation and Supervision Agency). She previously served as a board member of the agency, overseeing its Technical portfolio since 2019. She holds a degree in Accounting and Administration from UCAN and an MBA awarded jointly by the Catholic universities of […]
Luis LELIS
Mr. Luís Filipe Rodrigues Lélis began his career at Sonangol, before joining the Ministry of Finance as an Advisor, then returning to Sonangol in 2002. In 2004, he joined BAI, S.A., where he served as Commercial Director and later Director-Coordinator, before being elected Director in 2006. He also chaired the Board of Directors of BAI […]
Jean NGABITSINZE
Dr. Jean Chrysostome Ngabitsinze is an applied economist and policymaker who served as Rwanda’s Minister of State for Agriculture and Animal Resources and later Minister of Trade and Industry between 2020 and 2024, shaping national policies on agricultural productivity and economic growth. He is also an Associate Professor of Agricultural Economics, whose research focuses on […]
Riadh NAOUAR
Riadh Naouar is Head of Advisory Services for the Financial Institutions Group of the International Finance Corporation (IFC) for North, West and Central Africa. Mr. Naouar leads engagements with IFC partners to design and deploy innovative models to increase financial inclusion, strengthen food security, and address climate change.He has more than 26 years of experience […]
Ethiopis TAFARA
Ethiopis Tafara is IFC’s regional Vice President for Africa. In this capacity, he oversees all investment and advisory operations in a region with a committed portfolio of $17 billion and nearly 800 staff working to expand the private sector’s role in addressing urgent development challenges in the financial, manufacturing, agribusiness and services, and infrastructure industries. […]
Olivier NOEL
Olivier is an MSc Economics graduate from SOAS, the School of Oriental Studies of the University of London; he holds a Master’s in Business Administration from ESCP Business School and completed INSEAD’s International Directors Program. He has 28 years of banking and financial services experience covering trade finance, infrastructure and telecom finance as well as […]