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Adesoji Solanke
Adesoji Solanke Head of FinTech, Investment Banking Absa Group Adesoji Solanke leads Absa Group’s FinTech investment banking origination efforts out of London. He has 16+ years of experience leading teams in fintech and banks research, as well as fintech venture investments. He's also experienced in driving new business initiatives, including the tech private markets strategy...
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Francis Tay
Francis Tay Investment Manager Founders Factory Africa Francis Tay is an investment professional with over 10 years combined experience as an investment banker, venture operator and venture capitalist. He currently serves as an investment manager at Founders Factory Africa, where he focuses on strategic investments in innovative tech startups across the continent, alongside providing fundraising...
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Fara Ashiru
Fara Ashiru Founder & CEO Okra Fara is the Founder & CEO of Okra, an open finance infrastructure that enables developers  and businesses to build personalized digital products & services. Prior to founding Okra, Fara gained experience building and scaling products in emerging markets and venture based startups by working with multiple Fortune 500 companies...
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Christian Duffus
Christian Duffus Founder and CEO, Fonbnk Christian (“Chris”) Duffus is an entrepreneur and fintech expert, currently serving as the founder and CEO of Fonbnk, a global onramp to Web3 that uses prepaid airtime as a medium of exchange to target mobile-first, cash-based economies. He is a leading fintech and telecom expert and Web3 advisor with...
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Jessica Uche
Jessica Uche Country Director Native Teams Jessica Uche is a seasoned operator with expertise in driving business development and forging global partnerships for multinational corporations. With her exceptional skills in corporate strategy, market analysis, and cross-functional team leadership, Jessica has effectively developed, launched, and executed strategic market expansion plans, resulting in significant revenue growth and...
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Nkiru Amadi-Emina
Nkiru Amadi-Emina Founder & CEO Pivo Technologies Nkiru Amadi-Emina is a serial entrepreneur with over 12 years’ experience in Business Development and IT consulting across the public, private and NGOs sectors and more recently scaling growth stage start-ups.  She is passionate about technology and its ability to transform industries and economies and is keenly interested...
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Angela Akua Asante
Angela Akua Asante Emcee & Moderator Aside my spell as the French Embassy in Ghana's Media Communications Officer and Press Attaché, I am an FR/EN MC, Moderator, Voice-Over Artist, Media Consultant & the founder at TITA Productions. I don't believe in living or thinking in boxes so I gladly exhibit my versatility. Let's just say...
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Opoku Afriyie-Asante
Opoku Afriyie-Asante Lead Integration Officer, Ghana Revenue Authority  Opoku Afriyie-Asante is a software engineer and Lead Integration Officer at Ghana Revenue Authority. He's a member of the E-Levy Implementation Committee.
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Patricia Jane Mumuni
Patricia Jane Mumuni Partner, ENSafrica Patricia is a corporate and commercial lawyer and focuses on the following practice areas - general corporate and commercial law, corporate governance, fintechs, mergers and acquisitions, data privacy and data protection, technology, media & telecommunications, property/land law, healthcare and pharmaceutical, and real estate. Prior to becoming a lawyer, she worked...
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Abhisekh Baid
Abhisekh Baid Sr. Startup Account Manager (Sub Saharan Africa), Amazon Web Services Abhisekh Baid is a Sr Start-up Account Manager for SSA based out of Dubai. He has been with AWS for close to 7 years and worked closely with start-ups in different markets. He advises start-ups in leveraging his experience to help them innovate...
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