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Saidou Kanté
Saidou Kanté CEO, Korix Saïdou is a world traveller, technology consultant with over 10 years of recognized experience in delivering cross-sector business value, with strong skills in IT strategy, communication and team coordination. Holding a degree in Computer Engineering from “Ecole Polytechnique de Montréal” and an MBA specialized in project management, he has on-hand experience...
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Cannelle Maricaux
Cannelle Maricaux Founder/CEO, Koolute Investments A social impact entrepreneur driven by a determination to empower communities in West Africa and unlock their full social, economic and human potential, Cannelle Maricaux has lived the challenges that she is setting out to solve. Throughout her formative development years and professional career, Ms. Maricaux has explored ways to...
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Dan Kleinbaum
Dan Kleinbaum CEO, Buoy Dan is the CEO of Buoy, a company that provides payments and remittances business with short-term liquidity solutions. Stop waiting for bank transfers to clear. Dan has been building fintech in emerging markets for the last decade. He co-founded Beyonic, a mobile payment aggregator that started in Uganda, expanded to seven...
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Nubi Kay
Nubi Kay Startup Programs Lead Paystack Nubi Kay currently leads Startup Programs at Paystack, a pan-African online payments company, which helps merchants to collect payments from their customers. Nubi is an experienced professional with a demonstrated history of working in the internet technology industry. He recently worked at Stripe enabling startups to launch and scale...
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Nana Yaw Owusu Banahene
Nana Yaw Owusu Banahene Country Director for Ghana & West Africa AZA Finance Nana Yaw Owusu Banahene is the Country Director for Ghana & West Africa at AZA Finance, a global fintech company that is accelerating economic growth in Africa through its best-in-class foreign exchange, payments, settlement, and treasury services. Nana has extensive experience in...
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Lela Omo-Ikirodah
Lela Omo-Ikirodah Regional Manager, West Africa, Lipa Later Lela has over a decade of extensive experience in sales and strategy. She leads the operations in Nigeria and the West African region as the West Africa Regional Manager at Lipa Later, a leading Buy Now Pay Later solution focused on ensuring Africans in Africa have access...
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Alex Christian
Alex Christian Co-Founder, DataMynt With many years experience launching and operating payment and crypto products at Western Union, Metal Pay and eBay, Alex believes that new technology is available to provide equitable financial services and opportunities for under and unbanked. Now at Data Mynt, Alex is working toward better payments for all sellers, platforms and...
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Olufemi Olanipekun
Olufemi Olanipekun Founder, VeendHQ Olufemi Olanipekun is an innovative technology professional with a wealth of skills acquired in the financial technology sector.   Olufemi believes increased credit penetration has a role to play in the development of Africa. However, with credit penetration currently at 13%, there is an opportunity to create more value by building...
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Eric Kortey
Eric Kortey Country Manager, Ghana, Cellulant Eric is a results-oriented leader with a combined 10 years of experience in the financial sector as well as the Energy sector. He started his career at KPMG Ghana where he rose to become a senior audit associate, with experiences in mining support, petroleum, financial non-banking sector, and NGOs....
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Thea Sokolowski
Thea Sokolowski Head of Marketing & Comms, Stitch Thea has nearly a decade of experience advising tech startups in Africa on business and marketing strategies and currently leads marketing and communications at Stitch, operating in South Africa and Nigeria. She’s worked across the investment and consulting space, as well as within tech businesses, with inclusive...
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