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Executive Director · West Africa Women in Business
Aisha Diallo directs a network of 30,000 women-led enterprises across twelve countries, running accelerator, credit access and export readiness programmes. She advises regional bodies on gender-responsive procurement and has secured over USD 70 million in facilities for members.
Early-stage fund backing 54 companies across fintech, logistics and health, host of the Young Enterprise award.
Delegate Services · Karibu by Cara
Chairperson, Summit Steering Committee · Sahara Capital Partners
Dr. Amina Wanjiru leads a pan-African investment group managing more than USD 1.8 billion across financial services, logistics and healthcare. She has spent twenty years structuring cross-border transactions and sits on three listed boards. A trained economist, she chairs the Summit steering committee and writes widely on how continental capital markets can fund industrialisation.
Managing Partner · Bluewater Ventures
Backed 54 early-stage companies after building and exiting a supply-chain software business.
Head of Sustainable Investment · Horizon Asset Management
Oversees sustainable strategy for a USD 12 billion portfolio and designed the region's first certified green bond framework.
Provides trade finance and guarantee instruments across eleven East African markets, with a dedicated SME de-risking programme.
Chief Executive, Host Partner · Rift Valley Manufacturing
Runs a 3,400-employee food processing group and advocates for value addition at source.
Guest of Honour · Ministry of Trade & Industry
Tunde Adeyemi leads national implementation of continental free trade protocols. He previously served as a trade negotiator in Geneva and as director of the national export promotion agency, and has overseen reforms that cut export clearance times by nearly half.
Ministry of Trade & Industry
Manages a USD 12 billion portfolio with a growing sustainable investment mandate in renewables, water and housing.
Event Director · Karibu by Cara
Group Head of Digital Payments · Zawadi Bank
Built an instant payments platform serving nine million customers and sits on the national interoperability committee.
Partner · Meridian Advisory
Leila advises sovereign funds and DFIs on blended finance and has closed more than 40 transactions across infrastructure and climate adaptation.
Meridian Advisory / Global Trade Finance Bank
Solaris Renewables
Partnerships Lead · Karibu by Cara
Regional Director, East Africa · Global Trade Finance Bank
Leads a USD 900 million trade finance book across eleven markets and has built guarantee facilities used by over 4,000 SMEs.
Founder & CEO · Mazao AgriTech
Connects 180,000 smallholder farmers to structured markets through 22 collection hubs.
Professor of Development Economics · University of Ghana
Prof. Boateng has taught development economics for 25 years and advises several central banks on industrial policy. His research on manufacturing productivity in West Africa has shaped regional trade strategy, and he is the author of three books on structural transformation.
A pan-African investment group managing USD 1.8 billion across financial services, logistics and healthcare, and the Summit's founding sponsor.
Chief Technology Officer · Nuru Digital
Samuel builds identity and payment rails used by more than 12 million people and has led national DPI pilots in three countries.
Independent power producer with 340 MW of operating solar and storage assets, sponsoring the Climate Innovation award.
Retail and SME bank serving nine million customers, sponsoring the Financial Inclusion award.
