Africa

Hakeem Ogunniran is the Managing Director of UACN Property Development Co Plc. He is a Lawyer, Chartered Secretary and Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, and holds an LL.B, LL.M and MBA from the University of Lagos. Hakeem Ogunniran joined UACN Plc as Manager, Legal Services and later worked in several functional areas such… read more »

Dolapo Omidire is the Founder and Team Lead at Estate Intel. He spent over 2 years at Broll in Nigeria as the Lead Research Analyst working on market and feasibility studies for international and local institutional real estate investors. Dolapo also spent over a year at AXA Mansard Investments as an Alternative Investment Analyst. Dolapo… read more »

Craig Smith holds a MSc in Real Estate Finance & Investments from the University of Reading as well as a Bcom (Hons) in Financial Analysis and Portfolio Management and a BSc (Hons) in Property Studies from the University of Cape Town (UCT). He also holds the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and MRICS designations. Craig began… read more »

David Damiba has 25 years of finance experience with an extensive African fund management, portfolio construction and risk management track record covering all asset classes. David was until June 2018 a Partner at Helios Investment Partners, where he co-founded and co-led the firm’s activities in African mezzanine and structured credit. In that capacity, David originated,… read more »

Bevan Smith is a CA (SA), CFA and holds an BCom (ACC) (Hons). Bevan Smith joined the Delta Group in 2015 as Investment Manager and then moved to Senior Investment Manager at Grit Real Estate Income Group. Bevan held the roll of Investment Principal at RH Managers, a firm specializing in green field healthcare investments… read more »

Ken Osei, Principal Investment Officer; Manufacturing, Agribusiness & Consumer Service- International Finance Corporation (IFC). Ken is based in IFC’s Johannesburg office and responsible for originating, structuring, closing and managing portfolio investments in the sectors of Manufacturing, Agribusiness & Consumer Services at IFC in sub-Saharan Africa. IFC’s Consumer Services sector includes commercial property, retail, hotels, housing,… read more »

Manuel Vieira is the Chairman of Meridian32 group, based in Mozambique. Manuel has been an entrepreneur for the past 20 years, with investments in Mozambique and Portugal. Previously he was a Senior Manager at Ernst & Young (auditing) and KPMG (consulting), and the Financial Manager for Pestana Hotel Group in Southern Africa. Manuel Vieira is… read more »

Olaf Schmidt is Manager of Property, Retail & Hotel, Health & Education Investments for the African Region at the IFC. His previous responsibilities as Global Sector Lead for Property, Retail & Hotel investments and Hub Lead for Manufacturing, Agribusiness & Services in Western Europe included helping build business with European sponsors across emerging markets and… read more »

Nnenna Alintah is Head of Corporate Real Estate Services (CRES) at Broll, Nigeria. She has a wealth of international and regional expertise in solving client’s real estate problems, focusing on strategic portfolio analysis and long-term real-estate strategies for enhanced operational efficiencies and cost savings. Nnenna Alintah has 15 years of experience in global real estate… read more »

Niyi Adeleye has over 20 years of in country, regional and international work experience and has developed competences in various disciplines. Niyi Adeleye has a first degree in Building Engineering from the Obafemi Awolowo University and Master Degrees in Construction Management and Construction Economics from University of Lagos and the London Southbank University. He is… read more »

Joël Bruneau joined Omnicane in 2011. He has a total of 20 years of management experience after working in three main lines of business, with 10 years in senior management positions at IBL and Medine Ltd, among others. He obtained an MBA with distinction from the University of Birmingham, UK after completing his BCom degree… read more »

Tilda currently works as part of the Development Consultancy and Research team based in Dubai focusing on covering property market research across the African continent. Tilda is tasked with coordinating research among the Knight Frank offices in Africa, covering a range of property market sectors including the commercial, residential, hospitality and specialist sectors such as… read more »

Patrick Katabua is Account Director and SADC Hub Lead in the Occupier Services Division. The role entails ensuring that client’s business strategy is met / enhanced through optimization of real estate. This could be in the form of Consultancy, Strategic Advisory, Market Research, Transaction Management (acquisitions, disposals, consolidations, re-gears, etc…) Patrick Katabua is French and… read more »

Shamin A. Sookia is MD of Perigeum Capital Ltd. Shamin A. Sookia was the Head of Listing for the Stock Exchange of Mauritius (SEM) and was actively involved in the strategic shift to internationalize its platform and move up the value chain of listed/traded products. Shamin has been involved in setting up the listing regulatory… read more »

James Lewis is a Proprietary Partner and Managing Director of Knight Frank Middle East and Africa overseeing operations in Botswana, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe which together employ over 800 people. Knight Frank provide; Property Asset Management, Valuation, Development Consultancy and Research, Occupier Services and Commercial Agency, Capital Markets, Healthcare… read more »