Africa

Fred Robertson serves as Executive Chairman of Brimstone Investment Corporation Ltd, a company which he co-founded in 1995. His Non-Executive chairmanships include Lion of Africa Life Assurance Company Limited, and Sea Harvest Limited. He also serves as deputy chair of Remgro Limited, and as director on the board of Aon Re Africa. In 2014, he… read more »

Ran Neu-Ner is the Co-CEO and Co-Founder of The Creative Counsel. He graduated from university with a B.Com and a CFA. Thereafter he started number of business ventures including a wholesale, mobile, shoe import business and an electronics company. In 2001 Neu-Ner started The Creative Counsel, a below-the-line activations company, with school friend Gil Oved…. read more »

EOH was founded by Asher Bohbot in 1998 and became one of South Africa’s best-known IT companies. Besides being the founder, he was also named the CEO of the IT company. EOH specialised in providing technology services to businesses and government and remained entrepreneurial and acquisitive throughout Bohbot’s tenure as CEO. With compounded year-on-year growth… read more »

r. Pascal G. Dozie is Chairman at Aluminium Extrusion Industries Plc, Founder at African Capital Alliance Ltd., Chairman at Diamond Bank Togo SA and Chairman at MTN Nigeria Communications Ltd. Dr. Dozie was previously employed as Chairman by The Nigerian Economic Summit Group, Chairman by Diamond Bank Plc, and President by The Nigerian Stock Exchange…. read more »

Dr. Gachao Kiuna is the current Executive Director of Aqua Power and former Chief Executive Officer of TransCentury, a leading infrastructure company listed on the Nairobi Stock Exchange. He is considered by Forbes to be among the 10 youngest power men in Africa. He holds a Ph.D. in biotechnology from the Institute of biotechnology in… read more »

He is the founder and former CEO of Zambia’s Zambeef Products. He was born in Ireland then migrated to Zambia and started his business which has grown to be one of the biggest production, processing, distribution and retailing of beef, chicken, milk, dairy products, stock feed and flour. The Group also has one of the… read more »

With over 20 years’ experience in the Banking Industry, Mizinga Melu is an industry expert who has been at the helm of top banking organizations having worked in six (6) African countries. She was appointed Managing Director for Absa Bank Zambia PLC (formerly Barclays Bank Zambia Plc) on 1 April, 2017. Prior to that, Mizinga… read more »

Michael Jordaan is the Chairman of Mxit, a South African-created mobile social network. Formerly, he was Chief Executive Officer of the First National Bank of Southern Africa, one of the largest banks in South Africa with operations in seven other African countries. The bank’s profit after tax is over US$ 1 billion with a customer… read more »

Bharat Thakrar, a Kenyan national, is the founder and former CEO OF WPP Scangroup, East Africa’s largest Integrated Marketing Communications company. In 1982, Thakrar founded Scanad, his first advertising agency, and through a blend of organic growth and acquisitions, built it into Scangroup, an African marketing communications behemoth that is listed on the Nairobi Stock… read more »

Manu Chandaria is a prominent Kenyan industrialist and philanthropist. He is widely recognized for his leadership as the founder of Comcraft Group, a diversified conglomerate that operates in the manufacturing, real estate, and hospitality sectors in Africa and Asia. Manu earned a degree in chemical engineering from the University of Oklahoma in the US, he… read more »

Jack Kayonga, is the Chief Executive Officer of the Rwanda sovereign wealth fund, before that he was the executive chairman of Rwanda’s largest private equity fund (Crystal Ventures), he also served at the Rwanda Development Bank in several capacities including being its CEO for 5 years. He started his career at the Rwanda’s Ministry of… read more »

Ms. Funke Opeke, is founder and CEO of MainOne, formerly Main One Cable Company. MainOne is West Africa’s leading communications services and network solutions provider that built West Africa’s first privately owned, open access 7,000 kilometer undersea high capacity cable submarine, a $240-million-dollar project that was completed in time and on budget in 2010. MainOne… read more »

Jannie Mouton is a self-made South African billionaire and is the founder of the renowned PSG Group and co-founder of Capitec Bank. He is known as the “Buddha Buffet” and holds a bachelor degree from Stellenbosch University. In 1973, he obtained his qualification as a Chartered Accountant. In November 1995, Mouton bought 51% of PAG… read more »

Dr. James Mwangi is Group CEO of Equity Group Holdings, credited with democratizing financial access, leading Equity to become an integrated financial services Group operating in 6 African countries with a client base of over 16m, and an asset base of USD 12B+. James established Equity Group Foundation to scale shared prosperity, mobilizing support of… read more »

Jackie is KwaZulu-Natal born and raised. She held the position of head chef at Hartford House, a five-star boutique hotel Mooi River that garnered many Eat Out awards over the years, and is now the founder of the Jackie Cameron School of Food & Wine, where she lives out her passion for teaching, training, and… read more »