Sr Advisor, Minister of Finance, Sudan
Head, Corp Strategy & Country Strategy, IFC
Venture Partner, Omidyar Network
Lead, Private Sector in MENA, Ethiopia, East Asia, World Bank
Henok Assefa
Co-Founder and General Partner
Addis Ababa
CEO, Precise Consult International
Chairman, Precise Investments
Co-Founder, Addis Ababa Angels
Board Member, Addis Chamber of Commerce
Atul Mehta
Advisor, Chair of Investment Committee
Washington DC
Director, Telecom Funds & VC, IFC
Chair, VC Investment Committee, IFC
Managed $5 billion portfolio and teams investing $1 billion per year
25 years experience in VC and PE
Amanuel Elemu
Co-Founder and Managing Partner
Washington DC
Venture Investor, Betam Group
Ethiopia Manager, Forteque Renewable
VP, Credit Risk, Deutsche Bank
Software Engineer, Cambell & Co
Lead, Corp Strategy & Tech, Lombard
Mentor, Advisor, VC4Africa
Maya Zeinelabdin
Investment Associate
Toronto
Advisory Specialist, corporate finance and transaction, financial due diligence, modeling and valuation, market analysis, sell-side and buy-side deal process management
7 years of experience in investment banking at a top tier Canadian bank
Nemo Semret
Technology Advisor
Addis Ababa
Founder, QRB Labs
Co-Founder, CTO, Gro Intelligence
Co-Founder, CEO, CTO, Invisible Hand Networks
Software Engineer, Google
Adjunct Professor, Columbia University
Honey Sintayehu
Associate
Addis Ababa
Advisory Specialist, Corporate finance & transaction
Chartered Certified Accountants, Deloitte East Africa, Grant Thornton Ethiopia, HST
Experience in investment advisory, accounting auditing, market research, valuation, and financial due diligence
Yousif Yahya
Venture Partner
Cairo, Khartoum
Founder, Savannah Innovation Labs
Ops Manager, YC-backed fintech
Incubated 50 startups, secured millions in funding across value chain
Saba Belay
Analyst
Addis Ababa
Certified Financial Analyst (FMVA)
Specialist, Corporate finance
Experience in financial analysis and modeling, feasibility studies, business model innovation, agricultural buyer-led market systems and value chain analyses
Yannick du Pont
Advisor
Amsterdam
Founder,Spark
Board Member, DIHAD
Supported hundreds of entrepreneurs in MENA and Africa
Lexi Lei
Analyst
Washington DC
Programme Management, United Nations Human Settlements Programme
Project Manager, International Chamber of Commerce
Account Executive, Ogilvy
Experience in corporate finance, market research, and data analysis
