Mounir Nakhla is the co-founder and CEO of one of Egypt’s most important fintech firms, MNT-Halan. His leadership has powered MNT-Halan as it became the first unicorn in Africa this year and the first private tech firm in Egypt to…
Omar Saleh is the Founder and CEO of Khazna in 2020 with a mission to improve the financial well-being of 35M+ underbanked Egyptians, who have little access to formal financial services by providing access to convenient, customer-centric, and technology-driven services.…
Jonathan Smit is an entrepreneur, investor, engineer and the co-founder and Managing Director of PayFast an online payment processing service for South African websites used by thousands of businesses, individuals and charities. Known as the best online payment processors in…
Saul Kornik is the CEO and Founder of Kena Health, a South Africa-based company that provides affordable access to health via a smartphone app. The app allows patients to consult with nurses, doctors, and mental health specialists by text, voice,…
Matthieu De Gaudemar is the Co-founder of Kudoti a company that offers a platform that empowers anybody to buy and sell recovered waste resources by integrating its global digital network of collectors, aggregators, recyclers and brands. Kudoti utilizes hardware and…
Ken Njoroge is the co-founder of Cellulant making him one of the most successful businesspeople in fintech across Africa. His co-founder Bolan Akinboro a Nigerian served as co-CEOs of the company at inception, before he left the CEO position in…
Uzoma Dozie is the founder and chief executive officer of Sparkle, a digital microfinance bank licenced by the Central Bank of Nigeria- CBN, and the Nigerian Deposit Insurance Corporation- NDIC. He was the Chief Executive Officer of Diamond Bank until…
Hilda Moraa is currently Founder & CEO of Pezesha, a digital financial infrastructure enabling SMEs and institutions in Africa. She previously founded WezaTele, a Fintech startup in Kenya that was later acquired in 2015. She also led Pezesha to be…
Jesse Moore is the Chief Executive Officer and Co-founder of M-KOPA, a leading provider of connected financing to underbanked customers. Since its commercial launch in 2012, M-KOPA has financed over 3 million customers across Africa with affordable solar home power…
Katlego Maphai is the co-founder and CEO of Yoco, a South Africa-based fintech company that develops tools and services, including the company’s mobile point-of-sale platform and card reader, to enable small businesses to accept card payments. This has revolutionized how…