Category: Class of 2019

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Meet Karene Richards

Karene Richards is a capital markets quantitative expert and women’s advocate with over 15 years’ experience in the investment banking industry. Karene most notably built the first Carbon Finance model for the World Bank in addition to a mortgage-backed security model that generated over $250 million in income. She received a masters of Financial Mathematics and Statistics from …

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Meet Velile Nhlapo

  Velile Nhlapo has been Group Executive of Strategy at Impala Platinum Holdings Limited since November 2018 and he was its Member of Executive Committee from 2018 until November 2018. Mr. Nhlapo served as General Manager of Styldrift at Royal Bafokeng Platinum Limited since February 2012. Mr. Nhlapo served as General Manager of Dishaba at …

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Meet Benjamin Benaim

  Mr. Benjamin Benaïm is a Co-Founder of Seedstars. Mr. Benaïm has been a Founding Partner of Seedstars SA since November 2012. He is an Advisor to Chief Executive Officer at official.fm since May 2012. Mr. Benaïm acts as a Complementary duo with the Chief Executive Officer and Founder, touching upon all aspects of building and …

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Meet Habila Malgwi

Habila Malgwi started his career as a financial analyst with Chevron Nigeria Limited after a 1-year youth service with the oil and gas giant. Habila moved on to join ValuePro Nigerian limited as an operations officer and later business development where he helped build the business portfolio of the company. He later joined the Swiss Biostadt …

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Meet Khady Thiam Gueye

Khady Thiam Gueye is the CEO of TMI. She has over a decade of experience in the music industry and working with mainstream artists. Khady Thiam Gueye is a natural entrepreneur who is committed to “living outside the box.” She is also a committed person that ensures that her clients attain success and stays strong …

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Meet Ladi Delano

Ladi Delano is a 35-year old Nigerian serial entrepreneur who made his first million as a liquor entrepreneur while living in China. At the age of 24, in 2004, he founded Solidarnosc Asia, a Chinese alcoholic beverage company that made Solid XS, a premium brand of vodka. Solid XS eventually had a 50% market share and went …

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Meet Liza Egbogah

Dr. Liza Egbogah BSc, DC, DOMP  is one of North America’s leading body and posture experts,  a manual osteopath, myofascial release therapist and the clinic director of the[fix], downtown Toronto’s boutique osteopathy, chiropractic and massage clinic. She has a Doctor of Chiropractic, graduating with Summa Cum Laude and clinic honors from the Canadian Memorial Chiropractic …

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Meet Mallely Florian

Born in the Dominican Republic, Mallely Florian is a passionate Business Development Consultant living in Canada that helps foreign companies expand their business in the African continent. Miss Florian is currently representing three Canadian and two African companies and promoting new innovative products in foreign markets. Back in 2015 she stumbled upon an article about …

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Meet Morgan DeBaun

Morgan DeBaun began her career working on product management and business development at Intuit. She decided to leave her corporate job in part because she wanted to be more connected with “what was really going on on the ground”. She also felt that she and other black millennials were not represented by mainstream media. Since launching …

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Meet Moses Umoru

  Moses Umoru is the current Director General of the Franco-Nigerian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCI FRANCE-NIGERIA), A foremost bilateral chamber established in 1985 with a mission to promote trade and investment between France and Nigeria. This mission is carried out in partnership with Business France, the Economic section of the embassy of France …