Kola Aina is the Founding Partner at Ventures Platform, an early-stage “discovery” venture capital fund championing the next generation of African entrepreneurs. Kola is a passionate ecosystem builder, at Ventures Park, a co-working space and community for entrepreneurs as well as Ventures Platform Foundation, which empowers entrepreneurs by providing access to capital, education and digital …
Damola Adamolekun is the Chief Executive Officer at P.F. Chang, a restaurant chain. He is a son of a neurologist and pharmacist, born in Nigeria, and raised in Zimbabwe, Amsterdam, Springfield, Ill., and Columbia, Md. Now, at 33, this African “biz whiz kid” who lives in Scottsdale, Ariz., oversees the management of the casual Asian-American …
Blessing Abeng is a branding & communications expert dedicated to helping brands identify and communicate their unique identity and tell better stories. She builds brand and communication strategies around tech products, services, growth, and sales to help brands communicate with their team, target audience, partners, and investors. She has worked with brands across industries in unique …
Helena Bertho is one of the main communication executives in Brazil, Head of Communication, Sustainability and Diversity at L’Oreal in the Greater Public Division. In 2021 she received the Yes to Racial Equality Award, as Leader of the Year – the highest award in Latin America. Advertising with specialization in Marketing worked in the areas …
Aisha Raheem-Bolarinwa is a Nigerian entrepreneur and strategy consultant who graduated from Queen Mary University of London where she obtained a bachelor’s degree in economics in 2011. In 2019, she co-founded Farmz2U, an agri-tech start-up whose vision is to empower the next generation of farmers in sub-Saharan Africa. It develops data-centric technology solutions and helps smallholder …
Vanessa Adande is the founder & managing partner of ELLIPSIS, a financial management advisory firm. For the past 13 years she has been implementing accounting and financial management best practices for the private sector. Her team helps bringing structure to the chaos that arises from change and growth through better financial management. ELLIPSIS provides CFO …
Sara Menker is the founder and CEO of Gro Intelligence. Gro illuminates the interrelationships between our earth’s ecology and human economy to help you see the big picture and act on the small details. From assessing the impact of climate change in real time to optimizing agricultural supply chains, Gro’s data, analytics and forecast models …
Ikechi Nwabuisi, is the Founder of Tribl, a new social network for immigrants. Ikechi was born and raised in Houston, TX and attended Northwestern University for his undergraduate and Masters. After attending McCombs School of Business he settled into Austin and is focused on making an impact in communities of color through technical innovation. He …
Renita Young is a New York-based correspondent for Bloomberg Radio, TV and Quicktake, the company’s 24-hour streaming news platform. She hosts #YourMoneyStory, Bloomberg Quicktake’s first live personal finance talk show airing weekly on Fridays. She interviews personal finance influencers and high net-worth individuals about their journey to wealth and how people can create their own. …
Maijid Moujaled is the Co-Founder and CEO at Chipper Cash. Chipper Cash is a venture-capital-backed Financial technology company that builds software to enable free and instant Peer-to-peer Cross-border payments in Africa and Europe; as well as solutions for businesses and merchants to process online and in-store payments. Majid Moujaled, together with his co-founder and friend …