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Baljinder Sharma

India Africa Business Network

Convenor

Baljinder Sharma convenes the India Africa Business Network and organises the annual India Africa Entrepreneurship and Investment Summit, now in its sixth…

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Sandeep Khapre

BDO East Africa

Vice President, TiE Nairobi; CEO, BDO East Africa

Sandeep Khapre is CEO of BDO East Africa and Vice President of TiE Nairobi. BDO's Westwood offices have hosted most of the…

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Kunle Awosika

Microsoft Middle East & Africa

Enterprise Partner Solutions Leader

Kunle Awosika has spent more than two decades at Microsoft across Africa, starting as one of three pioneer team members when the…

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Zachariah George

Launch Africa Ventures

Co-Founder and Managing Partner

Zachariah George co-founded and runs Launch Africa Ventures, one of Africa's most active early-stage VC funds, with a portfolio of over 180…

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Akshay Grover

AMADI

Founder, AMADI; President, TiE Nairobi

Akshay Grover founded AMADI, an advisory firm working on special situations and investment across Africa and the Middle East. Before that, he…

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Nirmala Sankaran

TiE Nairobi

Executive Director, TiE Nairobi

Nirmala Sankaran co-founded HeyMath!, a mathematics education platform used in over 1,000 schools worldwide, after eleven years at Citigroup in Mumbai, Bahrain…

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Ritu Bahal

KPM Tech Solutions Limited

CEO

After 37 years in corporate Kenya, Ritu Bahal founded KPM Tech Solutions, which built TrackRight, a logistics platform giving trucking businesses real-time…

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Maheboob Alibhai

Phoenix Assurance Group

Chairman

Maheboob Alibhai founded the Phoenix Assurance Group after acquiring Phoenix of East Africa from Sun Alliance UK in 1992, later expanding operations…

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Ananya Pal

Start Up Shujaa

Founder & CEO, Start Up Shujaa; Co-lead, TiE Women Nairobi Chapter

Ananya Pal is a Chartered Accountant who spent 12 years in accounting and industry before founding her Nairobi consultancy in 2023 and…

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Vimal Shah

Bidco Africa

Co-Founder & Chairman

Vimal Shah co-founded Bidco Africa with his father and brother in 1985, growing it from a soap-manufacturing venture into an FMCG group…

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Sheena Raikundalia

Kuza One (Kuza Biashara)

Chief Growth Officer

Sheena Raikundalia is Chief Growth Officer at Kuza Biashara, an agri-tech operating across seven African countries that connects over a million farmers…

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Aarthi Ramasubramanian

Afrishela

Senior Investment Consultant

Aarthi Ramasubramanian is Senior Investment Consultant at Afrishela, a USD 30 million pan-African investment vehicle incubated by the Graça Machel Trust that…

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Rajiv Sehgal

DHABA Nairobi

Director

Rajiv Sehgal is a director across several Nairobi restaurant brands, including DHABA, The Mayura and Tres Amigos, bringing Indian and Latin cuisines…

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