1st East Africa Private Equity & Venture Capital Breakfast

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Nairobi

The East Africa Private Equity & Venture Capital Breakfast is an annual event that is hosted through the joint cooperation of Pedersen & Partners and CMS Kenya | Daly Inamdar Advocates. The event will be held in Nairobi and will bring together senior decision makers from Private Equity, Mezzanine and Venture Funds, Asset Managers, Financial Institutions, Family Offices and their portfolio companies.

The purpose of this event is to bring together investment professionals to discuss and share experiences and comments regarding the current industry climate and future developments.

Type:
Private Equity Breakfast
Venue:

Villa Rosa Kempinski
Chiromo Road, Nairobi

Co-Chairs:

  • Michael Al-Nassir – Partner & Head of Private Equity Practice APMEA, Pedersen & Partners
  • Kevin Kwasa - Partner, CMS Kenya | Daly Inamdar Advocates

Panellists:

  • Marieke Geurts – Investment Director, Amethis
  • Marlene Hormes - Managing Director and Chief Investment Officer, WaterEquity
  • Michael Jelinske – Director of Investments, LeapFrog Investments
  • Faisal Jiwa – Senior Partner, AfricInvest
  • Ashish Patel –Managing Partner for Africa and Credit, Aavishkaar Capital
  • Karen Serem Waithaka - CEO, DOB Equity

Panel discussion topics:

  • Outlook for and latest trends in investment, finance, and M&A activity, including deal flow, valuations and exit strategies, search funds; one purpose funds; private debt funds, continuation funds;

  • High opportunity sectors and market segments: Artificial Intelligence, FinTech, Life Sciences, digital & energy infrastructure, water & food security, decarbonisation/clean energy;

  • Value creation: portfolio management and exit strategies, change management, the significance of human capital in due diligence, succession planning, and key talent acquisition and retention;
  • Influence of current external factors such as interest rates and inflation, armed geopolitical conflicts, digital transformation, energy transition, new legislation and key elections;
  • Fundraising environment - who are the main sources of capital: institutional investors, family offices, corporate ventures, sovereign wealth funds, multilaterals, funds of funds;

  • Importance of ESG criteria in fundraising and when selecting portfolio companies, including the increased demand for governance at both the fund and portfolio levels;
  • Outbound investment destinations - what geographies have the highest potential for investors and their portfolio companies?