The Network

Christian zu Fürstenberg

Family Office, Haus Fürstenberg Holding

Dr. Christo Wiese

Chairman Emeritus, Shoprite

Martin Manniche

Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder, Investor, AXON Networks

Neville Isdell

Former chairman and CEO of The Coca-Cola Company

Louis Norval

Investor & Art Collector

Thebe Magugu

South African fashion designer, Thebe Magugu

Robin Lingg

Former Chairman of the Board of Directors, Ringier Sports Media Group | Owner and Chairman, MYMELANDO AG

Niclas Kjellström-Matseke  

Investor & Ex-CEO Novamedia | The Postcode Lottery

Karl Westvig

Former CEO, TymeBank | Private Investor

Wendy Luhabe

Chief Executive Officer, E Squared Investments | Director 3 Capital Ventures | Partner, Kingson Capital.

Dr. Hendrik Brandis

Co-Founder and Partner, Earlybird Venture Capital

Tomiwa Aladekomo

CEO, Big Cabal Media

Michael Lorentz

Founder, Safari By Design

Heather Sonn

Director, Gamiro Investment Group

Thilo von Selchow

Private Investor & Advisor

Manuel Koser

Co-Founder & Managing Director, Silvertree Brands

Johan Bosini

Partner, Quona Capital

James Boardman

Founder, Grey Heron Venture Partners

Ido Sum

Co-Founder, AfricAI Group

Gidon Novick

Entrepreneur & Investor, Circle Senior Living

Chijioke Dozie

Co-Founder, Carbon

Bastian Gotter

Founder & Angel Investor

Angelica Adamski

CEO, GrowTheFuture AB

André Kanya

Founding Partner, w3.fund

Thabo Dloti

Chairman of the Board, African Bank

Roman Kirsch

Entrepreneur & Investor, Rapid Pioneers Group

Mike Joubert

Founder, Billybo Group | Chairman, Viya Health

Marco Neuhaus

Venture Partner, Motive Ventures

Styli Charalambous

Co-founder and CEO at Daily Maverick

Rob Sussman

CEO at Integr8 Group

Maximilian von Waldenfels

Co-Founder, Caspar Health

Carsten Puschmann

Serial Entrepreneur & Investor

Oliver Merkel

Founder, Flink

Jonni Glick

Director, Real Estate Private Equity, DFI

Bongani Raziya

Director, Petregaz

Mike Coppin

Managing Associate, Mike Coppin & Associates

Michael Moritz

CEO, Carlsquare

Ridwan Olalere

CEO, LemFi

Philipp Gutsch

Chairman, Coca-Cola Beverages Africa 

Idris Bello

Founding Partner, LoftyInc Capital Management

Kenneth Raydon Sharpe

CEO, WestProp Holdings

Herman Steyn

Co-Founder & Chairman, Prescient Group

Timothy Nuy

Founder & Chairman, Fin | Founder & Director, Fractal Labs

Jessica Spira

Co-founder and Investor, Titan Ventures

Lord Karan Bilimoria

Founder, Cobra Beer

Daniel Wild

Vice Chairman, Mountain Alliance | Owner & Managing Director, Tiburon

Joshin Raghubar

Founder and Executive Chairperson, iKineo Ventures | Co-Founder, Totemiq

Wandile Mtoba

Director, Coral Tree | Co-Founder, Velisa Wine

Prof. Tulio de Oliveira

Pro Vice Chancellor for Business, Industry and Foundation Partnership, Stellenbosch University

Mike Flax

Deputy Chair, Spear REIT Limited

Daniel Hinz

MD of the Bau Venture, The Bau Ventures

Olaoluwa Samuel-Biyi

Co-Founder, Busha

Connie Mashaba

Former President of Johannesburg Chamber of Commerce and Industry (JCCI) | Manager, Amka Products (Pty) Ltd

Eliot Dupuis

Chief Executive Officer, Dona Farm | Investment Manager, Dupuis Investment

Sandile Dube

Managing Director, Equinix

Daniel Khachab

Co-Founder & CEO, Choco

De Villiers Graaff

CEO, De Grendel Wines

Bas Hochstenbach

Co-Founder / Managing Partner, E4EAfrica

Paul Clüver

Managing Director, Paul Clüver Family Wines

Patrick Stein-Kaempfe

Co-Founder and Partner, Actus Education Holdings | Founder, Active Equity | Project Director, HYPHEN Hydrogen Energy

Natalie Jabangwe

Former Group Chief Digital Officer, Sanlam | Board Member, Wesgro | Group Chief Digital Officer| Former CEO, EcoCash Zw

Margaret O'Connor

Chairperson, Launch Africa | Independent Director, Chrysalis Investments

Tina Kleingarn

Partner, Westend Corporate Finance

Paula Le Roux

Trustee, Sugarbird

Eddie Andrews

Entrepreneur & Investor, Rapid Pioneers Group

Chijioke Dozie

Co-Founder, Carbon

Rashid Toefy

Deputy Director-General, Western Cape Government | Member Board of Directors, Wesgro

Denis Vučkovac

Founder & Managing Partner, very early Ventures

Dr. Michael Louis

Chairman, WestProp Holdings

Kola Aina

General Partner, Ventures Platform Fund

Gbenga Ajayi

Partner, QED Investors

Gladwyn Leeuw

Chief Executive Officer, E Squared Investments | Director 3 Capital Ventures | Partner, Kingson Capital.

Matthew McCormick

Chief Marketing Officer, Go Digital Technologies (Pty) Ltd

Prof. Claudia Zeisberger

Professor of Entrepreneurship & Family Enterprise, INSEAD | Investor

Heleen Rouw

Programme Director, CIIIC

Kevin Chaplin

Founder and Managing Director, SA Ubuntu Foundation |Managing Director the Amy Foundation

Chijioke Dozie

Co-Founder, Carbon

Rony Vogel

Chief Executive Officer, Vogel Family Office ltd.

Marco Vietor

Co-Founder & Managing Director, audibene GmbH

Hans Otterling

Founding Partner, Norrsken22 Africa Tech Growth Fund

James Bailes

Co-Founder, Castleton Capital

Julian Teicke

Co-Founder & Chairman, The Delta

Kim Faclier

Chair Leadership Dev, Networks Committee, Real Estate & Africa Regional Board, YPO | Managing Director, Property South Africa, Liquidity Services

Sherine Kabesh

CEO, Flash

Patrick Zimmermann

Managing Director, Common Solutions GmbH & Co.

Anita Patrickson

Founder & Creative Director, Amanu

Darren Wilder

Chief Executive Officer, Fairvest Limited | Director, Fairvest Property Holdings | Executive Director, New Star Asset Management

Oliver Matyschik

Founding Partner, Counder

Florian Schauenburg

CEO, SCHAUENBURG International GmbH

Prof. Dr. Stephan Thor Stubner

Professor & Investor | Co-Founder, ciao.com & trivago | Chairman, CODE University | Porsche AG Chair at HHL

Dr. Jan Deepen

Co-Founder, SumUp

Jessica Motaung

Director, Kaizer Chiefs

Hardy Pemhiwa

President & CEO, Cassava Technologies

Guido Giachetti

Founder and Executive Director, RDC Property Group

Craig Stanley

Founder & Chief Executive, Atlantic Renewable Energy Partners

Sandor Carter

Partner, The Original Ker & Downey Safaris Ltd

Anthony Costa

Head of B20 Secretariat, Business Unity South Africa

Khangi Khoza

CEO, Swissport South Africa Pty Ltd

Dan Mace

Chief Creative Officer, Beast Philanthropy | YouTuber & Filmmaker

Emmanuel Lubanzadio

Africa Lead, OpenAI

Henrik Persson Ekdahl

Investor & Advisor

Arndt Hüsges

Founder & CEO, Hüsges Group

Constantin Lennert

Private Investor

Kornel Rajnai

Private Investor

Marina Davidova

Managing Partner, DVC

Sudeep Ramnani

Founder & Managing Partner, 885 Capital

Cyrille Nkontchou

Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Enko Capital

Dirk Ströer

Member of the Supervisory Board, Ströer SE & Co. KGaA | Chief Executive Officer, Media Ventures GmbH

Ethiopis Tafara

Vice President for Africa, International Finance Corporation

Akin II Omoboriowo

Chairman & CEO, Genesis Energy Holding

Kelley Starke

Founder & CEO, Kensani Capital

Konstantin Urban

General Partner, Generations Fund (G-Fund)

Caroline Greyling

Museum Director, Norval Foundation

Roberta Gumede

Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Gijima

David Cohen

Managing Director, Signatura Property Development | Director, Perch Short Stays | Director, Bunny Digital

Nyimpini Mabunda

Founder and CEO, Take Charge Leadership Institute | Chairman of the Board, Schindler Lifts (Pty) Ltd (South Africa)

Achim Kuessner

Private Investor

Nicholas Ackerman

Partner, Lionhead Capital Partners

Anthony William Catt

Founder & Director, Ventures 54

Leonard Stiegeler

Chairman, Counder

Raphael Strauch

Founder, Token2049 | Founder, Alice Capital

Tom Boardman

Investor & Entrepreneur

Steven Grin

Managing Partner, Lateral Frontiers VC

Jonathan Heinamann

Chairman and CEO, Athena Capital (Pty) Limited & SAIA

Ryan Rockefeller

CEO & Co-Founder, Rising Tide

Moritz Elleke

Private Investor & Advisor

Karin Pickard Louis

Chair, Kaapstad Sakekamer

Nick Davidov

Partner and Cofounder, Davidovs VC

Kuseni Dlamini

Chairman, Aspen Pharma Group

Marie-Li Haub

Director of Business Development, Tengelmann Twenty-One KG

Finn Age Hänsel

Founder, Sanity Group

Shola Akinlade

Co-Founder & CEO, Paystack

Tanja Werheit

Consul General of the Federal Republic of Germany, Cape Town

Andreas Papadaniil

Founder & CEO, suresecure GmbH

Anuradha Das Mathur

Chair, IMA Policy Forum

Mato Perić

Technology Entrepreneur & Investor

Maurizio Caio

Founder & Managing Partner, TLcom Capital LLP

Eric Idiahi

CEO, Evercorp Industries

Philipp Graf Schack von Wittenau

Family Office

Basar Caniperk

Entrepreneur & Investor

Fabian Wittleben

Founding Partner, MVP Founders

Mark Miller

Founder and Managing Partner, Carlsquare

Tim Tepass

Co-Founder, MVP Founders

Philipp Ströhemann

Private Investor & Advisor

Andrew da Costa

Co-founder and Partner, The Intrepid

Dr. Jonathan Doerr

SVP, Disrupt.com

Andrew Stewart

Partner, Level One Fund

Jonathan Cordero

Private Investor

Anton Gillis

Chapter President, FEO Cape Town

Avinav Nigam

Founder & CEO, TERN Group

Barry Johnson

Founder & CEO, 7 Generations Africa

Carmen Calisto

Chief Strategy & Marketing Officer, Cartrack

Christiane Kilian

Board member, STIFT

Christopher Joondeph

Content Creator, authentic_traveling

Claudia Conceicao

Regional Director, Southern Africa, International Finance Corporation

Claudia Swartzberg

CEO, Top Dog Education & CambriLearn

David Torr

Co-Founder & CEO, FARO

Dele Olojede

Founder & Host, Africa in the World

Duncan Irvine

CEO and Founder, Forge

Edward Lepine-Williams

Partner, Lionhead Capital Partners

Elias Gallego

VP, Business Development, Marketing & Media, Sporty Group

Elias Schulze

General Manager, PFL Africa

Etop Ikpe

CEO, Autochek Africa

Felix Leonhardt

Managing Partner, Oyster Bay Venture Capital

Frank Mccosker

Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Africa Bridge Fund

Frederik de Ridder

Chief Executive Officer, Mura Space

Jasper Masemann

General Partner, Discovery Ventures

Josh Whale

Founder and CEO, Ampersand USA Inc

Dr. Julian Hueck

Managing Director, O.E. Hueck GmbH

Justin Swart

Principal, BITKRAFT Ventures

Kamil Saeid

Partner, defy.vc

Keet van Zyl

High-Growth Venture Investor | Co-Founder, Knife Capital

Kevin Dillon

Managing Partner & Co-Founder, Atlantic Bridge Capital LLP

Kevin Kock

Co-Founder & CRO, LANCH

Mamo Mihretu

Former Governor, National Bank of Ethiopia | Former CEO, Ethiopian Investment Holdings

Mariama Boumanjal

Ukraine Startup Fund Manager, Google for Startups UK and Africa Lead, Founders Fund Manager - Europe & Africa, Google for Startups

Marina Markezic

Co-Founder & Executive Director, European Crypto Initiative

Mathias Ockenfels

Partner, b2venture

Melvyn Lubega

Partner, Breega

Michael Power

Director & Geo-Economic Strategist, Kaskazi Consulting

Moky Makura

Executive Director, Africa No Filter | Partner, Dazzle Angels

Neil Markovitz

Chief Executive Officer, Newmark Hotels

Nicholas Katsapas

Director, Africrest Properties

Nina Verder

Principal Operator-Investor, Secha Capital

Odunayo Eweniyi

Co-founder & Chief Operations Officer, PiggyVest

Omar Khashaba

General Partner, Algebra Ventures

Opeyemi Awoyemi

Evangelist, OlaCV | General Partner, Fast Forward Venture Studio

Patrick Kirchhoff

Director & Engineering, Cisco

Pontsho Maruping

Managing Director, South African Radio Astronomy Observatory

Raghu Raman

Founder & Speaker, Capt. Raman

Sachen Chandaria

Chief Executive Officer, Orbit Products Africa Limited

Sascha Weiler

Founding Partner, GoGroup

Simone van Straaten

Chief Executive Officer, Verimark

Sophie Gandet

Founder, Sophie Gandet Consulting | Head of Community, Journeys With Purpose

Thomas Otter

General Partner, Acadian Ventures

Wrenelle Stander

Chief Executive Officer, Wesgro Tourism

Karsten Wulf

Founder and CEO, zwei.7 Holding GmbH

Nicolaas Marais

Chairman & Co-Founder, Carmel Wealth

James Stewart

Partner, Level One Fund

Reyburn Hendricks

Director, H1 Holdings

Gregor Unger

Managing Partner, caesar.

Deetje Scannell

Private Investor

Dr. Onike Nicol-Houra

Lead Investment Relations Specialist, Africa Investment Forum

Mulumba Lwatula

Head of Investments, Industrial Development Corporation

Kolawole Owodunni

Executive Director & Chief Investment Officer, Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority

Adele Hollmann

Senior Scientific Affairs Manager, Sanity Group

Kenneth Harlan Simmons III

Youth Football Coach, Kaizer Chiefs

Jesse Hemson-Struthers

Co-Founder & CEO, BVNK

Erwin Rademaker

Senior programmamanager, Port of Rotterdam

Herman Spruit

CEO, 361 at Finca, FINCA International

Andy Loy

Co-Founder & Partner, The Yope Foundation

Dagmar van Ravenswaay Claasen

Senior Partner, LUMO Labs

Kerry West Fynn

CEO, AlphaWealth

Pieter van Groos

Founding Partner Strand House Investments (Pty) Limited

Matthias Vollherbst

Business Owner & Board Member, Vollherbst

Michael Schmidt

Chief Investment Officer, 885 Capital

Brian Waswani Odhiambo

Partner, Novastar Ventures

Karen Pieterse

Head of Sales Stratosat Africa, Stratosat Datacom SA (Pty) Ltd

Thomas Bachem

Founder & Managing Director of CODE Trust, CODE University of Applied Sciences

Fredrik Jung Abbou

Co-Founder, Norrsken Launcher

Lutz Stenvers

CEO, mtex antenna technology

Michael Mol

Medical Doctor, Media Personality & Health-Tech Entrepreneur

Daniel Bronk

Managing Partner, B+V Union GmbH

Ravi Naidoo

Commissioner National Planning Commission, Presidency, Republic of South Africa

Thomas de Buhr

CEO, TDB - OFF THE PITCH

Kelly Chibale

Professor of Organic Chemistry, University of Cape Town, South Africa

James Nathan

Chief Executive Officer, Nucleus Investment Management

Adam Fine

CEO & Founder, Fives Futbol | Co-Founder Virgin Active Padel Club ZA

Jacob Wiese

Alternative Non-Executive Director at Shoprite Holdings Ltd.

Eric Spett

Founder & CEO, Coach, Scalebound

Hakan Filipson

Investor, HFCT Investments

Gregory Parsons

Vice President of Global Business Development Media and Marketing at Sporty Group

Anton Gaylard

Director, Troygold

Mark Burke

Member of Parliament, Parliament of the Republic of South Africa

Tilo Bonow

Founder & CEO, PIABO Communications

Niels Kalshoven

U-space Liasion - Port of Rotterdam, DronePort Rotterdam

Linda Mabhena-Olagunju

Founder & Chief Executive Officer, DLO Energy Resources Group (Pty) Ltd

Amandine Lobelle

Chief Operating Officer, Paystack

Axel Konjack

Head Global Marketplaces / Member Group Executive Board, Ringier AG

Fasie Malherbe

Chief Executive Officer and Co-founder, Smart Operator AI

James Barrington-Brown

Chief Revenue Officer, NewCraft Aerospace

Branko Brkic

Leader, Project Kontinuum

Lee-Anne Singer

Marketing & Sales Director, Singer Group | Partner, Southern Africa, HVS Middle East & Africa

Jens Kunath

CEO, Orangemedia.de GmbH & Co.KG

Vymala Thuron

Group Head, Shelter Afrique Development Bank (ShafDB)

Cairo Howarth

President, EFC

Willem Venter

Chief Executive Officer, Prescient Holdings (Pty) Ltd

Mika Hajjar

Co-Founder & Managing Partner, P1 Ventures

George Straschnov

Managing Director, Bisk Ventures

Basetsana Kumalo

Executive Chairman & CEO, Basetsana Woman Investment Holdings (Pty)Ltd.

Benni McCarthy

Former Professional Footballer & Head Coach of Kenya's Harambee Stars

Christoph Seeger

Managing Director, CLL

Dirk Harbecke

Chairman, Rock Tech Lithium

James Mwangi

Founder & CEO, Africa Climate Ventures

Katharina Link

CEO, Pulse

Michel Weiss

Chief Executive Officer, Counder

Oliver Matyschik

Private Investor & Advisor

Philipp Schack

Managing Partner, DREHTAINER GmbH

Samy Samandjeu

Founder & CEO, Creativesapp

Sören Martius

Co-Founder, To11

Spencer Johnson

Managing Director, Lona Group

Velani Mboweni

Co-Founder & CEO, LULA

Yvonne Chaka Chaka

Singer