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ABC Webinar: What investors are looking for with Christelle Kupa & Rubelyn Alcantara from Uhusiano Capital (UK)

11th September 2019 by Afford Team

Tagged with: Africa, business, Crowdfunding, Investment, investors

Join  Christelle Kupa and Rubelyn Alcantra of Uhusiano Capital who will :

  • Their experience of running an Investment Fund
  • What they look for from entrepreneurs as investors
  • Their thoughts on what diaspora entrepreneurs should be focused on in terms of business in Africa
  • Tips for entrepreneurs seeking investment

This webinar is free to attend register here

About the speakers

Christelle Kupa is a sustainable finance expert and global impact investor with experience spanning international finance & banking, sustainable investing and cross-border innovation scale-up.

Christelle is the Founder and Chief Executive of Uhusiano Capital which she founded in 2016 as a catalyst to facilitate better business in the African impact investing sector, with a particular interest in agriculture and women economic empowerment. Christelle has convened a team of experts and specialists with whom she has developed service propositions that solve complex problems and add value for communities, stakeholders and shareholders in Africa.

Christelle spent 13 years as an Investment banker and Hedge-fund manager, JP Morgan and development expert at Symbiotics.

Christelle is an internationally recognised leader in impact investment. She has spoken at high profile events and conferences around the world and has been an expert participant in a number of panels and knowledge-sharing initiatives.

In her non-for-profit activities, Christelle is a practitioner, advocate, and lecturer on sustainable impact capitalism and community bridging through business and bottom-up leadership. She sits as a Trustee on Medical aid film.

Christelle is Belgian- Congolese, based in London, with extensive travel on the African continent. She holds a BA in business and finance and speaks French, Flemish, English, with some basics in Swahili and Lingala.

Rubelyn Alcantara, MBA is CEO & Founder, Supivaa Advisory Group (Canada)  which was founded after she spent several years supporting businesses, entrepreneurs and investors in Africa. Supivaa Advisory Group is a boutique consultancy firm focused on two pillars 1. Facilitating and encouraging Canada-Africa trade & investment and 2. Women’s Empowerment.

“Supivaa” is a play on words French/English of “support” and “vivre” (to live) thus “supporting life”. Supivaa also has a second, more fun meaning, “supporting the divas”. Ruby is also an Advisor to Uhusiano Capital, an UK regulated financial advisory firm focused on Impact Investing in Africa.

Originally from Vancouver, Canada, Ruby first stepped foot on the African continent in 2007 and since then, supporting Africa’s economic development has been interwoven her DNA. For the past 7 years, she’s been leading start-ups/projects either in or focused on Africa’s growth in a variety of sectors including renewable energy, agriculture, fin-tech, education, health, and media/publishing.

Ruby has lived and worked across Africa including Tanzania, Nigeria, Madagascar, South Africa, Cameroon, Uganda, Egypt, and Kenya. Early in her career, she worked with both governments and private sector in Africa to promote their respective countries to investors, policy-makers and key decision-makers, by producing reports distributed publications such as The Wall Street Journal, The Economist and the International Herald Tribune (now The New York Times International).

Ruby has played a lead role in companies that have benefited from commercial, impact and/or hybrid investment and as such she’s passionate to ensure that projects and entrepreneurs can get the support they need to hit that critical trajectory for growth and ensuring their investors are rewarded.

Ruby has served as Managing Director of Push Observer, an investment of SixTelecoms Group in Tanzania, where she trebled the company’s client base in less than 2 years with clients including of Vodacom, Diageo, the United Nations, British Gas and the Government of Tanzania.

She was the Chief Marketing Officer at Homestrings Ltd, later known as Movement Capital, one of the first crowdfunding sites focused on Africa.  She was part of the founding team that raised $25 million USD for 35 deals in 12 countries across Africa.  Most recently, she consulted, serving as interim-CEO for a solar energy and agriculture company in Madagascar which is a blended finance/hybrid investment of a private investor and grant funding from the EU.

Today her focus is on working/advising with both the Seekers of Capital (entrepreneurs and fund managers) and the Investors themselves (both Impact Investors and commercial investors) to actualise on the potential of Africa. Often with the Impact lens leveraging on the guidelines of the UN Principles of Responsible Investment (UNPRI) ensuring both ESG and SDG alignments.

Ruby holds an international MBA from IE Business School (Spain), a BA in Communications and Political Science from Simon Fraser University (Canada) and a Diploma in Broadcast Journalism from Columbia Academy (Canada).

Register to attend this webinar here

ABC Connects Fashion With Africa

24th January 2019 by Afford Team

Tagged with: ABC, ABC Connect, ABC Connects Fashion With Africa, AFFORD, AFFORD Business Club, Africa, business, development, diaspora, enterprise, Entrepeneurs, fashion, Investment, Training

ABC Connect is the AFFORD Business Club’s monthly networking event. It is an opportunity to network with members and gain some insight from experts in various fields.

ABC Connect in January 2019 will be a roundtable discussion focusing on the business of fashion in Africa and reaching wider markets. We will be hearing from industry experts, successful designers and those with the finance to provide necessary insight to fashion entrepreneurs with their eye on Africa!

Our guest speakers will include Jacqueline Shaw Director of Africa Fashion Guide, Yemisi Mokuolu CEO of Hatch Africa and Aji Ayorinde Founder and Creative Director of MIA London.

Topics covered will include:
– Testimony from industry experts
– Experience of successful designers
– Access to finance opportunities
– Networking with fashion insiders

This exclusive event is limited to 20 seats, so register now and don’t miss out!

Best of Nigeria Investment Expo 2018 (BONNIE 2018)

3rd October 2018 by Afford Team

Tagged with: AFFORD, Africa, BONNIE 2018, Brexit, business, development, diaspora, Entrepeneurs, event, ExCEL Centre, finance, international development, Investment, Nigeria

Theresa May’s recent visit to Nigeria and pledge to boost Britain’s investment in Africa after Brexit, along with the Nigerian governments promise to make Nigeria a global investment destination means that there is high demand for further investment in Nigeria.

The Best of Nigeria Investment Expo (Bonnie 2018) taking place from October 3rd-4th at the ExCel Centre in London will capitalise on this demand,  showcasing the many investment & business opportunities that Nigeria has to offer. The expo is the first of its kind to bring senior Nigerian Government Officials and successful entrepreneurs together with key investors from across sectors and continents.

Guests will have the opportunity to:

  • Discuss investment opportunities across various sectors
  • Gain brand exposure with global institutions and private investors
  • Network with peers and potential investors
  • Receive first class advice on business investment opportunities

If you are interested in attending, please click here to get your free ticket. 

AFFORD Business Club members will have the opportunity to exhibit at the expo via the ‘SME Booster Package’ at a discounted rate of 10%, To  find out more email  katharine@afford-uk.org for further information.

How to Get Featured by the Media

13th September 2018 by Afford Team

Tagged with: AFFORD, AFFORD Business Club, audience, business, business story, crisis management, development, diaspora, Entrepeneur, Investment, media, PR, social media

In this comprehensive business seminar small business owners, professionals and entrepreneurs will learn how to undertake their own media campaigns and get media attention for their personal and business brands.

Core elements of the seminar will include:

  • Understanding different types of media – The various layers and types of media.
  • Understanding PR and the media, and the impact it has on business growth.
  • Telling Your Business Story – How to write a great press release with a winning headline.
  • Media Training – Tips on preparing for media exposure
  • Crisis Management – Tips on how to handle a crisis in the media spotlight
  • How To Use Media Coverage To Grow Your Brand – Using media coverage to attract new customers and clients
  • Identifying Your Audience – Learn how to position the brand to get the right press in front of the right audience.
  • Use Social Media To Make An Impact – Pinpointing the best social media platforms necessary to amplify the brand.

Ronke Lawal, Founder of Ariatu PR is dedicated to seeing small business shine and succeed, using over a decade of business experience she will be giving business owners an overview of understanding different types of media and how use media coverage to grow your brand.

AFFORD’s Business Club members will benefit from 40% discount. Send an email to events@afford-uk.org to find out more.

For further info click here. 

AFFORD Rwanda Trade Mission Briefing Session

15th August 2018 by Afford Team

Tagged with: AFFORD, Africa, business, diaspora, Entrepeneurs, Investment, Rwanda, seminar, Trade Mission

AFFORD Business Club is  in the process of organising a Trade Mission to Rwanda for diaspora entrepreneurs and investors on the 26th November 2018 to 30th November 2018 (TBC). This period has been chosen as it coincides with the Rwanda Trade Expo focused on Made in Rwanda products. This will be a great opportunity to carry out market research, locate partners and identify gaps in the market that your products and services could respond to.

The Trade Mission will aim to:
– Expose UK diaspora businesses to opportunities in Rwanda
– Facilitate introductions for possible business partnerships
– Highlight the services and products of UK businesses
– Showcase opportunities within Rwanda to UK businesses

The offer:
Delegates will have the opportunity to attend and have showcase space at Rwanda’s largest Trade Expo. Attendees will meet potential partners and clients as well as visit key business sites in Kigali.

Delegates will also benefit from:
– Pre-trip meeting to give background and insight into doing business and business opportunities in Rwanda
– Post-trip connection follow up assistance
– Opportunity to participate in social media live sessions to share experience and reach greater audiences

The event will start at 18:30 sharp. Please get there for 18:00 in order to to get enough to time to meet and network with other participants. Light refreshments will be served. 

Click here to register for a free ticket. 

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