Team

Elizabeth Howard is a founding Director and Acting CEO of ACfA. In 2015 she co-founded LelapaFund, an equity crowdfunding platform for diaspora investors focused on East Africa, building a community of 2500+ investors and entrepreneurs. LelapaFund’s regulatory challenges led her to create ACfA and work full time on building a pan-African regulatory framework for crowdfunding. She also founded Women in African Investments, a 260+ peer-to-peer network of investment professionals. Prior to that, she worked in academia and private sector in risk management and financial economics.

Qualifications

• Master’s in Economics, Sciences Po Paris
• B.Comm in Economics (Honours) University of Cape Town
• B.Soc Sci Economics, Politics and Philosophy, University of Cape Town
• Certificate of Entrepreneurship, Stanford University GSB

Mouhamadou has Master’s Degree in Public Law from Cheikh Anta Diop University in Senegal, and is currently completing his PhD studies in Public Reforms in Africa. He previously worked as a Legal Advisor to the Minister of Trade and SMEs in Senegal and as a Business Developer for LexAfrica Senegal. He is a polyglot, fluent in Wolof, French, English, German and Arabic.

Tamsin Freemantle has extensive experience working on the continent particularly on capital markets. She has worked with FMDQ Securities Exchange in Nigeria advising on capital markets development and analysing the financial markets infrastructure landscape in Nigeria. She has also recently worked with the Johannesburg Stock Exchange as head of sustainability. In addition to this, she has 5 years of experience in retail banking, 10 years of experience in general management and 3 years of professional services experience; these roles were at Nedbank, Allan & Overy LLP and Johannesburg Stock Exchange. She is also currently serving as a director at the South Africa-Nigeria Business Chamber, Just One Lap, a trading & investment education entity and Mbona Private Nature Reserve in Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa. Tamsin is passionate about about building the African continent; she has set up her own business focusing on developing Africa’s Capital Markets through strategic advisory.
She studied English, International Relations and Law at the University of Witwatersrand as well as an MBA from the Gordon Institute of Business in South Africa.

Tebogo is an accountant by training and holds qualifications from the Witswatersrand University in Financial Accounting and Company Law. She has extensive experience in project accounting and contract management having worked in the engineering and construction industry for over 8 years. She currently works within the development ecosystem on the African continent and has been involved in projects that aim to develop SMEs especially those owned by women. Her passion is assisting entrepreneurs to thrive by participating in efforts that make it easier for small businesses to access funding.

Dennis is a Kenyan student at Sciences Po Paris studying International Development and currently undertaking a traineeship within the Compliance Division of Société Générale.
He previously interned at UN-Habitat and the French Institute for Research in Africa.

Martha is a Mastercard Foundation scholar pursuing a Master’s Degree in Economics and Business at Sciences Po, France. Prior to her graduate studies, she had a two-year stint as an Investment Analyst/Fund Administrator with the Asset Management division of Databank Group, one of the leading investment companies in Ghana. Martha has a strong interest in Fund and Asset Management, Valuations, and Financial, Investment & Data Analysis. Her childhood experiences have shaped her into one who is willing and enthusiastic about making a difference in the lives of others by giving back all that she has been equipped with, as she explores new chapters and opportunities that will contribute towards her professional and personal growth.

Qualifications:

• BSc. Business Administration, Ashesi University (Ghana)
• Securities Industry Certification, Ghana Stock Exchange (Ghana)

Vivien is a Nigerian qualified lawyer currently engaged in commercial law practice. She previously attended University of Nottingham, United Kingdom where she undertook and completed her Masters Program in International Commercial Law. Her research project explored the possibility of reorganising of the current regulatory structure of the International Financial and Monetary System.

Daniel Onzimai holds a BSc. Degree in Building Economics and is enrolled in the CFA Program. He is a Real Estate Analyst at Dawin Advisory and has previously worked as Quantity Surveyor in various real estate developments in Uganda.

Daniel is also a Finance analyst with the Assets Reconstruction Company, an initiative by the Uganda Bankers Association to solve the growing problem of Non-Performing Loans in the Banking Sector

Daniel is passionate about creating financing solutions for the Infrastructure and Real Estate developments as well as growing the Construction Value Chain in Uganda.