South Africa

Having lived in Geneva, London and Brussels, Zama is now putting down roots in South Africa to help build an ecosystem for what3words. Zama previously worked with Danish companies to support their market entry in South Africa, and prior to this, spent three years in Brussels working in European public affairs with companies in the… read more »

Spearheading the planning and development of Uniciti on the West Coast of Mauritius, Olivier Desvaux de Marigny leads the master planning, urban planning strategies and deployment of all projects and components within the Medine Group’s smart city, as well as the smart initiatives earmarked as part of the city’s sustainable development strategy. Olivier is responsible… read more »

Cairon Clarke is the Co-Founder of PlotPeer. He is an experienced business consultant and specialises in supporting global financial institutions with the aim to deliver bespoke wealth and investment  management systems. Cairon has helped clients such as St James Place, Old Mutual Wealth, FNB, ANZ, Stanlib, Investec Wealth and Investment to translate complex business requirements into functional… read more »

Maurice Madiba is CEO of Cloud Atlas Investing, a Pan Africa (ex-SA) ETF issuer. He started as Intern at Nedbank and Absa before joining the NEF. He worked as a junior analyst at Convergence Partners and joined Deutsche Bank in 2010, working as a Prime Broking Associate. He was client representative for pension funds, LISPs… read more »

Sethebe Manake is a business owner, standing at the helm of Botswana’s first Property Research and Consulting Firm.  She has extensive experience in the real estate industry particularly with pension fund portfolios, listed property portfolios, consortiums, joint ventures and privately owned portfolios. Her last corporate role was Chief Executive Officer of listed property company Letlole… read more »

Wayne Berger is a PropTech expert, with an international MBA, and is currently MD at iShack Ventures (a Venture Builder developing disruptive technologies in Real Estate, FinTech and EduTech sectors). He founded and chairs iShack Digital Consultancy, specialising in international online advertising and innovation initiatives. Wayne holds a B.Com. Informatics and B.Com. Hons. Investment degree…. read more »

Adriaan Otto joined Massmart’s Real Estate team in early 2018. A large part of his current focus is assisting the Game, Builders Warehouse and Jumbo brands expand their footprint across Sub-Saharan Africa by originating ideal site locations and concluding favourable deals. Adriaan has ten years’ real estate experience, the majority on the African continent. Before… read more »

Obinna Okwodu is CEO of Fibre. Fibre provides guaranteed rental income for property owners in Nigeria, while being the easiest way for tenants to find and pay for a rental home in the country. Obinna has been at Fibre since June 2016 in which time the company has generated over N400 million ($1 million) in… read more »

Ibraheem Babalola is the Co-Founder/CEO of Muster. Ibraheem is responsible for business development, growth, expansion and overall strategy of the company. Ibraheem has a broad professional experience from working across commercial banking, SAAS, human capital management and investment banking in Nigeria and the UK. Ibraheem Babalola has advised private and listed companies on Investment and… read more »

Samuel de Gersigny is currently the Director of Moka Smart City, he joined ENL a decade ago in the real estate division of the group where he developed a strong experience in all different trades connected to property, from commercial to design and project management. Samuel holds of a Masters in Management from the Institut… read more »

Tosin brings her immense knowledge of the sector to every real estate development transaction. Tosin has been actively engaged in regulatory efforts in the financing of real estate projects via the capital markets. Tosin’s transaction experiences include advising the Lead Arranger (FBN Capital), the Nigerian Mortgage Refinance Company Plc, UPDC and advising on the aspects… read more »

Nick Langford is a Chartered General Practise Surveyor with 25 years’ experience of real estate development in the emerging markets of Eastern Europe and Asia where he managed the early stage delivery of some major projects. Most recently Nick lived in Moscow responsible for the leasing of Avia Park, Europe’s largest shopping and entertainment centre… read more »

Julien Garcier is the Founder and Managing Director of Sagaci Research, the leading independent market research / market intelligence firm dedicated to African markets. Prior to launching Sagaci Research in 2012, Julien was a Principal at The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) where he was involved on growing the firm activity across the African continent, advising… read more »

Xander Nijnens is currently the Executive Vice President of JLL Hotels & Hospitality Group. Prior to joining JLL, he was Managing Director of a third party hotel operator with various global brands under management in South Africa. Previous appointments include Asset Manager and Chief Analyst at Africa’s first real estate investment trust specialised in hotels… read more »

Deon Bruwer began his career in civil engineering in 1995 in the United Kingdom and has over 18 years’ experience in the capacity as project manager, business development manager, head of real estate and CEO.  He has been involved in large scale real estate developments on the African continent. He was a founding member of… read more »