Dhruv Gupta
Simunza Muyangana
Simunza Muyangana serves as Director of Entrepreneurship and Innovation. Simunza and his team are responsible for the design and delivery of programs that support individuals or groups to explore and launch entrepreneurial ventures. They also offer consulting services to corporates coming up with new ideas or significant improvements to their current product or services. Simunza […]
Ronald Philip
Ronald Philip heads strategy across the Middle East, Africa and South Asia for Agility Logistics Parks, a leading developer of warehouse parks and part of the $9Bn Agility conglomerate. In his role, Ronald leads strategic planning, partnerships and growth into new markets, new asset classes and building new capabilities. In Africa, Agility Logistics Parks already […]
Dr. Puleng Makhoalibe
Dr. Puleng has a passion for creativity, design thinking and innovation. She has twenty years of experience working in the private sector, government and in higher educational institutions. Her academic background entails a BSc in Computer Science and Statistics, an MBA and a PhD in Business Management from the University of Cape Town. Her international […]
Roelof Opperman
Roelof Opperman is a Partner and Co-Head of the Europe team at Fifth Wall, where he focuses on technology and innovations within all real estate asset classes. Roelof has led Fifth Wall’s investments in Lyric, Eden, Appear Here, Hippo, Industrious, Loggi, Recharge, Lime, and Aurora Solar. Roelof is Co-Founding Chair of ULI Europe Technology and […]
Ashwin Ravichandran
Ashwin is a true believer in networks and entrepreneurs. With a background in Computer Science and Engineering and previous experience working in the innovation team at Honeywell and building tech startups in India (2 exits), Ashwin joined MEST in 2015 as a Technology Teaching Fellow and has since served as the Incubator Manager for MEST […]
Peter Clark
Peter is the Founder and Managing Partner of REdimension Capital, an investment manager focused on technology and innovation companies solving challenges for the built environment. He also serves on the Africa Proptech Forum advisory board and the SAPOA Proptech subcommittee. Previously, Peter was Head of Property Investments for Ninety One, where he was responsible for […]
Zach George
Zachariah (Zach) George is a Managing Partner at Launch Africa Ventures – Africa’s leading Seed Venture Capital Fund solving the significant gap in the pre-Series A investment landscape in Africa. He is also the co-founder and Chief Investment Officer at Startupbootcamp AfriTech – the leading multi-corporate backed venture accelerator program in Africa. Zach is widely […]