Tola Adesanmi

Akintola Adesanmi is the Co-Founder of Spleet, a startup that provides access to premium residential solutions, with options of daily, monthly, and quarterly subscriptions. Akintola has an extensive background in the banking and fintech space as a product manager, building and managing products, most notably for GTBank and eTranzact. Spleet provides easier living in Africa […]
Dewaldt de Lange

Dewaldt is a Director within CBRE Excellerate’s Advisory and Transactional Services Business. He is responsible for advising Global Occupier Clients on the effective management and de-risking of their Real Estate portfolios and Investments across Sub-Saharan Africa. With over 12 years commercial property experience in Africa, Dewaldt has built up a comprehensive understanding of the African […]
Vicus Bouwer

Vicus looks after retail developments in Sub-Saharan Africa with the scope of his work involving finding tenants, securing of new retail projects in new and existing locations, budgets and management of staff. He was involved in the leasing of West Hills Mall and the Junction in Ghana which opened in 2014. Vicus is currently leasing […]
Paul Keursten

Paul is co-founder and ceo of Workshop17, an award winning flexible workspace company that designs, builds and manages co-working and innovation spaces across South Africa. At the moment, Workshop17 operates 6 locations with over 1500 members and more than 250 companies from various backgrounds and in various professions. Workshop17 is set to double in size […]
Henning Rasmuss

Henning co-founded Paragon Architects in 1997 with Anthony Orelowitz. Since 2012, he has been responsible for all the Group’s International Projects, and for Business Development in Africa. The company has expanded into Cape Town in South Africa. His activities have led to project engagements in 18 countries on the continent, and completed projects in 11 […]
Marc Wachsberger

When Marc was five years old he told a school teacher that he wanted to be a businessman, and not a fire fighter like some of his peers. At just 40 years old, he can tick that box. As the MD and owner of this disruptive group, he is a humble guy with great vision. […]
Andrzej Mrozek-Folkierski

Andrzej is responsible for IWG’s growth across the Middle East & Africa and new countries. He has been with IWG for over 6 years and has a strong understanding of the real estate sector in Africa as well as the structural changes in the market towards flexible working and co-working. During his time he has […]
Barry Kaganson

Barry founded Auria Senior Living in 2016, after realising that the over-70s in South Africa were faced with limited choices regarding their later living and care options. Auria Senior Living develops, owns and operates continuing care retirement communities across South Africa. Barry is a Chartered Accountant (SA), with extensive experience in Corporate Finance in South […]
Dr. Marco Macagnano

Dr Marco Macagnano Smart Real Estate Leader for Deloitte Consulting in South Africa and Africa, which caters to the design and delivery of connected buildings and cities, IoT integration, digital transformation and strategy, and intelligent asset management. Marco is a professional architect with 14 years of experience in professional practice, a Director of the Green […]
Genevieve Naidoo

Genevieve has 18 years’ experience in the property industry. She recently returned to Nedbank after honing her skills at Standard Bank CIB where she was Executive Head: Real Estate Credit Risk for South Africa and Rest of Africa. In this position, she was also responsible for the Project Management and Commercial Property Valuations divisions, building […]