Future of Impact Summit 2024

The Future of Impact Summit, co-hosted with our sister venture XOCO, brings together impact-driven entrepreneurs, investors, digital leaders and ecosystem players to connect, learn and inspire action towards an equitable, inclusive and sustainable future on the journey to the SDGs 2030.

The next Future of Impact Summit takes place on February 6-7, 2024

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Program

Check out our action-packed Summit program!

100% of tickets are donations to XOCO, a non-profit venture empowering refugee girls to escape gender based violence and leapfrog to digital jobs of the future.

The 2024 Summit builds on the success of the Summit in previous years, annually featuring 200+ participating entrepreneurs, investors and ecosystem players across 60+ countries, inspiring new collaborations and action.

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Speakers


Leanne Mair, Managing Director & Founder, Benefactum Consulting

Andia Chakava,
Investment Director,
Graça Machel Trust

Ennis Rimawi,

Managing Director, Catalyst Investment Management

Julia Price, Co-Founder & Director, Linea Capital

Mansi Gupta, Founder & Design Strategist, Unconform


Alberto Gómez-Obregón, Managing Partner at CO_Capital

Yemi KerI,
Co-Founder,

Rising Tide Africa

Richa Natarajan, Partner, UC Impower

Jessica Menon,

Founder & CEO,

Equilo

Ashim Egunjobi,
Angel Investor,

Rising Tide Africa

Managing Partner,

Octerra Capital


Lelemba Phiri,
Co-Founder & Partner, ATG Samata

Maria Claudia García, Director, Fundación Finsocial

Monica Peraza O'Quigley, CEO & Founder, JUST

Tamilore Omojola,

Malala Fund fellow, Girls Education & Climate Advocate

Jessica Espinoza, CEO, 2X Global & Founder, XOCO


Vasili Sofiadellis, Founder & CEO, Visions2Ventures

Nonzwakazi Adonisi, Impact Network Co-Ordinator & Innovative Finance Specialist, Lelapa

Jenny Atout Ahlzén,

Co-Founder & Partner, Amam Ventures

Chintal Barot, Director, CoSustain

Carla Grados VillamaR,
Latin America Growth Lead, 60 Decibles


Langa Madonko,
Investment Principal,
SUMMIT Africa

Elizabeth Howard, Founder, Lelapa & Women in African Investments

Hema Vallabh,
Founding Partner,

Five35 Ventures

Linda Rincón, Director of Experiences,
The ImPact

Evelyne Dioh Simpa,

Managing Partner, WIC Capital


Margo Jordan,

Founder & CEO, Youth Enrichments

Pol Thielen,

Founding Partner, Emerald Peak Private Equity

Nonkululeko Komanyane,
General Partner,
Digital Africa Ventures

Carey Bohjanen,
Founder,
The Rallying Cry

Sandrine Henton,
Managing Director
Educate Global


Bonnie Chiu,
Managing Director,
The Social Investment Consultancy,
Forbes Contributor

Douja Gharbi, DAMYA Angels

Marijn Wiersma,
Director of Community & Innovation, 2X Global; Founder,
Incredible Impact

Leesa Soulodre, DeepTech Investor
General Partner, R3I Capital

Ron Sircar,
Project Manager - UK's Nigeria Infrastructure Advisory Facility (UKNIAF)


Rafia Qureshi, Chief Strategy Officer, Lebec Consulting

Tanuja Prasad,
Co-Founder at Regenerative Investing

Servane Mouazan, Founder & Chief Purpose Officer, Conscious Innovation

Sawa Nakagawa, Executive Director of AlphaMundi Foundation

Monica Gomez Espadero, Sourcing & Investment Associate, Seedstars


Elsa AR Yanni, MENA Senior Program Manager, Seedstars

Nurul Hai,
Vice President, SEAF

JONA REPISHTI,
ECOSYSTEM BUILDER,

GENDER EXPERT,

DIGITAL GREEN 

Alyanna Marie Carrion, Programs & Comms, XOCO

Nathasha Dharmasena, Girls empowerment & financial inclusion, XOCO


More to be announced soon…

 

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Speakers


Marie Smith

CIO & Co-Founder,

Data 360 |

Managing Director, Data 360 Labs

Ola Brown

Founder, Flying Doctors Healthcare Investment Company

Angel & VC Investor

Jennifer Buckley,
Managing Director,
Sweef Capital

Abi Mustapha-Maduakor,

Chief executive officer, AVCA

Magda Chelly

Founder & CEO

Responsible Cyber


Cedric Brown,
VP, Global Leadership Programs,
Obama Foundation

Jessica Menon,

Founder & CEO,

Equilo

Ennis Rimawi,

Managing Director, Catalyst Investment Management

Queta Gonzalez,

Investment Associate,

Techstars

Danya Sherman

Founder & CEO

KnoNap


Manny Ayala,
Co-Founder & Managing Director,
Endeavor Philippines

Lisa Lambie,
Investment Committee Member,
Maroon Invest Global

Ron Hose,
Tech Entrepreneur & Investor

Andia Chakava,
Investment Director,
Graça Machel Trust

Arnaud Gillin,
Partner,

Innpact


Leanne Mair, Managing Director & Founder, Benefactum Consulting

Jorge Farfan,

Director - LatAm & Fund Manager, Bamboo Capital Partners

Adesuwa Okunbo Rhodes,

Founder & Managing Partner, Aruwa Capital

Julia Price, Co-Founder & Director, Linea Capital

Alberto Gómez-Obregón, Managing Partner at CO_Capital


Elizabeth Howard, CEO, African Crowdfunding Association | Founder, Lelapa & Women in African Investments

Richa Natarajan, Managing Director, Unitus Capital

Nir Melamud,

Founder CEO @ FreshStart | Startup's Fundraising & Scaling Partner

Jessica espinoza, CEO, 2X Collaborative & Founder, Jellycorn

Chris Rangen, Chairman, Link Venture Capital


Faridah Usman,
Director,
Kuramo Capital Management

Laura Davis,

Managing Partner, RENEW

Tara Sabre Collier,

Impact investor

Sarah Djari,

Principal, Private Equity, responsibility | VP, Gender Lens Initiative for Switzerland (GLIS)

Vasili Sofiadellis, Founder & CEO, Visions2Ventures


Tamilore Omojola,

Malala Fund fellow, Girls Education & Climate Advocate

Yann Groeger, Regional Director, Latin America & Africa, BlueOrchard

Evelyne Dioh Simpa,

Managing Partner, WIC Capital

Jenny Atout Ahlzén,

Co-Founder & Partner, Amam Ventures

Chintal Barot, Director, CoSustain


Helen McEachern,

Chief Executive Officer,

Cherie Blair Foundation for Women

Tim Docking,

Chief Executive Officer, Refugee Investment Network

Leyla F Karaha, Founder, YourY Network

Elizabeth Jones,


Senior Program Manager,
Seedstars

Brooke Richardson,

Investment Director,

The Venture City


Param Singh,

Founder of MoooFarm & Global Innovator, World Economic Forum

Hilary Barry,

Founder and CEO, Lady-Agri Impact Investment Hub

Mélanie Keïta,

Co-Founder & CEO, Melanin Kapital

Pol Thielen,

Founding Partner, Emerald Peak Private Equity

Maud Savary-Mornet,

CEO, Beyond Finance & Senior Advisor, GIIN


Matt Davis,

Managing Partner, RENEW & Co-Founder of The Impact Angel Network

Ladé Araba,

Executive Director,

AlphaMundi Foundation

Margo Jordan,

Founder & CEO, Youth Enrichments

Linda Rincon, Manager LatAm,

The Impact

Lelemba Phiri,

Gender-lens Angel Investor & Venture capitalist


Carmen Niethammer,

Senior gender specialist & 2X Collaborative member,

European investment bank (EIB)

Langa Madonko,
Investment Principal,
SUMMIT Africa

Annie Theriault,

Managing Partner,

Cross-Border Impact Ventures

Wingee Sampaio,
Global Program Director,
Cartier Women’s Initiative

Khalila Mbowe,
CEO, Unleashed Africa
Social Ventures


Nonkululeko Komanyane,
General Partner,
Digital Africa Ventures

Philip Lockwood
Head of Innovation,
NATO

Teresita Lizarraga,
Head of MEGA Da+,
Grupo Mega

Sandrine Henton,
Managing Director
Educate Global

lise pape,

Founder & Managing Director,

Walk With Path


Carey Bohjanen,
Founder,
The Rallying Cry

Haley Phan,

Founder & CEO,

Raise

Charlotte Louis,

Founder & CEO,

SenterME

Marijn Wiersma,
Chief Belief & Founder,
Incredible Impact

Ized Uanikhehi,

Founder & CEO,

Zedi


Leesa Soulodre, DeepTech Investor
General Partner, R3I Capital

Carmina Bayombong,

Co-Founder & CEO,

InvestEd

Fernando Fabre,

Managing Partner, Matterscale Ventures

Liza Velarde,

Founder & CEO

Delee

Kalsoom Lakhani,
GP & Co-Founder, i2i Ventures


Virgilio Barco,

Managing Director, ALIVE Ventures

Jackie Stenson,

Founder & Executive Chair,

Essmart

Paul Sheehan,
Chief Executive Officer,
SEAF

Valeria Diaz Romero,

Founder & CEO,

Munay

Nicole Pitter Patterson,

Co-Founder & Director,

Caribbean Girls Hack


Dr. Julian Frede,

Co-Founder & Managing Director, evolutiq impact advisory

Pauline Koelbl,

Founder & Managing Partner,

ShEquity

Angelina Ngunje,

Founder & CEO,

Unicorn Valley Technologies

Siroun Shamigian,

Co-Founder & CEO,

Kamkalima

Natalie Au,

Obama leader asia-Pacific,

Senior associate, gender platform, avpn


Diego Ontaneda
CEO & Co-Founder, LALA

Karen A. Kelly
Director of Partnerships, Laboratoria

Praveen Paranjothi

Venture capital & Impact investor

Batya Blankers
Co-Founder & CEO,
Chancen International

Patricia Mathias
Head of Gender Platform, AVPN


Kelly Roberts-Robbins
Senior Consulting Director, Sagana

Gonzalo Perez-Taiman
founder & Partner, ARpEGio

Ellen Brookes
Executive, Climate Change,
British International Investments (BII)

Iva Gumnishka
Founder and CEO,
Humans in the Loop

Sandra Halilovic
Investment Principal, Ceniarth


Payzee Mahmod,
Campaigner,

IKWRO

Jitka Hromek-Vaitla,
Deputy Director, Global Leadership Programs,
Obama Foundation

Lubomila Jordanova,
Co-Founder & CEO,

Plan A

Nikola Ilic,
Co-Founder & CEO,
ChangeLab Global

Kholeka Mtshali,

Founder & CEO,

Opulence


Egzon Gashi,
Founder & CEO,
Teach For Kosova

Jana Degrott,
Co-Founder,
We Belong Europe

Vlad Stan,
Co-founder & CEO,

Kubrio

Bonnie Chiu,
Managing Director,
The Social Investment Consultancy,
Forbes Contributor

Natia Navrouzov,
Legal Advocacy Director,
Yazda


Proud Limpongpan,
Chief Marketing Officer,
Zipmex

Vaezi Chima,
Co-Founder & CEO,
Mushili Corporation

John Tan,
CEO & Founder, Doyobi,
Angel Investor

Sowmya Suryanarayanan,
Director, Impact & ESG,
Aavishkaar Capital

Adelle Odelia Tanuri,
Head of Impact Investments,
YCAB Ventures


George Tsiatis,

CEO & Co-Founder,

The Resolution Project

Renyung Ho,
SVP, Brand HQ,
Banyan Tree Group

Sunil Dutt,
President, Devices,
Reliance Jio Infocomm

Ruth Thomas,
Director,
Equitable Livelihoods Food & Agriculture,
World Council on Sustainable Development (WBCSD)

Shuyin Tang, Partner, Patamar Capital | Co-Founder & CEO, Beacon Fund


Yekaterina Pochechuyeva,

Founder & CEO,

Readerman

Johanna Lundán,

Founder & CEO,

Jules & Beryl

Conny Zelic,
Digital Leadership & Executive Coach

Nancy Lee,
Senior Policy Fellow,
Center for Global Development (CGDEV)

Georgia Martin,

Founder & CEO,

Aware