Over 25 years’ experience in leading business development across Africa for companies disrupting industries through technology.

Formerly Deputy Managing Director of MSCC, which became the leading digital payments provider and foundation of the EMP Group, servicing more than 190 banks across Africa.

Formerly Network International’s Group Managing Director of Processing, until departing to co-found enza.

Hany holds an MBA in Globalisation and International Business from the Maastricht School of Management, Netherlands.

A track record of the commercialisation of new technologies and new markets, with the past 18 years in the Middle East and African payments industry.

Hamish was COO & CCO in the commercial launch of ACET Processing, until acquisition by the EMP Group (2012), whereafter he assumed the role of regional CEO for EMP.

He was actively involved in the sale of EMP to Network International for $350m in 2016.

Prior to co-founding enza, Hamish was Managing Director of Network International for Southern Africa & Palops.

Hamish holds an MBA from the University of Cape Town’s Graduate School of Business and an MSc in Finance from the Edinburgh Business School.

A proven leader in the payments industry with over 25 years’ experience leading businesses across Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

Andrew has led teams located in multiple countries, serving clients across continents, including operating joint ventures, completing multiple M&A transactions (buy & sell), and the successful IPO of a business on the London Stock Exchange.

Andrew has worked for brands including Barclays, Mastercard and Elavon, a subsidiary of US Bank,  and before enza was a key part of the executive team at Network International.

Andrew holds a BSc (Hons) in Management Science from Loughborough and several elite industry executive development programmes.

Highly accomplished banker & investor – formerly group corporate development director, strategy director, and CFO of Barclays International offshore bank.

Formerly global head of financial services at Actis Private Equity and NED of CIB (Egypt).

Chairman of Vencap International Plc, a top-tier venture capital fund-of-funds.

Mark holds a 1st class honours MA in Modern History and Economics from Oxford University.

Industry specialist – formerly General Manager of MENA at Visa, Head of Corporate Strategy CEMEA at Visa, and Managing Director for First Data International in Italy (now Fiserv).

Currently a senior advisor for the global management consulting firm Kearney.

Recognised as one of the most influential leaders in MEA by Forbes in 2021.

Marcello holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Università Ca’ Foscari in Venice, Italy, and qualifications from UC Santa Barbara California (EAP) and the Corporate Governance Institute (certified NED and ESG).

Highly successful CFO for several leading payments companies in MEA – formerly CFO at Network International, CFO at EMP Group and currently the Group CFO at Nasdaq-listed Lesaka Technologies, a payment solutions and transaction processing provider.

Deep investment, corporate development and M&A experience with PWC and KPMG, and in banking with Nedbank and Emirates NBD.

Naeem is a Chartered Accountant (CA SA) and holds a Bachelor’s in Accounting from the University of the Witwatersrand.

Mirna is an experienced corporate lawyer with a demonstrated track record and history of working in the payments and financial services industry, with broad experience in cross-border financial services. 
 
Mirna has broad corporate and business experience working on transactions in the Middle East and Africa. Mirna is currently Senior Legal Counsel at Price Waterhouse Coopers (PwC) Middle East. Prior to PwC, Mirna was heading the legal departments of Geidea (KSA, UAE and Egypt) and Network International (Africa and Jordan).
 
Mirna holds a Master of Laws (LL.M.) focused on International Business Law from Université Panthéon Sorbonne (Paris I) / IAE Paris.

Tarek Assaad is Managing Partner at Algebra Ventures, Egypt’s leading VC firm. Algebra’s $54M first fund invested in 21 companies including some of Egypt’s most prominent technology startups. Its new $100M fund is actively investing in Egypt and the region.

Prior to Algebra, Tarek was Managing Partner at Ideavelopers where he had been managing $50m of VC investments since 2009 and where he led the fund’s investment in Fawry, the first venture-backed company to go public in Egypt and to become a unicorn.

Tarek started his career as an engineer at Lucent Technologies then as a software developer at SAQQARA Systems, an internet startup in Silicon Valley.

Tarek holds a B.Sc. in Electronics and Communication Engineering from Ain Shams University in Cairo and an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Johan Bosini is a Partner with venture investor Quona Capital, which he joined in 2016. Johan helps regional portfolio companies with their growth strategy and scaling, and evaluates new investment opportunities.

Prior to Quona, Johan spent more than ten years creating and driving consumer finance, insurance, and fintech businesses in Africa. He launched the first automated mobile-only unsecured loan product in Africa, closing pan-African partnership deals with some of the continent’s biggest mobile network operators, in turn providing mobile financial services products to millions of unbanked consumers, small businesses, and mobile money agents.

Johan spent his early career in large businesses like Goldman Sachs and a subsidiary of Swiss Re.