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ABC Webinar: What investors are looking for with Christelle Kupa & Rubelyn Alcantara from Uhusiano Capital (UK)

Join  Christelle Kupa and Rubelyn Alcantra of Uhusiano Capital who will : Their experience of running an Investment Fund What they look for from entrepreneurs as investors Their thoughts on what diaspora entrepreneurs should be focused on in terms of business in Africa Tips for entrepreneurs seeking investment This webinar is free to attend register here About the speakers Christelle Kupa is a sustainable finance expert and global impact investor with experience spanning international finance & banking, sustainable investing and cross-border innovation scale-up. Christelle is the Founder and Chief Executive of Uhusiano Capital which she founded in 2016 as a catalyst to facilitate better business in the African impact investing sector, with a particular interest in agriculture and women economic empowerment. Christelle has convened a team of experts and specialists with whom she has developed service propositions that solve complex problems and add value for communities, stakeholders and shareholders in Africa. Christelle spent 13 years as an Investment banker and Hedge-fund manager, JP Morgan and development expert at Symbiotics. Christelle is an internationally recognised leader in impact investment. She has spoken at high profile events and conferences around the world and has been an expert participant in a number of panels and knowledge-sharing initiatives. In her non-for-profit activities, Christelle is a practitioner, advocate, and lecturer on sustainable impact capitalism and community bridging through business and bottom-up leadership. She sits as a Trustee on Medical aid film. Christelle is Belgian- Congolese, based in London, with extensive travel on the African continent. She holds a BA in business and finance and speaks French, Flemish, English, with some basics in Swahili and Lingala. Rubelyn Alcantara, MBA is CEO & Founder, Supivaa Advisory Group (Canada)  which was founded after she spent several years supporting businesses, entrepreneurs and investors in Africa. Supivaa Advisory Group is a boutique consultancy firm focused on two pillars 1. Facilitating and encouraging Canada-Africa trade & investment and 2. Women’s Empowerment. “Supivaa” is a play on words French/English of “support” and “vivre” (to live) thus “supporting life”. Supivaa also has a second, more fun meaning, “supporting the divas”. Ruby is also an Advisor to Uhusiano Capital, an UK regulated financial advisory firm focused on Impact Investing in Africa. Originally from Vancouver, Canada, Ruby first stepped foot on the African continent in 2007 and since then, supporting Africa’s economic development has been interwoven her DNA. For the past 7 years, she’s been leading start-ups/projects either in or focused on Africa’s growth in a variety of sectors including renewable energy, agriculture, fin-tech, education, health, and media/publishing. Ruby has lived and worked across Africa including Tanzania, Nigeria, Madagascar, South Africa, Cameroon, Uganda, Egypt, and Kenya. Early in her career, she worked with both governments and private sector in Africa to promote their respective countries to investors, policy-makers and key decision-makers, by producing reports distributed publications such as The Wall Street Journal, The Economist and the International Herald Tribune (now The New York Times International). Ruby has played a lead role in companies that have benefited from commercial, impact and/or hybrid investment and as such she’s passionate to ensure that projects and entrepreneurs can get the support they need to hit that critical trajectory for growth and ensuring their investors are rewarded. Ruby has served as Managing Director of Push Observer, an investment of SixTelecoms Group in Tanzania, where she trebled the company’s client base in less than 2 years with clients including of Vodacom, Diageo, the United Nations, British Gas and the Government of Tanzania. She was the Chief Marketing Officer at Homestrings Ltd, later known as Movement Capital, one of the first crowdfunding sites focused on Africa.  She was part of the founding team that raised $25 million USD for 35 deals in 12 countries across Africa.  Most recently, she consulted, serving as interim-CEO for a solar energy and agriculture company in Madagascar which is a blended finance/hybrid investment of a private investor and grant funding from the EU. Today her focus is on working/advising with both the Seekers of Capital (entrepreneurs and fund managers) and the Investors themselves (both Impact Investors and commercial investors) to actualise on the potential of Africa. Often with the Impact lens leveraging on the guidelines of the UN Principles of Responsible Investment (UNPRI) ensuring both ESG and SDG alignments. Ruby holds an international MBA from IE Business School (Spain), a BA in Communications and Political Science from Simon Fraser University (Canada) and a Diploma in Broadcast Journalism from Columbia Academy (Canada). Register to attend this webinar here

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Tourism in Africa

Our ABC Connect for September will be a roundtable looking at tourism in Africa. We’ll be looking at the different challenges of organising travel in Africa, practicalities of setting up a travel enterprise, how to grow the business etc. We look forward to seeing you at this industry-focused event which is part of the AFFORD Business Club’s monthly networking event series. This roundtable event will be a fantastic opportunity to meet members of the African travel community who also work within the tourism sector. We shall explore how to best access opportunities and overcome various challenges faced by diaspora running travel and tourism enterprises. Register now

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ABC Legal Clinics

The ABC Legal Clinics provide ABC Members access to an exclusive series of Clinics with experienced lawyers from the internationally-renowned law firm, Morrison and Foerster LLP. The Clinics are an opportunity to have a one-to-one consultation with a specialist lawyer in your area of work, who will provide pro-bono advice and guidance on any legal concerns or queries you may have. This could cover a range of topic areas including contracts, employment, tax, IP and business structure. ABC members are free to attend and should register by email abc@afford-uk.org Non-members interested in attending please email abc@afford-uk.org for further details.      

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ABC Webinar: Men, Business and Wellbeing

Join us for our webinar which will be focused on Men, Business and Wellbeing. We will be covering: The challenges faced by men in business, and ways to overcome these Advice for managing responsibilities and expectations of self The importance of taking care of your mental health and where to go for support and guidance The speakers will include Nii Odartei Evans of the BBC and Yann W. Tanoé of SunBird Journal Publishing.

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Doing Business in Zimbabwe Webinar

You are exclusively invited to participate in a webinar hosted by the AFFORD Business Club (ABC), which will be focused on Doing Business in Zimbabwe. The speakers will include Na Ncube of The Global Native, Busi Bango of EMPRETEC and Denise Rawls of AFFORD UK as a facilitator.  We will be covering: • How to effectively set up your business • The realities of running a business in Zimbabwe • Challenges and opportunities for entrepreneurs • Where to go for assistance and guidance To register for the session click here

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ABC Connects Fashion With Africa

ABC Connect is the AFFORD Business Club’s monthly networking event. It is an opportunity to network with members and gain some insight from experts in various fields. ABC Connect in January 2019 will be a roundtable discussion focusing on the business of fashion in Africa and reaching wider markets. We will be hearing from industry experts, successful designers and those with the finance to provide necessary insight to fashion entrepreneurs with their eye on Africa! Our guest speakers will include Jacqueline Shaw Director of Africa Fashion Guide, Yemisi Mokuolu CEO of Hatch Africa and Aji Ayorinde Founder and Creative Director of MIA London. Topics covered will include:– Testimony from industry experts– Experience of successful designers– Access to finance opportunities– Networking with fashion insiders This exclusive event is limited to 20 seats, so register now and don’t miss out!

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#DiasporaTransformers- Facebook live discussion celebrating the impact of African diaspora entrepreneurs

This year we are celebrating Global Entrepreneurship week #GEW2018 from 12th-18th November 2018 by showcasing the impact that diaspora entrepreneurs have towards development in Africa on all our social media channels. Follow #diasporatransformers to get updates and join the conversation on the importance of African diaspora entrepreneurship. We are also hosting a series of Facebook Live roundtable discussions which will take place from Wednesday 14th November 2018 at 1:30pm. The discussions will focus on exploring the impact diaspora entrepreneurs are making towards development in Africa and provide up and coming entrepreneurs with advice on how to start and maintain a successful diaspora business. Special guests include:  Bashair Ahmed, Founder of Shabaka Enteprise  Annette Fisher, Partner at FA Global  Yasmin Botchway, Blogger & YouTuber  Mariatu Turay, Founder of Gitas Portal   Tobi Oludayomi, Co-founder of Studio 14 Like and Follow us on Facebook to join!  

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AFFORD Business Club legal clinics with Morrison & Foerster LLP

Following on from the success of the ABC Legal Seminar on Thursday 20th September , AFFORD Business Club are offering members access to an exclusive series of Legal Clinics with experienced lawyers from an internationally-renowned law firm, Morrison and Foerster LLP. The Clinics will be an opportunity to have a one-to-one consultation with a specialist lawyer in your area of work, who will provide pro-bono advice and guidance on any legal concerns or queries you may have. This could cover any of the following topic areas: Types of business organisation, sole trader, partnership, company, charitable status Contracts, formation, effect and enforceability, standard terms and exclusion clauses Essentials of relevant employment law Tax considerations for entrepreneurs Avenues for conflict and dispute resolution Intellectual Property International trade: Import and Export The dates of these clinics are as follows: Thursday 22nd November 2018 Thursday 6th December 2018 If you are interested in attending any of the legal clinics and would like to join AFFORD Business Club click here. 

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