Changing Africa, A CEO Meets...
By Hassanein Hiridjee
Who are they and how are they changing Africa? Axian's Malagasy CEO Hassanein Hiridjee is meeting the continent’s trailblazers and pioneers to discuss how they are shaping modern Africa and what drives them to make the continent a better place.
Changing Africa, A CEO Meets...Dec 09, 2021
Ep3 - Contemporary African Art's Global Prominence ft. Touria El Glaoui
Changing Africa is back! In Ep.3, I’ll sit with entrepreneur and founding director of 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair, Touria El Glaoui to chat about the state of African art, artists, and their rise to global prominence.
Ep2 – A CEO Meets Alain Ebobissé
Welcome to Changing Africa, A CEO Meets... where Hassanein Hiridjee talks with business leaders from across the continent.
In this episode, I talk with Alain Ebobissé, CEO of Africa50, a pan-African investment platform capitalized by the African Development Bank and over 20 African countries and central banks.
Alain has led the development of several major infrastructure projects on four continents and held positions with the IFC and global financial service organizations. His current organization, Africa50, was established to help bridge Africa’s infrastructure funding gap, and in less than five years of operating, it has invested in 11 infrastructure projects with an aggregate cost in excess of $5 billion, including partnering with Axian to develop the Volobe Hydropower Plant in Madagascar.
Ep1 – A CEO Meets Laureen Kouassi-Olsson
Welcome to Changing Africa, A CEO Meets... where Hassanein Hiridjee talks with business leaders from across the continent.
In this episode, I talk with Laureen Kouassi-Olsson, Founder and CEO of Birimian Ventures, a long-term investment company championing African heritage luxury and premium brands. Laureen explains what got her into business and how she leverages finance to nurture and develop Africa's astounding creative industries.
Listen now to learn more.