FSD Africa
Keziah Kibata has served in various roles in the finance and investment sector, with experience in early-stage business financing, real estate, SMEs, and agribusiness. Currently working as an Investment Associate at FSD Africa, Keziah has led numerous impactful transactions and managed projects in capital markets development and COVID-relief funding. With a background in Actuarial Science, Keziah has a strong foundation in financial analysis and strategy formulation. Keziah's previous roles at VenAfrica Capital, HF Group, and Acorn Holdings Limited have equipped their with a diverse skill set in business development, investment management, and transaction structuring.
FSD Africa
FSD Africa is a specialist development agency funded by the UK’s Department for International Development working to make finance work for Africa’s future. FSD Africa sees itself as a catalyst for change, working with partners to build financial markets that are robust, efficient and, above all, inclusive. It uses funding, research and technical expertise to identify market failures and strengthen the capacity of its partners to improve access to financial services and drive economic growth. FSD Africa is also a regional platform. It fosters collaboration, best practice transfer, economies of scale and coherence between development agencies, donors, financial institutions, practitioners and government entities with a role in financial market development in sub-Saharan Africa. In particular, FSD Africa provides strategic and operational support to the FSD Network. FSD Africa believes strong and responsive financial markets will be central to Africa’s emerging growth story and the prosperity of its people.