
Samantha Pokroy: Investing in Africa’s Entrepreneurs for Long-Term Impact
Samantha Pokroy is a South African investment professional and entrepreneur who has built her career around helping businesses grow in ways that create real impact.
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Amadi-Emina is a Nigerian fintech entrepreneur with a mission to create a one-stop shop for financial services for SMEs and supply chain businesses.
One of her notable endeavors includes her founding of Pivo Africa, a startup dedicated to providing financial services to underserved communities in Africa.
Founded in 2021, Pivo is an all-in-one financial services platform for SME vendors – logistics and transport, suppliers, and wholesale distributors – that operate within large supply chains.
In 2022, Nkiru and her Pivo co-founder Ijeoma became the first all-female founded team Y-Combinator has backed in Nigeria.

Samantha Pokroy is a South African investment professional and entrepreneur who has built her career around helping businesses grow in ways that create real impact.

World Food Day is celebrated annually on October 16th to raise awareness of hunger and malnutrition around the world and to promote action to achieve zero hunger by 2030.

Agnes Kalibata is a Rwandan agricultural scientist, a policymaker and a champion for sustainable agricultural development in Africa.