Yunus Ibrahim

Dream VC is a Pan-African venture capital institute. Dream VC creates and delivers educational programs focused on investment capacity building, particularly in venture capital, angel investing, and corporate venture capital (CVC). To date, Dream VC has successfully run multiple programs with participants from over 50 different countries. Our programs are highly selective with a ~4 % acceptance rate. We are powered by a network of 300+ fellow alumni who have started, currently lead or work at Venture Capital, Private Equity and Impact Funds, collectively managing nearly $7bn in AUM.

Dream VC is a Pan-African venture capital institute. Dream VC creates and delivers educational programs focused on investment capacity building, particularly in venture capital, angel investing, and corporate venture capital (CVC). To date, Dream VC has successfully run multiple programs with participants from over 50 different countries. Our programs are highly selective with a ~4 % acceptance rate. We are powered by a network of 300+ fellow alumni who have started, currently lead or work at Venture Capital, Private Equity and Impact Funds, collectively managing nearly $7bn in AUM.

54 Collective is a leading venture capital firm revolutionising investment and scaling idea to early-stage ventures throughout Africa. As a commercial and impact fund, our catalytic capital provides founders with the tailored funding they need to scale while providing investors with outstanding returns. The catalytic capital our founders receive is combined with value-add support through our Venture Success Platform, enabling entrepreneurs to build without boundaries as they solve Africa’s greatest challenges. Vital to our mission is fostering gender inclusion through the founders and ventures we support, allowing them to be inclusive in their product and service design. Media queries: press@54collective.vc

Marble Capital is a leading Ethical and Islamic Fund Manager in Nigeria. Marble Capital Limited aims to tap into the crystal of business opportunities offered by the Islamic finance market. The company also advise clients in the Green, and Sustainable Investment realm. Our services include Asset management, Financial, and ESG Advisory. https://marblecapitalltd.com/marble-halal-funds http://www.youtube.com/@marblecapitallimited9875

Sterling Bank “Your one-customer bank” is a full service national commercial bank in Nigeria which has evolved from the nation’s pre-eminent investment banking institution to a fully-fledged commercial bank. Sterling Bank prides itself in its purpose to ‘Enrich Lives’, and reflects its overall business aspirations in its vision to ‘be the financial institution of choice’. This it plans to achieve by (mission) ‘delivering solutions that enhance stakeholders’ value’, through four core values: Customer focus, Integrity, Teamwork and Excellence (CITE). With strong Corporate Governance, the bank has a vision-led and values-driven experienced team with a track record of delivery. With over 3,000 professional employees, Sterling Bank has about 1,000,000 active customers, and operates from 189 business offices, about 776 ATMs and more than 3,000 POS terminals across Nigeria. Sterling Bank operates with a three-pronged market focus. Its business lines and operations are structured around these segments; Retail and Consumer market, Commercial and Institutional market and Corporate and Investment market. Our purpose of enriching lives is what drives us to support society. We have contributed positively to our environment through several initiatives such as #STEM (Sterling Environmental Makeover), Meet The Executives, Get Ready For Work, Sketchamania, and several other interventions within other areas especially Education.

The Investment Society (Formerly known as University of Lagos Students​ Investment Society) was founded in 2016 by a group of students keen to share and expand their knowledge of finance and consulting. First of its kind in any Nigerian University, we aim to teach, educate, groom and prepare members for elite careers in finance, investment and consulting. As a society that thrives on knowledge hungry members; we aim to provide our members with the strong foundation necessary to begin a successful career - whilst also working hard to achieve superb academic grades. This is both for our members who are looking simply to understand better what a finance and consulting career entails, as well as those who are hoping to begin their career, build networks, and apply for insights and internships and other opportunities in financial services firms. Through sponsor-led workshops, intensive training programs, stock pitch and business case competitions, networking sessions, and on-campus recruiting events, we aim to bring our sponsor and members together. We essentially want to build the bridge between students and employees (theory and practice) and ensure that the students of the society succeed in what they want to do. We hope to train and develop members who would rise to become seasoned financial analysts and top policy