Our collective alumni network spans MFS Africa (now Onafriq), Goldman Sachs, Deloitte Corporate Finance, Standard Bank, Yellow Card, Visa, PayPal, Boku, Cellulant, Transsion, Chase Bank, Rain, Moneygram, Canal+ and others.
Across the team, we hold active experience in over 40 African markets and maintain on-the-ground presence in Johannesburg, Cape Town, Nairobi, Harare, Lagos, Amsterdam, Dubai, and Antwerp. Our members have built and operated payment infrastructure, managed AML and licensing programmes, led digital asset platforms, and founded fintech ventures across Africa, Europe, and Asia.
Our expertise spans six core verticals: payments and mobile money; foreign exchange and cross-border transactions; digital assets and Web3; regulatory compliance and financial crime prevention; investments, M&A, and corporate finance; and talent, immigration, and team-building for high-growth businesses.
Maxwell is a seasoned expert in pan-African corporate partnerships, business development, and digital financial infrastructure, with more than 16 years of experience driving commercial growth for leading platforms across Africa and the EMEA region. He specialises in high-value B2B partnerships, regulatory engagement, and cross-border payment ecosystems, with a strong ability to transform complex market insights into sustainable, high-performing partner networks. His expertise spans alliance management, embedded finance, and long-term relationship optimisation, consistently delivering strong commercial outcomes and exceptional partner retention.
Previously, Maxwell served as the founding Country Representative for Uber for Business in Ghana, where he built the company’s foundational partner ecosystem and marketplace alliances from the ground up. He later held regional business development and alliance management roles with fintech infrastructure leaders Onafriq and pawaPay, securing and managing strategic partnerships with Mobile Network Operators (MNOs), commercial banks, and central banking sandbox initiatives. A Chartered Marketer and Member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing (MCIM-UK), Maxwell earned a B.Sc. in Marketing from the University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA), and remains focused on building institutional trust, governance frameworks, and scalable financial partnerships across emerging markets.
Demani Jules-Carbon is a strategic connector and business development professional specialising in cross-border finance, fintech, international trade, and investment opportunities. With experience building relationships across global markets, he works with founders, investors, and institutions to unlock partnerships, capital access, and commercial growth. Demani brings a strong network-driven approach to advisory, foreign exchange, and market expansion, helping businesses navigate international opportunities while creating meaningful connections between people, projects, and capital across emerging and established markets.
Clayton Boyd is an executive coach and leadership specialist focused on unlocking performance through systemic, insight-driven approaches. With a background spanning psychology, theatre, and business, he brings a distinctive perspective to leadership development and behavioural change. Having founded and led multiple ventures across hospitality, consulting, and property.
Clayton combines real-world business experience with executive, ontological, and neuroscience-based coaching methodologies.
Nora Dawud is an international immigration and talent specialist focused on cross-border mobility and fintech recruitment. A previously admitted attorney in Germany, she brings a strong legal foundation to complex global talent environments.
As Founder and CEO of Black Pen, she partners with startups, scale-ups, and corporates to build high-performing teams and expand across Africa, Europe, and beyond.
Kalliebree Keynerd is a digital and social media strategist specialising in content, influencer strategy, and real-time campaign execution. With experience across multiple industries and a track record of award-winning work, she builds culturally relevant campaigns that drive engagement, community growth, and measurable business outcomes.
She brings a creative, solutions-driven approach to helping brands stay relevant in a fast-evolving digital landscape.
Jermaine Craig is an AI engineer and founder with expertise in building financial infrastructure and digital platforms. He is also the Founder and CEO of Kwanda, a platform connecting diaspora communities with grassroots projects across Africa to enable transparent, purpose-driven funding.
Jermaine brings a technology-first approach to TCC’s work, supporting the development of intelligent systems and tools across the collective’s engagements.
Marjorie Migwalla is a CFA charterholder and corporate finance specialist with extensive experience in M&A advisory, deal execution, and restructuring across Africa, Europe, and the Middle East. With over a decade at Deloitte Corporate Finance.
She has supported complex transactions across multiple markets, bringing deep expertise in profitability optimisation and ESG integration to deliver strategic financial outcomes for clients.
Kanika Mittal is a fintech and payments leader specialising in growth strategy, partnerships, and market expansion. She has held senior roles at Boku, Visa, and PayPal, building deep expertise across APAC, the USA, and MENA. With a strong track record in driving transaction growth and leading market entry initiatives.
Kanika brings extensive industry insight and commercial expertise to expanding fintech and payments businesses into new markets and verticals.
Pius Bankong has extensive experience orchestrating global cross-border payment solutions for corporates and enterprises across Central and West African corridors. His deep knowledge of the regional payments landscape enables him to structure cost-effective, efficient, and reliable payment arrangements for organisations with complex, multi-currency cross-border needs.
He brings strong commercial judgement and a practical approach to navigating some of Africa’s most demanding FX environments.
Abrham Gulilat is a fintech and cross-border payments specialist with experience across Africa, Europe, and Asia. He has co-founded and scaled fintech ventures in the Netherlands and Ethiopia, delivering digital financial products and building strategic partnerships across multiple continents. He has implemented payment solutions including virtual card ATM withdrawals and core banking integrations for clients including UNDCF.
As a consultant, Abrham advises on FX, cross-border payments, and financial inclusion across East Africa.
Emmanuel Alamu is a Web3 strategy and operations consultant with experience across FX, OTC, stablecoin brokerage, and exchange liquidity services. Since 2017, he has worked with firms including B2C2, Rain, and Yellow Card. He began his career as a Foreign Exchange Hedge Funds Sales Associate at Goldman Sachs, where he spent four years.
He holds a Bachelor’s (Hons) in Mathematics and Economics from the University of Warwick.
David Migwalla is a financial analyst with experience in M&A, financial modelling, and advisory. He specialises in transaction support, valuation, and strategic analysis, delivering data-driven insights that support informed decision-making.
With a strong foundation in finance and a practical, solutions-focused approach, he works closely with clients to identify and unlock value across deal processes and investment assessments.
Celeste Savage is a financial services and onboarding specialist with over two decades of experience across banking, fintech, and digital assets. She spent more than twenty years at Standard Bank of South Africa in roles spanning client relationship management, credit analysis, and business banking. At Yellow Card Financial, one of Africa’s leading digital asset platforms, she led the B2B onboarding function, managing a team of analysts and overseeing KYC and KYB processes for high-value individuals and corporate clients across multiple jurisdictions.
At TCC, she brings that combination of regulatory rigour and client-facing professionalism to the onboarding and integration of new partner relationships.
Daisy Kabarebe Tayengwa is a project manager and sales professional with 5+ years of experience across client engagement, business development, and revenue growth. She has held sales and marketing roles at Charis UAS and Beyond the Gorillas Experience, leading end-to-end sales processes, managing key accounts, and supporting marketing campaigns across multiple sectors. With a strong foundation in client relations.
Daisy brings a commercially focused, service-driven approach to TCC’s project management and business development work across Southern Africa.
Tino Shereni is a project and business development professional with a background spanning operations management, strategic partnerships, and client relations. Having transitioned from hospitality management into digital services and strategy roles, he brings a strong operational foundation and a natural ability to build relationships and identify opportunities. Certified in Project Management and Business Administration.
Tino supports TCC’s partner engagement and market development work across Southern Africa.
John Maunganidze is a compliance and regulatory risk specialist with 18 years of experience across fintech, banking, mobile money, and financial crime prevention. He has held compliance and risk roles at Standard Bank, one of Africa’s largest financial institutions.
He holds CAMS and CGSS certifications and has hands-on experience with Actimize, SWIFT, and WorldCheck. John has led enterprise-wide AML, sanctions, and licensing initiatives at regional and global scale, including securing regulatory approvals that enabled cross-border expansion for major financial services organisations.
Mumba Mulenga is a sales and business development professional with over a decade of experience across Southern Africa and international markets. He has held roles at Cellulant and Transsion, two of Africa’s most significant technology and payments businesses. Shaped by an upbringing and career spanning four African countries, he brings genuine regional grounding to TCC’s market development work.
His focus is on identifying client needs and structuring solutions that align organisational capability with commercial opportunity — with a strong track record in revenue growth, customer retention, and cross-functional delivery across multiple markets.
Benard Ondoro is a fintech and digital payments specialist with extensive experience in enterprise payment systems and cross-border financial services. He has held roles at Chase Bank and Tuma.com, and at Flex Money, before co-founding Black Coffee Limited, an IT and services company focused on enterprise digital payments and cross-border remittance infrastructure, including cloud-based AML tools.
Benard brings strong expertise in payments operations, strategic business development, and digital financial services to TCC’s market expansion work across East Africa.
Julie Neogy is a seasoned payments executive with over 15 years of experience across 40+ African markets, specialising in payments strategy, foreign exchange, and market entry. As an early team member at MFS Africa (now Onafriq), she played a pivotal role in scaling the network from 2 to 35+ countries.
She has cultivated strategic partnerships with PayPal, MoneyGram, MTN, Vodafone, WorldRemit, and Airtel Africa. As CEO of The Currency Collective, she brings deep commercial expertise and trusted operator relationships to every engagement.
