Kome Johnson-Azaura

Associate Vice President, Investments
Africa Finance Corporation

Kome Johnson-Azaura

Biography

Kome is an investment professional at the Africa Finance Corporation, a multilateral development fKome is an investment professional at the Africa Finance Corporation, a multilateral development finance institution established to help address Africa’s infrastructure needs with an investment portfolio of US$4+ billion. Her key knowledge areas include project development and principal investing across the power, heavy industries, telecoms, transport, climate finance, mining, and oil and gas business areas.

A key part of her responsibilities include leading the corporation’s climate finance initiatives as it relates to co-investment opportunities with the US$10 billion Green Climate Fund as well as other sustainable investing programs. She has also significantly contributed to the successful closing of both equity and debt transactions across Africa with a total value of US$4+ billion.

Prior to joining AFC, she worked at Kaizen Venture Partners as an investments and investor relations professional; and at Goldman Sachs in the Securities Division focused on sales strategy.

She holds an undergraduate degree in Civil Engineering (with a Specialization in Architectural Design Engineering) from Stanford University, California, USA and an MBA from INSEAD, Fontainebleau, France.


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ESG & Capital Markets Africa 2020 - Virtual Conference