2022 | Digital Transformation Challenge for Africa

The first ever pitch event to be jointly organized by Health 54 SAS and Mobility 54 Investment SAS — CVCs dedicated for Africa under Toyota Tsusho Corp. and CFAO group.

August 29th (Mon) - 30th (Tue) 2022

— Event Venue —

Hotel Le Relais de la Malmaison

— 93 Boulevard Franklin Roosevelt 92500 Rueil-Malmaison, France —

— Event Timetable —

(*) Venue for some agenda is changed from printed program. Please check the latest information here.

August 29th (Mon)

15:00 — 16:00
Welcome Drink @Patio
16:00 — 18:50
Intro / Ice-Break @Orangerie -->Balcony
19:00 — 19:30
Aperitif @Patio *venue is changed from Terrace
19:30 —
Welcome Dinner @Orangerie

August 30th (Tue)

09:30 — 13:00
Pitch Event 2022 @Orangerie
13:00 — 14:30
Lunch @Balcony *venue is changed from Terrace
14:30 — 18:00
H54 Meeting @Room ”Pitch”
M54 Meeting @Room “Orangerie”
18:30 — 19:30
Aperitif @Terrace
19:30 —
Partners Dinner @Orangerie

— Venue Map —

—Event Q&A—

If you have any question during our event, please input comment to below SLIDO

event code:
#DTCA2022

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Participants — Entrepreneurs

Mesh Alloy

Co-Founder/CEO
- Sendy
Malaika Judd

Co-Founder/CFO
- Sendy
Michael Wilkerson

Founder/CEO
- Tugende
Mary Mwangi

Co-Founder/CEO
- Data Integrated
Omar Cissé

Founder/CEO
- InTouch
Arthur Mulwa

Co-Founder/CEO
- AiCare
Étienne Saint-Sernin

Co-Founder/CEO
- Zembo
Elissa Ferron

Client team leader
- Zembo
Matthias Papet

Group CEO advisor
- Autocheck
Olajide Adamolekun

Co-Founder/CFO
- Autocheck
Pape Seyni Ndiaye

Co-Founder/CEO
- KAI
Birane Diagne

Co-Founder
- KAI
Lydia Hook

CEO
- Aceleron
Amrit Chandan

Co-founder
- Aceleron
Hio Sola-Usidame

Founder/CEO
- OnePort 365
Joel Mwale

Co-Founder/CEO
- SparePap
Tingting Peng

Chief Capital, Strategy, and Impact Officer
- Moove
Bryan Mezue

Co-Founder/CEO
- Lifestores
Proud Chitumba

Founder/CEO
- Drive to Own
Bola Bardit

Founder/CEO
- SUSU
Jean Lobe Lobe

Founder/CEO
- Waspito
Jason-Louis Carmichael

Co- Founder/CEO
- TIBU Health
Eric Bemba

Founder/CEO
- Wiikko
Ikechukwu Arthur Anoke

Founder/CEO
- Zuri Health
Balqis Chepkwony

Co-Founder/CEO
- Fleetsimplify

Pitch Contest — Top 7 finalists

Health 54 and Mobility 54 have launched its startup pitch contest since May 2022 with the support from Bond’Innov. We have received applications from over 240 innovative startups in healthcare and mobility sectors all around Africa!! Out of 240 startups, we are now selecting the top 7 finalists who will pitch at our pitch event on August 30th (Tue). You can download the 1-page summary of each startup in the following button:

Finalists PDF

Participants — Investors

Kentaro Sakakibara

Founder/CEO
- Samurai Incubate
Rena Yoneyama

Managing Partner
- Samurai Incubate Africa
Ory Okolloh

Partner
- Verod-Kepple Africa Ventures
Takuma Terakubo

CEO & General Partner
- Uncovered Fund
Mike Mompi

CEO
- Enza Capital
Nobutake Suzuki

President/CEO
- MUFG Innovation Partners
Takashi Sano

Chief Investment Officer
- MUFG Innovation Partners
Kanako Sato

Associate
- MUFG Innovation Partners
Benoit Delestre

CEO
- Saviu Ventures
Cynthia Mandjek

Director
- Saviu Ventures
Toshiro Yagi

General Manager
- Yamaha Motor
Hayo Afman

Co-CEO
- DOB Equity
Saskia van der Mast

Co-CEO
- DOB Equity
Lilian Oyando

Investment Director
- Goodwell Investments
Wycliffe Bitta

Investment Manager
- Goodwell Investments
Emanuele De Leonardis

Director, BD & Corporate Development
- Cathay Innovation
Tamim El Zein

Partner
- Seedstars
Maxime Bouan

Partner
- Seedstars
Ninon Duval Farré

Director
- Bond'innov
Koichi Fujisawa

Managing Director, Head of France
- MUFG Bank
Naoaki Saida

Deputy Chief Representative
- MUFG Bank
Toru Homma

Senior Advisor
- JICA
Keiko Eda

Associate Expert
- JICA

Participants — Press

Susumu Imaizumi

- Asahi Shimbun
Ginga Tamura

- NHK

Participants — TTC/CFAO

Richard Bielle

Chairman/CEO
- CFAO
Koji Minami

Deputy CEO
- CFAO
Shinichiro Otsuka

COO, Africa div
- Toyota Tsusho Corporation
Kazumasa Kimura

COO, Africa div.
- Toyota Tsusho Corporation
Alain Pécheur

CFO /Head of IS
CFAO
Annie Dateu

Vice President Corporate Affairs
- CFAO
Cécile Desrez

Vice President , HR, Communications & CSR
- CFAO
Marc Hirschfeld

CEO
- CFAO Mobility
Jean-Marc Leccia

CEO
- CFAO Healthcare
Masakazu Ohira

General Manager, Toyota Africa Automotive dept
- Toyota Tsusho Corporation
Fabrice de Creisquer

CEO East&Southern Africa
- CFAO Mobility
Paulo Fernandes

Managing Director Multi Brand BU
- CFAO Mobility
Frédéric Nonet

Managing Director, 2 Wheels & Marine BU
- CFAO Mobility
Joël Langlat

Managing Director, 2nd channel network BU
- CFAO Mobility
Masafumi Yamashita

CEO, Toyota BU
- CFAO Mobility
Lionel Roux

General Manager Toyota BU
- CFAO Mobility
Florent Montaubin

CEO, Loxea
- CFAO Mobility
Amb. Dennis Awori

Chairman & Country Delegate
- CFAO Kenya
Nafissatou Dia

Director, Communication & CSR
- CFAO
Aurélie Menard

Communication Officer
- CFAO
Yasukuni Ogiwara

Manager, Communication
- Toyota Tsusho Corporation
Ken Accajou

Deputy CEO
CFAO Healthcare
Aymeric Erouart

Director, Institutional Clients & Medical Services
- CFAO Healthcare
Benoit Jacquot

Director, Partnerships & Laboratory Relations Department
- CFAO Healthcare
Naoki Izumi

Manager, Africa Planning, Africa div
- Toyota Tsusho Corporation
Ko Yamashita

Toyota BU/Product & Pricing
Deputy Manager
- CFAO Mobility