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Monica Brand Engel

Managing Partner, Quona Capital
Monica Brand Engel

Monica Brand Engel is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Quona Capital, a venture firm focused on fintech for inclusion in emerging markets. She leads Quona's Africa, MENA, and Cross-Border investment strategy. Previously, she was the founding Managing Director of Accion's Frontier Investments Group. She holds an MBA and MA Ed from Stanford University.

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Breakout 2
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Saturday
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9:00 am
Spangler Auditorium
Finance
Rewriting the Rules: Rethinking Venture Capital in Africa's Next Decade
How venture capital is evolving to better serve Africa's startup ecosystem.
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Rewriting the Rules: Rethinking Venture Capital in Africa's Next Decade

The African venture capital landscape is maturing rapidly, with new fund models, deeper pools of capital, and more sophisticated investors emerging across the continent. This panel brings together leading VCs to discuss how the industry is rewriting its own rules — moving beyond hype cycles to build sustainable, thesis-driven investment strategies that align with Africa's unique market dynamics.

America/New_York
Mar 28, 2026 9:00 AM
Spangler Auditorium
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