Henok Assefa

Co-Founder & General Partner at African Renaissance Partners

Discussion leader

Henok Assefa is a leading voice on how Africa can finance its next wave of infrastructure and economic transformation. He is Co-Founder and General Partner of African Renaissance Ventures, a fund backing the companies building Africa’s next economy, and Founder of Precise Consult, Ethiopia’s foremost advisory on investment and strategy.

He has pioneered financing models for climate-smart infrastructure, from Ethiopia’s first renewable energy accelerator to current efforts on blended finance for decentralized energy systems. He also co-founded Addis Ababa Angels, which is opening capital pathways for Ethiopia’s emerging digital entrepreneurs.

Henok’s work centers on one goal: connecting capital to Africa’s most urgent development needs.