Linda Ngcwangu

Regional Lead, Africa at Accion Digital Transformation

Interviewer

Linda is an Investment Professional at Accion Digital Transformation, a global fund backed by leading DFI and impact investors. In this role, Linda leads the deployment of capital and portfolio management in the financial services sector across Africa, and she has over 10 years of experience in financial services investing and advisory across Sub-Saharan Africa.

Before joining Accion, Linda was a Senior Investment Professional at Arise B.V., the largest financial services investor in Sub-Saharan Africa, managing Tier I and II banks with operations spanning across several markets in East, West, Southern, and Central Africa including Ecobank Transnational Inc., Zanaco, Dfcu and Moza Banco. She also worked on pipeline development and transaction execution for target and portfolio companies.

Prior to joining Arise, Linda worked at Barclays Africa Group (Now Absa Group) in the Financial Institutions Groups (FIG) advisory team, providing M&A and other advisory services to the Banking Group and external clients; covering East, West, and Southern Africa.