Samaila Zubairu, president and chief executive of Africa Finance Corporation, was the chief executive of Africapital Management Limited where he established a joint venture with Old Mutual’s African Infrastructure Investment Managers to develop a fund for infrastructure private equity across West Africa. He was also chief financial officer for Dangote Cement and treasurer for the Dangote Group during its transformation from a trading company to an industrial conglomerate. Mr Zubairu is an Eisenhower Fellow and sits on the Eisenhower Fellowship’s Global Network Council and the President’s Advisory Council. He is also a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria and holds a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from Ahmadu Bello University in Nigeria.
