ACOA 2025

SPEAKER PROFILES

Donald Kaberuka

Chairman and Managing Partner - SOUTHBRIDGE GROUP INC

Dr Kaberuka is a Rwandan economist and former Finance Minister, the 7th President of the African Development Bank (2005-2015). He is credited for expanding the reach and impact of AfDB, Africa’s premier financial institution during his two terms as President.

Dr Kaberuka is currently the African Union High Representative for Financing, the Peace Fund and COVID19 response. He is a member of the Board of Trustees of several organizations and think tanks including the Rockefeller Foundation, Center for Global Development, and the Mo Ibrahim Foundation. He serves on the International Advisory Council of Standard Chartered Bank and Co- Chair of Council on State Fragility. He was also nominated in 2017 to Chair the panel on the third External Evaluation of the International Monetary Fund. Since retiring from the African Development Bank, he is Chairman and Managing Partner of SouthBridge a financial and investment advisory firm which he co-founded.