Zemedeneh Negatu
Chief Executive Officer | CBE Capital Investment Bank and Chairman | Fairfax Africa Fund
Co-founder and CEO of CBE Capital, S.C., Ethiopia’s pioneering investment bank and Global Chairman of Fairfax Africa Fund, LLC, the Washington D.C. based investment firm with primary focus on high growth emerging markets.
Zemedeneh is widely recognized as one of Africa’s top business leaders and has received numerous global recognitions including:
“African Leadership Impact Award 2025”
“Top 10 Most Influental Africans 2018”
"100 Most Influential Africans of 2013"
“Who-is-Who of African Finance 2015”
“Titans Building Nations 2014”
Zemedeneh regularly provides influential thought leadership and has appeared on numerous international media including CNN, BBC, Financial Times, Bloomberg and CNBC. Furthermore, he has spoken at high profile global events such as the World Economic Forum (WEF), Harvard Business School (HBS) and Milken Global Summit.
He serves on numerous advisory boards including InvestAfrica (UK), global advisory board of the University of Texas at Dallas business school, a successful Fintech based in the Netherlands, Harvard Business Review (HBR) and is Chairman of Calzedonia Ethiopia (ITACA), the multinational italian fast fashion apparel manufacturer and retailer.
Zemedeneh has a BBA from Howard University, completed the LSE program at the Harvard Business School and is a U.S. C.P.A.
