Anthony William Catt is the Founder of Ventures 54, a specialist advisory and ecosystem-building firm accelerating investment, trade, and commercial flows between Africa, the UK, and global markets. He also leads the UK Africa Sandbox through Ventures 54 and its nonprofit arm, V54 Open Impact, a UK Government-backed platform helping African technology companies enter and scale in global markets.

With more than a decade of experience across Africa, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia, Anthony has worked extensively across the UK-Africa technology and investment ecosystem. He is Co-founder of the London Africa Network, serves on the South Africa Startup Act Steering Committee, and previously held roles as Investor in Residence at Google for Startups EMEA and Investor Relations Advisor to the Google Black Founders Fund Africa.

Based between the UK and South Africa, Anthony is also a prominent ecosystem convenor, regularly hosting and moderating conversations on African technology, investment, and entrepreneurship.”

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