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Keshni Morar is a speaker, venture builder, angel investor and strategic operator with more than two decades of experience across corporate leadership, M&A, transformation and the startup ecosystem.

She has worked alongside C-suite executives, reported into boards, and led large-scale strategic and operational initiatives across financial services, telecommunications and innovation-led businesses. Her transaction and strategy experience spans more than US$4.5 billion in deals across Africa, including major cross-border investments, restructures and landmark corporate transactions.

Today, Keshni works at the intersection of innovation, capital and execution. She advises founders, corporates, investors and ecosystem builders on what it really takes to move from good ideas to investable, commercially viable businesses. Her work covers venture building, corporate innovation, fundraising readiness, startup strategy, ecosystem design and practical execution support.

She is the founder of Investable, is actively involved in Founder Institute South Africa, and has mentored or supported founders through platforms such as Google for Startups, Hult Prize, The Mentorship Boardroom, The Venture Mentoring Team and Africa's Business Heroes.

On stage, Keshni is known for sharp insight, practical honesty and commercially grounded storytelling. She speaks on entrepreneurship, innovation, corporate venture capital, digital trust, AI opportunity, fundraising, venture readiness, business transformation and what it takes to build businesses that can actually survive and scale.

• AI, innovation and Africa's commercial opportunity

• Corporate venture capital and how corporates stop missing breakout businesses

• Fundraising readiness and what investors actually look for

• Digital trust, governance and resilient growth

• Building investable businesses from idea to scale

• Business transformation, execution and strategic leadership

• Women in innovation, leadership and entrepreneurship

Vodacom CEO Award, 2015 Vodacom CEO Award, 2017 Selected for the inaugural African Women Entrepreneurship Cooperative programme, 2018 Selected for the 30% Club and Business Engage Board Masterclass Series, 2020 Founder Institute Top Leader Award, 2024 Included VC Fellow, 2025 to 2026 Leadership Excellence Award, Corporate Awards UK 2025 Selected by Stanford VC Unlocked, 2026
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