Ryosuke Yamawaki

Traveled alone to Africa in the third year of university and engaged in the establishment of the Japanese Embassy in Botswana for two years. Operates large-scale diplomatic events such as the first TICAD ministerial meeting co-sponsored by the United Nations and the Government of Japan and the official visit of the Crown Prince of Japan to Kenya. Engaged in import / export and business investment of auxiliary steel materials at Mitsui & Co., Ltd. Responsible for the first import of manganese ore from Burkina Faso to Japan and the acquisition of a South African mining company owned by resource major Anglo American. From 2018, he founded Lending startup Crediation and Kepple Africa Ventures, a VC fund specializing in Africa, in Nairobi, Kenya.