Who we are
Board of Directors – Pecan Energies Ghana Limited
Our board members have extensive global experience from the entire E&P value chain.
Samaila Zubairu
Chair
Mr. Samaila Zubairu is Africa Finance Corporation’s President and Chief Executive Officer. Under Mr. Zubairu’s entrepreneurial leadership an ecosystem strategy is being deployed to address the urgent mandate of developing and financing infrastructure, natural resource and industrial assets across Africa.
Taiwo Adeniji
Board Member
Taiwo Adeniji is a development and investment banking executive and infrastructure development and financing expert with more than 30 years’ experience structuring, financing, and managing large-scale infrastructure, natural resources, and industrial projects across Africa.
Kadijah Amoah
Chief Executive Officer, Pecan Energies Ghana Limited
Mrs. Kadijah Amoah is the Chief Executive Officer of Pecan Energies Ghana Limited. She is a lawyer and the first Ghanaian woman to lead an oil and gas exploration and production company.
Amadou Soumano
Board Member
Mr. Amadou Soumano, Deputy Director & Lead Counsel at AFC, has over 15 years of transactional and investment experience. He provides legal oversight of the Company’s operations, as well as assisting with compliance and regulatory matters.
Samaila Zubairu
Chair
Mr. Samaila Zubairu is Africa Finance Corporation’s President and Chief Executive Officer. Under Mr. Zubairu’s entrepreneurial leadership an ecosystem strategy is being deployed to address the urgent mandate of developing and financing infrastructure, natural resource and industrial assets across Africa. In 2019, AFC issued a series of firsts in its diversification of funding sources: two Eurobonds; the largest debut Samurai loan by an African issuer; and closed the inaugural US$140 million Kimchi term loan facility. Prior to his appointment, Samaila was CEO of Africapital Management Limited, where he established a joint venture with Old Mutual’s African Infrastructure Investment Managers to develop the Nigerian Infrastructure Investment Fund for infrastructure private equity across West Africa. As Chief Financial Officer for Dangote Cement Plc, he launched Africa’s largest syndicated project finance facility for the Obajana Cement project and managed the unbundling of Dangote Industries Limited to listed subsidiaries on the Nigerian Stock Exchange. Prior to that, he was the Treasurer for the Dangote Group during its transformation from a trading company to an industrial conglomerate. Samaila sits on the Eisenhower Fellowship’s Global Network Council and the President’s Advisory Council. He holds several Non-Executive Board positions. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants, Nigeria (FCA) and holds a BSc. in Accounting from Ahmadu Bello University, Nigeria.
Taiwo Adeniji
Board Member
Taiwo Adeniji is a development and investment banking executive and infrastructure development and financing expert with more than 30 years’ experience structuring, financing, and managing large-scale infrastructure, natural resources, and industrial projects across Africa.
He recently retired from the Africa Finance Corporation (AFC), where he spent 17 years as a Senior Director. During his tenure, he held executive management responsibilities as a departmental head and served on several senior management committees. His work at AFC covered the origination, development, financing, and portfolio management of infrastructure, natural resources, and industrial investments in Nigeria and more than 10 other African countries.
While at AFC, Taiwo played a leading role in the structuring and financial close of several landmark transactions, including major investments in renewable energy, power generation, ports and logistics infrastructure, mining, and industrial projects across the continent. These included AFC’s investments in large-scale renewable energy platforms, the development of strategic port, mining, and industrial assets in Gabon, the award-winning Kpone Independent Power Project in Ghana, and one of the largest midstream industrial projects in Nigeria.
Prior to joining AFC, Taiwo spent approximately 13 years with the African Development Bank (AfDB), where he worked on infrastructure, industrial development, and financial sector projects across Africa. His professional experience spans more than 20 African countries, including South Africa, Egypt, Nigeria, Morocco, Kenya, Côte d’Ivoire, and Zambia.
He holds a Master of Science (Honours) degree in Finance and Banking from the University of Lagos, graduating with distinction, and a Bachelor’s degree (First Class Honours) in Agricultural Economics from the Obafemi Awolowo University. He is an Honorary Senior Member of the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria.
Kadijah Amoah
Chief Executive Officer, Pecan Energies Ghana Limited
Mrs. Kadijah Amoah is the Chief Executive Officer of Pecan Energies Ghana Limited. She is a lawyer and the first Ghanaian woman to lead an oil and gas exploration and production company.
She is a member of the Executive Management Team of Pecan Energies in Norway and holds directorships in AGM Petroleum Ghana and Aker Ghana Investment Company. She is also a council member of the Ghana Upstream Petroleum Chamber.
Prior to joining Pecan Energies, Mrs. Amoah worked as Head of Investments and Business Development at the Office of the Vice President of the Republic of Ghana. She was the Government of Ghana lead of the Millennium Challenge Corporation and Government of Ghana lead of the U.K Ghana Business Council.
Mrs. Amoah holds a B.A. (Hons) in Political Science and Sociology, LLB (Hons), and an M.Sc. in International Business from the University of Ghana. A Post Graduate Diploma in Strategy and Innovation and a Masters in Business Administration from the Saïd Business School, (Oriel College) University of Oxford.
Mrs. Amoah is an alumnus of the International Leader’s Programme of the U.K Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the Raisa Program by the Spanish government. She is an Eisenhower Fellow and a member of Oriel Law Society, Oriel College.
Amadou Soumano
Board Member
Mr. Amadou Soumano, Deputy Director & Lead Counsel at AFC, has over 15 years of transactional and investment experience. He provides legal oversight of the Company’s operations, as well as assisting with compliance and regulatory matters. He has extensive experience in transaction structuring and negotiation and in resolving investment legal issues. Prior to joining the AFC team in 2019, Amadou gained substantial Africa market and private equity experience while at Emerging Capital Partners (ECP), where he worked in Abidjan, Tunis and Paris as a Principal Legal Counsel. He is a lawyer admitted to the Bar of Paris. He previously practised corporate, banking, project and project finance laws at Linklaters (Paris) and White & Case (Paris). Amadou speaks English and French.