Manhattan native Christopher Jannou is an award-winning producer, investor, and global entrepreneur who has become a leading authority on emerging markets. His companies have been active in high growth sectors — media, hotels, financial inclusion, mass housing, infrastructure and real estate development — throughout Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean. Jannou regularly speaks at universities including Harvard and Columbia’s SIPA on globalization, entrepreneurship and emerging markets. He’s an expert on mass affordable housing and is a regular fixture at international conferences. Jannou also hosts the weekly syndicated radio show Business Intelligence. Jannou and his young family reside between New York City and Lusaka, Zambia.