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KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
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ABDOURAHMANE CISSE
MINISTER, SECRETARY GENERAL
PRESIDENCY OF IVORY COAST
The Dangote Group is the largest industrial conglomerate in West Africa and in this keynote session, it's founder, president and chief executive officer will share his thoughts on what the future holds for Africa, the challenges that the continent faces and how these can be overcome.
JULIET EHIMUAN
DIRECTOR
GOOGLE WEST AFRICA
Tony O. Elumelu is an economist by training, a serial entrepreneur, and philanthropist. He is the Founder and Chairman of Heirs Holdings Ltd, an African proprietary investment company, with interests in power, oil and gas, financial services, hospitality, real estate and healthcare, present in twenty African countries.
Tony is known for his significant contribution to entrepreneurship in Africa.
PANEL 1
REGIONAL TRADE BLOCS AND AfCFTA: SCALING AFRICAN TRADE
Habiba Ben Barka
Chief of Africa Section at UNCTAD
Jonathan Brenton
Head of International Trade at Pernod Ricard
Admassu Tadesse
President of TDB Group
Wamkele Mene
Secretary General of AfCFTA
Rob Withagen
CEO and Co-Founder of Asoko Insights
OPENING SPEECH
MODERATOR
PANELISTS
PANEL 2
CLIMATE CHANGE AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
James Mnyupe
Economic Advisor to President & Green Hydrogen Commissioner
Opeyemi Onibokun
Investment Director, Infrastructure & Climate at CDC Group
Peter Nyeko
CO-Founder and Managing Director of Mandulis Energy
Abdourahmane Cissé
Secretary General of the Presidency of Ivory Coast
Taiwo Oyewole
Strategy Advisor, Sectors & Decarbonisation at Shell
OPENING SPEECH
MODERATOR
PANELISTS
PANEL 3
AGRICULTURE
PANELISTS
Thione Niang
Founder at JeufZone Farm
Temitope Omotolani
CEO & Co-Founder, Crowdyvest
Caesar Asiyo
CPO at Victory Farms
PANEL 4
FINANCING THE STARTUP, POLICY FOR INVESTMENT
Ido Sum
Partner at TLcom Capital
Davis Musinguzi
CEO at Rocket Health
Fani Titi
CEO at Investec
Colin Coleman
Former CEO Goldman Sachs SSA, Yale Fellow
Ope Sule
Former Business Development Africa, London Stock Exchange
OPENING SPEECH
MODERATOR
PANELISTS
PANEL 5
INFRASTRUCTURE
Yvonne Ike
Managing Director at Bank of America
Kudzayi Hove
Entrepreneur and Board Member
Joseph-Alain Saraka
Chief Strategy Officer at ARISE
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