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LeadersIn Agenda & Speakers

Discover the topics and people shaping this year's agenda

13:30 - 15:00, 10 May 2021

The LeadersIn Africa Summit is an exclusive, invite-only VIP event for the most senior and influential executives. It’s an interactive, curated, invite-only session run under Chatham House rules to encourage frank, productive dialogue and build further connections between industry leaders, policymakers and regulators.

13:30 - Facilitator introduction

13:45 - Leadership Roundtable discussions

14:45 - Closing remarks and summary

Bridging the talent and skills gap - How can we help close Africa’s skills mismatch?

Speakers Include

Cynthia Bavo

Director of People & Culture

Jaza Energy

Elizabeth Maloba

Co-Founder

Nahari

Mariam Tendou Kamara

Senior Expert - Strategic Partnerships & Communications

United Nations

Integrating inclusion in Tech - How do you ensure that your company fosters an engaging and collaborative culture?

Speakers Include

Nadira Bayat

Gender and Trade Expert

United Nations Economic Commission for Africa

Naadiya Moosajee

Co-Founder

WomHub

Ibrahima Nour Eddine Diagne

Chairman and Co-Founder

African Performance Institute

Virginia Cram-Martos

CEO

Triangularity

The Nexus of Renewable Energy, and Food Value Chains, and the Sustainability Challenge of Africa’s Agriculture Growth

Speakers Include

Lloyd Le Page

Senior Advisor for Agriculture and Food Investment

Tony Blair Institute for Global Change

Wim Jonker Klunne

Coordinator Household Solar Funders Group

Shell Foundation

Charles Nichols

Co-Founder

SunCulture

What will the African telco landscape look like in 2030?

Speakers Include

Adrian Ho

Practice Leader - Advanced Digital Services

Omdia

Positioning African fintech sector for growth now and beyond the crisis

Speakers Include

Kagiso Mothibi

Department Head: Fintech & Innovation Hub

Financial Sector Conduct Authority

Lesley-Ann Vaughan

Director of Product Strategy

Mojaloop Foundation

How African businesses can leverage the African Continental Free Trade Area and what are the challenges?

Speakers Include

Jean Bertrand Azapmo

Principal Adviser to the AU Commissioner for Economic Development, Trade, Industry and Mining

Department of Economic Development, Trade, Industry and Mining African Union Commission

Francisco Junior

President of Associacao de Produtores e Importadores de Bebidas

APIBA

Ida Nganga

Global President, Startup Innovation

Global Council for the Promotion of International Trade (GCPIT)