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13 & 14 July 2021
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LeadersIn Agenda & Speakers

The LeadersIn Africa Summit is an exclusive, invite-only VIP event for the most senior and influential executives. run under Chatham House Rules to encourage frank, productive dialogue and build further connections between industry leaders, policymakers and regulators. It’s an interactive, highly curated quality content looking at the current critical issues affecting Africa’s development.

July 12 | 13:30 - 15:15 CAT
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Agenda

13:30  -  Opening speech / introduction by facilitator 

13:45  -  Leadership RoundTable discussions

15:00 –  Closing remarks and summary 

15:15 – Close of LeadersIn Africa Summit

Roundtable 1:Africa’s preparedness for the Fourth Industrial Revolution – how ground-breaking technologies can, hand-in-hand with enabling and empowering policies, improve business, healthcare, and the livelihoods of all.

Speakers Include:

Faustine Ngila

4IR Journalist

Nation Media Group

Kasirim Nwuke

Managing Partner

Mirisak & Associates

Evelyn Ngatia

Founder & CEO

TechaWatt

Dorsaf Bejaoui

Chief Human Capital Officer

Tunisie Telecom

Charmaine Houvet

Senior Director Growth Public Policy & Government Strategy Africa Commissioner

Presidential 4IR Commission

Ernest Darkoh-Ampem

Co-Founder

BroadReach Group

Roundtable 2: Combatting environmental challenges - Africa’s leading role in the fight against climate change

Including Speakers:

Akachukwu Okafor

Principal Partner

Change Partners International

Ebenezer Arthur

CEO

Wangara Green Ventures

Bezawit Eshetu

Country Representative for Ethiopia

African Circular Economy Network

Jaisheila Rajput

CEO

TOMA-Now

Troy Govender

Sustainability and Environmental Scientist

Independent

Sentle Nell

Senior Sustainability Analyst

Enel

Roundtable 3:Uniting a revitalized Africa - Making the AfCFTA Vision a reality

Including Speakers:

Brendan Chukwuebuka Ugwu

Head Trade Policy Advocacy & West African Region

CAYA

Lesley Wentworth

Managing Director

Tutwa Consulting Group

Ida Nganga

Global President, Startup Innovation

Global Council for The Promotion of International Trade

Roundtable 4: Raising unicorns: strategies for taking African start-ups globally

Speakers Include:

Rob Heath

Partner

HAVAÍC

Lesley-Ann Voughan

Co-creator M-PESA, Product Strategy Leader

Mojaloop Foundation

Håvar Bauck

Founder

HotelOnline

Khaled Ben Jilani

Senior Partner

AfricInvest Group