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H.E. Paul Kagame
President, Republic of Rwanda
H.E. Hage Geingob
President, Republic of Namibia
H.E. Mokgweetsi Masisi
President, Republic of Botswana
H.E. Uhuru Kenyatta
President, Republic of Kenya
H.E. Peter Mutharika
President, Republic of Malawi
H.E. Edgar Lungu
President, Republic of Zambia
King Mswati III
Kingdom of Eswatini
H.E. José Mário Vaz
President, Republic of Guinea-Bissau
H.E. Emmerson Mnangagwa
President, Republic of Zimbabwe
H.E. Teodoro Mbasogo
President at Republic of Equatorial Guinea
Hon. Dr. Ruhakana Rugunda
Prime Minister at Republic of Uganda
Adefunke Adeyemi
Regional Head, Member and External Relations, Africa and Middle East at International Air Transport Association (IATA)
Omosalewa Adeyemi
Global Partnerships & Expansion at Flutterwave IncFlutterwave is a global payments technology company building digital payments infrastructure, with a focus on the African market. We enable digital transactions across Africa, between Africa and other regions. Products include: 1. Rave; an online merchant acquiring and disbursement platform that works across Africa, US, Europe. It is 3DS enabled, has an inbuilt fraud management system and is PCIDSS Level 1 certified. 2. Barter; a consumer lifestyle application, launched in partnership with Visa. Since launching in 2016, Flutterwave has processed $3B across 80M transactions for clients such as Uber, Booking.com, Flywire, Transferwise among others.
Olugbenga Agboola
CEO of Flutterwave Inc
H.E. Robert Ahomka-Lindsay
Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry at Republic of Ghana
Ghonche Alavi
Cyber Extortion Expert at GardaWorld International Protective Services
Obaid Amrane
CEO of Ithmar Capital
Chamsou Andjorin
Director Government Affairs and Market Development SSA of The Boeing CompanyChamsou Andjorin
Director Government Affairs and Market Development SSA of The Boeing Company
Hon. Diamantino Azevedo
Minister at Ministry of Mineral Resources and Petroleum, Republic of Angola
Charles Azuka
Head, Global Product Stewardship at Procter & Gamble
Rui Manuel Barros
CEO and Executive Board Member of Barclays Bank Mozambique
Jabu Basopo
General Manager for Southern Africa at Visa
Mamadou Biteye
Vice President of Social Impact for CEMEA at Visa
Christine Brown
Director for Technical Barriers to Trade of United States Trade Representative (USTR)Christine Brown is currently Director for Technical Barriers to Trade in USTR’s WTO and Multilateral Affairs Office, where she leads on TBT matters in Europe, Eurasia, the Middle East, North Africa, Central America and the Caribbean. She previously worked in USTR’s Office of Southeast Asia and the Pacific. Prior to joining USTR, Ms. Brown has a long career working on trade issues, including with the U.S. Department of Commerce, the Korea Economic Institute, and C&M International. Ms. Brown received her Masters Degree from the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies and her Bachelors Degree from Tufts University.
Claudio Buque
Energy Specialist at The World Bank Group
Andre Burkett
Head of Diversification, Leaf at Philip Morris International, Inc.
Marshall Carpenter
Program Manager at Excelerate Energy
Stephen Cashin
CEO and Founder of Pan African Capital Group LLC
Miriam Chiazor-Nwegbe
Chief Operating Officer at Afrotourism West Africa Limited
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H.E. Everton Herbert Chimulirenji
Vice President at Republic of Malawi
Moreira Chonguica
Executive Producer at Maputo International Jazz Festival
W.E. Da'Cruz
Co-Founder of Virtual Global Consultant Group
Dr. Martyn Davies
Managing Director, Emerging Markets and Africa of Deloitte & Touche
Ramsey Day
Senior Deputy Assistant Administrator | Africa Bureau at USAID
H.E. Souleymane Diarrassouba
Minister of Commerce, Industry and SME Promotion at Republic of Cote D'Ivoire
Ibrahim Dikko
CEO of Backbone Connectivity Network
Hon. Luisa Diogo
Chairperson at Barclays Bank Mozambique S.A.
Hon. Raimundo Diomba
Governor of Maputo at Republic of Mozambique
Alex Dixon
Senior Director, Finance Investment and Trade of Millenium Challenge Corporation
Sipho Dlamini
Managing Director – South Africa & Sub-Saharan Africa of Universal Music Africa
Nosizwe Dlengezele-Motsitsi
Executive Managing Director of GE Gas Power SSA
Steven Dowd
U.S. Representative from the USED's Office at African Development Bank
Thobi Duma
Country Manager Mozambique at South African Airways
Sir. James Dutton
Regional President, Africa at Bechtel
Paul Eardley-Taylor
Head of Oil and Gas, Southern Africa at Standard Bank
Othmane El Ferdaous
Secretary of State for Investment at Ministry of Industry, Investment, Trade and Digital Economy, Kingdom of Morocco
Dr. Mohamed El Sahili
Chief Executive Officer at Medland Health ServicesIE
Imani Ellis-Cheek Sy
Senior Attorney Advisor & Regional Specialist for Sub-Saharan Africa at FCC
Jos Evens
Mozambique Country Manager at ExxonMobil Corporation
Yemisi Falaye
Entertainment Lawyer at Adepetun Caxton-Martins Agbor & Segun (ACAS-Law)
Farid Fezoua
CEO of General Electric (GE) Africa
George Gachara
Managing Partner at HEVA Fund LLP
Worku Gachou
Managing Director for Africa of OPIC
Sanjeev Gadhia
Founder and CEO of Astral Aviation
Dr. Pape Gaye
President and CEO of Intrahealth International
Amanda Gcabashe
Executive, Certification Division at SABS
C.D. Glin
President and CEO of U.S. Africa Development Foundation
Constance Hamilton
Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Africa at Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
Damian Hattingh
Partner at McKinsey & Company
Amb. Dennis Hearne
U.S. Ambassador to Mozambique
Andrew Herscowitz
Coordinator at Power Africa
Paul Hinks
CEO and Co-Founder of Symbion Power
Sandile Hlophe
Africa Leader for Government and Public Sector at EYSandile is an experienced corporate finance and management consulting Partner at EY. He is the Market Segment Leader (MSL) for the Africa Region, Government & Public Sector (GPS). In this role he leads a core team of partners across Africa in executing a cross Service Line, key accounts services growth strategy. He has extensive corporate finance, business turnaround, management consulting and business development experience. Sandile specializes in key account executive leadership, client service delivery executive oversight and enabling engagement delivery alignment with the c-suite and the board of directors. He is a Chartered Accountant CA(SA), has a Post Graduate Diploma in Accountancy and a Bachelor of Accounting from the University of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa.
Charmaine Houvet
Director, Public Policy - South Africa of Cisco Systems
Temitope Iluyemi
Director, Global Government Relations, Sub Sahara Africa of Procter & Gamble (P&G)
Mitch Ingram
Executive Vice President, International at Deepwater and Exploration, Anadarko Petroleum
David Jankowski
Program Manager, International Development at American National Standards Institute
H.E. Mohcine Jazouli
Deputy Minister in Charge of Cooperation with Africa at Kingdom of Morocco
Seward "Skip" Jones
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Middle East and Africa at U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC)
Hon. Gilbert B. Kaplan
Under Secretary for International Trade at Department of Commerce
William Killeen
CEO of Acrow Bridge
Julian Kyula
Chairman at Beulah City
Pierre Lampe
Finance Director, Africa Expansion Markets of Procter & Gamble (P&G)
Heather Lanigan
Regional Director, Sub-Saharan Africa of USTDA
Dr. Frannie Leautier
Chief Operating Officer at Trade and Development Bank (TDB)
John Lentaigne
Chief Underwriter Officer at African Trade Insurance Agency
Marie Lichtenberg
Director – International Partnerships of Planet Aid
Michael Ligon
Vice President, Corporate Affairs at Universal CorporationJL
José Carlos Lopes Da Silva Bettencourt
Secretary of State for Agriculture and Livestock at Republic of AngolaBorn in Angola, Tchitato Municipality, Lunda Norte Province, Liceu Guilherme Capelo in Cabinda and Liceu in Cuanza Norte. He graduated in 1975, in 1975. He has worked throughout his training group on various management, project management and
monitoring functions. In recent years he served as Project Director, Private Consultant, Consultant to the Secretary of State and Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry and from February 2018, he
served as National Director of Agriculture. He has taken several postgraduate courses in areas such as Forestry, Environmental
Management and Control, Intensification of Pasture Use, Pasture Management and Management, Evaluation and Analysis of projects in Agribusiness and Project Development in Agribusiness, other courses such as " Livestock, "Team Management and Leadership.
He is from January 2019, Secretary of State for Agriculture and Livestock.
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H.E. Osvaldo Machatine
Minister of Public Works, Housing and Water Resources at Republic of Mozambique
Aimé Mananda
Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Africa Cement CompanyAimé Mananda is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Africa Cement Company, a Mozambique-based cement manufacturing company. Before the establishment of Africa Cement Company, Mr. Mananda was the Managing Director of Burundi Cement Company, the country’s first and only cement producer. Mr. Mananda steered the setup and launch of 2 the business, tripling volumes and profitability during his tenure. He has extensive knowledge in the management of cement companies and complex real estate development projects. Mr. Mananda is the Founder and CEO of Capricorn Investment Holding, a Burundi-based real estate developer that built and operates the country’s largest serviced apartments-hotel complex. Before dabbling in the real estate and construction industry, Mr. Mananda held a number of positions in leading ICT companies across the region such as SAP and Hewlett Packard.
Karin Manente
WFP Representative and Country Director - Mozambique of UN World Food Programme
Diana Marrero
Vice President, Strategic Development at Foreign PolicyKM
Kundai Mashingaidze
Director for Africa , Communcations and Information Policy of Department of State
Lischen Mashishi
Associate Director, Marketing Operations, Alliance & Project Manager of MSD
Munene Mathenge
General Manager at DLR Group
William McKenzie
Director of Sustainable Business Group, DAI
Amanda McMillian
Executive Vice President and General Counsel at Anadarko
Samira Mensah
Director-Lead Analyst Africa Financial Services Group: EMEA of S&P Global
Elizabeth Migwalla
Senior Director and Head of Government Affairs, Africa at Qualcomm International Incorporated
Ben Modo
CEO of Prime Potomac Group
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Tamarind Murrietta
Senior Commercial Officer at US Embassy Mozambique
Dr. Timothy Musila
Assistant Commissioner Health Services (Private Sector Coordination), Department of Global Health & Multi-sectoral Coordination at Ministry of Health, Kampala, Uganda
Godfrey Mutizwa
Financial Journalist at CNBC Africa
Marianne Mwaniki
Senior Vice President and Head, Social Impact Vice Chair, at The Visa Foundation
H.E Erastus Mwencha
Chair of the Executive Board at African Capacity Building Foundation
Tibor Nagy, Jr.
Assistant Secretary, Bureau of African Affairs at U.S. Department of State
Samba Ndao
Deputy Director of Internal Trade, Ministry of Commerce at SenegalMy name is Samba NDAO. Since December 2015, I have been Deputy Director of Internal Trade, a structure of the Ministry of Commerce. In the past, 30 years ago I started as a controller responsible for verifying the application of price regulation, competition, legal Metrology and the quality of food products. As such, I worked for 15 years as departmental head of department and control team leader. After 2 years at the school of administration I received the rank of hierarchy. I managed the regional services of kaolack and fatick trade in central Senegal and that of saint louis in the north of the country. I returned to Dakar four years ago to serve as deputy head of the Legal Metrology Division last position before the one I currently hold. I took part in a workshop on ISO and ORSO standards. I am in charge of the coordination of the salt iodization control program financed by Nutrition International (NI) in Senegal.
George Njenga
Regional Executive- GE Steam Power Sub-Sahara Africa & Chief Operating Officer at GE EAST AFRICA SERVICES LIMITED
Prof. Emmanuel Nnadozie
Executive Secretary at African Capacity Building Foundation
Bongani Nqwababa
Executive Director and Joint President and CEO of Sasol
Alex Ntale
CEO of Rwanda ICT Chamber
Chuma Nwokocha
Chief Executive at Standard Bank Mozambique
Nonkululeko Nyembezi
Chair at Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE)
Sobhi Obeid
Country Manager, Angola & Mozambique at The Dow Chemical Company
Ikechukwu Ofuani
Director, Government Affairs and Policy of Johnson and Johnson West Africa
Ade Ogundoyin
CEO of Proforce Limited
Dr. Nicky Okoye
Chief Strategy Officer and Founder of Nicky Okoye Organization
Alfred Olajide
Regional Franchise Director of Coca Cola
Isoken Omo
Executive Chairperson at Edo Development and Property Agency
Dr. Egbe Osifo-Dawodu
Founding Partner at Anadach Group
Jason Parker
Partner at Winston & Strawn LLP
Rashida Petersen
Founder and CEO of 1847 Philanthropic
Bethany Phipps
Program Administrator at American National Standards Institute (ANSI)
Anthony Quinn
Director of Public Policy and International Trade at ASTM International
Aziz Rahman
Corporate Bank Head for SSA at Citi
Rogerio Ribeiro
SVP Global Health Unit at GSK
Hon. Ed Royce
Policy Director of Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP (BHFS)
Riaz Saloojee
CEO of Paramount South Africa
Raphael Sambou
Economic and Commercial Officer at U.S. Department of State
Vasco Santos
Executive Head: Construction, Rental & Used at Barloworld
Marie-Ange Saraka-Yao
Managing Director, Resource Mobilization and Private Sector Partnerships of GAVI Alliance
Francois-Xavier Saury
Microgrid Business Development Manager at Caterpillar Inc.
Dr. Witney Schneidman
Senior International Advisor for Africa at Covington & Burling LLP
Dr. Mostafa Sharaf
Vice President of Middle East and Africa at Lockheed Martin International
James Simpson Jr
Partner at Winston & Strawn LLP
Dr. Papa Salif Sow
Vice President Program Development & Management, Access Operations & Emerging Markets at Gilead Sciences, Inc.
Nicole Spieker
East Africa Director of PharmAccess
Dr. Jeffrey Sturchio
Chairman, Corporate Council on Africa & CEO of Rabin Martin
Paul Sullivan
Senior Vice President - International at Acrow Bridge
Admassu Tadesse
President and CEO of Trade and Development Bank
Hon. Djamila Tamazirt
Minister of Industry and Mines at People's Democratic Republic of Algeria
Dr. Amit N. Thakker
Chairman at Africa Healthcare Federation
Mike Theobald
Lead for Power and Energy at AECOM
Tania Tome
Executive Director of Ecokaya Investments GroupTânia Tomé is a multifaceted award winner, Economist,Ecokaya CEO, Mentor & Coach, Entrepreneur,TV Personality, author and brand ambassador. Tomé is public speaker who advocates for entrepreneurship and leadership ecosystem more inclusive, dynamic and efficient. Her purpose is to create awareness, empower leaders ,promote philanthropy and facilitate connections that lead to outstanding outcomes. She is a woman that wants to change the world. Trough media, projects and partnerships with projects she has been impacting lives of more than 5 million people. She is currently Ecokaya CEO, and volunteer as NGO for Development President. She is also an 13 years experienced Bank and Investment Professional with expertise in mentoring leaders, investment projects, credit, Leadership and reward programs. She did create a business and leadership platform , diversified concepts and programs as Succenergy,Mozbusiness tools,Waganh TVShow/award project for entrepreneurs and leaders.She is Tony Elumelu Foundation Mentor,
Global Ambassador for Womenice, ambassador of African Entrepreneurship- Africa Challenge Accepted of AbInbev - USA, Gaba - Usa Ambassador. She was Spokes Person for National Forum by ANJE, Judge President of Business Plan Competition of Entrepreneurs NGO, first young Graduation Godmother of the first and big private University in Mozambique. She has been delivering leadership training in Uganda, Rwanda,Capevert, USA, Portugal, Brazil and many others. Her concept succenergy lead her to be one of Tedx Speakers worldwide. Past Positions include Head of Credit and Risk Mitigation with huge portfolio of SMEs, entrepreneurs and investment projects. She is President’s Merit winner by MZ President, Academic Prize (Portugal/Africa) winner from Portuguese President Mario Soares,Young African Leader by President Barack Obama Initiative, 100 Most Influential People in the World by Mipad (New York 2018), Young Executive business (UK) among many others. Tomé did met and receive endorsements of more than 8 Presidents business sphere of influence includes Presidents, Ministries, Ambassadors,Bank CEOs, Directors, Media in Mozambique and across several countries.
Hon. Ernesto Max Elias Tonela
Minister at Ministry of Mineral Resources and Energy, Republic of Mozambique
Nancy Traversy
CEO & Co-founder of Barefoot Books at Ambassador for Books for Africa
Thomas Trimble
Partner at Winston & Strawn LLP
Villiam Trska
Vice President, South Africa at Procter & Gamble (P&G)
Prof. Alain Tschudin
Executive Director of Good Governance Africa
Joe Uddo
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Energy Innovation and Market Development at Department of Energy
Nadine Umutoni
Project Coordinator at African Organization for Standardisation (ARSO)
Hon. Jofre Van-Dunem
Minister of Trade at Republic of Angola
Lei Von Habsburg
Contracts and Procurement Manager - Mozambique at AnadarkoLei von Habsburg is the Anadarko Contracts and Procurement Manager, based in Maputo. She is responsible for leading all in-country procurement, supply chain and contract administration activities. Prior to this she served as the Contract and Procurement Manager for the Anadarko-led Mozambique LNG Resettlement Project in Afungi. Over the past decade, Ms. von Habsburg has held commercial and legal positions on several Mozambican infrastructure projects, and prior to that advised on projects in the U.S., Portugal and Liberia. Always committed to the growth and development of Mozambique, Ms. von Habsburg served as the Founding Charter President of the Lions Club International Tete Zambezi organization. She is a qualified attorney in several US jurisdictions, previously working in the specialized areas of contract and construction law, and holds a Juris Doctorate from the George Washington University School of Law.
General Kip Ward
Strategic Advisor at Vectrus Company
Angela Wasunna
Vice President, Global Policy, Corporate Affairs at Pfizer inc
Tanya Watson
Reimbursement Manager at Medtronic, Inc.
Anthony Welcher
VP at Millennium Challenge CorporationAnthony Welcher
VP at Millennium Challenge Corporation
Olubankole Wellington
CEO of Empire Mates Entertainment
Diane Willkens
Founder and CEO of DFIFounding President and CEO of DFI, Diane focuses on delivering sales, measureable triple-bottom-line investments and initiatives, and relationships that enable transparent business and sound economic and social development. Her expertise integrates 30+ years of successful business, partnerships, and funding mobilization, including IFIs such as The World Bank Group and the regional development banks, bilaterals such as Germany’s GIZ, the UK’s DFID, and Japan’s JICA, and UN Agencies such as IFAD and UNDP, among many other development partners. With more money than good projects, and more needs in search of solutions, Diane has positioned DFI as the highly skilled intermediary able to align the discrete needs of development partners, government ambitions, and commercial solutions. The global urgency to accelerate growth in emerging markets® and the comprehensive call to action of the Sustainable Development Goals drives Diane’s commitment to our clients’ success. Diane is Vice Chair of the Board of the Corporate Council on Africa. Additionally, she served consecutive terms on the U.S. Ex-Im Sub-Saharan Africa Advisory Committee, and a further two-terms on the global US Ex-Im Advisory Committee. Diane holds a Juris Doctor from Georgetown University Law Center and a BA from SUNY Geneseo. Diane is active in the community as past Board Chair of the Theatre Lab School for the Dramatic Arts. She is a avid golfer and fused glass artist.
Diane Willkens
President and CEO of Development Finance InternationalFounding President and CEO of DFI, Diane focuses on delivering sales, measureable triple-bottom-line investments and initiatives, and relationships that enable transparent business and sound economic and social development. Her expertise integrates 30+ years of successful business, partnerships, and funding mobilization, including IFIs such as The World Bank Group and the regional development banks, bilaterals such as Germany’s GIZ, the UK’s DFID, and Japan’s JICA, and UN Agencies such as IFAD and UNDP, among many other development partners. With more money than good projects, and more needs in search of solutions, Diane has positioned DFI as the highly skilled intermediary able to align the discrete needs of development partners, government ambitions, and commercial solutions. The global urgency to accelerate growth in emerging markets® and the comprehensive call to action of the Sustainable Development Goals drives Diane’s commitment to our clients’ success. Diane is Vice Chair of the Board of the Corporate Council on Africa. Additionally, she served consecutive terms on the U.S. Ex-Im Sub-Saharan Africa Advisory Committee, and a further two-terms on the global US Ex-Im Advisory Committee. Diane holds a Juris Doctor from Georgetown University Law Center and a BA from SUNY Geneseo. Diane is active in the community as past Board Chair of the Theatre Lab School for the Dramatic Arts. She is a avid golfer and fused glass artist.
Diane Willkens
President and CEO of Development Finance InternationalFounding President and CEO of DFI, Diane focuses on delivering sales, measureable triple-bottom-line investments and initiatives, and relationships that enable transparent business and sound economic and social development. Her expertise integrates 30+ years of successful business, partnerships, and funding mobilization, including IFIs such as The World Bank Group and the regional development banks, bilaterals such as Germany’s GIZ, the UK’s DFID, and Japan’s JICA, and UN Agencies such as IFAD and UNDP, among many other development partners. With more money than good projects, and more needs in search of solutions, Diane has positioned DFI as the highly skilled intermediary able to align the discrete needs of development partners, government ambitions, and commercial solutions. The global urgency to accelerate growth in emerging markets® and the comprehensive call to action of the Sustainable Development Goals drives Diane’s commitment to our clients’ success. Diane is Vice Chair of the Board of the Corporate Council on Africa. Additionally, she served consecutive terms on the U.S. Ex-Im Sub-Saharan Africa Advisory Committee, and a further two-terms on the global US Ex-Im Advisory Committee. Diane holds a Juris Doctor from Georgetown University Law Center and a BA from SUNY Geneseo. Diane is active in the community as past Board Chair of the Theatre Lab School for the Dramatic Arts. She is a avid golfer and fused glass artist.
Steve Wilson
Vice President and Corporate Officer and Country Manager for Mozambique Anadarko at Anadarko Petroleum CorporationSteve Wilson is a Vice President and Corporate Officer of Anadarko Corporation and their Country Manager for Mozambique, based in Maputo. He is responsible for leading in-country activities pertaining to the Mozambique LNG project, including: • Managing and growing the country’s offices and developing the national workforce • Engagement with Mozambique government officials and regulatory bodies. Relationships with industry partners, local communities and other stakeholders. Delivering approvals for POD (February 2018) and FID (June 2019). Ensuring smooth delivery of the project to first production. Delivery of Domestic Gas and development of associated industries in Mozambique Wilson has forty years business experience across all aspects of the Upstream Value Chain in his career with Schlumberger, Chevron and Anadarko, during which time he lived and worked in the USA, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia and The Middle East. He took up his current position with Anadarko in November 2017. He held numerous leadership positions during his previous career with Chevron; four times as head of country operations in Norway, Denmark, Bangladesh & latterly China, representing the company at the highest levels of government. His final position was in Houston, leading Chevron’s Worldwide Business Development efforts. Wilson has served in a variety of Advisory roles including Vice President of the Foreign Investors Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Bangladesh; Chairman of the British Chamber of Commerce in Denmark; and a Board member of the American Chamber of Commerce in Norway. A keen supporter of Education, he is a former Governor of Rossall School, a Board Member of the British School of Caracas, and an Advisory Board member for the Asian University for Women. He is currently the Chairman of the American Chamber of Commerce in Mozambique Wilson holds Masters Degrees in Chemical and Petroleum Engineering from Cambridge University and Imperial College London, and an MBA from London’s City University Cass Business School. A British citizen, Wilson is married with three adult children.
Huang Xia
UN Special Envoy to ICGLR at United Nations