11:00 - 11:20
WELCOME AND KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Chair - Dr Quaye Botchway - Chair of the Board of Directors, African Business Chamber (AfBC)
H.E.Teferi Melese Desta - Ethiopian Ambassador in the United Kingdom
11:20 - 13:30
SESSION 1 Investment , Trade, FDIs, Project Financing and Business Opportunities in the Midlands, UK
Chair - Eugene Nizeyimana - CEO, African Business Chamber (AfBC)
Chris Mvunga - Former Governor, Bank of Zambia and Deputy Secretary to the Cabinet-Finance and Economic Development, Government of Zambia
Dr. Chinyere Almona - Director-General/Chief Executive, Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Ian Harrison - Head of Exports – Midlands, Department for International Trade (DIT)
Dan Storer - Chief Investment Officer at West Midlands Growth Company
David Grady – CFO, Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games
Nadia Echchihab - Global Commercial Team Lead and Urban Links Africa Project Lead, Connected Places Catapult
13:30 - 15:00
SESSION 2 Innovation, Tourism and SME value chain opportunities between the Midlands and African Commonwealth countries
Chair: Keith Stokes-Smith - Chairman of the Birmingham Commonwealth Association (BCA), Executive Director at The African Business Chamber (AfBC) and Honorary Chair of the Greater Birmingham Commonwealth Chamber of Commerce
Sisa Ntshona – President, Enterprise Development Council of South Africa and Former South Africa Tourism Board CEO
Nkhumeleni Victor Tharage - Director General, Department of Tourism (DT), Government of South Africa
Professor Christian Stadler - Professor of Strategy and International Business Management, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick
Nisan Abdulkader - Vice President, Africa at Wavteq
Eric Olanya - Country Director at Department for International Trade - Uganda, British High Commission
Tatenda Marume - Manager-Export Development at ZimTrade
CLOSING REMARK
Chair - Dr Quaye Botchway - Chair of the Board of Directors, African Business Chamber (AfBC)
