AFBC AFRICA TRADE CONFERENCE 2021

Doing Business in Africa and Future Opportunities.

On Wed, 20 Jan 2021, AfBC hosted a successful virtual Africa Trade Conference 2021 to discuss on Doing Business in Africa and Future Opportunities.

The conference brought together business leaders, Government officials, investors, entrepreneurs, diasporas, experts, policymakers, academia and professionals from across the World to deliberate and showcase economic growth opportunities in Africa for both local, regional and internationals businesses and investors.

Key speakers included:

H.E. Carlos dos Santos - Ambassador of Mozambique to the U.S

Ruben Phoolchund - Chief Office for Africa at The International Trade Centre (ITC)

Dr Frannie Leautier - Senior Partner and CEO SouthBridge Investments

Angela Russell - CEO at The American Chamber of Commerce in South Africa

Manisha Dookhony - Private Sector Development, Economist and Investment Expert, Lead Technical Advisor at Ministry of Trade and Industry- Rwanda, Mauritius and Namibia Investment Promotion and Development Board (NIPDB)

Keith Stokes-Smith - Chairman of the Birmingham Commonwealth Association (BCA), Advisory Board Member, African Business Chamber (AfBC) and Honorary Chair of Greater Birmingham Commonwealth Chamber of Commerce (GBCCC)

Cecilia Akintomide - Independent Non-Executive Director at Ondo State Development and Investment Promotion Agency (ONDIPA)

Mavis Owusu-Gyamfi - Executive Vice President at African Centre for Economic Transformation (ACET)

Vibhuti Jain - Regional Managing Director for Africa at U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC)

Faruq Muhammad - Global Head of Structured Export Finance at Standard Chartered Bank

Olu Raheem - Trade Commissioner for Finland in West Africa

Thierry Vodounou - Founder of Sarenga Group LLC and fmr Senior Investment Officer at International Finance Corporation (IFC)

Gerald J. La Touche - International Trade Adviser/ Energy Sector Lead at Department for International Trade (DIT) West Midlands

Terser Adamu - International Trade Adviser and Africa Business Expert at Department for International Trade (DIT) Manchester

Cinthia Loïs Ta - CEO at The African Chamber of Commerce Scandinavia (ACCS)

Peter Kibet Arab Biwott - Executive Director at Agrinomic Africa

Akin-Olusoji Akinyele - Special Assistant to the CEO & Head, Government Relations at The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE)

Muloongo Muchelemba - Founder & Content Creator at Ongolo

Edrisa Kwizera - Head of Development at Tullow Uganda Operations Pty

Joseph M Chikolwa - Non Executive Director at British American Tobacco, Zambia

Mwila Pascal Mwenya - Debt Capital Markets: Zambia, Malawi, ESwatini, Angola, Mauritius at Stanbic Bank Zambia

Bolaji Sofoluwe - Africa Business Development Strategist and Managing Director at ETK Group

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PAST SPEAKERS

Emma Wade-Smith OBE

Her Majesty’s Trade Commissioner for Africa

Department for International Trade (DIT)

Lord Dolar Popat

Emma Wade-Smith OBE

Prime Minister's Trade Envoy

Rwanda and Uganda

Keith Stokes-Smith

Emma Wade-Smith OBE

H.E. Teferi Melese Desta

Chairman of the Birmingham Commonwealth Association (BCA), Advisory Board Member, African Business Chamber (AfBC) and Honorary Chair of Greater Birmingham Commonwealth Chamber of Commerce (GBCCC)

H.E. Teferi Melese Desta

Ambassador

Ethiopian Embassy UK

Andrew Mold

H.E. Teferi Melese Desta

Uday Dholakia OBE

Chief Regional Integration and AfCFTA, Sub-Regional Office for Eastern Africa, UNECA

Uday Dholakia OBE

H.E. Teferi Melese Desta

Uday Dholakia OBE

Honorary Consul

Republic of Malawi

Pumela Salela

Dr Mekondjo Kaapanda-Girnus

UK Country Head

Brand South Africa

Dr Mekondjo Kaapanda-Girnus

Commercial Counsellor

High Commission of the Republic of Namibia

Papa Kow Bartels

Dr Mekondjo Kaapanda-Girnus

Papa Kow Bartels

Head, Trade and Investment

Ghana High Commission

Amit Lev

Mohamed Warsama Boss

Papa Kow Bartels

Trade and Investment Commissioner, Head of the Economic Mission to Southern Africa, Israel

Mohamed Warsama Boss

Political and Trade Counsellor, Somaliland Diplomatic Mission to the UK and Commonwealth

Dr El-hadj Bah

Mohamed Warsama Boss

Chief Policy Economist, Office of the Vice President, Private Sector, Infrastructure and Industrialization at the African Development Bank (AfDB)

Cobus Visagie

Geetha Tharmaratnam

Frank Matsaert

Group CEO

Africa Merchant Capital

Frank Matsaert

Geetha Tharmaratnam

Frank Matsaert

CEO

TradeMark East Africa (TMEA)

Geetha Tharmaratnam

CEO & Founding Partners

Aequalitas Capital Partners

Elias Pungong

Geetha Tharmaratnam

UK Honorary Consul for Cameroon and Chairman of the UK-Cameroon Chamber of Commerce (UK-CCC)

Eric Olanya

Elias Pungong

Eric Olanya

Country Director

DIT - Uganda, British High Commission

Leon Ayo

Elias Pungong

Eric Olanya

President

British Chamber of Business in Southern Africa

Frank Mwiti

East Africa Markets Leader

EY Africa

Chinwe Egwim

Frank Mwiti

Senior Economist

FNBQuest Merchant Bank

Tony Otoa

Frank Mwiti

Kenneth Legesi

Executive Director

Stanbic Business Incubator Ltd, Uganda

Kenneth Legesi

Moemedi Mokgosi

Kenneth Legesi

Managing Partner and CIO

Ortus Africa Capital

Moemedi Mokgosi

Executive Director, International Business

Botswana Investment and Trade Centre

Steven Gray

Moemedi Mokgosi

Régional Representative - West Africa

UK Export Finance (UKEF)

Richard Burge

Washington Kapapiro

Trevor Simumba

Chief Executive

London Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI)

Trevor Simumba

Washington Kapapiro

Trevor Simumba

International Trade Economist, Zambia and SADC, and Managing Director, SSCG Consulting US

Washington Kapapiro

Executive Chairman

Africa Procurement Group

Stanley Osuide

Chikaodili Okeke

Washington Kapapiro

CEO of Nigeria Investment Gateway Limited and Director at African Investment Gateway Group (AIGG)

Agnes Gitau

Chikaodili Okeke

Partner GBS Africa, Advisory Board at Frontier Africa Reports and a Trustee at Five Talents Microfinance (UK)

Chikaodili Okeke

Executive Director

Feed Africa Advocacy Network

Lydia Rangapanaiken

Sub-Saharan Africa Economist

FCMB Bank UK

Sonia Galat

Lydia Rangapanaiken

Co-Founder of Africa Business Venture and Director of the Chamber of Commerce of Cote d'Ivoire, UK

Cedric Longange

Lydia Rangapanaiken

Cedric Longange

Chairman

Congolese Chamber of Commerce in Great Britain (CCCGB)

Nirmala Rewa

Emmanuel Doni-Kwame

Cedric Longange

Counsellor (Economic Matters)

Mauritius High Commission, UK

Emmanuel Doni-Kwame

Managing Director

World Trade Centre Accra