London, United Kingdom2 July 2025 Home | Programme | Speakers | Partners | Side Events Speaker Snapshot Featured H.E. Dr. William Samoei Ruto President | Republic of Kenya The Rt Hon. the Lord Collins of Highbury Minister for Africa | United Kingdom H.E. Wamkele Mene Secretary General | African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) H.E. Dr. Jumoke Oduwole Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment | Federal Republic of Nigeria H.E. Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu Governor | Lagos State Prof. Benedict Oramah President & Chairman of the Board of Directors | Africa Export-Import Bank Olukorede Adenowo Chief Executive Officer | FirstBank UK Strive Masiyiwa Founder & Chairman | Econet Group Samaila Zubairu President & CEO | Africa Finance Corporation Alexis Akwagyiram Managing Africa Editor | Semafor Abebe Aemro Selassie Director, African Department | International Monetary Fund Dalu Ajene Chief Executive Officer | Standard Chartered Nigeria Runa Alam Co-Founder & CEO | Development Partners International René Awambeng Managing Partner | Premier Invest Cheryl Buss Chief Executive Officer | Absa International Kojo Boakye Vice President of Public Policy for Africa, Middle East and Turkey | Meta Chantelé Carrington Chief Executive Officer | Invest Africa Chris Chijiutomi Managing Director and Head of Africa | British International Investment Martin Devenish Global Head of Corporate Intelligence | S-RM Gabriel Edgal Chairman & Group CEO | Oakwood Green Africa Tosin Eniolorunda Founder & Group CEO | Moniepoint Lungisa Fuzile Chief Executive Officer, Africa Regions & Offshore | Standard Bank Group Monique Gieskes Chief Executive Officer | Plantations et Huileries du Congo Andrew Herscowitz Chief Executive Officer, Mission 300 Accelerator | RF Catalytic Capital Paul Hinks Founder & CEO | Symbion Power Saïd Ibrahimi Chief Executive Officer | Casablanca Finance City Authority Marie-Chantal Kaninda President | Glencore DRC Tsitsi Masiyiwa Chair & Co-Founder | Higherlife Foundation & Delta Philanthropies Featured Nick Moss Head of Nature Based Solutions | Nuveen Natural Capital Neelamani Muthukumar Managing Director & Group CFO | Olam Agri Kariuki Ngari Managing Director & CEO for Kenya & Africa | Standard Chartered José Carlos Nogueira Board Member & Chief Financial Officer | Mota-Engil Group Solomon Quaynor Vice President, Private Sector, Infrastructure, Industrialisation | African Development Bank Genevieve Sangudi Partner | Alterra Capital Sameh Shenouda Executive Director & Chief Investment Officer | Africa Finance Corporation Rt. Hon. Mark Simmonds Chairman | Invest Africa Advisory Board Ethiopis Tafara Regional Vice President for Africa | International Finance Corporation Karen Taylor Chair | Invest Africa Wale Tinubu Group Chief Executive | Oando Jennifer Zabasajja Chief Africa Correspondent & Anchor | Bloomberg Enquire about speaking opportunities
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