News

Africa Prosperity Dialogues 2024: 5 Heads of State, Top Business Leaders Confirm Participation

Five African Heads of State and another from the Caribbean, as well as several top business and thought leaders across the African continent have confirmed their participation in the second edition of the Africa Prosperity Dialogues (APD) organized by the Africa Prosperity Network (APN), and Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat based in Accra, Ghana, with support from the government of Ghana.

Among the Heads of State attending APD 2024 are host, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, President of the Republic of Ghana; Their Excellencies, Mohammed Infaan Ali, President of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana; Sall, President of the Republic of Senegal; Faure Gnassingbé, President of the Republic of Togo; Umaro Sissoco Embaló, President of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau, and Worķ Zewde, President of Ethiopia.

Other top government officials who will also grace the occasion are Prime Minister of Mozambique, His Excellency Adriano Maleiane; Vice President of Côte d’Ivoire, the Speaker of the People’s National Assembly, Algeria and the Secretary-General of AfCFTA Secretariat, Wamkele Mene.

Business leaders

Leaders of leading businesses and institutions on the African continent who have also confirmed their participation are Prof. Benedict Okey Oramah – Afreximbank; Mohamed M. Abou EI Enein – Chairman and Founder, Cleopatra Group; Dr. Sidi Ould Tah – Director General, BADEA; Ahunna Eziakonwa – Assistant Secretary, Regional Bureau for Africa, UNDP; Solomon Quaynor – Vice President, AfDB, and Brigette Radebe, President, South African Mining Development Association.

Others are Cherif Abdallah – Chairman, CONEX Group of Companies, Liberia; Precious Moloi-Motsepe, Chancellor of the University of Cape Town; Ernest Addison – Governor, Bank of Ghana; Marufatu Abiola Bawuah, CEO, UBA Africa; Alex Dadey – Chairman, KGL; Julius Mwale – Principal, Mwale Medical and Technology City (MMTC), Lacina Koné – CEO, Smart Africa.

The rest are Wale Tinubu – CEO, Oando PIc; Yofi Grant- CEO, GIPC; Serge ERue – President of the West African Development Bank; Opoku Ahweneeh Danquah, CEO, Ghana National Petroleum Corporation; Ebenezer Asante SVP, Markets, MTN Group, among others.

The Africa Trade Torch

As part of APD 2024, there will be the ‘Lighting the Africa Trade Torch (ATT)’. The ATT is a private sector initiative for the popularization of AfCFTA among the African people and the African private sector, including SMEs, women and youth and for the private sector to show its commitment to the operationalization of the AfCFTA.

The lighting of the ATT, which is under the auspices of the Africa Business Council, led by its President Dr Amany Asfour, is traditionally carried out on 20 January every year for the past two years. However, Africa Business Council has decided to do it this year at the Africa Prosperity Dialogues.

His Excellency Joaquim Alberto Chissano – Former President of the Republic of Mozambique and Chairperson of the Africa Forum, supported by President Akufo-Addo and other Heads of State & Government, Secretary-General of AfCFTA, Wamkele Mene, President of Africa Business Council, Dr Amany Asfour and other dignitaries will participate in the lighting of the Africa Trade torch.

APN 2024

The 2024 Africa Prosperity Dialogues, which is themed; “Delivering Prosperity in Africa: Produce, Add Value, Trade,” is also expected to have over 800 delegates attending the three-day event from Thursday, 25 to Saturday, 27 January 2024, taking place at the Peduase Presidential Lodge, Aburi Hills, in the Eastern Region of Ghana.

Apart from the eight high-level sessions that will feature top business and thought leaders across the African continent and the Caribbean, there will be side events on day one and two as well as the ‘Africa Prosperity Champions Awards and Presidential Gala Dinner’ at the Kempinski Hotel Gold Coast City in Accra. There will also be a by-the-fireside chat with Aliko Dangote, Founder, Chairman, and CEO of the Dangote Group.

Related Articles

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Back to top button