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Zambia Monitor Editor, Maimbolwa Mulikelela, has arrived Accra to join other international journalists covering the 30th Annual Meetings for the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) taking place in Ghana.
Ghanaian President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, and other leading African and Caribbean figures are among the top headliners here in Accra.
According to a provisional programme, President Akufo-Addo and Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley of Barbados will be among a set of high-profile leaders, comprising Heads of State and Government, former Heads of State, other political leaders, business leaders, African trade practitioners, trade finance experts, members of the academia and senior public figures, scheduled to address participants at the Afreximbank Annual Meetings (AAM2023).
Other confirmed speakers include Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, former President of Nigeria; Dr. Donald Kaberuka, Chairman of the Board of Directors, SouthBridge Group and Former President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), and Wamkele Mene, Secretary General of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat.
Ambassador Albert Muchanga, Commissioner for Economic Development, Trade, Industry and Minerals, African Union Commission, Antonio Pedro, Acting Executive Secretary, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, Strive Masiyiwa, Founder and Executive Chairman, Econet Global and Cassava Technologies; Arnold Ekpe, Former Group CEO, Ecobank, and Chairman, the Business Council of Africa and Baobab, Dr. Vera Songwe, Board Chair, Liquidity and Sustainability Facility, and David Coffey, Chief Executive Officer, African Association of Automotive Manufacturers will also feature prominently.
Also confirmed to speak are Ahmed El Sewedy, President and Chief Executive Officer, Elsewedy Electric of Egypt; Oussama Kaissi, Chief Executive Officer, Islamic Corporation for the Insurance of Investment and Export Credit, Florie Liser, President and Chief Executive Officer, Corporate Council on Africa; Kayode Pitan, Chief Executive Officer, Bank of Industry of Nigeria.
The four-day AAM2023, being held under the over overarching theme, Delivering the vision: Building prosperity for Africans, will feature keynote addresses, panel discussions, plenaries and fireside-type conversations focusing on African trade, trade finance and development issues, including the implementation of the AfCFTA.
Some of the topics listed for discussion include: Turbo-Charging Implementation of the AfCFTA; Building Prosperity for Africans: The Challenges of Peace and Security; What would it take for Africa to feed itself—Overcoming the challenges of food security for sustainable development in Africa; Building Prosperity: African Culture and Literature as a Foundation for African Renaissance; Delivering the Vision—Corporate Perspectives; and The Future of Integration in Africa.
Other sessions will cover: The Benefits of Strong Continental Financial Institutions; Towards a Unified Vision for the Prosperity of Africans; A New Middle Passage by Africans for Africans — Strengthening interconnectivity between Africa and its Diaspora for shared Prosperity.
Afreximbank Annual Meetings are attended by business and political leaders, banking industry professionals, trade and trade finance practitioners and other parties involved in economic development from across Africa and beyond.
The Meetings, which have been ranked among the most important gatherings of economic decision makers in Africa, are covered by African and international media.
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