Keynote Speakers RAF 2024
President
Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
CEO
Regional Stock Exchange (BRVM)
CEO
African Guarantee and Economic Cooperation Fund (FAGACE)
Belgian State Minister
CEO
Belgian development cooperation agency (ENABEL)
PANEL 1: Building Africa Together – The Africa We Want
President
West African Development Bank (BOAD)
President
Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (BADEA)
United Nations Assistant Secretary-General – UNFPA Deputy Executive Director
Vice-President
ECOWAS Commission
Moderator
PANEL 2: Challenges of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA)
Secretary-General
AfCTFA
Secretary-General,
Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS)
President
CEMAC Commission
President
ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development (EBID)
Moderator
PANEL 3: Investing in Human Capital and Artificial Intelligence
Lead Consultant and Founder
D4D@AUE
General Manager of Human Resources
MTN Cameroon
Senior Data Manager
LVMH
Founder
IKAZE Ventures
Moderator
Hard Talk: The Future of Africa between Tradition and Modernity
Sultan King of Bamoun
Republic of Cameroon
Moderator
PANEL 4: Financing and Connecting Africa
Executive Director Group II
World Bank
Special Advisor to the President
Afreximbank
CEO
Bloomfield Investment Corporation
CEO
UTM Offshore Ltd
President
The Okwalians
Moderator
PANEL 5: Culture, sport and Soft Power
President
Magic System Foundation
World Champion & Indoor WR Holder
Triple Jump
President
International Center for Studies and Reflections on the Sahel
Secretary General
Confejes
Moderator
PANEL 6: Future of Democracy in Africa
Minister of National Cohesion, Solidarity and Poverty Reduction
Republic of Ivory Coast
Former Minister of Foreign Affairs
Republic of Cape Verde
Former Minister and Mediator
Sant’Egidio Community
Founder
Think Tank, Afrikajom Center
Special Advisor to the President
National Democratic Institut
Moderator
PANEL 7: Agribusiness and Value Chain
World Bank Representative
DRC-Angola-Burundi-Sao Tomé
Commissioner for Economic Affairs and Agriculture
ECOWAS
Managing Partner
Stallion Cap Africa
Founder and CEO
Finco
Moderator