Lunches
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Saturday
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12:45 pm
Batten Hives 302

Redefining the Narrative: African Creatives Charting New Paths

Despite growing recognition, African creatives often face cultural and systemic challenges in achieving global prominence. This panel will explore how African innovators are leveraging the digital space to break free from traditional norms, overcome obstacles, and carve out new opportunities. It will highlight key learnings from their journeys and examine how a fresh narrative of African creativity can inspire global audiences while maintaining authenticity. How can these trailblazers collaborate across borders to build a thriving, interconnected creative ecosystem that redefines Africa’s place in the global cultural landscape?

Redefining the Narrative: African Creatives Charting New Paths

Despite growing recognition, African creatives often face cultural and systemic challenges in achieving global prominence. This panel will explore how African innovators are leveraging the digital space to break free from traditional norms, overcome obstacles, and carve out new opportunities. It will highlight key learnings from their journeys and examine how a fresh narrative of African creativity can inspire global audiences while maintaining authenticity. How can these trailblazers collaborate across borders to build a thriving, interconnected creative ecosystem that redefines Africa’s place in the global cultural landscape?

America/New_York
Feb 15, 2025 12:45 PM
Batten Hives 302

Other Sessions

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Breakout 2
Saturday
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11:30 am
Aldrich 007
Landry Signé, Realizing Africa's Potential: A Journey to Prosperity
Explore Africa’s economic rise, investment opportunities, and strategies for industrialization in Realizing Africa’s Potential.
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Landry Signé, Realizing Africa's Potential: A Journey to Prosperity

By 2050, Africa will be home to 25% of the world’s population with more than $16 trillion in combined business and consumer spending. This profound demographic shift and economic growth are driving transformative change across African markets, offering unprecedented opportunities for investment. With strategic leadership by business and policymakers alike, these opportunities can be seized to fuel industrialization, create jobs, foster technological innovation, advance green economies, reduce poverty, and raise the standard of living across the continent.

“Realizing Africa’s Potential: A Journey to Prosperity” identifies the trends, opportunities, challenges, and strategies for success in Africa’s emerging industries including health care and pharmaceuticals; mining; insurance; investment; private equity and venture capital; international and intraregional trade (automotive, agriculture and agro-processing, pharmaceuticals, transportation and logistics); capital markets; and entertainment. The book offers unparalleled insights to scholars, investors and policymakers alike a holistic perspective on how these industries may evolve and actionable strategies on how to maximize the impact of trade and investment on industrialization to unlock Africa’s long-term prosperity.

America/New_York
Feb 15, 2025 11:30 AM
Aldrich 007
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Lunches
Saturday
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12:45 pm
Batten Hives 207
Africa Finance Corporation | presentation and networking
Join AFC to explore innovative financing, infrastructure growth, and career opportunities shaping Africa’s future.
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Africa Finance Corporation | presentation and networking

Join the Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) for an insightful session on how innovative financing solutions are transforming Africa’s infrastructure landscape. This session will explore AFC’s approach to de-risking investments, fostering sustainable industrialization & resource monetization, and driving climate resilience. Learn how AFC is bridging the continent’s $100 billion annual infrastructure gap through strategic partnerships, project development and extensive cutting-edge financial instruments. Plus, discover AFC’s exciting career opportunities, competitive benefits, and impact-driven work culture.

America/New_York
Feb 15, 2025 12:45 PM
Batten Hives 207
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Keynotes
Friday
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3:15 pm
Klarman Auditorium
The Relationship Between developed nations and Africa – the past, the present and the future?
Farouk Gumel explores Africa’s evolving global partnerships and strategies for a stronger economic future.
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The Relationship Between developed nations and Africa – the past, the present and the future?

Africa’s relationship with developed nations has shifted from colonial rule to economic partnerships and global trade. In this session,
Farouk Gumel will explore key historical turning points and their impact on Africa’s current position. A moderated discussion will
follow, examining how Africa can build stronger, fairer partnerships and the role of business leaders, policymakers, and young
professionals in shaping the future.

America/New_York
Feb 14, 2025 3:15 PM
Klarman Auditorium