AFRICA: Changing the Narrative
Episodes
Wednesday Jun 24, 2020
2020 Africa Investors Conference
Wednesday Jun 24, 2020
Wednesday Jun 24, 2020
Featured speakers include Victor Williams, Head of Corporate and Investment Banking for Africa Regions at Standard Bank Group and Mark Chaban, GM & CTO, Microsoft Middle East, and Africa.
The Africa Investors Conference is designed to connect institutional investors to leading policymakers and some of Africa's most successful companies, sharing ideas with a view to finding key opportunities for growth on the continent.
Wednesday Jun 24, 2020
2020 Africa Investors Conference, Goolam Ballim Presentation
Wednesday Jun 24, 2020
Wednesday Jun 24, 2020
Introduction by Sim Tshabalala, Group Chief Executive, Standard Bank Group. Presentation by Goolam Ballim, Chief Economist, Head: Standard Bank Research Standard Bank Group.
The Africa Investors Conference is designed to connect institutional investors to leading policymakers and some of Africa's most successful companies, sharing ideas with a view to finding key opportunities for growth on the continent.
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Wednesday Jun 24, 2020
2020 Africa Investors Conference, Interview Goolam Ballim
Wednesday Jun 24, 2020
Wednesday Jun 24, 2020
Challenges and Opportunities for Africa at the 10th Africa Investors’ Conference
From the Africa Investors Conference, Goolam Ballim, Chief Economist and Head of Research, Standard Bank talks with Teresa Clarke, Chair and CEO of Africa.com.
Mr. Ballim highlighted the stellar GDP growth that Africa has experienced over the past two decades with surging exports and flourishing trade with BRIC countries. Presently, however, Mr. Ballim believes that the impending economic downturn resulting from COVID-19 will be detrimental to the continent with a potential 4% GDP contraction in 2021.
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The Africa Investors Conference is designed to connect institutional investors to leading policymakers and some of Africa's most successful companies, sharing ideas with a view to finding key opportunities for growth on the continent.
Wednesday Jun 24, 2020
Digital Consumer Trends that will Continue to Dominate Daily Life in Africa
Wednesday Jun 24, 2020
Wednesday Jun 24, 2020
This session explores the many ways in which African consumers have shifted towards digital products and services. The discussion will explore how Africans are shifting towards delivery takeaways with UberEats, how telemedicine has taken a huge leap forward, how distance learning is gaining ground, and how contactless payments are the next big thing in the mobile payment space. To round it all off, the chief operating officer of Silicon Valley’s leading online tech business magazine, TechCrunch, will comment on how these trends dovetail with the digital consumer trends taking hold in the U.S.
Led by Dayo Olopade Author of The Bright Continent, a book on innovation, technology, and opportunity in sub-Saharan Africa
Panelist:
Dr Funmi Adewara, Founder/CEO Mobihealth International
Ned Desmond, COO, TechCrunch
Mark Elliott, Division President, Mastercard, Southern Africa
Wambura Kimunyu, CEO, Eneza Education _ Makano Mosidi, Chief Information Office, Standard Bank
Ailyssa Pretorius, Regional General Manager, Uber Eats Sub Saharan Africa
Wednesday Jun 17, 2020
Safeguarding Africa's Food SystemsThrough and Beyond the Crisis
Wednesday Jun 17, 2020
Wednesday Jun 17, 2020
A discussion with experts working with agricultural companies on development strategies, the introduction of technology, and creating sustainable employment opportunities for the continent’s burgeoning youth population.
How governments/development partners/private sector along the agriculture value chain can respond to COVID-19 and specifically what opportunities the pandemic might provide to rethink our agriculture and food systems.
Moderator Gillian Pais is a Partner in McKinsey & Company’s Nairobi Office and leads McKinsey’s Agriculture practice in Africa.
Panelists:
Linda Manda is the Global Head Agribusiness, Client Coverage, Corporate and Investment Banking, Standard Bank Group.
Kola Masha is the Managing Director of Babban Gona. Babban Gona is an award winning, high impact, financially sustainable and highly scalable social enterprise, part-owned by the farmers we serve.
Mezuo Nwuneli is the Managing Partner, Sahel Capital Agribusiness Managers Ltd., a food and agriculture focused private equity firm which invests in mid-sized agribusinesses.
Atsuko Toda is serving as the Director of Agriculture Finance and Rural Infrastructure Development Department at the African Development Bank. The department is responsible for the Bank’s investments in private sector agribusiness companies and development of Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zones across the African Continent.
Wednesday Jun 10, 2020
Wednesday Jun 10, 2020
A moderated discussion on how the current crises, health and economic, have focussed a bright light on numerous social issues facing Africans including inequitable access to healthcare, the economic vulnerability of workers, occupational safety and wellbeing, temporary improvements in air and water quality resulting from lockdowns, police brutality and excessive use of force, disparities in access to technology, and more.
Intro Remarks by Sim Tshabalala, Group Chief Executive, SBG and Executive Director, SBSA Standard Bank Group
Special Guest Speaker Jide Zeitlin, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of Tapestry, Inc. The parent company of luxury brands Coach, Kate Spade, and Stuart Weitzman.
Moderator Kamil Olufowobi, CEO, Most Influential People of African Descent (MIPAD) 100 Under 40
Panelists:
Tara Durotoye, Founder & CEO, House of Tara International
Vanessa Nakate, Activist, Climate Change
Diallo Shabazz, Co-Founder, Birthright AFRICA
Vusi Thembekwayo, CEO, MyGrowthFund Venture Capital
Phyllis Wakiaga, CEO, Kenya Association of Manufacturers
Adebola Williams, Co-Founder & CEO, Red Media Africa
Wednesday Jun 03, 2020
Law and Crisis Management: Working with Lawyers to Manage the Challenges of COVID-19
Wednesday Jun 03, 2020
Wednesday Jun 03, 2020
A timely and valuable series produced by Africa.com in partnership with faculty from Harvard Business School to address this unprecedented humanitarian and economic crisis as a result of COVID-19.
Professor David B. Wilkins leads the discussion with top lawyers across Africa while the welcome is delivered by Eric Holder, 82nd Attorney General of the United States.
Panelists:
Gerald Abila, Founder and Executive Director, BarefootLaw
Dr. Myma Belo Osagie, Co-Founder, Udo Udoma Belo-Osagie
Michel Brizoua-Bi, Partner, Bilé-Aka, Brizoua-Bi & Associés
Stephen Chege, Chief Corporate Affairs Officer, Safaricom
Prof. Vincent O. Nmehielle, SJD, Secretary-General, African Development Bank Group Office of the Secretary-General and General Secretariat
Prof. Ruth L. Okediji, Jeremiah Smith, Jr. Professor of Law, Harvard Law School, and Co-Director of the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society
Sandie Okoro, Senior Vice President, and General Counsel, World Bank Group
Thandi Orleyn, Chairperson, Legal Resources Trust
Dr. Godfred Penn, General Counsel & Director, African Development Bank