Speakers

Sarah Glover
Sarah Glover

Manager of Social Strategy, NBC Owned Television Stations

Anabel Gonzalez
Anabel Gonzalez

Former Minister of Foreign Trade (Costa Rica); Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics – PIIE

Claude Grunitzky
Claude Grunitzky

Founder, TRACE and True Africa

Dominique Guillo
Dominique Guillo

Professor, Université Mohammed VI Polytechnique (UM6P)

Karim Hajji
Karim Hajji

Managing Director, Casablanca Stock Exchange

Daniel Hamilton
Daniel Hamilton

Professor, Austrian Marshall Plan Foundation

Jesko Hentschel
Jesko Hentschel

Country Director for the Maghreb and Malta, The World Bank Group

Brigette Tasha Hyacinth
Brigette Tasha Hyacinth

International Keynote Speaker; Author; Founder & Director, MBA Caribbean Organization

Paul Isbell
Paul Isbell

Chief Editor and Senior Writer, Global Alumni Education; Adjunct Professor, IE University School for Global and Public Affairs

Len Ishmael
Len Ishmael

Senior Fellow, Policy Center for the New South

Larabi Jaidi
Larabi Jaidi

Senior Fellow, Policy Center for the New South

Joseph Olaoye Jaiyeola
Joseph Olaoye Jaiyeola

Chief Executive Officer, Nigerian Economic Summit Group – NESG

Reta Jo Lewis
Reta Jo Lewis

Senior Fellow; Director of Congressional Affairs, The German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF)

Sunjoy Joshi
Sunjoy Joshi

Chairman, Observer Research Foundation (ORF)

Muhammadou M.O. Kah
Muhammadou M.O. Kah

Vice President For Academic Affairs & Provost; Professor of Information Technologies & Computing, The American University of Nigeria.

Mats Karlsson
Mats Karlsson

Special Advisor, Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs

Alan Kasujja
Alan Kasujja

Lead Presenter, Newsday, BBC News

Hassan Kawa
Hassan Kawa

Vice President, Middle East and North Africa Program, Eastwest institute

Tesfahun Gobezay Kinfie
Tesfahun Gobezay Kinfie

State Minister, National Security Advisor to the Prime Minister, Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia

Harinder Kohli
Harinder Kohli

Founding Director and Chief Executive, Emerging Markets Forum

R. Andreas Kraemer
R. Andreas Kraemer

Founder and Chairman, Ecologic Institute

Pushpam Kumar
Pushpam Kumar

Chief Environmental Economist and Senior Economic Advisor, United Nations Environment Programme – UNEP

Vera Kwakofi
Vera Kwakofi

Editor, Africa TV, BBC

Dominique Lafont
Dominique Lafont

Founder and CEO, Lafont Africa Corporation

Abdelghni Lakhdar
Abdelghni Lakhdar

Directeur Général, Millenium Challenge Account Morocco

Mosunmola Layode
Mosunmola Layode

Executive Director, African Philantropy Forum

Candide Leguede
Candide Leguede

Founder and Managing Director, ARCANDIA and INNOV’UP

Ian O. Lesser
Ian O. Lesser

Vice President, Foreign Policy; Executive Director, Transatlantic center, The German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF)

Moubarack Lo
Moubarack Lo

Senior Fellow, Policy Center for the New South

Angel Losada
Angel Losada

EU Special Representative for the Sahel, European Union

Mohammed Loulichki
Mohammed Loulichki

Senior Fellow, Policy Center for the New South

Richard Lui
Richard Lui

Journalist and News Anchor, MSNBC

Rida Lyammouri
Rida Lyammouri

Senior Fellow, Policy Center for the New South

Ade Mabogunje
Ade Mabogunje

Senior Research Scientist, Stanford University

Eniola Mafe
Eniola Mafe

International Development Strategist, Global Leadership Fellow, World Economic Forum

Youssef Mahmoud
Youssef Mahmoud

Senior Adviser Africa, Middle East and Peace Operations programs, International Peace Institute (IPI)

Jamil Mahuad
Jamil Mahuad

Former President, Republic of Ecuador

Noura Mansouri
Noura Mansouri

Senior Research Associate, King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center – KAPSARC

Greg Mills
Greg Mills

Director, The Brenthurst Foundation

Alessandro Minuto-Rizzo
Alessandro Minuto-Rizzo

President, NATO Defense College Foundation

Pol Morillas
Pol Morillas

General Director; Senior Research Fellow, Barcelona Center for International Affairs – CIDOB

Saïd Mouline
Saïd Mouline

Directeur Général, Moroccan Agency for Energy Efficiency (AMEE)

Nkosana Donald Moyo
Nkosana Donald Moyo

Founder and Chairman, Mandela Institute for Development Studies – MINDS

Michelle Ndiaye
Michelle Ndiaye

Director of the Africa Peace and Security Program, Institute for Peace and Security Studies (IPSS)

Paulo Neves
Paulo Neves

President, Institute for the Promotion of Latin America and the Caribbean – IPDAL

Mabingue Ngom
Mabingue Ngom

Director, Regional Bureau for West and Central Africa, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)

Thione Niang
Thione Niang

Co-founder and Co-CEO, Akon Lighting Africa

Olusegun Obasanjo
Olusegun Obasanjo

Former President of Nigeria, Board Member, Africa Progress Panel