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Event Schedule
(Times in EST)
Monday - March 22, 2021
12:45PM - 1:00PM
1:00PM - 2:00PM
Opening Remarks
Costis Maglaras
Dean, Columbia Business School, Columbia University
Dr. Albert Zeufack
Chief Economist for Africa, World Bank
Tuesday - March 23, 2021
12:30PM - 1:30PM
Anuli Isichei (Moderator), SIPA '16, Program Manager & Faculty, Healthcare Leadership Academy
Daniel Marfo, Senior Vice President, Zipline
Dr. Paulin Basinga, Director, Health, Africa, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Dr. Joseph Lelo, Medical Director of Flying Doctors Initiative, AMREF Health Africa
Wednesday - March 24, 2021
08:15AM - 09:00AM
12:30PM - 1:30PM
Nunu Ntshingila
CEO, Facebook Africa
Moe Odele (Moderator), Tech and Startup Lawyer, Vazi Legal (CLS '16)
Hon. Paula Ingabire, Minister of ICT & Innovation, Republic of Rwanda
Rebecca Enonchong, Founder & CEO AppsTech / Board chair, AfriLabs
Ashish J. Thakkar, CEO, Mara Phones
Mariam Abdullahi, Director, Android Platform Partnership Africa, Google
8:30PM - 9:00PM
Yvonne Orji
Actress, Comedian & Writer, Stars as "Molly" on HBO's "Insecure"
Thursday - March 25, 2021
08:00AM - 09:00AM
12:30PM - 1:30PM
Acha Leke
Senior Partner, McKinsey Johannesburg & Chairman, McKinsey Africa
Hillary Andoh (Moderator), Founder & CEO, HSA PR
Bertha Tobias, AU Youth Charter Country Representative, Namibia, #ShutItAllDown
Tomiwa Aladekomo, CEO, Big Cabal Media, Nigeria, #EndSARS
Alhoussein Fadiga, Board Head, Guinea Bloggers Ass. & Co-Founder of #GuineeVote
Ateki Caxton, Director, NewSETA, Cameroon, #EndAnglophoneCrisis
6:00PM - 7:00PM
Isha Sesay
Author & Award-winning journalist
Friday - March 26, 2021
08:45AM - 09:00AM
09:00AM - 10:00AM
Merit Janow
Dean, School of International & Public Affairs, Columbia University
Kuseni Dlamini
Chairman, Massmart Holdings & Aspen Pharmacare Holdings
10:30AM - 11:30AM
12:30PM - 1:30PM
Niclette Mundabi (Moderator), Africa Portfolio Manager, Moneygram International
Scott Eisner, President US-Africa Business Council at the US Chamber of Commerce
Dr. Hippolyte Fofack, Chief Economist at Afreximbank
Jemila Abdel Vetah, Senior Advisor to the AfCFTA Secretary General
Marieme Niang Camara, Managing Director for Africa, Wilben Trade
Malida Tadesse (Moderator), MBA Candidate, CBS '21
Eghosa Omoigui, Founder & Managing General Partner, EchoVC Partners
Genevieve Sangudi, Managing Director, The Carlyle Group (CBS & SIPA '04)
Skander Oueslati, Senior Partner, CIO & Co-Head of Sub-Saharan Africa, AfricInvest