The voices shaping
Africa’s future.

H.E. William Ruto

President

Republic of Kenya

H.E. Emmanuel Macron

President

French Republic

António Guterres

Secretary-General of the United Nations

United Nations

H.E. Évariste Ndayishimiye

President

Republic of Burundi

H.E. Ismaïl Omar Guelleh

President

Republic of Djibouti

H.E. Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi

President

Arab Republic of Egypt

H.E. John Dramani Mahama

President

Republic of Ghana

Dr the Hon Navinchandra RAMGOOLAM, G.C.S.K., F.R.C.P.,

Prime Minister of The Republic of Mauritius

Republic of Mauritius

His Majesty King Mohammed VI

King

Kingdom of Morocco

H.E. Daniel Francisco Chapo

President

Republic of Mozambique

H.E. Bola Ahmed Tinubu

President

Federal Republic of Nigeria

H.E. Paul Kagame

President

Republic of Rwanda

H.E. Bassirou Diomaye Faye

President

Republic of Senegal

H.E. Aziz Akhannouch

Prime Minister

Kingdom of Morocco

H.E. Juan Manuel Santos

Former President

Republic of Colombia

Amb. Philip Thigo, MBS

Special Envoy on Technology

Republic of Kenya

H.E. Lerato Mataboge

Commissioner for Infrastructure and Energy

African Union

Sidi Ould Tah

President

African Development Bank (AfDB)

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

Director-General

World Trade Organization (WTO)

Makhtar Diop

Managing Director

International Finance Corporation (IFC)

George Elombi

President & Chairman of the Board

Afreximbank

Sanda Ojiambo

Executive Director

United Nations Global Compact

Ahunna Eziakonwa

Assistant Administrator & Regional Director for Africa

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Christophe Lecourtier

Chief Executive Officer

Agence Française de Développement (AFD)

Carla Montesi

Director

European Commission, DG International Partnerships

Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

Director-General

World Health Organization (WHO)

H.E. Wamkele Mene

Secretary-General

African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat

H.E. Dr. Jean Kaseya

Director-General

Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC)

Dr. Sania Nishtar

Chief Executive Officer

Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance

Dr. Philippe Duneton

Executive Director

Unitaid

Peter Sands

Executive Director

The Global Fund

Dr. Jerome H. Kim

Director-General

International Vaccine Institute

Dr. Amandeep Singh Gill

UN Special Envoy for Digital and Emerging Technologies

United Nations

Sally Radwan

Chief Digital Officer

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

Strive Masiyiwa

Founder & Executive Chairman

Cassava Technologies

Snehar Shah

Chief Executive Officer

IX Africa Data Centre

Jean-François Fallacher

Chief Executive Officer

Eutelsat Group

Xavier Niel

Chairman & Chief Strategy Officer

Iliad

Christel Heydemann

Chief Executive Officer

Orange S.A.

Ory Okolloh

Partner

Verod-Kepple Africa Ventures

Grégoire de Padirac

Investment Manager

Orange Digital Ventures

Aliko Dangote

Founder & CEO

Dangote Group

Rodolphe Saadé

Chairman & CEO

CMA CGM

Keith Svendsen

Chief Executive Officer

APM Terminals

Dr. Githinji Gitahi

Group Chief Executive Officer

Amref Health Africa

Melanie Hui

Chief Executive Officer

Luminate

Yann LeCun

Executive Chairman, Advanced Machine Intelligence

Meta

Kate Kallot

Founder & CEO

Amini

Jade Abbott

Chief Technology Officer

Lelapa AI

Dr. Vukosi Marivate

Professor of Computer Science · ABSA UP Chair of Data Science

University of Pretoria

Karim Beguir

Co-Founder & CEO

InstaDeep

Frédéric Pascal

Professor, AI and Applied Statistics

CentraleSupélec (L2S Laboratory)

Dr. Seydina Moussa Ndiaye

Senior Lecturer

Cheikh Hamidou Kane Digital University, Senegal

Vilas Dhar

Global Expert on Artificial Intelligence Policy

Hugo Micheron

Postdoctoral Research Associate, Institute for Transregional Studies

Princeton University

Arthur Mensch

Co-Founder & CEO

Mistral AI

Ayah Bdeir

Inventor of littleBits

Dr. Rachel Adams

Founder & CEO

Global Centre on AI Governance (GCG)

Dr. Abeba Birhane

Founder & Principal Investigator

AI Accountability Lab (AIAL)

Chrystal Rugege

Managing Director

Rwanda Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution

H.E. Amb. Josefa Leonel Correia Sacko

Commissioner for Agriculture, Rural Development, Blue Economy and Sustainable Environment (Moderator)

African Union Commission

H.E. Olivier Poivre d’Arvor

French Ambassador for Poles and Maritime Issues (Moderator)

Republic of France

Amb. Nancy Karigithu, CBS

Principal Secretary, State Department for Shipping and Maritime (Moderator)

Ministry of Transport, Infrastructure, Housing, Urban Development and Public Works, Republic of Kenya

Ahmed El Alfi

Founder and Chairman

Sawari Ventures

Alexandre Merieux

Executive President

Biomérieux

Antoine de Saint-Affrique

CEO

Danone

Arnaud Lagesse

Group CEO

IBL Ltd

Aziz Mebarek

Founding & Co-Managing Partner

Africinvest

Bagoré Bathily

CEO

La Laiterie du Berger

Baidy Agne

President

National Employers' Council of Senegal

Béatrice Buffon

Executive Vice President, EDF Group · CEO, EDF Power Solutions

EDF Group

Carole Kariuki

CEO

KEPSA

Charles Goemaere

CEO

Comité Champagne

Dr. Stavros Nicolaou

Group Senior Executive

Aspen Pharmacare Holdings

Dr. James Mworia

Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director

Centum Investment Company Plc

Fatoumata Bâ

Founder & Executive Chair

Janngo Capital

Françoise Lombard

CEO

Proparco

Gbenga Oyebode

Co-Founder

ALN Nigeria · Aluko & Oyebode

Hassanein Hiridjee

CEO

Axian Group

Hon. Dhaneshwar Damry

Junior Minister of Finance

Republic of Mauritius

James Mwangi

Managing Director & Group CEO

Equity Bank

Jean-Pascal Tricoire

Chairman

Schneider Electric

Jeremy Awori

CEO

Ecobank Group

John Mwendwa

CEO

Kenya Investment Authority

Létondji Beheton

Managing Director

Société d’Investissement et de Promotion de l’Industrie (SIPI-Bénin S.A.)

Louis Margueritte

CEO

Business France

Maryse Lokossou

Managing Director

Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations du Bénin

Morena Makhoana

CEO

Biovac

Moroesi Mokhabi

CEO

Brane Afrika

Mustafa Rawji

CEO

Rawbank

Nicolas Dufourcq

CEO

Bpifrance

Odile Renaud-Basso

President

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)

Paul Russo

Group CEO

KCB Group

Philippe Gautier

CEO

MEDEF International

Philippe Piron

President Electrification & CEO Grid Solutions, Power Conversion and Storage

GE Vernova

Sophie Sidos

Présidente

Comité National des Conseillers du Commerce Extérieur (CCE)

Thierry Déau

CEO & Founder

Meridiam

Thierry Hébraud

CEO

MCB Group

Tidjane Dème

General Partner

Partech

Yedau Ogoundele

CEO

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