2026 Speakers

Practice Manager, Finance, Competitiveness and Investment (FCI) Practice Group for East Africa, The World Bank

Senior Executive Partner, Gartner

Director General, Fund for Investment Promotion (FPI), Democratic Republic of Congo

Director, Peace Fund Secretariat, African Union

President, Greater Washington DC Black Chamber of Commerce

Founder & Managing Partner, Canmore Capital

Deputy Division Chief, African Department, IMF; Mission Chief, Mali

Vice President, Western and Central Africa, World Bank

Vice Provost for Academic Budgets, George Washington University

Non-resident Senior Fellow, Africa Growth Initiative of the Brookings Institution

Global Sector Lead, Cloud and Data Centers, and Senior Investment Officer, Digital Access, The World Bank

Minister of Entrepreneurship & SME Development; Ministry of Industry, DRC

Private Sector Representative, Agriculture & Agro-Industries, Federation of Congolese Enterprises (FEC)

Associate Professor of Geography and International Affairs, George Washington University

Chief Investment Officer, Cygnum Capital

Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, GW

Professor of International Business and International Affairs, George Washington University

Non-Executive Director of Rare Earths Americas

Founder & President, New York Africa Chamber of Commerce

Minister of Industry, SME and Cooperatives, Republic of Mauritius

Assistant Dean, Operations and Strategic Initiatives.

Minister of Natural Resources, Kingdom of Lesotho

Investment Director, Global Energy Alliance

Founder/President, Medicalincs, Healthlincs

Division Director for Eastern Africa, IFC

Managing Director, Direct Equity Investments, Office of Infrastructure & Critical Minerals, DFC

Minister of Trade, Industry and Small Business, Kingdom of Lesotho

Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Energy, Zambia

Global Head of Investor Relations, PIDG

Chairman, US/UK Africa Business Council

Chief Economist, Growth Dialogue