of the Commonwealth Secretary General

By Invitation Only

in Honour of the UN Decade for People of African

Descent

• Presentations from Ghana (Talking Drum)
• Presentation from Nigeria
• Celebration of the 2017 Class of the Most Influential

People of African Descent

• Remark from Lord Hughes of Woodside

Open to All Speakers, Panellist and

International Elite Access Delegates

(with Reservations)

Moderator: Joseph Hammond, Journalist and Fellow Centre for Media and Peace Initiative.

Theme:  Common Good

Musical Performance – India

Welcome Remarks by Lord Alan Watson of Richmond (Former Chair, Coca Cola Europe Advisory Board)

Goodwill Messages:  Special Guests

Address by H.E John Dramani Mahama (Former President of Ghana)

Address by Dr. Babatope Agbeyo (Chairman – Cornfield Group)

Musical Performance –

Address by Ms. Bience Gawanas, UN Under-Secretary-General and Special Adviser Designate to the Secretary-General on Africa, on behalf of the UN Deputy Secretary-General

Musical Performance – UK

Closing Remark: Baroness Shreela Flather (Co-Chair Commonwealth Africa Initiative)

Moderator: Joseph Hammond, Journalist and Fellow Centre for Media and Peace Initiative.

Keynote:           H.E Maria Teresa FERNANDEZ DE LA VEGA (Former Deputy Prime Minister of Spain, Permanent State Counsellor at the Council of State and President of the Women for Africa Foundation)             

Discussant: Mark Pursey (Founder and Managing Partner of BTP Advisers);

                 Lord Bob Hughes of Woodside (British Politician)

Moderator: Gillian Joseph – Sky TV

Discussant: Tim Wainwright (CEO, Water Aid)

                  Paul Smith Lomas MBE (CEO, Practical Action)

                  H.E Dr. Hassan Abdul Qader Hilal (Minister for Environment, Sudan)

                  Charlotte Koch (Director, 4 Green Architecture Ltd.)

                  DIAGEO Senior Executive

                  Wagaki Wischnewski (United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification Bonn Germany)

Moderator: Joseph Hammond, Journalist and Fellow, Centre for Media and Peace Initiative.

Discussant: Debbie Ariyo (CEO, Afruca)

                 Gates Foundation

                 Anne Read (Director – Salvation Army)

Moderator: Joseph Hammond, Journalist and Fellow, Centre for Media and Peace Initiative.

Discussant: Tim Loughton MP (British Politician)

                  H.E. Mr. Odein Ajumogobia (Former Minister of Foreign Affairs Nigeria);

                  Bishop Wayne Malcolm (Kingdom consultant and strategist)

                  Shanker Singer (Legatum Institute’s Special Trade Commission (STC))

Moderator: Joseph Hammond, Journalist and Fellow Centre for Media and Peace Initiative.

Discussant: Dr. Ken Onyeali Ikpe (CEO of Zenith Optimedia Limited);

                 Mark Tierney, (Chief Executive, CrabTree Capital);

                 Edward George (Country Head, UK Representative Office – ECOBANK Group);

                 Vivienne Yeda Apopo (Director General of East African Development Bank);

                 Yasmin Kumi (Managing Director | Africa Foresight Group Ltd)

Note: Panel will also answer the question: “will Africa’s air transport system enable the real economy to create the millions of real economy jobs needed to occupy its burgeoning population in the coming years (and, if not, what can be done to enable it do so

Keynote Speaker: Chief Mrs. Folorunso Alakija (Vice Chair, FAMFA Oil);

Q and A Moderator: Sarah Sand BBC                           

Moderator: Sarah Sand (BBC)

Panel Keynote: H.E Toyin Saraki (Chairperson – Wellbeing Foundation and Wife of the Nigerian Senate President)

Discussant: Rt. Hon Mia Amor Mottley MP (Former Deputy Prime Minister of Barbados)

                 Dr. Justina Mutale (Advisory Board Member, World Leaders’ Forum)

                 Osayi Alile (CEO, Aspire Coronation Trust Foundation)

                 Murielle Maupoint (CEO, Hope for Children)

                 H.E Mrs El Rufai (First Lady of the Governor of Kaduna State)

                 Tola Onigbanjo (CEO Women for Africa)

                 Mrs Beth Oduwole (CEO Women Development Initiative Africa)

                Kate Osamor MP – (UK  Shadow Secretary of State for International Development)

Guest: Isha Johansen – (President, Sierra Leone Football Association)

Moderator: Mimi Fawaz,BBC

Moderator: Tosin Iduh (Media Officer – Commonwealth Africa Initiative)

Keynote Speaker: H.E. President John Mahama, the former president of the fourth Republic of Ghana

Panellists:

Mark Pursey (Founder and Managing Partner of BTP Advisers),

Messeh Leone (New Commonwealth Initiative)

Ope Runsewe

Melrone Nicole-Wilson (Ombudsman of the Republic of Sierra Leone)

1: 15 TEA AND COFFEE BREAK

Moderator: Sonaiya (WFM Africa)

Panellist:

H.E.  Hassan Abdel Qadir Hilal Minister of Environment of the Republic of the Sudan

Paul Kunert (CEO, Joule Africa),

Sidney Yankson (Ghana Capital Partners Ltd),

Helen Tarnoy (Founder, Aldwych International Ltd)

John Foster (Pineapple Power)

Moderator: Joseph Hammond Journalist & Fellow, Centre for Media and Peace Initiatives

Keynote Speaker: Ms. Bience Gawanas, UN Under-Secretary-General and Special Adviser Designate to the Secretary-General on Africa

Eden Anin-Adjei (Ghana Society UK)

Kamil Olufowobi (Founder & CEO, MIPAD),

Vero Antwi

Osayi Alile (CEO, Aspire Coronation Trust Foundation),

Tosin Olayinka (Young Leader)

Emmanuel Ajayi (Esther Ajayi Foundation)

Moderator: Joseph Hammond Journalist & Fellow, Centre for Media and Peace Initiatives

Moderator:  Joseph Hammond Journalist & Fellow, Centre for Media and Peace Initiatives

Panellist: Henry Sands (Managing Director, Sabi Strategy)

Vivienne Yeda Apopo (Director General of East African Development Bank)

Mr. Kwame (G Africa Innovation)

Panel: How can Africa profit from its creative industries?

Moderator: Priscilla Nwikpo, Broadcaster

Panellist: Sally Ann Wilson (CEO, Public Media Alliance);

             Adonis Abboud (Chairman, Capital Radio – Sierra Leone);

             Alistair Soyode (Chief Executive of BEN TV);

              DJ Cuppy Otedola

             Yemisi Mokuolu (Hatch Africa)

4 pm Panel: Not Too Young To Run: What role do Africa’s private sector and the Diaspora play in supporting the reform of Africa’s geopolitical landscape, are young Africans ready?

Moderator: Dayo Israel

H.E. Mr. Odein Ajumogobia (Former Minister of Foreign Affairs Nigeria),

Bishop Wayne Malcolm (Kingdom consultant and strategist), Dr. Babatope Agbeyo (CEO, Cornfield Group & Botosoft Inc.)

Yemi Soile (Member Steering Committee – Commonwealth Africa Summit)

Sidney Yankson (Ghana Capital Partners)

Closing Remarks

Communiqué Adoption

Press Conference

H.E John Dramani Mahama

Dinner is Served