UBA Africa Conversations: REGISTER
Africa Day 2020
1st Session
Topic: UBA Africa Day Conversations 2020: Growth, Jobs and Sustainable Development Amidst A Global Pandemic
Date: Monday, May 25, 2020
Time: 3:00pm – 4:00pm (West African Time)
- H.E. Macky Sall, President of Senegal
- H.E. George Weah, President of the Republic of Liberia
- Senator Chris Coons, US Senator and member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee
- Professor Benedict Okey Oramah, President & Chairman of the Board of Directors of the African Export–Import Bank (AFREXIMBANK)
- Peter Maurer, President, International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
- Amir Ben Yahmed, President and Founder, AFRICA CEO FORUM
- Moderator: Tony O. Elumelu, CON, Chairman, United Bank for Africa
2nd Session
Topic: Domestic Policies, Regional Development and a Global Agenda: SDGs and African Development at Crossroads
Schedule: Date:Monday, 25th May, 2020
Time: 4:30pm – 5:30pm (West African Time)
- Abiola Bawuah (Ghana), Regional CEO, UBA West Africa
- Dr Nalishebo Meebelo (Zambia), Senior Program Coordinator, Regional Network of Agricultural Policy Research Institutes (ReNAPRI)
- Roland Kwemain (Cameroon), Leadership Coach and Chairman, Go Ahead Africa Ltd.
- Sobel Aziz Ngom (Senegal), Founder and Executive Director, Social Change Factory
- Tolu Ogunlesi (Nigeria), Special Assistant to the President of Nigeria on Digital and New Media
- Ndidi Okonkwo Nwuneli (Nigeria), Social Entrepreneur and Founder, LEAP Africa; Co-Founder, Sahel Consulting
- Moderator: Eugenia Abu (Nigeria), Veteran Journalist and Media Consultant