Africa Day 2007 - Speakers:

The speakers and their respective topics of diccussion included the following:

Opening keynote - Africa's Leadership Challenge

* Prof. Dora Akunyili (Director General, National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control, Nigeria)

The New Race for Africa – Extracting Maximum Value for the Continent

* Mr. Allan Kamau (Managing Director, Africa investor) (Panel Moderator)

* Amb. Valentine Rugwabiza (Deputy Director-General, WTO)

* Mr. Kofi Adjepong-Boateng (Group Chief Executive, First Africa

Group Holdings Limited)

* Prof. Jonathan Liu (Professor, Newport University)

Increasing Diaspora Participation in Major Infrastructure & Development Projects

* Ms Barbara James (Managing Director, Africa Venture Capital Association) (Panel Moderator)
* Ms. Nana Ama Amamoo (Chief Executive, African Families Foundation)

* Mr. Colin Coleman (Managing Director, Goldman Sachs)

* Mr. Koffi Klousseh (Vice President, Helios Capital Partners)

* Mr. Oluwole M. Fagbulu (Chief Financial Officer, Mercurius Capital)

Removing Barriers to Trade - Transforming Public Services as a Vehicle to Support Economic Growth

* Mr. Richard Synge (Senior Editor, Africa Report) (Panel Moderator)

* Mr. Osei Prempeh (Deputy Attorney General, Ghana)

* Mr Ken Igbokwe (CEO, PricewaterhouseCoopers Nigeria)

* HE Mr. Mohammed Belmahi (Ambassador for Morocco)

Back to Africa - Using International Experience to Drive Change from Within Africa

* Dr. Titilola Banjoko (CEO, Africa Recruit) (Panel Moderator)

* Ms. Daniélle Crouse (Manager, OTF group)

* Ms. Phuti Malabie (Managing Director Shanduka Energy)

* Mrs. Adebimpe Nkontchou (Partner, Addie & Co. Solicitors)

* Mr. Younes Maamar (CEO, Office National de l’Electricité, Morocco)

Closing keynote - The Future of African Leadership

* Mr. Robert Ahomka-Lindsay (CEO, Ghana Investment Promotion Centre)

Dinner Speaker

* Mr. Lloyd Pierson (International Policy Advisor, Save Darfur Coalition)