Brazil Africa Forum 2022 | Brazil Africa Institute | 22 November 2022 | São Paulo, Brazil

The 2022 program will be divided into eight axes, covering key themes for the cities’ agenda: Infrastructure, Urban Mobility, Safety, Health and Sanitation, Education, Waste Management, Urban Agriculture and Public-Private Partnerships.The BAF includes plenary sessions with guest speakers in their fields of expertise, as well as side events and showcases on different subjects related to public policy and urban planning. Thelive broadcast through IBRAF's social networks will let the participation of people from different parts of the world.

2022 Speakers

Adriana Barbosa
CEO, PretaHub

Albert Muchanga
Commissioner for Trade and Industry of the African Union Commission

Blick Bassy
Singer and Songwriter

Clarisse Machanguana
Founder and Executive Director at Clarisse Machanguana Foundation and Former WNBA’s Basketball Player

Dominic O’Neill
Executive Director of Sanitation and Hygiene Fund (SHF)

Donald Kaberuka
President of the Global Fund, African Union Special Envoy for Africa and Founder Partner of SouthBridge Group

Eduardo Pimentel
Vice mayor of Curitiba

Frannie Léautier
CEO of SouthBridge Investments

Henrique Pissaia
General Coordinator of Strategic Alliances of FONPLATA

Jamil Chade
Correspondent in Geneva, Columnist for UOL News, The Geneva Observer, Canal MyNews, TV Bandeirantes and Radio BandNews

Jean Pierre Senghor
Executive Secretary of Food Security Council of Senegal

João Bosco Monte
President of Brazil Africa Institute

John Kufuor
Former President of Ghana

Jorge Werthein
Special Advisor to the Director General of IICA

Lionel Zinsou
Former Prime Minister of the Republic of Benin

Luciana Botafogo
President of Fonplata

Mamadou Biteye
Executive Secretary of the African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF)

Maria Helena Semedo
Deputy General Director of Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Miguel Azevedo
Head of Investment Banking for Middle East and Africa (ex Senior Advisor) Citigroup

Natália Dias
CEO of Standard Bank Brazil

Omar Ben Yedder
Group Publisher and Manager Director of IC Publications

Otaviano Canuto
Former Executive Director at the World Bank and of the Board of Directors of the International Monetary Fund

Paulo Gomes
Chairman at Orango Investment Corporation

Patrick Dlamini
CEO and Managing Director, Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA)

Paulo Ricardo de Mattos
Director of Innovation and Business of Brazilian Mint

Paulo Rogério
Co Founder of Instituto Mídia Étnica, Co Founder of News Portal Correio Nagô

Roberto Rodrigues
Former Minister of Agriculture of Brazil

Rodrigo Perpetuo
Executive Secretary of ICLEI for South America

Sergio Gusmão Suchodolski
Member of the Advisory Board of Sustainable Amazon Foundation

Tamer Mansour
CEO and General Secretary of Brazilian Arab Chamber of Commerce

Walker Lahmann
Executive Director of Eurofarma

Will Mbiakop
ASCI Executive Chairman

Ylias Akbaraly
Chairman of REDLAND

2022 Sponsors

DIAMOND SPONSORS:
• Afreximbank
• DBSA
• Redland

PLATINUM SPONSORS:
• Fonplata
• Standard Bank
• Casa Da Moeda Do Brasil
• BP Security

PARTNER ORGANIZATION:
• South Bridge