EU-Africa Business Summit 2022 | European Business Summit | 22 June 2022 | Egmont Palace, Pl. du Petit Sablon 8, 1000 Bruxelles, Belgium

This is an event organised to promote the voices of enterprises in Europe and Africa. For its 5th edition, the EU-Africa Business Summit will provide the perfect environment for engaging debates, high-level panel discussions and inspiring sharing and steering sessions. Around 100 physical guests and over 3000 online participants will have an opportunity to discuss the future of the economic relations between the EU and Africa in the prestigious setting.

2022 Speakers

Albert Muchanga
AU Commissioner for Trade

Solomon Adegbie-Quaynor
Vice President, African Development Bank

Tania Habimana
Correspondent, CNBC Africa

David Clarinval
Foreign Trade Acting Minister, Belgium

Aminata Assome Diatta
Minister of Commerce and Medium and Small Businesses, Senegal

Ebrahim Patel
Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition, South African

Betty C. Maina
Minister of Industrialisation, Trade and Entreprise Development, Kenya

Ilyas Moussa Dawaleh
Minister of Economy, Finance, and Industry, Djibouti

Nevine Gamea
Minister of Industry, Trade and Small industries, Egypt

Alan Kyeremanten
Minister of Trade and Industry, Ghana

Arnaud Thysen
Director General, EBS

Vera Songwe
Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA)

George Asamani
Business Development Lead Africa, PMI

Amr Talaat
Minister for CIT, Egypt

Ursula Owusu-Ekuful
Minister for Communications, Ghana

Karen Kaneza
Vice-President, ADEPT Platform

Dave Keating
Brussels Correspondent, France24

Michael Spindelegger
Director-General, ICMPD

Johannes Luchner
Deputy-Director General, European Commission, DG HOME

Dawit Dame
Senior Advisor, Ethiopia Ministry of Labour and Skill

Eden Alemayehu
INSPIRE Project Manager, ICMPD

Mante Makauskaite
Co-Founder of AfriKo

Jennifer Tangney
Senior Project Manager, MPF (Migration Partnership Facility), ICMPD

Janusz Wojciechowski
EU Commissioner for Agriculture

Ivor Ichikowitz
Chairman, Ichikowitz Foundation

Shada Islam
Brussels-based commentator and analyst

John Clarke
Director of International Relations, European Commission, DG AGRI

Norbert Lins
Member of the European Parliament, Chair of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development

Pekka Pesonen
Secretary General, Copa-Cogeca

Reda Guiha
Regional President, International Developed Markets – Rare Disease Division of Pfizer Rare Disease

Florence Ranson
EU Correspondent and Founder, REDComms

María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos
Member of the European Parliament, Chair of the committee for the Relations with the Pan-African Government

Bernd Ohnesorge
President Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA), Siemens Healthineers

Sebastien Bracke
Senior Advisor, Kofi Annan Foundation and European Institute of Peace

Patrick Child
Deputy Director-General, European Commission, DG ENV

Kamal Adjavi
Mayor, Golfe 3

Mpho Phalatse
Mayor, Johannesburg

Ronald Kato
Correspondent, AfricaNews