U.S.-Africa Business Summit 2019 | EventBank | 18 June 2019 | Joaquim Chissano International Conference Center, Avenida Joaquim Chissano, Maputo, Mozambique

The Summit will bring together more than 1,000 U.S. and African private sector executives, international investors, senior government officials and multilateral stakeholders. The Summit will serve as a platform for U.S. and African business and government leaders to:

• Engage on key sectors including agribusiness, energy, health, infrastructure, ICT, finance and more;
• Network with key private sector and government decision makers;
• Explore new business opportunities and meet potential business partners; and
• Advocate to shape effective U.S.-Africa trade and investment policies

Why Attend?
Since 1997, CCA's U.S.-Africa Business Summit has been regarded as the essential conference on doing business in and investing in Africa.

The multi-day conference will address the rapidly evolving models for business and investment in the continent's most pressing sectors and offer countless opportunities to meet new partners, gather insights, and meet your business development goals.

2019 Speakers

H.e. Filipe Nyusi
President, Republic Of Mozambique

H.e. Paul Kagame
President, Republic Of Rwanda

H.e. José Mário Vaz
President, Republic Of Guinea-bissau

King Mswati Iii
Kingdom Of Eswatini

H.e. Hage Geingob
President, Republic Of Namibia

H.e. Mokgweetsi Masisi
President, Republic Of Botswana

H.e. Uhuru Kenyatta
President, Republic Of Kenya

H.e. Edgar Lungu
President, Republic Of Zambia

H.e. Emmerson Mnangagwa
President, Republic Of Zimbabwe

H.e. Peter Mutharika
President, Republic Of Malawi

H.e. Teodoro Mbasogo
President At Republic Of Equatorial Guinea

Florizelle Liser
President And Ceo, Corporate Council On Africa

Hon. Wilbur Ross
Cabinet Secretary At U.s. Department, Comemrce

Vanessa Adams
Vp For Country Support And Delivery, Agra

Adefunke Adeyemi
Regional Head, Member And External Relations, Africa And Middle East, International Air Transport Association

Olugbenga Agboola
Ceo, Flutterwave Inc

Ari Aisen
Resident Representative, International Monetary Fund

Ghonche Alavi
Cyber Extortion Expert, Gardaworld International Protective Services

Obaid Amrane
Ceo, Ithmar Capital

Debisi Araba
Regional Director, International Center For Tropical Agriculture (Ciat)

Hon. Diamantino Azevedo
Minister, Ministry Of Mineral Resources And Petroleum, Republic Of Angola

Claudio Buque
Energy Specialist, The World Bank Group

Stephen Cashin
Ceo And Founder, Pan African Capital Group Llc

Miriam Chiazor-nwegbe
Chief Operating Officer, Afrotourism West Africa Limited

Eneas Comiche
Mayor, Maputo City

W.e. Da'cruz
Co-founder, Virtual Global Consultant Group

Ewan Davenport
General Manager For Africa, Pizza Hut

Dr. Martyn Davies
Managing Director, Emerging Markets And Africa, Deloitte & Touche

Ramsey Day
Senior Deputy Assistant Administrator, Africa Bureau, Usaid

Papa Demba Diallo
Ceo, Fonsis

Hon. Luisa Diogo
Chairperson, Barclays Bank Mozambique S.a.

Sipho Dlamini
Managing Director – South Africa & Sub-saharan Africa, Universal Music Africa

Steven Dowd
U.s. Representative From The Used's Office, African Development Bank

Thobi Duma
Country Manager Mozambique, South African Airways

Sir. James Dutton
Regional President, Africa, Bechtel

Paul Eardley
Head Of Oil And Gas, Southern Africa, Standard Bank

Ejike Egbuagu
Ceo, Moneda Investment

Othman El Ferdaous
Secretary Of State For Investment, Ministry Of Industry, Investment, Trade And Digital Economy, Kingdom Of Morocco

Dr. Mohamed El Sahili
Chief Executive Officer, Medland Health Services

Emma Esinnah
Country Director Nigeria, Curves International

Yemisi Falaye
Entertainment Lawyer, Adepetun Caxton-martins Agbor & Segun (Acas-law)

Farid Fezoua
Ceo, General Electric (Ge) Africa

George Gachara
Managing Partner, Heva Fund Llp

Worku Gachou
Managing Director For Africa, Opic

Dr. Pape Gaye
President And Ceo, Intrahealth International

Sanjeev Ghadia
Founder And Ceo, Astral Aviation

C.d. Glin
President And Ceo, U.s. Africa Development Foundation

Constance Hamilton
Assistant U.s. Trade Representative For Africa, Office Of The U.s. Trade Representative (Ustr)

Thomas Hardy
Director, Ustda

Jon Harris
Executive Vice President, Upstream, Sasol

Damion Hattingh
Partner, Mckinsey & Company

Amb. Dennis Hearne
U.s. Ambassador, Mozambique

Andrew Herscowitz
Coordinator, Power Africa

Paul Hinks
Ceo And Co-founder, Symbion Power

Ivor Ichikowitz
Group Chairman, Paramount Group

Temitope Iluyemi
Director, Global Government Relations, Sub Sahara Africa, Procter & Gamble (P&g)

Mitch Ingram
Executive Vice President, International, Deepwater And Exploration, Anadarko Petroleum

David Jankowski
Program Manager, Ansi

Seward "Skip" Jones
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Middle East And Africa, U.s. Department Of Commerce (Doc)

Chalker Kansteiner
Founder, Gridx Africa

Kathryn Kaufman
Senior Vice President, Opic

Naledi Khabo
Ceo, Africa Travel Association

William Killeen
Ceo, Acrow Bridge

Julian Kyula
Chairman, Beulah City

Pierre Lampe
Financial Director, Africa Expansion Markets, Procter & Gamble (P&g)

Heather Lanigan
Regional Director, Sub-saharan Africa, Ustda

Dr. Frannie Leautier
Chief Operating Officer, Trade And Development Bank (Tdb)

John Lentaigne
Chief Underwriter Officer, African Trade Insurance Agency

Marie Lichtenberg
Director – International Partnerships, Planet Aid

Munene Mathenge
General Manager, Dlr Group

William Mckenzie
Director, Sustainable Business Group, Dai

Amanda Mcmillian
Executive Vice President And General Counsel, Anadarko

Eric Meyer
Deputy Assistant Secretary, United States Treasury

Ben Modo
Ceo, Prime Potomac Group

Lesego Castar Moseki
Deputy Director, Bank Of Botswana

Michael Mutiga
Corporate Banking Head, Citi

Marianne Mwaniki
Ceo, Senior Vice President & Head, Social Impact, Visa

H.e. Erastus Mwencha
Chair Of The Executive Board, African Capacity Building Foundation

Nneile Nkholise
Founder And Ceo, Imed Tech South Africa

Prof. Emmanuel Nnadozie
Executive Secretary, African Capacity Building Foundation

Bongani Nqwababa
Executive Director And Joint President And Cep, Sasol

Nonkululeko Nyembezi
Chair, Johannesburg Stock Exchange (Jse)

Sobhi Obeid
Country Manager, Angola & Mozambique, The Dow Chemical Company

Ade Ogundoyin
Ceo, Proforce Limited

Dr. Nicholas Okoye
Chief Strategy Officer And Founder, Nicky Okoye Organization

Alfred Olajide
Regional Franchise Director, Coca Cola

Isoken Omo
Executive Chairperson, Edo Development And Property Agency

Dr. Egbe Osifo-dawodu
Founding Partner, Anadach Group

Nuradin Osman
Vice President And General Manager Africa, Agco

Rashida Petersen
Founder And Ceo, 1847 Philanthropic

Leland Rice
Ceo, Dedalus Global

Derrick Roper
Ceo, Novare Equity Partners (Pty) Ltd

Maria Rotilu
General Manager Nigeria, Branch International

Hon. Ed Royce
Policy Director, Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, Llp (Bhfs)

J. Miguel Santos
Managing Director, Boeing International - Africa, The Boeing Company

Marie-ange Saraka-yao
Managing Director, Resource Mobilization And Private Sector Partnerships, Gavi Alliance

Francois-xavier Saury
Microgrid Business Development Manager, Caterpillar Inc.

Witney Schneidman
Senior International Advisor For Africa, Covington & Burling Llp

Karim Lofti Senhadji
Ceo, Ocp Africa

Elisee Sezan
President And Ceo, Ge Gas Power Ssa

Dr. Mostafa Sharaf
Vice President Of Middle East And Africa, Lockheed Martin International

Kirsty Simpson
Ens

Dr. Papa Salif Sow
Vice President Program Development & Management, Access Operations & Emerging Markets, Gilead Sciences, Inc.

Richelle Speights
Founder, Franchise Africa

Nicole Spieker
East Africa Director, Pharmaccess

Dr. Jeffrey Sturchio
Chairman, Corporate Council On Africa & Ceo, Rabin Martin

Paul Sullivan
Senior Vice President - International, Acrow Bridge

Alejandro Tawil
Partner And Chairman, Third Way Africa

Dr. Amit N. Thakker
Chairman, Africa Healthcare Federation

Gerry Thomas
Ceo, Krispy Kreme South Africa

Hon. Ernesto Max Elias Tonela
Minister, Ministry Of Mineral Resources And Energy, Republic Of Mozambique

Nancy Traversey
Ambassador, Books For Africa

Thomas Trimble
Partner, Winston & Strawn Llp

Alain Tschudin
Executive Director, Good Governance Africa

Sadiq Usman
Deputy Coo, Flour Mills Of Nigeria, Plc

Hon. Jofre Van-dunem
Minister Of Trade, Republic Of Angola

Agostinho Vuma
Chairman, Confederation Of Business Associations

General Kip Ward
Strategic Advisor, Vectrus Company

Angela Wasunna
Vice President, Global Policy, Corporate Affairs, Pfizer Inc

Tanya Watson
Reimbursement Manager, Medtronic, Inc.

Anthony Welcher
Vp, Millennium Challenge Corporation

Hon. Rogerio Zandamela
Governor, Bank Of Mozambique

2019 Sponsors

PLATINUM SPONSORS:
• Anadarko Petroleum Corporation
• Chevron Corporation
• Exxonmobil Corporation

GOLD SPONSORS:
• Acrow Bridge
• Allafrica Global Media
• Agco Corporation
• Boeing International Corporation
• Gilead Sciences
• Sasol
• Visa

SILVER SPONSORS:
• Caterpillar
• Citi
• Gilead Sciences
• Lockheed Martin
• P&g
• Pan African Capital Group Llc
• Symbion Power

BRONZE SPONSORS:
• Afro Tourism
• Barloworld Equipment
• Covington & Burling
• Dai
• Development Finance International
• General Electric
• Good Governance Africa
• Rabin Martin
• Philip Morris International

MEDIA PARTNERS:
• Groupe Jeune Afrique
• Foreign Policy
• Africa Media Agency
• Africa Investor
• Club Of Mozambique