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PRIVACY-POLICY | GENERAL TERMS OF SALES
A renewed partnership
between the EU & Africa
is key for the global recovery
EU-Africa Business Summit: Unlocking Africa's economic potential
The fourth edition of the EU-Africa Business Summit, held in a new hybrid format, will seek to find answers to the most important policy challenges shaping the common future of both continents by bringing influential business leaders, policymakers and experts together. Thanks to its role of stable North gate to the African continent, Morocco continues to represent the perfect host of the Summit within the renewed EU-Africa Alliance.
After the interruption due to the Covid pandemic, the EU cannot miss the chance to resume the EU-Africa partnership and take it to the next level. This ambitious Summit will position itself in this framework, providing a privileged debating and networking platform to directly engage in finding answers to the most critical challenges. In particular, the participants will address the topics of Africa’s Value Chain Expansion, Healthcare Innovation, Digital Transformation and Clean Energy Transition.
The European Union and Africa must continue their privileged partnership. Nevertheless, for this future to be mutually prosperous, both continents must create a new alliance based on fair and sustainable partnerships. It is also essential for the EU and Africa to clearly establish their common objectives and the means to fulfil them.
4 PILLARS
Africa's value chain
Digital Transformation
Healthcare Innovation
Green Transition
Speakers
Jutta Urpilainen
European Commissioner for International Partnerships
Didier Reynders
European Commissioner for Justice
Olivér Várhelyi
European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement
Akinwumi A. Adesina
President of the African Development Bank Group
Inger Andersen
Under-Secretary General of the United Nations and Executive Director of the UN Environment Programme
Albert Muchanga
Commissioner for Trade and Industry of the African Union Commission
Maria Shaw-Barragan
Director of Lending in Africa, Caribbean, Pacific, Asia and Latin America at the European Investment Bank
Chrysoula Zacharopoulou
Member of the European Parliament
Wamkele Mene
Secretary General of the AfCFTA Secretariat
Dr Matshidiso Moeti
WHO Regional Director for Africa
Florika Fink-Hooijer
Director General at DG ENVI, European Commission
Leila Farah Mokadem
Director at African Development Bank
Vera Songwe
United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Exective Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa
Georges Rebelo Pinto Chikoti
Secretary General of the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States
Fatou Haidara
Managing Director, Directorate of Corporate Management and Operations, United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
Marina Sereni
Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Italy
Victoria Sekitoleko
Chairperson, Uganda Agribusiness Alliance
Ibrahim Guimba-Saidou
Minister – Special Advisor of the President of Niger
Lex Paulson
Executive Director at UM6P School of Collective Intelligence
Arnaud Thysen
Director General of European Business Summits
“The executive team in Brussels has made Africa a priority. Collaboration with the continent will be based on equality. “
Joanna Drake
Deputy Director – DG ENVI, European Commission
“For its development, Africa does not need more aid but it needs investments”
Leila Farah Mokaddem
Country Manager, African Development Bank
“Listing problems is one thing, defining priorities is another”
Ibrahim Guimba-Saidou
Minister – Special Advisor of the President of Niger
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