Dr. Jackie Chimhanzi , Consulting – Africa Leader, Deloitte; Sylvia Mwichuli, Communications
and Public Affairs Director, AGRA (Kenya); Dr. Joseph S. Annan, Deputy Minister
of Trade & Industry (Ghana); Prof. Richard Mkandawire, Head of Resource Mobilisation,
Partnerships and Communications: NEPAD Agency; Prof. Keith Dinnie, author “Nation
Branding” (Japan); Shakeel Meer, Divisional Executive: Corporate Strategy, IDC (South
Africa); and Miller Matola, CEO Brand South Africa (South Africa).
Prof. Nick Binedell, Founding Director - GIBS; Dr. Dambisa Moyo (UK); Nigel Hollis,
author “The Global Brand”; Dr. Simo Lushaba, Chairman, Sanibona Communications (Pty)
Ltd (South Africa); Gary Alfonso, Managing Director, CNBC Africa (South Africa);
David Haigh, Founder & CEO - Brand Finance (UK); Amadou Mahtar Ba, CEO - Africa
Media Initiative (Kenya); and Tawanda Nyambirai, Chairman – Econet and TN Group
(Zimbabwe).
Cedric Ntumba, Deal Executive, Capitalworks Investment Partners; Gertrude Kitongo
(Kenya) – Brightest Young Minds; Ralph Baumgarten (South Africa) – Brightest Young
Minds; Zamatungwa Khumalo (South Africa) - One Young World; Erik de Ridder (South
Africa) - One Young World; Francis Ekii (Uganda) - African Leadership Academy; and
Linda Rebeiz (Senegal) - African Leadership Academy.
Abdullah Verachia, Director – Frontier Advisory; Ajai Chowdhry, Chairman - HCL (India);
Dr. Vijay Mahajan, Author, “Africa Rising”; Dr. MG Vaidyan, Regional Head (Africa)
& CEO - State Bank of India, South Africa; James Mwangi, Global Managing Partner
– Dalberg; Christine Jiang, Director – SEA Region Business Development Department
- Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd; and Simon Freemantle, Senior Analyst – African Political
Economy Unit, Standard Bank Research;