Confirmed Speakers
Jeffrey Sachs
American economist, public policy analyst, and Professor at Columbia University
Arshad Rab
CEO of the European Organisation for Sustainable Development and Chairman of the International Sustainability Council
Monique Nsanzabaganwa
Former Deputy Chairperson, African Union
Patricia Ojangole
Managing Director at Uganda Development Bank
Admassu Tadesse
President and Managing Director at TDB Group
David Luke
Professor at LSE
Hon. Monica Musenero
Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, Uganda
Kudakwashe Matereke
Director of Regional Operations, East Africa, Afreximbank
Arthur Mutambara
AI/Technology Expert & Former VP of Zimbabwe
Frank Aswani
CEO at Impact Investors Capital Association
Edem Adzogenu
Executive at Afrochampions
Allen Asiimwe
Chief of Programmes at
TradeMark Africa
Rita Babihuga-Nsanze
Chief Economist & Director of Research and Strategy, Africa Finance Corporation (AFC)
Arkebe Oqubay
Former Senior Minister Government of Ethiopia
Mahesh Patel
Executive Chairman at Export Trading Group
Pamela Mbabazi
Executive Chairperson, National Planning Authority (NPA) in Uganda
Adam Sparre Spliid
Head of Cooperation / Deputy Head of Mission, Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA)
Bright Simons
Founder, mPedigree
Kerezhi Sebany
Associate Director, Development Finance and Multilateral Institutions at ONE
Jeremy Dan-Okayi
Head, Strategy, Policy & Innovation at Development Bank of Nigeria Plc
Mohamed El Ghazaly
Country Director, East and Southern Africa Division, Department of Country Operations, at IFAD
Victor Murinde
Executive Director, African Economic Research Consortium
John Rujoki
Commissioner-General, Uganda Revenue Authority (URA)
Aparupa Chakravarti
Director, Botho Emerging Markets Group
Martine Valcin
Uganda Country Manager at IFC
Mclean Sibanda
Author/Managing Director at Bigen Global
Didas Kayiranga
Resident Underwriter at ATIDI
Babirukamu Collin
Executive Director of IT at
Bank of Uganda
Kin Kariisa
CEO at Next Media
Aakif Merchant
Head of Africa at
Convergence Blended Finance
Golden Mahove
Founder & CEO at Ndarama Works
Nabil Janmohamed
Uganda Lead at Pula Advisors
Maryalice Mutchler
Partner at Level 4 International
(Moderator)
Angelo Izama
Co-Founder at Fanaka Kwa
(Moderator)