Speeches, Papers and Remarks

 

MONDAY, JULY 17, 2006   PRIVATE ENTERPRISE: KEY TO AFRICA’S RENAISSANCE 

Opening Remarks - Dr. Bamanga Tukur.CON, President, African Business Roundtable & Chairman, NAPAD Business Group as Chair, First Plenary, Leon H. Sullivan Summit VII, Abuja, Nigeria, 17 July 2006

Keynote Address: Financing and Investing in Africa’s Private Sector - Hon. Dr. Ngosi Okonjo-Iweala, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Federal Republic of Nigeria and Chair, Presidential Economic Team (Abuja)

Financing and Investing in African Private Sector - H.E. Patrick Mazimhaka, Deputy Chairperson of the Commission of the African Union (Addis Ababa)

Remittances: Bringing the Capital Back Home - Hafez Ghanem, Country Director, World Bank/Nigeria (Abuja)

Remittances: Bringing the Capital Back Home - Stanley Wachs, Western Union, Regional Director for Central Africa & Nigeria (Paris)

Remittances: Bring the Capital Back Home - Eugene Agbimson, CPA, Director of Operations, Erigenics, LLC (New York)

 SME: “African Entrepreneurs: Leading the “Silver Rights” Movement in Africa” – A New Model of Dignity and the Free Enterprise System Together at Work  -- John Hope Bryant, Founder, Chairman and CEO, Operation HOPE, HOPE Global Initiatives (Los Angeles)

 SME: Empowering African Entrepreneurs - Eugene K. Nyagahene, Founder & CEO, TELE 10 Group (Kigali)

Building and Sustaining Businesses in Africa - Mrs. Ndidi Okonkwo Nwuneli, Founder & CEO, LEAP Africa (Lagos)

Remarks - Hon. William Jefferson Clinton, Former President, United States of America

AGOA & Strengthening U.S. Africa Trade Relations - Ms. Florizelle Liser, Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Africa (Washington)

AGOA: Strengthening USA – Africa Trade Relations - Mrs. G.M. Sasore, Special Advisor & CEO, NEPC (Abuja)

Project Intervention - M. Abdelkader Messahel, Minister of Maghreb and African Affairs, The Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria (Algiers)

 

TUESDAY, JULY 18, 2006   AFRICA’S FUTURE: PEOPLE AND TECHNOLOGIES

 Keynote Address: NEPAD: Marshalling Human Resources and Technology  - Hon. Mrs. Nenadi E. Usman, Minister of Finance, Federal Republic of Nigeria (Abuja)

 NEPAD: Marshalling Human Resources and Technology - Ambassador Stephen Olokorede Willoughby, Deputy Chief Executive, NEPAD Secretariat (Johannesburg)

Reversing the Brain Drain - Hon. Nasir Ahmad El-Rufa’I, Minister, Federal Capital Territory, Federal Republic of Nigeria (Abuja)

Program to Reverse Brain Drain: An Initiative for Nigeria and A Methodology for the African Nation - Martin Fayomi & Olutope Esan, Statcorp Analyst Co. (Atlanta)

Facilitating Smallholder Investment in Technology: How Fixing Output Market Failures for Poor Farmers Can Enable Them to Mobilize Capital for Investment - Nick Railston-Brown, Country Director, TechnoServe (Accra)

Keynote Presentation: Public-Private Partnerships: Innovative Ways to Structure and Finance Health Care in Africa - Hon. Professor Eyitayo Lambo, Minister of Health, Federal Republic of Nigeria (Abuja)

Improving Public Health: The Role of Public/Private Partnerships - Ngozi Edozien, Regional Director East, Central and Anglo-Lusphone West Africa, Pfizer (Lagos)

Strengthening the Health and Social Well-Being of Families - Carlis Williams, Regional Administrator, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (Atlanta)

Training Africa’s Workers - Mrs. Ndidi Okonkwo Nwuneli, Founder & CEO, LEAP Africa (Lagos)

Remarks - Dr. Paul Wolfowitz, President, World Bank Group  

 

WEDNESDAY, JULY 19, 2006   GLOBAL PARTNERSHIPS FOR SUCCESS

Corporate Social Responsibility: Doing Well, Doing Good, Stimulating Development - Rod Gillum, Vice President, Corporate Responsibility and Diversity, General Motors (Detroit)

Chevron: Corporate Responsibility and the Global Sullivan Principles - Fred Nelson, Chairman/Managing Director, Chevron Nigeria Mid-Africa Business Unit (Lagos)

Global Partnerships for Success - Suleiman J. Al-Herbish, Director General, The OPEC Fund for International Development (Geneva)

Corporate Social Responsibility: Doing Well, Doing Good, Stimulating Development: Ghana Case Study – Mining for Sustainable Development -- Carla Dominique Denizard, Country Representative, OIC International (Accra)

Keynote Address: Energy Beyond Extraction: IPP for Energy Development and Distribution - Hon. Dr. Edmund Daukoru, Minister of State for Petroleum, Federal Republic of Nigeria and President of OPEC (Abuja)

 Building Partnerships for Sustainable Development: Chevron Nigeria’s New Community Engagement Strategy - Deji Haastrup, Manager, Corporate Responsibility & Community Programs, Chevron Nigeria (Lagos)

Energy Beyond Extraction: Public Private Partnerships for Energy Development and Distribution in Africa - Basil Omiyi, Country Chair, Managing Director of the Shell Development Company Nigeria Ltd. (Lagos)

Role of Energy in Regional Integration and Competitiveness - Dr. Mohamed Ibn Chambas, Executive Secretary, ECOWAS (Abuja) 

Emerging Dynamics in Cross Sector Partnerships for Sustainable Development in the Niger Delta - Dr. Charles A. Akinola, Executive Director, Enterprise for Development International (Lagos)

Building Partnerships for Development: The Niger Delta Perspective - Rev. Dr. I. C. Tolar, Chairman, Egbema/Gbaramatu Central Development Council (Warri)