Africa Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum (AWIEF) to hold its 6th Annual Africa Women Innovation & Entrepreneurship Forum (AWIEF) Virtual Conference and AWIEF Awards, on 2nd and 3rd December 2020 |
The second edition of the APO Group African Women in Media Award that recognises the support of female journalists for women entrepreneurship in Africa will also be hosted during the AWIEF Awards |
CAPE TOWN, South Africa, November 4, 2020/ -- The Africa Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum (AWIEF) (www.AWIEForum.org) is an award-winning pan-African women’s economic empowerment organization working to promote and support women entrepreneurship and innovation in Africa, through a portfolio of high impact development programmes and initiatives. AWIEF is hosting the 6th edition of the Annual Africa Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum (AWIEF) as a virtual conference on 2nd and 3rd December 2020, under the theme: “Reimagining business and rebuilding better” The theme calls on us to reflect on the structures that underpin our African economies and society as we emerge from the Covid-19 pandemic and explore ways to recover from its aftereffects. Stakeholders will reflect on the role of entrepreneurship, leadership, technology and innovation, agriculture, intra-Africa trade, impact investing, women, and youth in a post-crisis world; and to reimagine the business, economy, leadership, and policies we need to rebuild and recover going into the future. Since 2015 the annual AWIEF conference has provided a platform where more than 1 300 participants and stakeholders from across African countries and the globe connect and build new business relationships whilst engaging in thought-provoking conference sessions on issues that relate to innovation, entrepreneurship, women’s economic empowerment, trade and investing in Africa. The AWIEF Awards which celebrates excellence in women entrepreneurship and innovation on the continent will take place on 3rd December 2020. The second edition of the APO Group African Women in Media Award that recognises the support of female journalists for women entrepreneurship in Africa will also be hosted during the AWIEF Awards. AWIEF2020 speaker line-up include global subject matter experts and industry stalwarts: H.E. Lana Marks, US Ambassador to South Africa; H.E. Wamkele Mene, Secretary General, Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA); Hon. Vera Kamtukule, Deputy Minister, Labour, Skills and Innovation, Malawi; Véronique Haller, Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of Switzerland to South Africa, Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Mauritius and Namibia; Landry Signé, Senior Director and Full Professor at Thunderbird School of Global Management, Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution’s Global Economy and Development Program, Distinguished Fellow at the Stanford University’s Center for African Studies; Ayodele Odusola, Resident Representative, UNDP South Africa; Kunle Elebute, Senior Partner, KMPG Nigeria and Chair, KMPG Africa; Pat Thaker, Editorial Director, Middle East & Africa, The Economist Intelligence Unit; Robyn De Villiers, Chairman & CEO: Africa, Burson Cohn & Wolfe (BCW); Vanessa Adams, VP Strategic Partnerships and Chief of Party, AGRA; James Mwangi, Executive Director, Dalberg Group; Aida Diarra, Senior VP and Head of VISA Sub-Saharan Africa; Cathy Smith, Managing Director, SAP Africa; Jonathan Smit, Founder & Managing Director, PayFast; Dorothy Nyambi, President & CEO, MEDA; Katya Blouin, Chief Business Officer, APO Group; Onyeche Tifase, Head Strategy, Technology & Innovation, Siemens Energy Industrial Applications Division; Monica Delores Hooks, Executive Director, Atlanta’s Women’s Entrepreneurship Initiative (WEI), USA; Amith Singh, Head: Energy Finance, Nedbank; Marieme Esther Dassanou, Coordinator, Affirmative Finance Action for Women in Africa (AFAWA), African Development Bank (AfDB); Sara Mbago-Bhunu, Regional Director, East and Southern Africa, IFAD; Moulay Lahcen Ennahli, SVP West Africa, OCP Africa; Nidhi Tandon, Policy Advisor to UNWomen, East and Southern Africa Region; Ononuju Irukwu, Head, Private Banking, FBN Bank UK. AWIEF2020 is supported by APO Group, Nedbank, AGRA, and WESGRO.
For more information: www.AWIEForum.org |
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