Former President of Ghana, Mr. John D. Mahama, the United
Nations (UN) Deputy Secretary General, Mrs. Amina J Mohammed, Vice Chairperson
of Famfa Oil and Africa’s richest woman, Chief Mrs Folorunso Alakija, have been
confirmed to lead keynote speakers at the 5th annual Commonwealth Africa Summit (CAS),
reports ITRealms.
The summit with the theme: Common Good, ITRealms gathered
has been slated to hold between March 12th and 15th 2018 in London, United
Kingdom, just as it would feature Ashish Thakkar (founder of Mara Group and
Mara Foundation, and a co-founder of Atlas Mara), Dr. Hassan Ahmed Hilal
(Minister of Environment, Sudan) among others as speakers.
ITRealms also
gathered that CAS has over 300 global and African thought leaders, eminent and
emerging leaders from Africa and other parts of the Commonwealth, and friends
of Africa will converge in London.
The event, ITRealms
gathered will spark new thinking on how to achieve Shared Prosperity and Common
Good for Africans and how Africa’s growing youth population can transform the
continent.
The summit conversations seeks to promote the benefits and
interests of all through improved collective action for the common good of
humanity within and outside the commonwealth. The event, annually hosted as
part of activities to celebrate the Commonwealth Week in London.
The Commonwealth Africa Summit provides an opportunity not
just to contribute to reimagining what the continent might be, but an
opportunity to network, strategize and mobilise valuable resources so as to
bring the Africa Dream to fruition. Vukuzenzele! Let's Get Up and Do It! says
Lord Paul Boateng of Akyem and Wembley, Chairman Africa Enterprise Challenge
Fund.
The 2018 summit will also feature as panelist a wide array
of senior Cabinet Ministers and Chief Executives of corporations from Africa
and across the Commonwealth including Henry Sands (SABI Strategy Group), Isha
Johansen (President of Sierra Leone Football Association), Muriel Maupoint (CEO
Hope for Children), Sally Anne Wilson (CEO Public Media Alliance), Dr. Justina
Mutale (Advisory Board Member - World Leaders Forum), Tim Loughton MP, John
Penrose MP (UK Prime Minister’s Anti-Corruption Champion), and Mark Stoleson (Chief
Executive Officer and Partner at Legatum).
Others are Martin Realey (CEO Build Africa),
Debbie Ariyo (CEO AFRUCA), Tim Wainwright (CEO Water Aid), Paul Smith Lomas MBE
(CEO of Practical Action), Dr. Babatope Agbeyo (CEO Cornfield Group and
Botosoft Inc), Parminder Vir OBE (CEO Tony Elumelu Foundation), Lord Alan
Watson of Richmond (Former Chair of Coca Cola Europe Advisory Board), Dayo
Israel (Director of Africa Operations at the Commonwealth Africa Initiative)
and many others.
Chuks Egbune/GEE
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