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CTICC 2 (Cape Town International Convention Centre 2)
Corner of Heerengracht & Rua Bartholomeu Dias, Foreshore, Cape Town
Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
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Join us for the annual AWIEF conference, exhibition and awards, a unique platform where our community of women entrepreneurs and innovators from across the African continent and its diaspora, global partners, thought leaders, industry experts, policy makers, investors, academics, development organisations, and the media, gather together over two days for invaluable dialogue and learning, impactful networking and relationship-building opportunities.
The conference theme this year is "Enhancing impact: Digitalisation, investment and intra-African trade".
The AWIEF Awards on 30 October 2019 is Africa's most prestigious awards event, designed to showcase excellence and celebrate the achievements of women entrepreneurs and business leaders who contribute to the transformation and development of Africa's economy, creating jobs and opportunities across the continent.
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Speakers
Nevine Abdelkhalek
Vice President at Engineering Consultants Group (ECG) & Founder/Manager of University To Work (UTW) & Chairperson, Egyptian Businessmen Association (EBA) Sustainable Development Committee
Vanessa Adams
Vice President, Country Support and Delivery at Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA)
Angelic Appoo
CEO of Enterprise Seychelles Agency (ESA)
Selma Bennis
Head of Education & Training in Entrepreneurship at UM6P, OCP Group
Virginia Blaser
Consul General in Cape Town at US Consulate
Michélle Booysen
Group President at Petanque NXT
Alan Boshwaen
Chief Executive Officer at Botswana Innovation Hub
H. E. (Mrs.) Mariama Camara
Minister of Agriculture, Guinea
Francisco Campos
Senior Economist at World Bankâs Finance Competitiveness & Innovation (FCI) Global Practice
Birgitta Cederstrom
Business Development Director Middle East & Africa of Frost & Sullivan
Doubell Chamberlain
Managing Director of Cenfri
Grieve Chelwa
Senior Lecturer at Graduate School of Business, University of Cape Town
Jillian Chothia
Freight Forwarding General Manager at UPS SCS SA Pty Ltd
Pauline Christian
Former President & Founder/President/CEO of Black Business & Professional Association / Best Lifestyle Residence
Chandré Conradie
Senior Regulatory Advisor at Registrar Corp
Bronwyn Corbett
Chief Executive Officer at Grit Real Estate Income Group
Alex De Bruyn
CEO of DoshEx
Sabdiyo Dido
Senior Technical Advisor, Value Chains and Agribusiness at Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA-EU)
Rechi Dlamini
Project Manager: Business Support at Agribusiness Development Agency (ADA)
Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi
Former Vice President and Special Envoy on Gender at African Development Bank
Beatrice Gakuba
Executive Director of AWAN-Afrika
John Groarke
Mission Director of USAID Southern Africa
Lebo Gunguluza
Dragon Investor & Group Chairman at Dragonâs Den TV Show and GEM Group
Bea Hackula
President at Africa for Africa Womenâs Conference
Michael Hailu
Director of Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural (CTA-EU)
Lamia Housni
Head of P-Curiosity LAB at OCP Group
Renée Hunter
Associate â Client Insights at insight2impact facility
H. E. Fatoumata Jallow-Tambajang
Former Vice President of The Gambia & Minister of Women Affairs at The Gambia
Chude Jideonwo
CEO of Joy Inc.
Chernay Johnson
Engagement Manager at Cenfri
Leslie 'Lee' Kasumba
Pan African Broadcaster and Media Executive at She Speaks Africa
Jaana Keitaanranta
Director/Zimbabwe & Eswatini of International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
Andrea Laperriere
Executive Director of Global Open Data for Agriculture & Nutrition (GODAN)
Wendy Luhabe
Economic Activist and Social Entrepreneur Founder Womenâs Private Equity Fund & Co-Founder WINDE
Barbara Makhubedu
Chief Financial Officer at Shell Downstream
George Makore
AGOA & Export Competitiveness Director of USAID Southern Africa Trade and Investment Hub
Ratanang Maphunye
Project Portfolio Manager at Shell Downstream South Africa
Marie Francoise Marie-Nelly
Country Director of World Bank for South Africa
Ipeleng Mkhari
CEO & Co-Founder of Motseng Investment Holdings
Honourable (Prof) Hlengiwe Mkhize
Deputy Minister in the Presidency at Women, Youth and People with Disability, South Africa
Uzo Mkparu
Assistant Vice President at First City Monument Bank
Lerato Molebatsi
Non-Executive Director / MD of South African Reserve Bank (SARB) & Adrian Group SA
Esther Ndichu
Managing Director of UPS Southern and Eastern Africa
Peter Ndoro
Anchor at SABC
Benard Njoroge
Managing Director of Adrian Kenya
Tandokazi Nquma-Moyo
Business Development Manager: Strategic Engagements and Corporate Relations at Technology Innovation Agency (TIA)
Patricia Nzolatima
Chairwoman at Bizzoly Holdings
Irene Ochem
Founder and CEO of Africa Women Innovation & Entrepreneurship Forum (AWIEF)
Arunma Oteh
Former Vice President & Treasurer at World Bank
Daniel Plato
Executive Mayor City of Cape Town
Samantha Pokroy
Founder & CEO of Sanari Capital
Nicolas Pompigne-Mognard
Founder & Chairman of APO Group
Julia Raphaely
CEO of Associated Media Publishing (AMP)
Nirmala Reddy
Senior Manager Enterprise Development at Nedbank
Mignon Reyneke
Associate Professor at Graduate School of Business (GSB)
Tesi Rusagara
Head of Kigali Innovation City at Rwanda Development Board
Rupert Scofield
President & CEO of FINCA International
Samantha Skyring
CEO of Oryx Desert Salt
Marianna Smith
Organic Auditor at ECOCERT
Vera Songwe
Executive Secretary at United Nations Economic Commission for Africa
Michael Sudarkasa
CEO of Africa Business Group
Karen Teoh
CEO & Co-founder of KOMMERCE
Lerato Tshabalala
Creative Director of Wunderman Thompson
Pat Utomi
Founder & Chairperson of Centre for Value in Leadership (CVL) & Pan-African Private Sector Trade & Investment Committee (PAFTRAC)
Tanya Van Lill
CEO of Southern Africa Venture Capital and Private Equity Association (SAVCA)
