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Ms. Keeana Barber
President at WdbmarketingModerator
Keeana Barber is the current CEO of WDB Marketing, a design and printing agency that works with over 800 small businesses annually. She began her career as a graphic designer but has helped build WDB to become a full-service marketing agency and printing manufacturer. To date, WDB has helped thousands of businesses develop their brand identity, marketing strategy and presence within the marketplace. Keeana is also the founder of the WDB L.E.G.A.C.Y. Awards, an annual gala that celebrates the impact of Black entrepreneurs. In addition to her business endeavors, Keeana is passionate about giving back to the community. She is the editor of a community-based publication, Voice of the Chi Magazine and sits on the board of Chamber 57, Africa Global Chamber of Commerce and Neighborscapes. Her goal is to leave a legacy of helping entrepreneurs create sustainable businesses that will go on to impact and improve their surrounding communities.
Mr. Olivier Kamanzi
Chiarman at Africa Global Chamber of CommerceConvenor
Mr. Olivier Kamanzi is a Capital markets expert, International Financial Sector Development Consultant, Inspirational Speaker, and Philanthropist. He is Co-Founder and Chairman of Africa Global Chamber of Commerce headquartered in Chicago. Mr. Kamanzi is Founder and CEO of Globrock Group, a holding company of Globrock Financial, Globrock Trade, and Globrock Technologies. Globrock Financial is a global management consulting and investment advisory firm with its headquarters in Chicago and its subsidiaries both in the US and Africa. He is former Deputy CEO of Capital Market Authority of Rwanda, former Senior Investment Specialist of Citigroup (Citibank), and Executive employee at JPMorgan Chase. He is Founder and Chairman of The Olivier Kamanzi Foundation – a public charitable organization. Also, he is President of the Board of Directors of Saint Sabina Academy an affiliate to Saint Sabina Catholic Church based in Chicago, United States.
Mr. Kamanzi assisted in the establishment of the Rwandan capital markets industry and the creation of the Rwanda Capital Market Authority and Rwanda Stock Exchange. He initiated different policies including the East Africa Regional Financial Market Infrastructure Development and Regional Capital Markets harmonization and integration. He assisted in the development and implementation of the East African Central Depository Systems for securities and Securities Industry Training Institute (SITI, East Africa).
Mr. Kamanzi is a current Doctorate Candidate in Philosophy Organizational Leadership and Entrepreneurship with a specialization in Entrepreneurship and Innovation. He holds an MBA in Finance from Ashford University, the Forbes School of Business in Iowa, and a bachelor's degree in Business Administration from the University of Fribourg in Switzerland.
Mr. Kamanzi’s hobbies are running, reading, and serving the community by mentoring youth, providing financial literacy classes, and he teaches the Stock Market Program to 8th Grade. He appeared on various radios, TV, and written media including WVON Radio, BBC World Services, Voice of America, CNBC Africa, Reuters, Nation, East African, GhanaWeb, and many more. He has written multiples articles on financial and leadership matters.
H.E. Nomaindiya Cathleen Mfeketo
Ambassador to the United States at South African EmbassyKeynote Speaker
Nomaindiya Cathleen Mfeketo is South African Ambassador to the United States since March 2020.
Social injustice and the brutality of the Apartheid system motivated Nomaindiya to enter into active politics at the tender age of 23. Nomaindiya played a critical role in post-1976 family support of detained students leading to active engagement with a number of non-governmental organizations (NGO) including the agricultural training NGO ZAKH, the Social Change Assistance Trust (SCAT) and the Development Action Group (DAG) focused mainly on a public housing project.
Nomaindiya served as South Africa’s Minister of Human Settlements (2018 – 2019) and Deputy Minister of the Department of International Relations and Cooperation (2014 – 2018) a role in which she worked closely on the Palestine question, the Middle East Peace Process, and BRICS. Nomaindiya has had an extensive career within the South African Government and has served as the Deputy Speaker of Parliament in South Africa’s fourth Parliament and as the first black woman Mayor of the City of Cape Town. Nomaindiya has an extensive understanding and experience of South Africa’s transition to multiparty democracy in 1994 and played a critical role within the conflict resolution negotiations between 1993 and 1996.
Nomaindiya has been a member of the ANC National Executive Committee (NEC) since 2007 to date and serves on the National Working Committee. She has a keen interest in social justice issues and the alleviation of poverty in South Africa.
Nomaindiya attended school in Cape Town, South Africa, and was awarded an honorary Doctor of Law by the University of Cape Town in 2000.
Mr. Prudence Sebahizi
Head & Chief Technical Advisor at AfCFTA SecretariatSpecial Guest Speaker
Prudence Sebahizi is the Chief Technical Advisor on the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) and Head of the AfCFTA Negotiations Support Unit, based in the Department of Trade and Industry, African Union Commission, since August 2016. He provides technical and strategic advice to the AfCFTA Negotiating Institutions as well as to the Commissioner for Trade and Industry, on the AfCFTA Negotiations. He’s the overall coordinator of AfCFTA negotiations and coordinates a team of senior experts and advisors on various issues under negotiations.
Prior to his appointment to this position, he led a team of experts who provided technical assistance and strategic guidance to strengthen the capacity of the African Union Commission (AUC), Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) to more effectively drive the AfCFTA preparatory process since 2015. He was the Lead Technical Advisor (LTA) to the Department of Trade and Industry of the African Union Commission on the AfCFTA.
He worked for 2 years (from April 2012 – October 2014) with Civil Society Organizations like the National Coordinator of East African Civil Society Organizations’ Forum (EACSOF), an autonomous umbrella body of all Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) and Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) in East Africa, with the primary objective of building a critical mass of knowledgeable and empowered civil society in the region, in order to foster their confidence and capacity in articulating grassroots needs and interests to the East African Community, and its various organs, institutions, and agencies. In his role he was responsible for Strategic Program Development and Advocacy; Program Management and Oversight; Representation and Partnership Building; Knowledge Management and Capacity Building; as well as Human Resources Management.
Prior to joining EACSOF in 2012, Prudence worked with the Government of Rwanda for more than 10 years in the areas of International Trade and Regional Integration and as Rwanda’s Chief Negotiator to the negotiations of the EAC Common Market Protocol since 2006. He was at the center of Rwanda’s accession to the East African Community (EAC) and he advised the government of Rwanda on Regional Integration while working with the Ministry of Trade and Industry, Office of the President, and Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation respectively.
Mr. Faman TOURE
President at Federation of West Africa Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FEWACCI)Speaker
Expert en Assurance et en système de management des organisations Consulaires, Mr Faman Touré est Ingénieur Agronome de profession, Chevalier de l’Ordre National de Cote d’Ivoire et membre du Conseil Economique et Social de la République de Côte d’Ivoire. Mr Faman TOURE a été élu Président de la Fédération des Chambres de Commerce et d’Industrie d’Afrique de l’Ouest (FEWACCI) en janvier 2021 après avoir successivement occupé les postes de 2ème Vice-Président et 1 er Vice-Président de la FEWACCI. Il est actuellement Président de la Chambre de Commerce et d’Industrie de Côte d’Ivoire (CCI-CI), Président du Conseil d’Administration de la Maison de l’Afrique à Paris, Juge Consulaire et Vice-Président de la Cour d’Arbitrage de Côte d’Ivoire Par le passé Mr Faman TOURE a occupé plusieurs postes de hautes fonctions notamment
• Délégué régional du Groupe Mutuelle Agricole de Côte d’Ivoire,
• Directeur Général de la Solidarité Africaine d’Assurance (SAFA),
• Administrateur de la Société Internationale de Réassurance (AVENIRE),
• Administrateur de la Nouvelle Compagnie Africaine de Réassurance (NCARE),
• Président des Bureaux Nationaux de la Carte Brune CEDEAO,
• Président du Conseil d’Administration de la Mutuelle des Taxis Compteurs d`Abidjan (MATCA).
Mr. John Bosco Kalisa
Executive Director / CEO of East African Business CouncilSpeaker
