Some of the panel topics at the TAF Canada 2018 includes:

  • Africans @ work: Reforming Africa’s Pension System to motivate workers and bring new investments into African stock markets and infrastructure projects.
  • Enabling transformative climate action in cities: How can we ensure the adoption of environmentally sustainable innovations in cities across the Commonwealth?
  • Rwanda: a successful story of the progress that Africa needs
  • Disruptive Innovation and the Future of Youth Development in Africa
  • Increasing representation of Women in Boardroom, Parliament and Leadership: a crucial factor in the prosperity of the African continent
  • Investing in Canada: Where are the Opportunities
  • Renewable Energy Investments and scaling power sector investments in Africa
  • Industrializing African Agribusiness: Opportunities and Challenges
  • Zimbabwe: Moving Beyond Regime Change To Achieving Economic Potential
  • Is Africa’s Business Culture Hindering Innovation
  • Technology And Innovation In Africa: How Can Canadian Companies Bring Value
  • Can Blockchain Technology And Cryptocurrencies revolutionise Businesses In Africa And Help The Continent Tackle Unemployment
  • Funding and Investing in African Healthcare: The role of technology in improving healthcare service delivery
  • Is China still good for Africa: Reviewing China’s Economic Engagement with Africa
  • Meeting Africa’s Infrastructure Challenge in the transport sector
  • Can Sub-Saharan Africa Be a Manufacturing Destination?
  • Business development in Africa: The role of private equity in promoting sustainable growth (Does the small-medium-enterprise (SME) sector represent a scalable investment opportunity in Africa?, Is the PE model right for infrastructure investments in Africa?)
  • Can Businesses Help Create Political Stability in Africa?
  • Doing Business in Africa: The risks, rewards And challenges
  • Understanding Africa – The Playing Field, the Business Culture, The Countries and the Corruption
  • Moving Back to Africa: An Inspirational Story of a Diaspora Returnee
  • Can Social entrepreneurs change Africa
  • Investing in the African Diaspora’s Creative Industries
  • The Role of Digital Banking and Payments in Driving Financial Inclusion in Africa: The Journey so Far and Future Potential
  • Agenda 2063 and AU Agenda 2063: What are the opportunities and challenges for the African mining industry? And what will the rest of the decade bring for the Extractive Industry?