Speakers

CONFIRMED SPEAKERS

• Uwafiokun Idemudia

  
• Fahad Awadh

  
• Bruce Shapiro

  President, MineAfrica Inc.

  
• REDIATE TEKESTE

  FOUNDER, ETHIOPIAN DIASPORA FELLOWSHIP

  
• Frédéric Ngirabacu

  Chief Operating Officer ENTREPRENARIUM FOUNDATION

  
• Ifeanyi Ezeonu, PhD

  Department of Sociology Brock University

  
• Prof. Mwinyikione Mwinyihija

  Institutional Capacity Development and Consultancy Expert

  
• Brian Dodo

  CEO, MAPP Africa

  
• Christopher Bryant

  Adjunct Professor, Geography, University of Montreal & School of Environmental Design and Rural Development, University of Guelph

  
• Jay Nordenstrom

  Executive, Director NAIMA Canada

  
• Summy Smart Francis

  Founder, African Young Entreprenuer Youth Forum

  
• Christopher Gore

  Associate Professor & Chair Politics & Public Administration Ryerson University www.ryerson.ca/politics BUSINESS AND POLITICAL STABILITY IN AFRICA

  
• Ron MacIntosh

  Senior Fellow and Ottawa Chapter Representative China Institute, University of Alberta

  
• Alexia Hefti

  Delloite

  
• Tracy Leparul

  CEO & Founder Untraceable Inc.

  
• John Lanyasunya

  (Kenyan Ambassador to Canada

  
• Aaron Schroeder, P.Eng.

  Brightspot Climate, Inc.

  
• Jenny Wilcox

  Deputy Consul General and Director Trade Canada

  
• Ambassador Phokeer

  The High Commissioner of Mauritius To USA

  
• Stephen Tapp

  Deputy Chief Economist at Export Development Canada

  
• Vasilios Philippou

  High Commissioner of the Republic of Cyprus to Canada

  
• Mohammed Jagana

  Gambia Chamber of Commerce President

  
• Mr Isaac Osei

  Former Ghanian MP

  
• Alhaji (Dr.) (Brig. Gen.) Yahaya Abubakar

  The Etsu Nupe

  
• Hugh O’Reilly

  President and CEO of OPTrust Canada

  
• Wanda Thomas Bernard

  First Black MPP in Nova Scotia Senate

  
• Laurel Broten

  Former Minister and Nova Scotia

  
• Jeannie Ehaloak

  Minister of Environment – Nunavut Canada

  
• Marie-France Lalonde

  Member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario

  

Uwafiokun Idemudia

Fahad Awadh

Bruce Shapiro

President, MineAfrica Inc.

REDIATE TEKESTE

FOUNDER, ETHIOPIAN DIASPORA FELLOWSHIP

Frédéric Ngirabacu

Chief Operating Officer ENTREPRENARIUM FOUNDATION

Ifeanyi Ezeonu, PhD

Department of Sociology Brock University

Prof. Mwinyikione Mwinyihija

Institutional Capacity Development and Consultancy Expert

Brian Dodo

CEO, MAPP Africa

Christopher Bryant

Adjunct Professor, Geography, University of Montreal & School of Environmental Design and Rural Development, University of Guelph

Jay Nordenstrom

Executive, Director NAIMA Canada

Summy Smart Francis

Founder, African Young Entreprenuer Youth Forum

Christopher Gore

Associate Professor & Chair Politics & Public Administration Ryerson University www.ryerson.ca/politics BUSINESS AND POLITICAL STABILITY IN AFRICA

Ron MacIntosh

Senior Fellow and Ottawa Chapter Representative China Institute, University of Alberta

Alexia Hefti

Delloite

Tracy Leparul

CEO & Founder Untraceable Inc.

John Lanyasunya

(Kenyan Ambassador to Canada

Aaron Schroeder, P.Eng.

Brightspot Climate, Inc.

Jenny Wilcox

Deputy Consul General and Director Trade Canada

Ambassador Phokeer

The High Commissioner of Mauritius To USA

Stephen Tapp

Deputy Chief Economist at Export Development Canada

Vasilios Philippou

High Commissioner of the Republic of Cyprus to Canada

Mohammed Jagana

Gambia Chamber of Commerce President

Mr Isaac Osei

Former Ghanian MP

Alhaji (Dr.) (Brig. Gen.) Yahaya Abubakar

The Etsu Nupe

Hugh O’Reilly

President and CEO of OPTrust Canada

Wanda Thomas Bernard

First Black MPP in Nova Scotia Senate

Laurel Broten

Former Minister and Nova Scotia

Jeannie Ehaloak

Minister of Environment – Nunavut Canada

Marie-France Lalonde

Member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario