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Africa Accelerating 2021 - Day 1: Connecting the Continent
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Sebastian Spio-Garbrah
Head at AfCFTA Unit for Free Trade at The Canada-Africa Chamber of Business
Sebastian Spio-Garbrah is Head of the AfCFTA Unit for Free Trade at the Canada-Africa Chamber of Business. He helped establish the Africa risk research practice at Eurasia Group, a leading global political risk consultancy firm.
Goldy Hyder
President & CEO at Business Council of Canada
Goldy Hyder is President and Chief Executive Officer of the Business Council of Canada. Founded in 1976, the Council is a non-profit, non-partisan organization representing the chief executives and heads of 150 leading Canadian businesses, employing 1.7 mil...
Samson Arega
Managing Director, Canada at Ethiopian Airlines
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Louis Watum
Board Chairman at Kipushi Corporation
Louis Watum joined Ivanhoe Mines in December 2014 as General Manager of the company’s operations in the Democratic Republic of Congo. He is the lead manager of Ivanhoe’s mining development activities for the discovery of the Kamoa copper mine and the Ki...
Ken Hoffman
Co-Head EV Battery Materials Research Group/Basic Materials Sr. Expert at McKinsey & Company
Ken Hoffman is a Senior Expert for McKinsey’s Basic Materials Institute (BMI). He Co- leads the Firm’s EV Battery Material Research Group and has worked on over 50 EV value chain client projects. His team looks at the impact on raw materials due to the ...