14th edition
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Mo Ibrahim (Sudan)
Chairman, Mo Ibrahim Foundation
Jean Kacou Diagou (Ivory Coast)
Chairman, Groupe NSIA
Samuel Dossou-Aworet (Benin)
President, Petrolin Group ; Chairman, African Business Roundtable
Daphne Mashile-Nkosi (South Africa)
Executive Chairperson, Kalagadi Manganese
Assahoré Konan Jacques (Ivory Coast)
Managing Director, Treasury and Public Accounts
Futhi Mtoba (South Africa)
President, Teach South Africa ; Former President, Business Unity South Africa ; Former Président Deloitte Southern Africa
Frannie Léautier (Tanzania)
Former Senior Vice President, AfDB ; President, Mkoba Private Equity Fund
Alain Kouadio (Ivory Coast)
President, Kaydan Groupe
Tara Fela-Durotoye (Nigeria)
CEO, House of Tara International
Salma Salifu (Ghana)
CEO, Dignity DTRT
Pierre Atépa Goudiaby (Senegal)
President, Groupe Atépa ; Chairman, BRVM
Louisa Mojela (South Africa)
CEO, Wiphold
Feu Babacar Ndiaye (Senegal)
Former Honorary President, African Development Bank - AfDB -
Rosa Whitaker (USA)
President & CEO, The Whitaker Group
Jean-Marie Ackah (Ivory Coast)
CEO, SIPRA ; CEO, LMCI ; Chairman, CGECI (Confédération Générale des Entreprises de Ivory Coast)
Félix Adahi Bikpo (Ivory Coast)
Chairman, African Guarantee Fund
Issad Rebrab (Algeria)
Chairman, Groupe Cevital
Nyembezi Nonkululeko Heita (South Africa)
CEO, Ichor Coal ; Executive Chairman, Johannesburg Stock Exchange
Jean-Louis Billon (Ivory Coast)
Businessman; Chairman, Groupe SIFCA
Cheick Modibo Diarra (Mali)
Astrophysician
Françoise Remarck (Ivory Coast)
Chairman, Canal+ Cöte d’Ivoire
Ashish J. Thakkar (Ouganda)
Chairman, Atlas Mara
Mike Adenuga Jr (Nigeria)
Chairman, The Mike Adenuga Group
Martine Coffi-Studer (Ivory Coast)
CEO, Océan Ogilvy ; Chairman, Bolloré Transport & Logistics Ivory Coast
Harold E. Doley Jr (USA)
President, Doley Securities
Martha Namundjebo Tilahun (Namibia)
Chairperson, United Africa Group
Koné Dossongui
President, Groupe Atlantique (Ivory Coast)
Olajumoke Adenowo (Nigeria)
CEO, AD Consulting Limited
Didier Acouetey(Togo)
President, Groupe AfricSearch
Mohamed Laïd Benamor (Algeria)
CEO, Groupe Benamor
Bartolomeu Dias Domingos (Angola)
CEO, Grupo Bartolomeu Dias
Denise Epoté (France)
Regional Director, TV5Monde Afrique
Amina Moghe Hersi (Somalia)
CEO, Oasis Group
Jennifer Riria (Kenya)
CEO, Kenya Women Holding
Madeleine Taylor Mendy(Bissau Guinea)
CEO, Scandin-Africa Group ApS
Réki Moussa (Niger)
CEO, 2M Invest; Former CEO, Holding Asusu
Judy Dlamini (South Africa)
CEO, Mbekani Group ; Chancellor of the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits University)
Erick Rajaonary (Madagascar)
CEO, Guanomad
Massogbé Touré Diabaté (Ivory Coast)
CEO, Groupe SITA
Jacqueline Patience Mugo (Kenya)
Executive Director, Kenya Federation Employers ; Secretary General, Business Africa
Keba Keinde (Senegal)
CEO, Millennium Finance Corporation
Paul Obambi (Democratic Republic of Congo)
CEO, Groupe Sapro
Nonhlanhla Mjoli-Mncube (South Africa)
CEO, Mjoli Development Company, CEO, Eziko Investments
Edoh Kossi Amenounvé (Togo)
CEO, BRVM
Zouera Youssoufou (Nigeria)
CEO, Dangote Foundation
Isabelle Guessennd (Ivory Coast)
CEO, Athena Shipping
Denis Christel Sassou Nguesso (Democratic Republic of Congo)
Former Deputy CEO, Groupe SNPC ; President, Fondation Perspectives d’Avenir
Stanislas Zézé (Ivory Coast)
CEO, Bloomfield Investment Corporation
Teddy Daka (South Africa)
CEO, Ansys Limited ; Global CEO, Aurecon
Fabrice Sawégnon (Ivory Coast)
CEO, Voodoo Group
Paulo Gomes (Bisseau Guinea)
CEO, P&G Partners
Alami Lazraq (Morocco)
CEO, Groupe Alliances
Luc Gérard Njafe (Democratic Republic of Congo)
CEO, Tribeca Asset Management
Delphine Traoré Maidou (Burkina Faso)
Chief Operations Officer, Allianz Africa
Serge Ekué (Benin)
Former CEO United Kingdom & Africa, Natixis; Current President, BOAD
Mame Khary Diène (Senegal)
CEO, Laboratoires Bioessence
Feu Miko Alexis Rwayitare (Rwanda)
Founder, Telecel, Father of Mobile Industry in Africa
Jean-Luc Konan (Ivory Coast)
CEO, Groupe Cofina
Goodie Ibru (Nigeria)
Chairman, Ikeja Hotels, Former Chairman, Lagos Chamber of Commerce
Nana Bouba Djoda (Cameroon)
Chairman, Nana Bouba Group
Samuel Esson Jonah (Ghana)
Chairman, Jonah Capital
Aîssata Diakité (Mali)
CEO, Zabbaan Holding
Feu Gibril Moseray Fadika (Sierra Leone)
Co-Founder & Former President, African Minerals
Claude Wilfrid Etoka (Democratic Republic of Congo)
CEO, SARPD-Oil; Chairman, Democratic Republic of Congo Capital Entreprises
Strive Masiyiwa (Zimbabwe)
CEO, Econet
Gervais Koffi Djondo (Togo)
Founder and Honorary President, Ecobank Group, Founder and President, Asky Airlines
Christian Adovelandé (Benin)
Former President, BOAD
