

Commonwealth Business Forum Speakers

H.E. Paul Kagame
President of the Republic of Rwanda and Incoming Chair

The Rt Hon Boris Johnson MP
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

His Excellency President Muhammadu Buhari
President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria

Rt. Hon. Gaston Browne
Prime Minister of Antigua & Barbuda

Rt. Hon. Philip Davis
Prime Minister of the Bahamas

Rt. Hon. Andrew Michael Holness
Prime Minister, Jamaica

Rt. Hon. Édouard Ngirente
Prime Minister of Rwanda

Hon. Chris Fearne
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Health, Malta

Rt Hon Rebecca Kadaga
1st Deputy Prime Minister of Uganda

Rt Hon Patricia Scotland QC
Secretary-General of the Commonwealth

Lord Jonathan Marland
Chairman, Commonwealth Enterprise and Investment Council

Clare Akamanzi
CEO, Rwanda Development Board

Hon. Edmund Bartlett
Minister of Tourism, Jamaica

Hon. Vijay Daryanani
Minister for Business, Tourism and The Port, Gibraltar

Makhtar Diop
Managing Director, IFC

Rt. Hon. Andrew Mitchell
Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom

Reeta Roy
President and CEO, Mastercard Foundation

Hon. Wamkele Mene,
Secretary General, AfCFTA

Dr. Agnes Kalibata
President, AGRA

Dr. James Manyika
Senior VP of Technology and Society, GOOGLE

Joe Moynihan
CEO, Jersey Finance

Gianni Infantino
President, FIFA

Annette Ssemuwemba
Deputy Executive Director, EIF at WTO

Dr. Donald Kaberuka
Chairman and Managing Partner, Southbridge Group

Dr. Akinwumi Adesina
President , Africa Development Bank

Tamara Cincik
CEO, Fashion Roundtable

Rudra Chatterjee
MD, Luxmi Tea Company Private Ltd.

Iyinoluwa E Aboyeji
Founder and General Parnter, Future Africa
Frank Hester OBE
CEO, TPP

Dr. Joanna Newman
Secretary-General, Association of Commonwealth Universities

Jim Ovia
Founder and Chairman, Zenith Bank

Caroline Rush CBE
CEO, British Fashion Council

Derrick Roper
MD, Novare Equity Partners

Victoria Brackett
Group Chief Commercial Officer, Irwin Mitchell

Bhairav Trivedi
CEO, Crown Agents Bank

Paul Russo
CEO, KCB Group

Dr. Diane Karusisi
CEO, Bank of Kigali

Shola Akinlade
CEO and Co-Founder, Paystack

Dr. Diane Acha-Morfaw
Chair, Cameroon Promotion Investment Agency

Dr. Max Graham
Founder and CEO, Space for Giants

Robert Nelsen
Chairman, Resilience Founder, ARCH

Mansoor Hamayun
Founder, BBOX

JP Fabri
Director, Seed Consultancy

Israel Bimpe
Director Africa Go-To-Market, Zipline

Hon. Soraya Hakuziyaremye
Deputy Governor, National Bank of Rwanda

Eric Pohlman
Co-Founder and Rwanda Country Director, One Acre Fund-TUBURA, USA

Marco Forgione
Director General, Institute of Export and International Trade

Dr. Valentine Obi
Founder and Group CEO, eTranzact

Nick O'Donohoe
CEO, British International Investment

Will Straw
CEO, Prince’s Trust International

Deodat Maharaj
CEO, Caribbean Export Development Agency Trinidad & Tobago

Hardy Pemhiwa
President and CEO, Cassava Technologies

Yvonne Makolo
CEO, Rwandair

John Holland-Kaye
CEO, Heathrow Airport

Dr. Vera Songwe
Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary, UNECA

Omowunmi Wemi-Akinsola
Founder, Fashtrack

Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko
Partner, Africa Legal Partners

James Mwangi
CEO, Equity Group Holdings Plc

Dr. Hermogene Nsengimana
Secretary General, African Organisation for Standardisation (ARSO)

Professor John Latham
Vice-Chancellor, Coventry University

Benjamin Fernandes
Founder and CEO, Nala Money

Hon. Gerardine Mukeshimana
Minister of Agriculture & Animal Resources, Rwanda

Perez Ochieng
CEO, SACOMA Global Foods Innovation

Teta Isibo
Founder, Inzuki Designs

Ben Hedley
Leader, Commonwealth Standards Network (CSN) and Africa and Caribbean Engagement

H.E Maimunah Mohd Sharif
Executive Director, UN-Habitat

Hon. Dr. Ernest NSABIMANA
Minister of Infrastructure, Rwanda

Simbarashe Mhuriro
Founder and MD, Oxygen Africa

James Mwangi
Executive Director, Dalberg

Paul Hinks
Founder and Chairman, Symbion Power

Victoria Chelangat Sabula
CEO, Africa Enterprise Challenge Fund

Kampeta Sayinzoga
CEO, Development Bank of Rwanda

Andrew Clint
Managing Director of Authentication, De La Rue

Dr. Asiwaju Michael Olawale-Cole
President, Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry

Fergus Drake
CEO, Crown Agents

Professor Senait Fisseha
Director, Global Programs, The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation

Gregory Rockson
CEO, mPharma

Holm Keller
Executive Chairman & CEO, Kenup

Dr. Kathryn Toure
Regional Director, Eastern and Southern Africa, IDRC

Dr. Sangu Delle
CEO, CarePoint (formerly Africa Health Holdings)

Mark Napier
CEO, FSD Africa

Batya Blankers
Co-Founder & CEO, CHANCEN International Rwanda

Mohamed Amersi
Founder, Inclusive Ventures Group

Nathalie Munyampenda
CEO, Kepler

Hon. Claudette Irere
Minister of State, MINEDUC, Rwanda

Hon. Paula Ingabire
Minister of ICT and Innovation, Rwanda

Yonas Maru
Founder, BCS Group

Wole Oshin
CEO, Custodian Investments

Teddy Mugabo
CEO, Rwanda Green Fund

Ify Umunna
Co-Founder & Co-CEO, Nourishing Africa

Kaddu Sebunya
CEO, Africa Wildlife Foundation

Tsitsi Masiyiwa
Founder, Higherlife Foundation

Itzhak Fisher
Chairman, Rwanda Development Board

Dato’ Sri Idris Jala
President and Chairman, PEMANDU Associates

Dr. Frannie Leautier
Senior Partner, SouthBridge

Lanre Akinola
Head of Content, Norwegian-African Business Association (NABA)

Julie Gichuru
Chief Public Affairs and Communications Officer, Mastercard Foundation

Samuel Makome
CCO, KCB Group

Nick Barigye
CEO, Rwanda Finance Limited

Bronek Masojada
CEO and Founder , Association of British Insureres

George Odhiambo
Managing Director, BPR Rwanda Plc

Tesi Rusagara
Managing Director, Kigali Innovation City

Georgie Ndirangu
Global Moderator & Consultant, Portland

Fiona Muthoni
Presenter and Producer, CNBC Africa

Prof. Irving Mintzer
Director, Initiative on Closing the Investment Gap in Sustainable Finance, University of Maryland

Christelle Kwizera
Founder, Water Access Rwanda

Acha Leke
Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company

Pascal Murasira
Managing Director, Norrsken

Alice Kilonzo-Zulu
MD, Ecobank Rwanda

Alok Sharma
President, COP26

Ralph Mupita
President & CEO, MTN Group

Faustin Mbundu
Chairman, MTN Rwandacell PLC

Ms Chantal Kagame
CEO, Mobile Money Rwanda Ltd - MTN Group

Tomas Lamanauskas
Managing Partner, Envision Associates & Candidate for Deputy Secretary-General of the International Telecommunication Union

Amali Chivanthi de Alwis MBE
CEO, Subak

Melvyn Lubega
Co-Founder, GO1

Keneea Linton-George
Fashion Designer, Keenea Linton Designs

Dr. Darshan Chandaria
Group CEO, Chandaria Industries Ltd

Dr. George Elombi
Executive Vice President – Corporate Governance and Legal Services, Afrexim Bank

Fadilah Tchoumba
Secretary General, African Business Angel Network

Faris Saeed
Co-Founder and CEO, Diamond Developers

John Bowers
Director of New Business, MDA Technologies

Millie Ogden
Council Member, Vanuatu Chamber of Commerce and Industries

Ayo Otuyalo
Group Managing Director, Prime Atlantic

Gbemi Disu
Executive Director, Carnegie Mellon University Africa

Dr. Amod Kumar
Deputy Director General, Unique Identification Authority of India

Tumi Dlamini
CEO, Organisation for Global Africa Cooperation

Colin Buckley
Managing Director and General Council , British International Investment

Dr. Nick Hardman-Mountford
Head of Oceans and Natural Resources, The Commonwealth

Hon. Hamat Ngai Kumba Bah
Minister of Tourism and Culture, Gambia

Ferit Sahenk
Chairperson, Dogus Group Holding

Ingabire Muziga Mamy
Managing Director, Charis UAS

Olivia Rubagumya
Founder of O|I Productions, a Creative Agency Pioneering New African narratives

Mayor Bernard Wagner
Mayor, Belize City

Jumoke Jagun-Dokunmu
Regional Director for Eastern Africa, IFC

H.E Abdulla Shahid
President of the United Nations General Assembly

Nigel Topping
UK High Level Champion for COP26 and Former CEO of We Mean Business

Dr Nadia Binte Amin
Chair, Women's Entrepreneurship for Development Association (WEND)

David Rhoden Salmon
Journalist, Jamaica Gleaner

Joseph Abakunda
Chief Strategy Officer, Rwanda Space Agency

Alice Higiro
Smart Cities Project Director, Ministry of ICT and Innovation, Rwanda

Suhail Al Banna
CEO and Managing Director, DP World Middle East and Africa

Annick Sakho
Regional Director, Sales - Sub-Saharan Africa, Oracle

Dr. Andrew Forrest
Non-executive Chairman, Fortescue Metals Group (FMG) & Chairman and Co-Founder, Minderoo Foundation

CJ Fonzi
Partner at Dalberg Advisors and Office Director, Dalberg Kigali

Ntoudi Mouyelo
Chief Investment Officer, Rwanda Finance Limited

Pardon Mujakachi
VP Strategy and Partnerships, Chippercash Africa

Dr. Uzziel Ndagijimana
Minister of Finance and Economic Planning, Rwanda

The Rt Hon Sir Hugo Swire KCMG
Deputy Chairman, Commonwealth Enterprise and Investment Council

Nirj Deva
Founder, Commonwealth Union

Wilf Blackburn
Regional CEO, Prudential

Astrid Haas
Urban Economist, African Development Bank

Nardos Bekele-Thomas
CEO NEPAD, Ethiopia

Grant Reid
President and CEO, MARS Inc., United States

Patrick Ambuga Amuyunzu
Commercial Head and Director, East Africa UPL

Godfrey Mutizwa
Chief Editor, CNBC AfricaL

Prof. Paul Noon
Pro-Vice-Chancellor - Enterprise & Innovation, Coventry University