Speakers 2025 Featured H.E. Wamkele Mene Secretary-General, African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat H.E. Mr. Espen Barth Eide Minister of Foreign Affairs, Norway Mr. Tellef Thorleifsson CEO, Norfund Mr. Samaila Zubairu President & CEO, Africa Finance Corporation Mr. Tony O. Elumelu, CFR Founder & Chairman, Heirs Holdings Ms. Chipokota Mwanawasa Policy Advisor to the President of Zambia, H.E. Hakainde Hichilema Dr. Alistair Ruiters Special Advisor on Investment to the President of South Africa Mr. Ole Erik Almlid CEO, Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise (NHO) Ms. Gunn Jorid Roset Director General, Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad) Mr. Ryan Rockefeller Co-Founder & CEO, Rising Tide Ms. British A. Robinson Chair, Africa, Milken Institute International Ms. Vanessa Erogbogbo Director of the Division of Sustainable and Inclusive Trade, International Trade Centre (ITC) Mr. Akinwole Omoboriowo II Chairman & CEO, GENESIS Energy Group Ms. Ana Hajduka Founder & CEO, Africa GreenCo Mayor Anne Lindboe Mayor of Oslo, Norway Mr. Svein Stolpestad GVP Strategy & Sustainability, Jotun Mr. James Mwangi Co-Founder & CEO, Africa Climate Ventures Ms. Veronica Bolton Smith CEO, Critical Minerals Africa Group Mr. Chris Brett President, Altera Production at Altera Infrastructure Mr. Bjart Thorkil Pedersen Manager Sustainable Sourcing, Norgesgruppen AS Prof. Dominic McVey MBE Entrepreneur & Business Leader Mr. Sameh Shenouda Executive Director & Chief Investment Officer, Africa Finance Corporation Mr. Vivek Mittal CEO, Africa Infrastructure Development Association Mr. David Pilling Africa Editor, Financial Times Ms. Ndidi Okonkwo Nwuneli President & CEO, ONE Campaign Ms. Adesuwa Okunbo Rhodes Founder & Managing Partner, Aruwa Capital Management Ms. María Ángeles León CEO & Founding Partner, Global Social Impact Investments Mr. Sanjeev SG Gupta Board Member & Corporate Advisor Mr. Jens Thomassen Partner, AP Moller Capital Ms. Isabela Nyoka Group Mining Specialist, Ecobank Reserve your spot at the Nordic-African Business Summit Book now
