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 and CEO, Africa Finance Corporation Mr. Tony O. Elumelu, CFR Founder and Chairman, Heirs Holdings Ms. Chipokota Mwanawasa Policy Advisor to the President of Zambia and the Deputy Head of the Presidential Delivery Unit Mr. Ole Erik Almlid CEO, Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise (NHO) Mr. Ryan Rockefeller Co-founder and CEO, Rising Tide Ms. British A. Robinson Chair, Africa, Milken Institute International 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 Prof. Dominic McVey MBE Entrepreneur and Business Leader Mr. Sameh Shenouda Executive Director and 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. Maria Angeles Leon Lopez Founder, Open Value Foundation Mr. Sanjeev Gupta NABA Advisory Board Member Mr. Jens Thomassen Partner, AP Moller Capital Ms. Isabela Nyoka Group Mining Specialist, Ecobank Mr. Isaac Kwaku Fokuo, Jr. Founder, Amahoro Coalition Mr. Christopher Egerton-Warburton Founding partner and Co-CEO, Lion’s Head Mr. Chris Isaac Chief Investment Officer, AgDevCo Mr. Ufoma Joseph Immanuel Director, Chappal Mr. Hackim Abdul Africa Public Sector and Country Representative - Ghana, Citi Ms. Benedicte Løseth Executive Director - Research System and Internationalisation, The Research Council of Norway Mr. Heine Melkevik CEO, Carbon Limits Nigeria Ms. Aysha Tegally Investment Director, Vatternfields Investments Reserve your spot at the Nordic-African Business Summit Book now
