25 - 27 January 2024. Africa Prosperity Dialogues held at Peduase Lodge in Accra
The theme, “Delivering Prosperity in Africa – Produce, Add Value, Trade,” set the stage for a collective effort to boost intra-Africa trade and build the world’s largest single market.The Africa Prosperity Dialogues is being organised as an annual dedicated platform for Africa's leadership to engage, forge partnerships and commit to achieving the AU's agenda 2063 through integration with a vision of achieving an "Africa Beyond Aid". The Dialogues are inspired by the recognition that Africa's political and business leaders must work closely together to shape, drive, and deepen intra-Africa trade and investments to achieve sustainable prosperity across the continent through the speedy and full implementation of the AfCFTA.
The Africa Prosperity Network, a private and independent organization established in Ghana, serves as a continental network focused on advocating for the collective ownership of the African Union's Agenda 2063. Its mission centers on fostering enhanced private sector participation in the implementation of the AfCFTA, with a sense of urgency and determination.
Session I: Doing Business Differently – Adding Value to What we Produce
DAY 01
Session I: Doing Business Differently – Adding Value to What we Produce
- H.E Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo , the President of The Republic Of Ghana
- H.E. MeneWamkele - Secretary-General, AfCFTA Secretariat: ‘"We must dare to invent the future as Thomas Sankara once said."
- Brigitte Harington President and CEO IGIRE coffee
- Charles Abani UN Resident Coordinator
"With the right mindset and data, we can unleash great opportunity for businesses in Africa to thrive" - Mr Alex Dadey, Board Chairman (GIPC) & Executive Chairman (KGL Group
“Incentivizing the private sector is the surest way to achieve sustainable growth.”
Session 2: Unleashing Africa’s Food and Agribusiness Potential
Keynote speech: Dr Aggrey Agumya Executive Director FARA
The AUC-DARBE Commissioner, Ambassador Josefa Sacko has called for collaborative efforts to address Africa’s food security and boost agribusiness during the Africa Prosperity Dialogues held at Peduase Lodge in Accra. This according to her will help Africa in breaking from the chains of dependency and create a resilient and self-sustaining agricultural ecosystem.
She added that “CAAPs represents more than just a development initiative; they embody the resilience, determination, and collective will of the African continent to control its destiny. Our request for your full support and blessing is not just for the CAAPs but for a future where Africa leads in agriculture, agro-industrialization, and economic prosperity”. Assuring of its high success rate, Amb Sacko says stakeholders “can establish a vibrant business platform under the CAAPs, utilizing the instruments of the AfCFTA to secure our place in the global food market.” Therefore, “CAAPs are not just a roadmap; they are the vehicle for an agro-industrial revolution that Africa urgently needs. Let us pledge our commitment to this vision, supporting the CAAPs as the flagship program of the AU Agenda 2063”.
Panel discussion:
- Eklou Somado Attiogbevi Regional Manager, Agriculture & Agro-Industry, West Africa AFDB
- Barbara Tulu Clemens WFP
- Dr. Brian Acheampong Minister of Food and Agriculture Ghana
- Alex Arnaud Assanvo Executive Secretary Cote d'Ivoire -Ghana cocoa initiative
- Patricia Poku Diaby CEO Plot Enterprises, Council member APN (African Prosperity Network)
PLOT Enterprise (Ghana) Limited is a cocoa processing company based in Takoradi, Ghana.PLOT manufacture natural and alkalised cocoa liquor, natural cocoa butter, natural and alkalised cocoa cake and natural cocoa powder from Ghana Cocoa. PLOT is fully aware of quality and has worked diligently towards obtaining internationally recognised certificates among which FSSC 22000, OK Kosher, HALAL, ORGANIC, RAINFOREST. The facility is also Rainforest Alliance Approved.
"There is an ever changing expectation: sustainability along the whole value chain"
"There is an increase in local processing versus in the producing countries versus the processing in the consuming countries"
"There is also an growth of consumption on consumption on the African continent, not so much in chocolate, although there is growth, but more in chocolate drinks and chocolate sprays and the likes of it."
"Our sector (cocoa) has been one of the main foreign currency earners of the country"
Session III. Getting on the Global Value Chain of Africa’s Natural Resources.
- Beatrice Mensah-Tayui - CEO, Cybele Energy Ltd
"It is about excellence, rising to the top and going beyond duties"
- Edward Nana Yaw Koranteng - CEO, Minerals Income Investment Fund, Ghana"We are looking at value addition in terms of capital market, in terms of processing"
- Ebenezer Asante, Senior Vice President, Markets, MTNGroup, “It’s about time that with the enablement of technology, we allow for the issue of sovereignty to break away...We must break the borders for African trade to thrive.”
Session V Critical Enablers for Single Market Success– Leveraging Infrastructure, Innovation and Technology.
DAY 02
Session V. Theme: Critical Enablers for Single Market Success– Leveraging Infrastructure, Innovation and Technology.
- Moderator Gayheart Mensah - Board Member, APN
- Selorm Adadevoh - Group Chief Commercial Officer, MTN
- Julius Mwale - Principal, Mwale Medical & Technology City (MMTC)
- Prof. Khaled Dabees - CEO, AB-Care Medical Technology & Ultra Teb
- Nompilo Morafo - Chief Sustainability &Corporate Affairs Officer, MTN Group
- Angela Kyerematen - Jimoh-Strategic Partnership Lead for Africa, Microsoft
- Alpha Ibrahim Sesay - Minister of Trade and Industry, Sierra Leone
- Harkirit Singh - Group CEO, Ascend Digital Solutions Ltd
Session VI: Critical Enablers for Single Market Success – Strategic Financing and Investment in Infrastructure
- Moderator Benjamin Offei-Addo-Head, Finance & Corporate Services Strategy, Asaase Broadcasting Company Ltd
- Dr. Sidi Ould Tah, President BADEA
- Marufatu Abiola Bawuah -Regional CEO West Africa, UBA
- Kofi Adomakoh - Managing Director, GCB Bank
- Gabriel Edgal Chairman Oakwood Green Africa
- Olumide Ogunfowora, CFA - Founding Partner, Argentil Capital Partners
- Manfred Rene Awabeng - CEO, Premier Investment
- Gabriel Edgal - Chairman, Oakwood Green Africa
- Jean-Francois Le Bihan - General Manager of Ericsson Cote d'Ivoire
Session VII. Theme: Scaling Up Mobile Interoperability to Deepen Financial Inclusion and Intra-African Trade.
- Moderator Emily Mburu-Ndoria - Director, Trade in Services, Investment, Intellectual Property Rights and Digital Trade, AfCFTA,
- Ipeleng Selele - Group CEO, RRS Trade and Investment, South Africa
- Angela Wamola - Head, Sub-Saharan Africa, GSMA
- Patricia Obo-Nai - CEO, Vodafone Ghana
- John Omo - Secretary General, African Telecommunications Union
Session VIII Critical Enablers for Single Market Success through Manufacturing - Smart Market Access Strategies and Enabling Incentives.
- Ambassador Amina Mohamed - Advisory Council Member, APN and Former Foreign Minister, Kenya
- Rosemary Beryl Archer - Deputy CEO, Ghana Export-Import Bank
- Linda Ampah - CEO, Cadling Fashions Ltd
- Mohamed Ould Noueigued - President, National Bank of Mauritania
- Cherif Abdallah - Chairman, CONEX Group, Liberia & Sierra Leone
- Jeffrey J. O. Peprah - CEO, Volkswagen Ghana and President, Automotive Assemblers Association of Ghana (AAAG)
Panelists:
- moderator Patrick Smith - Editor-in-Chief, Africa Report,
- Mohamed M. Abou El Enein - Chairman and Founder, Cleopatra Group, Egypt
- Nora Bannerman - CEO, Sleek Garments Export Ltd
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