Dr. Jackie Chimhanzi , Consulting – Africa Leader, Deloitte;
Sylvia Mwichuli, Communications and Public Affairs Director, AGRA (Kenya);
Dr. Joseph S. Annan, Deputy Minister of Trade & Industry (Ghana);
Prof. Richard Mkandawire, Head of Resource Mobilisation, Partnerships and Communications: NEPAD Agency;
Prof. Keith Dinnie, author “Nation Branding” (Japan);
Shakeel Meer, Divisional Executive: Corporate Strategy, IDC (South Africa); and
Miller Matola, CEO Brand South Africa (South Africa).
Prof. Nick Binedell, Founding Director - GIBS;
Dr. Dambisa Moyo (UK);
Nigel Hollis, author “The Global Brand”;
Dr. Simo Lushaba, Chairman, Sanibona Communications (Pty) Ltd (South Africa);
Gary Alfonso, Managing Director, CNBC Africa (South Africa);
David Haigh, Founder & CEO - Brand Finance (UK);
Amadou Mahtar Ba, CEO - Africa Media Initiative (Kenya); and
Tawanda Nyambirai, Chairman – Econet and TN Group (Zimbabwe).
Cedric Ntumba, Deal Executive, Capitalworks Investment Partners;
Gertrude Kitongo (Kenya) – Brightest Young Minds;
Ralph Baumgarten (South Africa) – Brightest Young Minds;
Zamatungwa Khumalo (South Africa) - One Young World;
Erik de Ridder (South Africa) - One Young World;
Francis Ekii (Uganda) - African Leadership Academy; and
Linda Rebeiz (Senegal) - African Leadership Academy.
Abdullah Verachia, Director – Frontier Advisory;
Ajai Chowdhry, Chairman - HCL (India);
Dr. Vijay Mahajan, Author, “Africa Rising”;
Dr. MG Vaidyan, Regional Head (Africa) & CEO - State Bank of India, South Africa;
James Mwangi, Global Managing Partner – Dalberg;
Christine Jiang, Director – SEA Region Business Development Department - Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd; and
Simon Freemantle, Senior Analyst – African Political Economy Unit, Standard Bank Research;