Featured Speakers (with more to be announced)

Mr Samaila Zubairu
Africa Finance Corporation
President & CEO
Samaila Zubairu
Samaila Zubairu, President & CEO of Africa Finance Corporation, has led transformative infrastructure investments across Africa for over three decades. Under his leadership, AFC has doubled its membership, tripled investments, and more than doubled profits by 2023. Recognized globally, AFC has won multiple awards, including Pan-African Champion (2024) and DFI of the Year (2022). Mr. Zubairu co-chairs the WEF’s clean energy network, and his efforts in climate finance have set benchmarks in emerging markets. A former CFO of Dangote Cement, he is an Eisenhower Fellow and Chartered Accountant with a BSc in Accounting from Ahmadu Bello University.