Mr. Daniel Witt
International Tax and Investment Center
President
Daniel A. Witt is President of the International Tax and Investment Center (ITIC), a nonprofit research and education organization which he helped found in 1993. Mr. Witt has been working to promote free markets and helping to lower the barriers to tax, trade, and investment in transition economies for over 30 years. Having worked with 85 countries, he has co-developed a unique neutral table to bring together the public sector, private sector, and academics to advance pro-investment economic policy reforms.
ITIC is a global brand that is trusted as a reliable source of tax and investment policy and administration expertise.
International Tax and Investment Center
President
Daniel A. Witt is President of the International Tax and Investment Center (ITIC), a nonprofit research and education organization which he helped found in 1993. Mr. Witt has been working to promote free markets and helping to lower the barriers to tax, trade, and investment in transition economies for over 30 years. Having worked with 85 countries, he has co-developed a unique neutral table to bring together the public sector, private sector, and academics to advance pro-investment economic policy reforms.
ITIC is a global brand that is trusted as a reliable source of tax and investment policy and administration expertise.
Mr Samaila Zubairu
Africa Finance Corporation
President & CEO
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.
Africa Finance Corporation
President & CEO
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.