AGENDA AT-A-GLANCE

TUESDAY, JULY 11, 2023

 

7:30 AM - 2:30 PM

U.S.- Africa Business Summit Golf Tournament (INVITE-ONLY)

9:00 AM - 8:30 PM

U.S. - Africa Business Summit Registration

6:30 PM - 8:30 PM

U.S. - Africa Business Summit Welcome Reception 

WEDNESDAY, JULY 12, 2023

 

7:30 AM - 8:30 AM

Welcome Coffee & Tea

7:30 AM - 5:00 PM

Registration

7:30 AM - 5:00 PM

Exhibits

8:30 AM - 9:15 AM 

Opening Ceremony: Welcome Keynotes 

9:15 AM - 10:30 AM

Scene Setter Plenary: Enhancing Africa's Value in Global Value Chains

10:30 AM - 10:45 AM

Break

10:45 AM - 12:00 PM

High-Level Dialogue: Enhancing Africa's Value in Agricultural Chains

10:45 AM - 12:00 PM

High-Level Dialogue: Enhancing Africa's Value in Mineral Value Chains

10:45 AM - 12:00 PM

High-Level Dialogue: Enhancing Africa's Value in Mineral Value Chains

10:45 AM - 12:00 PM

High-Level Dialogue: Enhancing Value in Digital and Cyber Services Value Chains 

10:45 AM - 12:00 PM

High-Level Dialogue: Providing the Energy Africa needs while Accelerating Transition to a Net Zero Economy 

12:15 PM - 1:45 PM

VIP Lunch (by-invitation-only)

12:15 PM - 1:45 PM

Networking Lunch

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Plenary: Progress Report on Implementing Commitments from the U.S. - Africa Leaders Summit 

3:15 PM - 4:30 PM

Presidential Dialogue: Next Steps Towards Stronger African Health Care Capacity, Prevention, Detection and Treatment 

3:30 PM - 5:00 PM

The Money Circle: Institutional Investors Closed Door Pitch Sessions (by-invitation-only)

3:15 PM - 5:15 PM

Roundtable: Building and Financing Sustainable Energy Transition Plans (by-invitation-only)

3:15 PM - 5:15 PM

Roundtable: ICT - Challenges & Opportunities for the Digitalization Agenda (by-invitation-only)

5:15 PM - 6:15 PM

Reception: Energy & ICT Roundtable

7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Gala Dinner hosted by Government of Botswana 

THURSDAY, JULY 13, 2023

 

7:30 AM - 8:30 AM

Networking Coffee & Tea

7:30 AM - 5:00 PM

Registration

7:30 AM - 5:00 PM

Exhibits

9:15 AM - 10:30 AM

Plenary: Strategic Approaches to Deepen U.S.-African Trade and Investment 

10:30 AM - 10:45 AM

Break

10:45 AM - 12:00 PM

Panel: Health Regulatory Issues

10:45 AM - 12:00 PM

Panel: Combatting Illicit Trafficking: Opportunity and Imperative for Public - Private Collaboration

10:45 AM - 12:00 PM

Panel: The Playbook: Expanding Value in the African Sports Industry 

10:45 AM - 12:00 PM

The Money Circle: Institutional Investors Closed Door Pitch Sessions (by-invitation-only)

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

Networking Lunch

1:45 PM - 3:00 PM

Plenary: Scaling Women-Owned Businesses

3:00 PM - 3:15 PM

Break

3:15 PM - 4:30 PM

Panel: Building Resilient Entrepreneurs 

3:15 PM - 4:30 PM

Panel: Financing the African Creative Industry 

3:15 PM - 4:30 PM

Panel: Aviation: Runway for Travel, Tourism and Trade 

3:15 PM - 5:45 PM

Roundtable: HSRI Health Ministerial Roundtable - Innovative Health Financing (by-invitation-only)

3:15 PM - 5:45 PM

Roundtable: Investment in African DFIs: Sustaining Growth on the Continent Institutional Investor Roundtable (by-invitation-only)

5:45 PM - 6:45 PM

Reception: Health & Institutional Investor Roundtable

FRIDAY, JULY 14, 2023

 

8:00 AM - 9:00 AM

Networking Coffee & Tea

8:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Exhibits

9:00 AM - 10:15 AM

Panel: How to Launch a cancer/NCD moonshot for Africa

9:00 AM - 10:15 AM

Panel: U.S. Commercial Diplomacy on the Ground

9:00 AM - 10:15 AM

Panel: Driving Sustainable Development through Innovative Financing 

10:15 AM - 10:30 AM

Break

10:30 AM - 11:45 AM

Plenary: Getting the Formula Right for Sustainable Health Products Manufacturing in Africa

11:45 AM - 12:00 PM

Break

12:00 PM - 1:15 PM

Closing Plenary: Infrastructure: Connecting Africa's Value Chains 

1:15 PM - 2:45 PM

Closing Lunch

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