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Galvanized by the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the world isĀ moving to a new impact economy:
one where impact on people and planet guide our decisions along with risk and return.
What does this global shift mean for Africa, its leaders, and its people?
On 6 & 10 December, join the GSG and leaders from Africa and around the world for two Impact Dialogues
on the unique role that Ghana and Kenya can play in ushering in the impact economy of the future.


SPEAKERS
Headline Keynote

Hon. Ken Ofori-Atta
Finance Minister
Ghana


Amel Karboul
CEO
Education Outcomes Fund

Amit Bhatia
CEO
GSG

Amma Lartey
Regional Director
Reach for Change

Angela Lamensdor f Ofori-Atta
Associate Professor, University
of Ghana School of Medicine
and Dentistry

Bernardino Koku Avle
Director of News
Programming
Omni Media Ltd. (Citi 97.3 FM)

Dr. Esi E.Ansah
Lecturer
Ashesi University

Gita Honwana Welch
Country Director
UNDP, Ghana

Hamdiya Ismalia
General Manager, Venture
Capital Trust Fund (VCTF)

Jihane Hakimi Pietrzak
Blended Finance Specialist
African Development Bank Group

Juliet Asante
CEO
Eagle Productions

Krisztina Tora
Market Development Director
GSG

Dr. Naomi Adjepong
Operations Manager
Alpha Education Centres

DR. Shannon May
Co-Founder and CSO, Bridge
International Academies

TƩnemba Anna SamakƩ
Executive Director
MBC Africa

Yaw Owusu-Brempong
CEO, Ghana Venture Capital
Trust Fund

Yofi Grant
CEO, Ghana Investment
Promotion Centre (GIPC)


SPEAKERS
Special Keynote

Betty Maina
Principal Secretary, State Department
for Industrialization,
Republic of Kenya

Ambassador Martin Kimani
PhD, Director of Kenyaās National
Counter Terrorism Centre and Special
Envoy for Terrorism Prevention


Amit Bhatia
CEO
GSG

Arif Neky
Senior Advisor - UN Strategic
Partnerships,
Coordinator - SDG Partnership
Platform

Aun Ali Rahman
Access to Finance Lead at
infoDev (World Bank Group)

Carole Kariuki
CEO, Kenya Private Sector
Alliance (KEPSA)

David Auerbach
Co-founder
Sanergy

Duncan Onyango
Team Leader & Investment
Lead, Sustainable Urban
Economic Development
Programme (SUED)

Edward Mungai
CEO, Kenya Climate
Innovation Centre

Esther Ndeti
Executive Director, East Africa
Private Equity & Venture
Capital Association (EAVCA)

Dr. Githinji Gitahi
Global CEO and Director
General, AMREF Health Africa
Group

Jared Lee
Principal
Education Outcomes Fund

Krisztina Tora
Market Development Director
GSG

Lade Araba
Convergence Finance,
Africa Region Representative

Mairi Mackay
Head, Global Social Enterprise
program, British Council

Maryanne Ochola
East Africa Regional Chapter
Manager, ANDE

ROBERT KARANJA
Regional Lead- Africa,
The B Team

Samir Ibrahim
CEO & Co Founder
Sun Culture

Salim Amin
Chairman
Camerapix

DR. Shannon May
Co-Founder and CSO, Bridge
International Academies

Siddharth Chatterjee
Resident Representative -
UNDP,
Resident Coordinator for
Kenya - UN

Susie Kitchens
UK Deputy High
Commissioner

Teresa Mbagaya
Principal, Investments at
Omidyar Network
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