Sunday, April 26, 2020 10:09 AM / byAfrica.com / Header Image Credit: Pulse Ghana
ThePresident of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, will address what is possiblythe largest ever gathering of senior African business leaders. The mediaholding company, Africa.com, has produced a webinar series, Crisis Managementfor African Business Leaders, to address the unprecedented challenges Africanexecutives are facing during the COVID-19 pandemic. Over 3,000 participants areexpected from 81 countries - 41 countries on the African continent + 40countries throughout the world.
PresidentAfuko-Addo will be the lead speaker on a panel moderated by Hakeem Belo-Osagie,Chairman of FSDH Holding Company and Harvard Business School Senior Lecturer ofBusiness Administration. The panel, "This Isn't the West - How Africa'sInformal Sector Responds to COVID-19" will also feature The Honorable NasirEl-Rufai, Governor of Kaduna State, Nigeria; Ahmed Mushfiq Mobrarak, Professorof Economics, Yale University; and Amandla Ooko-Ombaka, SeniorEngagement Manager, McKinsey & Co.
Theparticipants in the webinar are comprised of many of the most senior privatesector players on the continent, most of whom carry one of the followingtitles: CEO, chair, managing director, president, principal, partner, CFO, chair,finance director, chief, director, executive director, group head, generalmanager or manager. In addition, participants include seniorgovernment officials, leading academics, and heads of non-profit organizations.
Africa.comChair and CEO Teresa Clarke commented:
"President Afuko-Addo's leadership of the pandemic has been tailored tothe unique social, economic and cultural conditions of his country. Weare very pleased that President Afuko-Addo has accepted our invitation toaddress the pan-African business community about this critical issue, andprovide his perspective on how African leaders in both the public and privatesectors may navigate these complex choices."
"Thisisn't the West - How Africa's Informal Sector Reacts to COVID-19" will take placeon Wednesday, April 29 at 9:00 EDT (New York |14:00 WAT (Nigeria/UK) 15:00 CAT(South Africa) |16:00 EAT (Kenya).
Thepanel discussion is part of a four part series on crisis management developedby Africa.com and faculty members from Harvard Business School. For moreinformation and free registration, please visit this link
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