Event Schedule

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1st

DAY

OPENING CEREMONY

  • Abuja, Nigeria
  • 9:00 AM

Featuring:

  • Welcome Address
  • Opening Remarks
  • Goodwill Messages
  • Keynote Address

Also Featuring

  • 1st Plenary Session
  • 2nd Plenary Session
  • Cocktail
Registration & Bookings

DAY 1
Thursday April 27, 2023

  • 09:00 AM
  • 10:50 AM
  • 12:00 Noon
  • 14:30 PM
  • 15:30 PM
  • 16:00 PM
  • Opening Ceremony
  • 1st Plenary Session
  • Panel Discussion
  • Sectoral Sessions
  • 2nd Plenary Session - Review
  • Cocktail - ACP Diaspora Platform

2nd

DAY

PROGRAMME HIGHLIGHTS

  • Abuja, Nigeria
  • 9:00 AM

Featuring:

  • Plenary Session 3
  • Panel Discussion
  • Plenary Session 4
  • Sectoral Discussion Sessions
  • Plenary Session 5
  • Closing Ceremony
  • Dinner and Award Night
Registration & Bookings

DAY 2
Friday April 28, 2023

  • 09:00 AM
  • 09:30 AM
  • 11:30 AM
  • 12:00 Noon
  • 15:30 PM
  • 16:00 PM
  • 18:00 PM
  • 3rd Plenary Session
  • Panel Discussion
  • 4th Plenary Session
  • Sectoral Discussion Sessions
  • 5th Plenary Session - Review
  • Closing Ceremony
  • Dinner and Award Night

GADS ABUJA 2023

Focus Areas

The Symposium will focus on key strategic solutions in

  • Health
  • Education
  • Agriculture
  • Tourism and Culture
  • Science and Technology
  • Manufacturing and Industry
  • Green Energy and Technology
  • Information Communication Technology
  • Energy and Infrastructure Development
  • Finance and Economic Development
  • and much more.

Meet Our Resource Persons

Speakers

H.E. GEORGES REBELO PINTO CHIKOTI

Secretary-General, Organization of African, Caribbean and Pacific States, (OACPS),

DR. ADESINA AKINWUNMI

President, African Development Bank
(AfDB)

SEN. MICHAEL AMA NNACHI PHD

Chairman,
Senate Committee on Diaspora & Non-Governmental Organizations Federal Republic of Nigeria

HON. TOLULOPE AKANDE-SADIPE

Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Diaspora,
Federal Republic of Nigeria

HON. Leslie Campbell

Minister of State, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Foreign Trade Jamaica

AMB. ZUBAIRU DADA

Hon. Minister of State for Foreign Affairs,
Federal Republic of Nigeria

Hon. Dr. ABIKE DABIRI-EREWA

Chairman/CEO,
Nigerians in Diaspora Commission
(NiDCOM),
Federal Republic of Nigeria

AMB. RABIU DAGARI mni

Director-General,
Directorate of Technical Cooperation in Africa (DTCA),
Federal Republic of Nigeria

DR. SHEM OCHUODHO

Global Chairman,
Kenyan Diaspora Alliance (KDA)

MR. MELVIN FOOTE

Founder and President,
Constituency for Africa (CFA),
Washington DC, USA

DR. MALCOLM BEECH

Co-Chair, Global Organizing Committee & Co-President, African Diaspora Alliance (AfDA)

MRS. IBUKUN ODUSOTE

Co-Chairman, Global Organizing Committee, and Chairman, Local Organizing Committee
Awamary Lowe-Khan

AWAMARY LOWE-KHAN

Founder and CEO,
The Woman Boss Innovate Gambia

DR. MALCOLM BEECH

Co-Chair, Global Organizing Committee & Co-President, African Diaspora Alliance (AfDA)

MRS. IBUKUN ODUSOTE

Co-Chairman, Global Organizing Committee, and Chairman, Local Organizing Committee

MRS. IBUKUN ODUSOTE

Co-Chairman, Global Organizing Committee, and Chairman, Local Organizing Committee

Chairmen of Sessions and Moderators

AMB. ABBEY WALUSIMBI

Senior Presidential Advisor on Diaspora Affairs, Republic of Uganda

H. E. Filipe Silvino de Pina Zau

Minister of Culture, Tourism and Environment, Republic of Angola and Chair, 10th Summit if the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS).
H. E. Abou Dosso

H. E. ABOU DOSSO

Amb. of Cote d’Ivoire & Chair of the OACPS Sub-Committee on Political, Social, Humanitarian, and Cultural Affairs (PSHC).

DR. AWIL MOHAMOUD

Director, African Diaspora Policy Centre (ADPC), The Netherlands,

ENGR. BART NNAJI

Founder/Chairman, Geometric Power Limited, Nigeria,

Mrs. Aissata Kane

Senior Regional Adviser for Sub-Saharan Africa, International Organization for Migration (IOM).

KWABENA OSEI SARPONG

Founder-President/CEO,
RIFE International,
Maryland, USA

ERIC GUICHARD

ERIC GUICHARD

Founder/CEO,
Homestrings Inc.,
Washington D.C.,
USA

PROF. CHIKA ANYANWU

University of Sydney AND,
C3N2 Educational Empowerment.

PROF. MIMMIE CLAUDINE CHI WATTS

Director, Industry Cooperation, Institute of Health, and Wellbeing, Federation University Australia

PROF. PAUL IJI

Dean, College of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Fiji National University, Fiji

DR. AWIL MOHAMOUD

Director, African Diaspora Policy Centre (ADPC), The Netherlands,

Panelists

PROF. HILARY INYANG

Global Educational & Infrastructure Services (GEISE).


PROF. JIMMY ADEGOKE

Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Missouri,
Kansas City, USA

DR. MOHAMMED ENDRIS

Director General at FDRE Ethiopian Diaspora Service, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia

MS MARBELINE GOAGOSES

Deputy Director of Information and Research, Ministry of International Relations and Cooperation of the Republic of Namibia

MRS. ELIZABETH NYANTAKYI

Director, Diaspora Affairs Unit, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Republic of Ghana.

DR. LLOYD WILKS

Director, Diaspora Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Jamaica

H.E. THEO WABENGA KALEBO

Ambassador, Director of the Congolese Abroad, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Mr. Lionel Warimavute

Mr. Lionel Warimavute

Senior Desk Officer, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and External Trade, Republic of Vanuatu

GADS is a strategic engagement and collaboration with Diaspora networks around the world, through the platform of the African Union (AU), and the Africa Diaspora Alliance (AFDA) including the United States of America, the Caribbean, Brazil, Canada, Guyana, Fiji, Trinidad, Australasia, Europe and the ‘Diaspora in Africa

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