Africa Trade & Investment Conference 2025

Panel Description:

As Africa and the global economy evolve, women are taking center stage in reshaping how leadership, wealth, and opportunity are defined and distributed. This session will spotlight how women across the continent are rebalancing power—politically, economically, and socially—by leading cross-border initiatives, challenging systemic barriers, and building inclusive systems that benefit everyone. From boardrooms to marketplaces, from local to global arenas, this conversation will explore how joint leadership, gender equity, and economic justice can unlock a future grounded in shared prosperity and mutual respect.

Key Themes:

1. Women as Architects of Economic Justice. How women are leading efforts to shift financial and resource equity, ensuring access, inclusion, and generational impact.

2. Cross-Border Women’s Leadership. Strategies for fostering inter-African and global collaboration among women leaders and entrepreneurs.

3. The Joint Custody Model of Leadership. Redefining power-sharing between women and men in business, policy, and community development for long-term, balanced impact.

4. Authenticity and Equity in the Workplace. Creating cultures of trust and inclusiveness where women thrive not by assimilation but by transforming the workplace itself.

5. Sustaining Change Beyond the Moment. Building structures and systems that ensure continuity of women’s leadership, ownership, and decision-making power.

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Pauline Crawford, Vice President, International University of Entreprenology

Panel Moderator: Mary Risimbi

Panelists:

• HRM Kgosi Gaboilelwe Moroka

• Emma Kawawa, Women CEO Roundtable

• Dr. Naike Moshi, Founder/CEO, Women in Management Africa/ Founder, CV People, Tanzania

• Laetitia Mernsuh Bomba, Founder/CEO EmpowerHer Tech Foundation, Cameroon

• Dr. Adeola Adeleye-Fasubaa

Host: Mamadou Goita, PhD

Sophie Ndong, Chief Marketing Officer , BCA Leadership

Showcasing National Trade Pathways: Unlocking Africa’s Intra-Continental Trade Through Shared Strategies and Sector Priorities

Roundtable Objective:

This strategic roundtable brings together Ministers of Trade and Industry, senior government officials, and trade development agencies from across Africa to share their national trade journeys, highlight priority sectors, and explore country-to-country trade opportunities. It aims to identify practical ways in which African nations can trade more effectively with one another under AfCFTA—through aligned regulations, cross-border infrastructure, and sector-based trade missions.

Each represented country will present:

• Key export-ready sectors or flagship products

• Trade facilitation success stories or innovations

• Policy frameworks or incentives attracting trade and investment

• Bilateral or regional trade opportunities they seek to explore

This session encourages a spirit of collaboration over competition, allowing countries to identify complementarities and gaps that can be filled through continental trade and partnerships.