SPEAKERS
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Donald Kaberuka
Chairman of the Global Fund, African Union Special Envoy for Africa and Founder and Managing Partner of SouthBridge Group
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Carlos Lopes
Professor of the Nelson Mandela School of Public Governance of the University of Cape Town
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Josefa Sacko
Commissioner for Rural Economy and Agriculture at the African Union Commission (AUC)
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Michael Kremer
Gates Professor of Developing Societies at Harvard University and 2019 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences
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Cláudia Prates
Director General at the American Regional Office of the New Development Bank (NDB)
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Ibrahima Cheikh Diong
Director-General of the African Risk Capacity Group (ARC Agency and ARC Ltd)
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Bineta Diop
Special Envoy of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission on Women, Peace and Security
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Roberto Barcelos
Institutional Director of the Brazilian Association of Exporters of Fruits and Derivatives (ABRAFRUTAS)
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Sergio Gusmão Suchodolski
President of the Development Bank of Minas Gerais (BDMG) and of the Brazilian Development Association (ABDE)
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Patrcik Dlamini
Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director at the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA)
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Julie Makani
Associate Professor in the Department of Haematology and Blood Transfusion at Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS)
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Jean Pierre Senghor
Executive Secretary of the National Council on Food Security of the Republic of Senegal
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Denys Denya
Executive Vice President of Finance, Administration and Banking Services of Afreximbank
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Marcos Brandalise
Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Brazafric Group of Companies (BGC)
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Martin Fregene
Director of Agriculture and Agro-Industry (AHAI) at the African Development Bank
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Amaury Fonseca Junior
Founding Partner and Chief Investment Officer of Vision Brazil Investments
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Pierre Guislain
Former Vice-President of Private Sector, Infrastructure and Industrialisation at the African Development Bank
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Mamadou Biteye
Vice President of Social Impact for the Central and Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa (CEMEA) at Visa
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Mercy Karanja
Senior Program officer in Agricultural Development at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
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Rogerio De Antoni
Vice President of Hyva Global for the Americas and CEO of Hyva do Brasil
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Ntiokam Divine
Founder and Managing Director of Climate Smart Agriculture Youth Network (CSAYN)
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Claudia Martínez Zuleta
Co-chair of the country programs of the Food and Land Use Economy- FOLU
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The Brazil Africa Forum 2020 was outstanding!
Held in an innovative virtual format, the two-days event carried out more than 14 hours of a livestreamed agenda in three languages (English, Portuguese and French). BAF 2020 gathered more than 70 speakers - global leaders, government and private sector representatives, academics and potential investors - to exchange experiences and discuss the current international scenario under the theme. The event was followed by more than 1.200 delegates from countries all over the world.

TOP SPEAKERS FROM PREVIOUS EDITIONS

Hamilton Mourão
Vice President of Brazil

Akinwumi Adesina
President of the African Development Bank (AfDB)

Bronwyn Nielsen
Executive Director at Africa Business News

José Ramos-Horta
Nobel Peace Prize laureate

Sarah Anyang
Commissioner of Human Resources, Science, and Technology of the African Union Comission

Gilbert F. Houngbo
President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (FIDA)

Nísia Trindade
President of the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz)

Fayçal Benameur
Senior Vice President for East Africa of the OCP Group

Alysson Paolinelli
Former Minister of Agriculture of Brazil

Livio Vanghetti
Vice President of Global Partnerships of Philip Morris International

Daniel Balaban
Director of UN/WFP Centre of Excellence Against Hunger

Yemi Akinbamijo
Executive Director of the Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA)