Program
| Time | Program | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 13:40~14:00 | Pre-events | Reception | Hosting parties welcome guests |
| Opening Video | Opening video to be played | ||
| 14:00~14:50 (50’) |
Opening Ceremony | Opening speech | Hwang Dae-il, President and CEO of Yonhap News Agency |
| Welcome speech | Kim Young-chae, President of The Korea-Africa Foundation | ||
| Congratulatory Speech-1 | High-ranking official from Presidential Office; Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy; Ministry of Foreign Affairs; National Assembly, etc. (TBD) | ||
| Congratulatory Speech-2 | H.E. Chafik Rachadi, Dean of African Group of Ambassadors in Korea | ||
| Video message | Mbongiseni Buthelezi, CEO of Nelson Mandela Foundation | ||
| 14:50~15:00 | Coffee Break | ||
| 15:00~15:50 (50') |
Keynote Speech | Wamkele Keabetswe Mene, Secretary General of AfCFTA | |
| 1st Session | Title | Africa at the center of rising Global South | |
| Speaker | Iyinoluwa Aboyeji, CEO and Founding Partner of Future Africa | ||
| 15:50~17:00 | 2nd Session | Title | K-business meets Africa |
| 1st Speaker | Kwon Soon-Jin, Director of Mineral Resources Bureau at Korea Mine Rehabilitation and Mineral Resources Corporation | ||
| 2nd Speaker | Lee Kuen-Young, Vice President of Global Business Group, Hyundai Motor Company | ||
| 3rd Speaker | Cho Il Yeon, Head of APEC and North Africa Region Business in Hyundai Rotem | ||
| 17:00~17:10 | Coffee Break | ||
| 17:10~18:00 (50’) |
3rd Session | Title | Korea-Africa economic partnership, a connecting bridge into the future |
| 1st Speaker | Choi Kojo, Ambassador of the Republic of Ghana to the Republic of Korea | ||
| 2nd Speaker | Thomas Taban Akot, General Surgeon at the Inje University Sanggye Paik Hospital | ||
| 18:00~ | Closing | Closing and farewell remarks | |