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Webinar details

  • When

    Tue, Oct 26, 2021 at 9:00 AM
    Eastern Time (US & Canada)

  • About

    09:00 - 09:30: Official Opening

    Call to Order: Samantha Mandigora, Head of Operations, The Canada-Africa Chamber of Business.

    Welcome: Garreth Bloor, President of The Canada-Africa Chamber of Business

    Hon. Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada

    Goldy Hyder, President and Chief Executive Officer – Business Council of Canada

    Introduction of H.E. Motlanthe by the Chair of the Board, Mr. Sebastian Spio-Garbrah


    09:30 - 10:00: Keynote: H.E. Kgalema Motlanthe, former President of the Republic of South Africa & Director, Ivanhoe Mines Inc
    H.E. Kgalema Motlanthe, former President of the Republic of South Africa & Director, Ivanhoe Mines Inc.

    Address: Canada-Africa Collaboration: A Natural Partnership to Address Climate Change through Critical Metals by Dr. Lakshmanan.

    10:00 - 10:45: Panel 1 - Delivering the Global Electric Vehicles Revolution: The Vital Role of Africa

    In the electric vehicles revolution, copper is a key enabler for a green and sustainable future. This session will explore the trends, opportunities and challenges working toward net-zero emissions.

    - Louis Watum, Managing Director, Ivanhoe Mines in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
    - Ken Hoffman, Co-Head EV Battery Materials Research Group, McKinsey & Company
    - Cassandra Lee, Global Director of Pyrometallurgy, Hatch

    10:55 - 11:45: Panel 2 - Connecting the Continent

    An in-depth session on the infrastructure opportunities and requirements to unleash Africa’s free trade agenda, with a particular focus on enabling effective, sustainable operations, referencing success in natural resource projects

    - Yosam Kiiza, Director of Operations, the Private Sector Federation, Rwanda
    - Thabo Kholoane, Manager, Business Solutions, Imperial Logistics
    - Katya Blouin, Chief Business Officer, APO Group

    11:45 - 12:00: Keynote Address - Samson Arega, Ethiopian Airlines

  • Price

    Free

  • Language

    English

  • Open to

    Anyone with the event link can attend

  • Dial-in available (listen only)

    Dial-in Number: +1 (312) 248-9348

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    Dial-in Passcode: 8630

Featured Presenters

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    Right Hon. Justin Trudeau

    Prime Minister of Canada
    As Prime Minister, Justin leads a government that works hard every day to continue moving Canada forward. His team is focused on creating good middle class jobs, making life more affordable, keeping Canada’s communities safe, fighting climate change, and moving forward on reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples. A proud feminist, Justin appointed Canada’s first gender balanced Cabinet.
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    H.E. Kgalema Motlanthe

    Independent Director and Member of Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee at Ivanhoe Mines
    Kgalema Motlanthe became an Ivanhoe Mines Director in April 2018. Mr. Motlanthe was President of South Africa for a period between 2008 and 2009, and subsequently served as the nation’s Deputy President from 2009 to 2014.

    He heads the Motlanthe Foundation that is dedicated to a range of public-benefit activities, including conflict resolution, promotion of human rights and democracy and the provision of care for pre-school-age children, along with buildings, equipment and educational support for public primary schools. Mr. Motlanthe also is a trustee of Liliesleaf Trust and the Brazzaville Foundation.
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    Sebastian Spio-Garbrah

    Chair, The Canada-Africa Chamber of Business and Global Managing Director, DaMina Advisors
    Sebastian Spio-Garbrah is Chair of The Canada-Africa Chamber of Business and Global Managing Director & Chief Frontier Markets Analyst at DaMina Advisors. He has been recognized as one of the world’s leading frontier markets analysts, was voted among the ‘Top 30 under 30 Analysts’ by New York’s Institutional Investor Magazine in 2006.
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    Goldy Hyder

    President & CEO of the Business Council of Canada
    Goldy Hyder is President and Chief Executive Officer of the Business Council of Canada. Founded in 1976, the Council is a non-profit, non-partisan organization representing the chief executives and heads of 150 leading Canadian businesses, employing 1.7 million Canadians and composed of every major industry across the country.
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    Samson Arega

    Managing Director, Canada for Ethiopian Airlines
    Ethiopian Airlines welcomed Mr. Samson Arega as the new Country Manager for Ethiopian Airlines Canada as of Sept 20, 2019. Mr. Arega started his career with Ethiopian Airlines and has been with the company since he graduated from university.

    Mr. Arega has demonstrated leadership with effective and efficient management in all aspects of the airline’s operations. He has progressed through corporate leadership as Acting Manager, Passenger Sales in Addis Ababa, then as Country Manager in Kuwait.
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    Dr. V.I. Lakshmanan

    Vice-Chairman and CEO of Process Research ORTECH Inc. 
    Dr. V.I. Lakshmanan is an internationally renowned scientist, innovator, entrepreneur and teacher in the area of technologies for sustainable development. He has more than 40 years of hands-on experience in technology development and commercialization, having successfully guided process technologies from concept through development and demonstration to commercialization for energy (including renewable energy), resources and chemical (including specialty chemical) industries. Dr. Lakshmanan has consistently identified and developed innovative applications in technology commercialization.
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    Louis Watum

    General Manager, Kipushi Corporation SA
    Louis Watum joined Ivanhoe Mines in December 2014 as Managing Director of the company’s operations in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Mr. Watum now leads responsibilities for Ivanhoe Mines’ mine development activities underway at the Kipushi zinc-copper-silver mine in the DRC.

    Prior to joining Ivanhoe Mines, Mr. Watum spent eight years assuming progressively senior responsibilities in the DRC’s mining sector. Between 2010 and 2014, he successfully led the development and commissioning of Randgold’s Kibali Project, which followed his work on the launch of Moto Gold Mines’ Moto Project from 2006 to 2009. Mr. Watum previously was the Operations Manager at the Yatela Gold Mine in Mali from 2001 to 2005.
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    Ken Hoffman

    Co-Head EV Battery Materials Research Group/Basic Materials Sr. Expert at McKinsey & Company
    Ken Hoffman is a Senior Expert for McKinsey’s Basic Materials Institute (BMI). He Co- leads the Firm’s EV Battery Material Research Group and has worked on over 50 EV value chain client projects. His team looks at the impact on raw materials due to the rapid development of advanced battery technologies. He has co-written articles on nickel in EV’s, and a cobalt and lithium paper. Prior to McKinsey, Ken was the global head of metals and mining research for Bloomberg Intelligence Prior to Bloomberg Mr. Hoffman was a head of equity research, analyst, and portfolio manager in the commodity and industrial growth area.
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    Cassandra Lee

    Global Director Pyrometallurgy at Hatch
    Cassandra is Hatch’s Global Director of Pyrometallurgy, leading a team of 80+ people focused on high-temperature processing of metals. She is a Hatch Associate with extensive experience in process engineering and study management for metallurgical projects with a focus on roasting of ilmenites, metallurgical concentrates, and whole ores, chlorination and pyrohydrolysis, and associated fluidized bed equipment designs. She has been a key team member for commissioning, troubleshooting, and modification of a number of fluidized bed systems for improved operations and capacity expansion.

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    Yosam Kiiza

    Director of Operations, PSF
    Kiiza Yosam is the Director of Operations at the Private Sector Federation (PSF). Kiiza was previously the director of Finance at PSF, after serving as Chief Finance Officer of Rwanda metals, a company that deals in Base Metals commodities and Real Estate. He has been a non-executive Director on numerous boards, including Minicom, RPC, IBI and PTS.
    Kiiza has a Bachelor’s Degree from Makerere University, an MBA in strategic Management from Milpark Business School, Johannesburg South Africa.
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    Katya Blouin

    Chief Business Officer at APO Group
    Katya Blouin is the Chief Business Officer at APO Group where she leads a sales and business development team and is responsible for curating strategic partnerships across Africa and the Middle East.

    Today, Katya focuses on helping companies and international organisations build and grow their visibility across Africa through a variety of channels. She is a part of numerous mentorship initiatives supporting entrepreneurs across the continent.
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    Garreth Bloor

    President of the Canada-Africa Chamber of Business
    Garreth is President of The Canada-Africa Chamber of Business. Garreth is a co-founder and former MD of Glenheim Venture Capital and has previously served in executive government as an elected official in Cape Town; heading economic development and securing a seat in Parliament. He has been a member of the board of the University of Cape Town and its University Research Committee.

    His firm, Glenheim Venture Capital, was named one of the top 25 Most Innovative Companies of 2017 by FastCompany SA and was profiled in an inaugural report of 15 success stories, by the Southern Africa Venture Capital and Private Equity Association (SAVCA).
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    Samantha Mandigora

    Head of Operations at the Canada-Africa Chamber of Business
    Samantha is an international economic development professional who has led multi-million dollar strategic initiatives.

    She leads the Canada-Africa Chamber of Commerce's economic development initiatives, and also currently oversees the strategic planning and design of million-dollar international Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) and Healthcare projects in South Asia and East Africa. During her tenure with the UK Department for International Trade in Southern Africa (DIT), she collaborated with cross-sector strategic partners to guide UK businesses in key areas of international business development.
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