2023 Conference

Conference Goals:

• Our 5th annual conference will bring together leaders in the primary areas of climate change, environmental action and wildlife conservation. Our goal is to build on our 2022 “Climate Change Declaration” with the specific aim of influencing the outcome of COP 28 to be held in Dubai immediately following the conference. We expect to liaise with other climate change activities and attend the event in Dubai so an African voice is heard and listened to.
• In addition, our debate on historical injustices will set our campaign strategy for 2024 challenging former colonial governments to address reparations in a constructive manner.
• We expect to identify mechanisms to work with the Kenyan Ministry of Tourism, Wildlife and Heritage to identify and the African Union; and other institutions, to restore historical artefacts and human remains to their rightful place on the continent.
• Finally, we will create mechanisms for diaspora investors and entrepreneurs to work with their counterparts in East Africa to empower local economies and Africans in the diaspora.
  The conference will also help build the political links between the Diaspora and their counterparts at the Kenyan Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Diaspora Directorate and parallel institutions and Government entities across East Africa.

Delegates arrive at the conference venue.

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Moderator: Dr. Willy Mutunga

Panelists:

• Mr. Irungu Houghton (Amnesty Kenya)
• Professor Nicholas Githuku, Associate Professor of African History (CUNY, York University, USA)
• Ms. Evelyn Kimathi (Kimathi Foundation)
• Dr. Margaret Gachihi (UON)
• Ms. Logan Hambrick (US advocate)

Moderator:  Mr. Assaya Imaya Founder and CEO of Uthabiti Africa

Panelists 

• Ms. Getrude N. Nguku, Vice Chair – The National Land Commission
• Judge D.P. Herbert O.B.E(Rtd.)
• Mr. Kimutai Bosek (Attorney)
• Mr. Henry Belsoi (Activist)
• Dr. Duncan Ojwang – Author and Dean of Law faculty at Nazarene University of Eastern Africa

Keynote Speaker:

Mr. Shane Ryan (TNL Community Fund)

Moderator:  Mrs. Yetunde Bintu Asika, (The Ọtun Ìyálóyè of Orile Ilawo)

Panelists:

• Mr. Enotie Ogbebor (Artist, Founder & Director of Edo Global Arts Foundation & Nosana Arts Studio)
• Mr Godfrey Ekhator CEO (Institute for Benin Studies & Digital Library – Benin)
• Ms. Ngaire Blankenberg (Former Director National Museum of African Arts)
• Mr. Juma Ondeng (Adviser Culture to CS Tourism, Heritage, and Wildlife Museum of African Art DC)
• Ms. Ore Disu, Director of the EMOWAA Pavilio

a) The Case for Litigation to Combat Historical Injustices and to return stolen artefacts

Moderators: Mr. Juma Ondeng and Ms. Jacqueline McKenzie (Leigh Day)

b) The History of the Hunted- Reforming The Educational Curriculum

Moderators: Ms. Regina Opondo (Kiambu County Educational Commissioner)

c) Creating and Sustaining Museums in Africa

Moderators: Mr. Abednego M. Nyabuto President LAJI-(CUEA) and Mr. Lewis Mworia Magondu (Amnesty Kenya)

d) Social Media and the Digital Story:

Moderators:  Mr. Obi Asika and Ms. Huddah Monroe

Keynote Speaker:

Professor P.L.O. Lumumba/ Mr. Viv Ahmun

Delegates arrive at the conference venue.

• Karen Masai Manyatta Dancers
• Karen “C” Schools Performance

Moderator:

Dr. Mr. Samuel Thuo (Alumni Relations Manager, Alumnipad)

Panelists:

• Mr. Alvin Alexander (CEO Orion AST)
• Mr. Viv Ahmun (Director, Blaksox, U.K)
• Ms. Sharon Njoroge (Nairobi 88-Lordship Africa)
• Mr. Johnson Kosgei (North Rift Solutions)

a) Investment/SME in Property, Agriculture and Infrastructure

Moderators:  Ms. Sharon Njoroge (Nairobi 88-Lordship Africa) and Mr. Derrick Gakuu (ifarm360)

b) Developing African Tourism and Hospitality

Moderators: Ms. Tishauna Mullings – JP and Mrs. Faith Doucette, Director of Partnerships and Mentorship (KenyaConnect)

c) Investing, and creating SMEs in I.T, drones, Power and Renewable energy

Moderators: Mr. Alvin Alexander (Orion AST), Mr. Johnson Kosgei (North Rift Solutions)

d) The logistics of opening a business in Kenya and Tanzania

Moderators: Mr. Nelson Ashitiva (Ashitiva LLP) & Mrs. Grace Abena James (Merita Tech)

Keynote Speaker:

Mr. Ade Baba Yemi (The Imperative)

Keynote Speakers:

• Ms. Yvonne Apiyo Brandle-Amolo (MP, Zurich, CH)
• Professor George Abungu (Author and UNESCO/AU Consultant)