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Africa Soft Power Summit 2023: Sneak peek at the pre-agenda programme

Dear Friends & Family,

Africa Soft Power’s (ASP) agship summit is now just THREE WEEKS AWAY… and will be taking place in Kigali, Rwanda from May 23rd – 27th.

Team ASP is now busy putting the nishing touches to the event, but in the meantime, we can here reveal an exclusive sneak peek at the pre-agenda programme (subject at this point of course, to further updates):

May 24th: The inaugural RAW Women’s Leadership Conference

Women’s Leadership & Systems Change

The Role of Private Sector in Reconceptualizing Gender

Climate Change, Gender Action & Security

From PE to VC: Closing the Gender Gap in Funding

Eroding Growth: Bad Data – So What?

May 25th – 26th: Creative & Innovative Industries Conference (CII)

  • New Pathways: Travel, Tourism & Trade in Africa
  • An Intelligent Future: Staying Ahead in the AI Race
  • The Economy of Sports
  • The Power in our Flavours: Cuisine, Culture & Commerce
  • The Globalisation of African Beats & Screens: Leveraging Growth

The Summit will also include:

  • Further sessions and reside chats to be announced
  • The exclusive ASP Gala & Awards
  • Breakout sessions, roundtables, cocktail events & lunches, and plenty of off-stage and
  • networking time throughout the day
  • A host of other activities, including partner mixers, Basketball Africa League
  • games, wildlife & city tours, golf, etc

We recently announced the inclusion of both BellaNaija and Trace as partners on the
AfricaPast Issues Soft Power Summit. ASP is delighted to reveal that we have now also been
joined by two new partners on the event:

Bank of Industry
Business of Photography

You can read the pre-agenda programme in FULL here, and for further information, updates, and opportunities surrounding the event, simply get in contact with us directly at:asp@theafricasoftpowerproject.com

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