Panel Sessions

Keynote Speech:

• H.E. Abdel Aziz Alsherif, First Under-Secretary of State, Head of the Egyptian Commercial Service of the Arab Republic of Egypt

Moderator:

• Kübra Orakçıoğlu Kazan, DEİK/Outbound Investments Business Council Chairperson

Panelists:

• Levent Serdar Dervişoğlu, 3-S Engineering, General Manager & Member of the Board, Uganda’s Honorary Consul to İstanbul
• Sevda Aydın, AYTIM Group, Chairwoman
• Tarig Ali Yousif Ahmed, AIMEC, Senior Advisor & Economist
• Ishmael Humphrey Tsakatsa, Zargue’sia, CEO

Moderator:

• Zeynep Gökçe, TRT World, Deputy Programme Editor & Presenter

Panelists:

• Dr. James R. Kanagwa, Country Representative/CEO, Ecobank Ethiopia RO
• Hatice Ürkmez, TürkEximbank, Director of Project Finance & International Relations
• Dr. Eyüp Vural Aydın, Centre of Excellency for Public-Private-Partnership, Chairman
• Adrian Frey, MozParks Holding, Chairman
• Kevin Louis Neil Obeegadoo, Investment & Management Services, Managing Director; Unreasonable Group, Mentor
• Mouctar Bah, Brussels-Africa Hub, Executive Chairman
• Zeynep Ulaş, Ministry of Treasury and Finance of the Republic of Türkiye, Department Head of PPP Projects

Keynote Speeches:

• H.E. Omar Hejira, Secretary of State in Charge of Foreign Trade of the Kingdom of Morocco
• H.E. Hambyrajen Narsinghen, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Regional Integration and International Trade of the Republic of Mauritius
• H.E. Prof. Dr. Kemal Memişoğlu, Minister of Health, Republic of Türkiye

Moderator:

• Prof. Dr. Dabees Khaled Mohamed Lotfy, ULTRATEB, CEO

Panelists:

• Dr. Hannington Byarugaba, City Ambulance Group (East Africa), Director
• Dr. Mustafa Oğuzcan Bülbül, Abdi İbrahim Pharmaceuticals, Group President of Human Resources, Corporate Communications and Sustainability
• A. Vahap Doğan, Güven Health Group, Medical Administration Expert, COO & Member of the Board
• Dr. Moez Mokaddem, Moharram & Partners, Vice President for Francophone Africa and Libya

Keynote Speeches:

• H.E. Özgür Volkan Ağar, Deputy Minister of Trade of the Republic of Türkiye
• Philippe Labonne, AGL, President

Moderator:

• Mr. Amine Boutalbi, Arab - African Center for Investment and Development (CAAID), Director

Panelists:

• Eric Melet, AGL, CEO of Logistics
• Dr. Brian O. Reuben, Africa Economic Summit Group, Managing Director
• Aziz Aksu, Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure, Deputy Director General, DG for EU and Foreign Affairs
• Burcu Yıldız, SUMMA International Construction Inc., Head of Logistics
• Adem Koç, University of Nairobi
• Yunus Yılmaz, Albayrak Group, Head of Overseas Investments, Ports and Construction Group

Opening Remark:

• Nail Olpak, President of DEİK

Official Remarks:

• H.E. Prof. Dr. Ömer Bolat, Minister of Trade of the Republic of Türkiye
• H.E. Francisca Tatchouop Belobe, Commissioner for Economic Development, Trade, Tourism, Industry and Minerals of the African Union Commission (AUC)
• H.E. Emine ERDOĞAN, First Lady of the Republic of Türkiye

Moderator:

• Ebru Özdemir, DEİK/Women’s Platform Chairperson

Panelists:

• H.E. Mahinur Özdemir Göktaş, Minister of Family and Social Services of the Republic of Türkiye
• Dr. Amany Asfour, Africa Business Council, President
• Zeynep Harezi Yılmaz, Karpowership, Chief Commercial Operations Officer
• Martha Daud Luleka, Tan Investment Services Limited, Executive Chairperson

Keynote Speeches:

• H.E. İbrahim Yumaklı, Minister of Agriculture and Forestry of the Republic of Türkiye

Moderator:

• Ms. Dr. Brylyne Chitsunge, Pan-African Ambassador for Food Security; CEO of Elpasso Farms

Panelists:

• Dr. Nixon Bugo Executive Director of African Financial & Technical Assistance (AFTA) & Senior Advisor at African Development Bank
• Ms. Prof. Fatma Handan Giray, Eskişehir Osmangazi University, Faculty of Agriculture, Head of the Department of Agricultural Economics
• Mr. Prof. William Kyamuhangire, Chairperson of the Board of Directors at Valley University of Science and Technology, Bushenyi Uganda
• Ms. Yıldız Güven, Chairperson of Güven Global Agriculture, Turkish Agricultural Diplomacy Group (TADG) Board Member

Keynote Speeches:

• H.E. Alparslan Bayraktar, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources of the Republic of Türkiye
• H.E. Nani Juwara, Minister of Petroleum, Energy and Mines of the Republic of the Gambia
• H.E. António Grispos, State Secretary for Trade of the Republic of Mozambique

Moderator:

• Mustafa Tırıs, T Dinamik Enerji, General Director

Panelists:

• Dr. Şander Gürbüz, Karadeniz Holding, Advisor to the Board & Ambassador (R)
• Humphrey Asiimwe, Uganda Chamber of Energy and Minerals (UCEM), CEO
• Serdar Nişli, Aksa Energy, Vice Chairman
• Ghellal Abdelaziz, Galleon Shipping, CEO

Keynote Speeches:

• H.E. Abdulkadir Uraloğlu, Minister of Transport and Infrastructure of the Republic of Türkiye
• H.E. Muhammad Salem Al-Shahoubi, Minister of Transport of State of Libya

Moderator:

• Dr. Uğur Erdoğan, İstanbul University School of Business

Panelists:

• Fırat Ocak, IGA İstanbul Airport, Aviation Development Director
• Daouda Toure, the Aero-Club d’Abidjan, President & Pilot
• Mahmood Niazi Hoolash, PG Capital, Executive Director, Air Seychelles, Former Chief Financial Officer
• Prof. Charles Linjap, Investment Watch (I-Watch), Chief Executive Officer
• Prof. Dr. Kemal Yüksek, Director General of Civil Aviation

Keynote Speech:

• H.E. Mehmet Fatih Kacır, Minister of Industry and Technology of the Republic of Türkiye

Moderator:

• Husnia Mohamed, Policy Advisor to the African Union

Panelists:

• John Tseriwa, Sagehill Business Solutions, Managing Director
• R. Erdem Erkul, DEİK/Digital Technologies Business Council Chairperson
• Thierno Baro, Ministry of Digital Transformation and Administrative Modernization of Islamic Republic of Mauritania, Director of Strategy and Cooperation
• Moustafa Moharram, Moharram & Partners, President of Public Affairs and Strategic Communications