MLC Overview
The Made-In-Africa Leadership Conference (MLC) is an annual gathering of African business owners and business leaders, Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) & Managing Directors (MDs), Owners of small and large businesses in Africa, the Diasporan Community who wish to return to Africa to do business and Executive Teams of organizations in Africa.
Our theory of change at BCA is that, a majority of leaders of organizations and institutions in Africa will be made aware of and given equitable access to the transformative services of knowledge-sharing and executive coaching. As leaders regularly access these services, they will be enabled to make optimal decisions; their organizations will be better placed to achieve their goals/visions; their communities will experience improved economic and social development; human development in Africa will benefit subsequently.
Get Your Ticket to MLC2023
International Delegate
$699
Local Delegate
$250/GHC2,999
International BCA Delegate
$599
MLC2023 Speakers
Apostle Eric Nyamekye
Chairman,The Church of Pentecost
Apostle Eric Nyamekye is the Chairman of The Church of Pentecost, an international Pentecostal church, headquartered in Ghana. The Church of Pentecost is the largest Pentecostal church in Ghana with over 3.4 million members in Ghana and over 600,000 members in 150 other nations. Apostle Eric Nyamekye was called into ministry in 1991.
He has since served in many stations of the Church, including South Africa where he was a missionary. Eric is also the President of the Ghana Pentecostal and Charismatic Council (GPCC), and an Advisory Committee member of the Pentecostal World Fellowship.
Apostle Eric Nyamekye
Chairman, The Church of Pentecost
Malcolm Fiellies (PCC)
International Coaching Federation Regional Development Manager EMEA
Malcolm is serving as a Regional Manager for ICF Supporting chapters in Sub-Saharan Africa and Europe to expand the awareness and adoption of coaching as an integral part of transforming societies.
He is an ICF PCC credentialed coach based in Cape Town, South Africa. He holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Coaching, a bachelor’s degree in Accounting Sciences, and a Certificate in Project Management.
He is passionate about promoting and developing professional coaching and positioning it as a professional service delivered by competent, credentialled practitioners that positively impact individuals and society. He believes that coaching is critical to transforming societies and expanding social impact. Serving as an Executive Officer on the ICFSA Board and holding a Foundation portfolio, he focused on developing strategies for social impact through coaching. In addition, he served on the Africa Business Development Forum, creating strategies to grow the coaching market throughout Africa. Currently.
His Coaching Experience includes leaders looking to improve their leadership skills, clients pursuing alternative career options or achieving specific personal life goals, and business owners who want to optimise their strategies. He is also skilled in facilitation and team and group coaching, helping clients improve team effectiveness and performance.
He has a wide range of industry experience, including Manufacturing, Time Share, Property and Financial Services. Also, he held positions in various functional areas, including production management, accounting, human resource management, and change and project management.
Malcolm Fiellies (PCC)
International Coaching Federation, Regional Development Manager, EMEA
Mr. Yaw Nsarkoh
Portfolio Investor. Advisor. Director.
Yaw Nsarkoh has extensive experience, spanning over 30 years with Unilever, in leadership and managing market conditions at strategic levels across developing and developed economies. His areas of expertise include Business Development, Strategic Leadership, Marketing and Branding, Corporate Governance and Organisational Strategy and Leadership. He is currently an Executive Vice President of Unilever based in the UK. He was the former Executive Vice President of Unilever Ghana and Nigeria. Prior to this, he served as the Managing Director for Unilever Nigeria and Managing Director, Unilever, East and Southern Africa, based in Kenya from 2010 to 2013.
Yaw has played several strategic roles on Boards in Ghana and across Africa. Key amongst these roles are as Executive Board Member, Unilever Ghana, Council Member, Trade/Employee Associations and Strategic Private Sector committees, Nigeria. He was previously Director, Kenya Association of Manufacturers, Chairman, East African Shippers Council and Director, Changing Lives Endowment Fund (CLEF), Ghana. Yaw holds a postgraduate Diploma in Management from Henley Management College, United Kingdom and a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from the University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana.
Mr. Yaw Nsarkoh
Portfolio Investor. Advisor. Director.
Allan Kilavuka is the Group Managing Director and CEO of Kenya Airways Plc. He has over 23 years of experience in leadership and management, specializing in change management, financial planning, and company compliance. Allan has been successful in new organization setups and turnarounds of businesses in Africa, including two GE Africa businesses in South Africa.
He started his career at Deloitte East Africa and holds a Bachelor of Commerce Degree from the University of Nairobi. Allan is a member of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Kenya and has trained at GE’s Crotonville Leadership Institute in New York. He’s also a Non-Executive Board Member of two Kenya Airways subsidiaries.
Allan Kilavuka
CEO, Kenya Airways
David Meek Jah is a consultant with a successful track record in delivering technology solutions to various industries in West Africa, including Nigeria, Senegal, Liberia, Gambia, Guinea, Sierra Leone, as well as in East Africa and the Middle East, with extensive experience in software, hardware, satellite, and space technology.
His current goal is to use IoT, satellite and space technology to help low-income African countries achieve middle- and high-income status before 2035.
David Meek Jah
CEO, CADAP World
Dr. Edward K. Brown
Senior Director, Research, Policy, and Programs, ACET.
Bio
Dr. Edward Brown
Senior Director, Research, Policy & Programs - ACET
Prof. Ndubuisi Ekekwe
Chairman, Fasmicro Intel Corp
Prof Ndubuisi Ekekwe invented and patented a robotic system which the United States Government acquired assignee rights. He holds two doctoral and four master’s degrees including a PhD in engineering from the Johns Hopkins University, USA. He earned an undergraduate degree from Federal University of Technology Owerri, Nigeria, where he graduated as his class best student. While in Analog Devices Corp, he co-designed an accelerometer for the iPhone. A recipient of IGI Global “Book of the Year” award, a TED Fellow, IBM Global Entrepreneur and World Economic Forum Young Global Leader, Prof. Ekekwe has held professorships in Carnegie Mellon University and Babcock University, and served in the United States National Science Foundation Committee. Since 2009, the founder of Tekedia Capital, and Chairman of Fasmicro – Intel Corp’s only Africa certified and authorized programmable microprocessor partner-has been writing in the Harvard Business Review. He was recognized by The Guardian as one of 60 Nigerians Making “Nigerian Lives Matter” on Nigeria’s 60th Independence Day.
Prof. Ndubuisi Ekekwe
Chairman, Fasmicro Intel Corp
Beatrice Chaytor
Head of Division, Trade in Services, AfCFTA Secretariat
Beatrice Chaytor is an international trade lawyer, called to the Bar in England and Wales as well as Sierra Leone, with over 30 years’ experience in providing advice and support to NGO’s, governments and intergovernmental organisations on trade and investment legal and policy issues. She is currently Head of Division – Trade in Services in the Directorate of Trade in Services, Investment, IPRs and Digital Trade at the AfCFTA Secretariat, based in Accra, and prior to this was Senior Expert- Trade in Services in the Department of Trade and Industry at the African Union Commission, Addis Ababa, working on the negotiations for the establishment of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).
Beatrice has previously served as Director of Policy in the Ministry of Trade and Industry in Sierra Leone, and as Programme Director for the Foundation for International Environmental Law and Development in London. She has undertaken assignments for DFID, the European Union Commission, and the UN FAO. Beatrice is interested in research and analysis on a range of economic policy issues affecting Africa. She also has private sector interests in fintech, agribusiness, textiles and garments, and the creative industries.
Beatrice Chaytor
Head of Division, Trade in Services, AfCFTA Secretariat
Prof. Sir Corrah Tumani
Founder, AREF
Professor Sir Tumani Corrah KBE is an Emeritus director of the United Kingdom’s Medical Research Council Unit, at The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine based in The Gambia. He is the Founder and President of the Africa Research Excellence Fund (AREF). Established seven years ago, AREF focuses on the continent’s talented emerging health researchers, providing them with the knowledge and essentials to a successful research career in Africa for Africa. Research that will impact policies to improve health and save lives in Africa and the rest of the world.
Prof. Sir Corrah Tumani
Founder, AREF
Jacques M. Jean
CEO & Founder, TechFides LLC
Jacques M. Jean is a seasoned business leader and the Founder & CEO of TechFides, a global IT consulting firm that provides strategic services for Enterprise Digitization, IT Performance Management, and IT Mergers, Acquisitions, and Divestitures. With over 20 years of experience in driving global technology strategies for companies like Schneider Electric and Honeywell, Jacques has a proven track record of success. He is a member of the Forbes Technology Council and serves on the Executive Advisory Board for STARTedUP, NeptuneChain and Tartan Advisory Partners. In addition to his professional achievements, Jacques is a philanthropist who has established three libraries across northern Haiti, making a positive impact on education and community development.
Jacque M. Jean
CEO & Founder, TechFides
Dr. K.Y. Amoako
Founder, African Center for Economic Transformation
Dr. K.Y. Amoako, Founder and President of the African Center for Economic Transformation and former Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), has dedicated his life to solving the development challenges of the world’s poorest countries, especially those in Africa.
Amoako began his career in 1974 at the World Bank, where he worked alongside leaders and policymakers in numerous African countries for over two decades. In 1992, he became the Bank’s first Director for Education and Social Policy, overseeing the institution’s first framework for gender equality in development. In 1995, Amoako joined the United Nations to serve as Executive Secretary of the ECA at the rank of Under-Secretary-General. Over the next 10 years, Amoako helped transform the ECA into a dynamic force on the world stage by amplifying the African voice and reshaping development partnerships.
Under Amoako, the ECA established the influential African Development Forums and spearheaded groundbreaking initiatives such as the African Peer Review Mechanism. After retiring from the UN, Amoako served as a Distinguished African Scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, DC before founding the African Center for Economic Transformation in 2008.
Amoako has worked with leading development experts and political leaders on high-level international commissions and task forces that address the development prospects of Africa and many of today’s central global issues. Among many others, he chaired the Commission for HIV/AIDS and Governance in Africa, convened by Kofi Annan. He was a member of the Commission for Africa, established and chaired by Tony Blair; a member of the Commission on Macroeconomics and Health, chaired by Jeffrey Sachs; and he sat on the Task Force on Global Public Goods, co-chaired by Ernesto Zedillo. Amoako holds an undergraduate degree from the University of Ghana, and a PhD in Economics from the University of California, Berkeley.
His book, Know the Beginning Well: An Inside Journey Through Five Decades of African Development, was published by Africa World Press in March 2020.
Dr. K.Y. Amoako
Founder, African Center for Economic Transformation
Abena Amoah
MD, Ghana Stock Exchange
Abena Amoah is the Managing Director of the Ghana Stock Exchange. She has worked in the capital market industry for over 24 years and has led several landmark transactions. She has extensive boardroom experience, gained from prestigious institutions like Access Bank Ghana Plc, Coronation Insurance, Kosmos Energy, and University of Ghana. She was previously Senior Advisor at BlackIvy Group LLC, CEO of NewWorld Renaissance, and Executive Director at Strategic African Securities Ltd. Abena is an alumna of the University of Ghana Business School and has undertaken leadership training at Stanford, Harvard and the University of Denver, all in the USA.
Abena Amoah
MD, Ghana Stock Exchange
Sanaa Benchekroun
Head of HR and Communication, Majorel - France-Africa-Benelux region
Sanaa started her career in an HR consulting firm. For 7 years, she worked with the biggest names in this field, both nationally and internationally, and acquired recognized expertise before joining the corporate world.
Today, with a career spanning 25 years, she is recognized for her ability to support complex transformation projects, combining strategy, digitalization, innovation and corporate culture as a Regional Head of HR and Communication for the France-Africa-Benelux region at Majorel.
Sanaa Benchekroun
Head of HR and Communication, Majorel - France-Africa-Benelux region
Patrick Gyimah Awuah Jr
Founder & President, Ashesi University
Patrick Gyimah Awuah Jr is the Founder & President of Ashesi University, a private, not-for-profit institution in Ghana. He holds Bachelor’s degrees in Engineering and Economics from Swarthmore College; an MBA from UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business; and honorary doctorates from Swarthmore College, Babson College, the University of Waterloo, and Connecticut College. Patrick has won many awards including the Order of the Volta by His Excellency, President J.A. Kufuor, the Elise & Walter A. Haas International Award, an Elon Medal for Entrepreneurial Leadership, the McNulty Prize, and named one the 50 greatest leaders in the world by Fortune Magazine. He was recognized by Africa Leadership Initiative – West Africa (ALIWA) as a “Genius Fellow” an honour reserved for only 20 people around the world. The Qatar Foundation named Patrick the 2017 WISE Prize for Education Laureate.
Patrick Gyimah Awuah Jr
Founder & President, Ashesi University
Dr. Dumi Magadlela
Chair, ICF Global Board of Directors
Dumi is an executive coach, coach-trainer and leadership skills development facilitator
based in Johannesburg, South Africa. He serves on the Global Board of International
Coaching Federation (ICF) Chair (2023). He is a founding Board Member of Africa Board for Coaching, Consulting and Coaching Psychology (ABCCCP), a coaching association promoting coaching development across Africa. He co-founded and chaired the Ubuntu Coaching Foundation (UCF) at The Coaching Centre (TCC) to help poor communities access affordable coaching. Dumi serves on multiple coach-development faculties globally, including the Global Team Coaching Institute (GTCI).
Dr. Dumi Magadlela
Chair, ICF Global Board of Directors
Dr. Sangu Delle, Esq.
CEO, CarePoint (formerly Africa Health Holdings)
Sangu is CEO of CarePoint (formerly Africa Health Holdings), a tech forward healthcare system operating across the continent, focused on “building Africa’s healthcare future.” He is also the Founder and Chairman of Golden Palm Investments Corporation (“GPI”); an investment holding company focused on building world class technology companies in Africa.
Sangu is a Trustee of the Peddie School, a board member of Ashesi University, a member of the Harvard Medical School Dean’s Global Health and Service Advisory Council, Co-Chair of the Leadership Council of Harvard’s Center for African Studies, a board member of Ghana International School and a member of Harvard University’s Joint Committee on Alumni Affairs and Development.
Dr. Sangu J. Delle, Esq.
CEO, CarePoint (formerly Africa Health Holdings)
Regina Mulenga
Vice Board Chairman, Zanaco, Zambia
Regina is a seasoned banker with more than 28 years’ experience in global financial institutions such as Barclays Bank, Citi bank, HSBC and Standard Chartered Bank.
Her diverse experience and expertise in banking include Strategic business transformation, Credit Risk Management, Transactional banking, Corporate finance, Operational process and Risk management, Regulatory and Governance management.
Regina’s wide work experience has given her the opportunity to provide strategic thought leadership in the establishment of viable inclusive financial services for SMEs, development of Trade Finance solutions and products, establishment of bank operational processes and system efficiencies among other achievements. In her last role as Consumer and Business Banking Director at Barclays Bank Zambia PLC she was responsible for leading and establishing the strategic direction for one of the largest consumer and business banking businesses in the Zambian banking industry.
Regina was appointed as Zanaco Board Member in March 2021. She currently also serves as a member on the Bank of Zambia – Kwacha Pension Trust Fund’s Board of Trustees and board member on the National Advisory Board for Impact Investment where she earlier served as Co-ordinator for the establishment of the Advisory Board in Zambia.
In the past, she has served as Board member and Vice-Chairperson at the National Institute for Scientific & Industrial Research (NISIR) and Microfinance Zambia Limited and as a board committee member on the ZSIC Life Finance and Investment Board Committee.
Regina is a graduate of Lincolnshire & Humberside University,England with a Masters Degree in Business Administration (MBA).
Regina Mulenga
Vice Board Chairman, Zanaco, Zambia
Prof. Douglas Boateng
Industrialist, Engineer & Strategist
Douglas Boateng is an industrialist, engineer, strategist and an adjunct academic, international chartered director and a seasoned social entrepreneur.
He holds amongst others, a postgraduate certificate and diploma in Company Direction, a Masters in Industrial and Manufacturing Logistics Systems and a Doctorate in Engineering.
He was Africa’s first-ever appointed Professor Extraordinaire for Supply and Value Chain Management, Governance and Industrialisation.
Prof Douglas Boateng has been inducted into various global institutional and organizational Halls of Fame. Among them is the Institute of Directors Southern Africa (2008) for worldwide contribution to logistics and supply chain governance and management.
For various groundbreaking awareness campaigns, leadership roles, mentorships and thought provoking publications and books on supply chain management and its inextricable link to industrialization and long term economic development, he has also been honored with over six (6) independent lifetime achiever’s awards from various global organisations including Hewlett Packard.
Prof. Boateng is the Founder of PanAvest International, the founding non-executive chairman of MY-future YOUR-Future and OUR-Future (MYO) and the originator and wordsmith for the highly popular daily NyansaKasa (words of wisdom) which has countless global advocates aspiring to inspire themselves and others for mindset change in support of the UNSDGS and long term inclusive development.
Prof. Douglas Boateng
Industrialist, Engineer & Strategist
Catherine Musakali
Founder, Women on Boards Network
Catherine Musakali is an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya and a Fellow of the Institute of Certified Secretaries of Kenya.
She is the Founder of Dorion Associates LLP, a firm specializing in governance matters and commercial legal consultancies. Prior to founding Dorion Associates, Catherine worked for Kenya Shell Limited (Now Vivo Energy Kenya Limited) as their Company Secretary and Head of Legal for over fifteen (15) years, during which period she managed the Legal Functions of Shell operations in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Sudan, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Morocco, Egypt and Tunisia. She has worked for shell in the United Kingdom where she specialized in Mergers and Acquisitions and was the Legal Focal Point for all Contracting and Procurement matters for its businesses in the 23 Countries in Africa.
She has served as the Chairman of the Institute of Certified Public Secretaries of Kenya (ICPSK) and also sat on the Council of the Corporate Secretaries International Association, which is a global body bringing together governance professionals. She also consults for the IFC
Catherine Musakali
Founder, Women on Boards Network
The MLC Community - Who we invite each year
To create the invitation list for MLC every year, we draw on the expertise of the broader BCA Leadership community. This community is made of African leaders of all stages of life from C-Suite, to founders of businesses, Executive Coaches, our governing Board as well as an Advisory Board.
Since 2017, MLC has hosted leaders like Dr Donald Kaberuka, Former Minister of Finance of Rwanda, Mr Ashish Thaker, CEO of Mara Corporation in Rwanda, Mr Mustapha Njie, CEO of TAF Global in The Gambia, Anne Mutahi, Former Chairperson of Standard Chartered Bank, Kenya, Ambassador Dennis Awori, Chairman of Toyota Kenya, Mr Cyrille Nkontchou, Founder of ENKO Schools in Cameroon, Mrs Amanda Mukwashi, CEO of Christian Aid, Professor PLO Lumumba of Kenya, Ambasador Arikana Quao, former Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Mr Martin Kalungu Banda, an Advisor of The Tony Blair Institute and His Excellency Saulos Chilima, Vice President of Malawi.
At MLCs, we provide real life leadership situations and scenarios by visiting existing companies and learning from the Executives of those companies the recipe to their success and the learnings from their failures.
We have visited the leading bank in Zambia, Zanaco, The Lusaka South Economic Multi Facility Zone,Volkswagen Assembly plant in Rwanda, MARA phones and many more
Why We Convene
To encourage and foster leadership growth among African leaders
While many are born with leadership tendencies, it takes conscious efforts to mold people into the right kind of leaders who exert the right influence and leave positive legacies. MLC offers the opportunity for leaders to unlearn, learn, re-learn, reflect and study from the experiences of people, both good and bad.
To spur intra-Africa trade and collaboration
The World Economic Forum has projected that The AfCFTA implementation, which started in January 2021, has the potential to increase intra-African trade from its current 18% of total trade to 50% by 2030 with the potential to lift 30 million people out of extreme poverty. However, achieving its full potential depends on putting in place significant policy reforms and trade facilitation measures. MLC brings together ambitious and daring Africans who are ready to take new routes through partnerships and collaborations to lift 30 million people and more out of poverty.
To increase productivity and production of goods and services in Africa
All of the resources that African leaders need to grow their organizations and institutions can be found in Africa. At MLC we meet and exchange ideas, learn from and challenge each other, and build the foundation for future business and alliances.
MLC2023 Sponsors
Snow Agrochemicals is a leading brand of Agrochemicals in Southern Africa with a wide coverage of 5 markets (Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique and Botswana). We have 3,500 active dealers and over 10M Farmers. The brand has been in existence for over 9 years in the market.
The Product range cuts across Agrochemicals (Fungicides; Insecticides; Herbicides), Forliar Fertilisers and Farming Implements such as sprayers, protective farm gear among others.
Snow branded products are of high quality and affordable thus playing a key role in transforming the livelihoods of the African farmers for sustainable agriculture.
Snow Agrochemicals is the future of African farmers’ as it offers top notch, reliable all round crop protection solutions. Our expansion plan in the near future is to on board West African farmers as we look to grow the brand and offer our people, technology and knowledge expertise gained over the years in the agri field.
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TAQA’s presence in Ghana is cantered around a 330 MW combined-cycle power plant located at Takoradi, 220 km west of Accra. Takoradi International Company (TICO) is a joint venture between TAQA and Volta River Authority Ghana and is the first independent power producer in the country.
The 330-megawatt T2 combined-cycle power plant now feeds electricity to the national grid and produces approximately 15% of the country’s total power capacity.
The Polyclinique Internationale Sainte Anne-Marie (PISAM) is a multidisciplinary hospital establishment, leader in the private health sector in Côte d’Ivoire and in the sub-region for more than 30 years. Since its creation in 1985, PISAM has been committed to a process of continuous improvement in the quality of care and services.
CADAP World is on a mission to digitize SMEs across Africa, North America, South America, the Caribbean, and beyond. Our goal is to create a digital infrastructure that enables global commerce and connects businesses for intra-African and extra-African trade.
We are focused on building physical, virtual, and web-based integration for all SMEs in Africa, providing them with the tools and resources they need to thrive in the digital economy. Our infrastructure is designed to support revenue generation, collection, mobilization, financial inclusion, cross-border trade facilitation, and real-time data analytics, including aggregate demand data and remote sensing data.
Through predictive analytics, we aim to facilitate investment in MSMEs, SMEs, corporations, financial institutions, and other key stakeholders, enabling them to leverage the power of digital technology to drive growth and create sustainable economic development.
Zanga African Metrics is a private company founded in Lusaka, Zambia. We help HR professionals across Africa, consolidate their information using data analytics. We do this through the first leadership assessment solution created for Africa. Whilst 75% of large corporations use competency assessments to select and develop their talent, none have been designed with an African DNA at the center – until now. We understand that our continent’s cultural and social nuances impact how people behave at work. We combine these behavioural insights with professional global competencies to help organizations plan and manage their talent and succession readiness.
TechFides is an IT Strategic Consultant Company that serves purpose-driven organizations through a commitment to people and processes. We work to empower global communities with the application of outcome-focused technology in governments, enterprises, universities, and Non-Profit organizations that operate for the betterment of the common good. We do this by focusing on four key service offerings that reflect our extensive backgrounds, experience, and expertise in global IT enterprise environments. These services include Digital Transformation, IT Performance Management, IT Integration Management, and Cyber Security. Technology by itself is merely a tool, but strategically applied technology drives desired outcomes in an optimized, cost-effective, efficient manner.
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