Speakers:

Muhammad Yunus

Chairman
Yunus Centre

Marie-Noëlle Koyara

Minister of National Defence, Central African Republic

Mary Robinson

Adjunct Professor for Climate Justice
Trinity College Dublin and Chair of The Elders

Leymah Gbowee

2011 Nobel Peace Laureate, UN SDG Advocate Alumni

Marina Sereni

Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation

Daniel Ayebare

Founder and team leader
AYE AFRICA FOUNDATION

Ranga Zinyemba

Vice Chancellor
Catholic University of Zimbabwe

Dr. Douglas Munzvengi

Co – founder and Director
Catholic University of Zimbabwe

Hans Reitz

Co-Founder
Grameen Creative Lab

Saskia Bruysten

Co-Founder & CEO
Yunus Social Business (YSB)

Lamiya Morshed

Executive Director
Yunus Centre

Dominique V. Dauster

Managing Director
Yunus + You – The YY Foundation

Speakers:

Daniel Nowack

Managing Director
Yunus Social Business (YSB)

Dr. Douglas Munzvengi

Co – founder and Director
Catholic University of Zimbabwe

Professor M. Jahangir Alam Chowdhury

University of Dhaka
Department of Finance; Executive Director, Center for Microfinance and Development

Dr. Carlos Alberto Restrepo

Director, Research,
Universidad Externado de Colombia

Juliette Fevre

Project Manager
IAE PARIS, SORBONNE

Dr. Chien-wen Shen

Director, Yunus Social Business Centre
National Central University (NCU)

Dr. Ambrose O. Jagongo

Senior Lecturer and Chairman of Department of Accounting and Finance
Kenyatta University

Dr. Perez A. Onono

Dean of the School of Economics
Kenyatta University

Dr. Perez A. Onono

Dean of the School of Economics
Kenyatta University

Professor Euloge Ogouwale

Teacher-researcher at the Department of Geography and Regional Planning
University of Abomey-Calavi

Prof. Mwangi Peter Wanderi

Principal, Corporate Services & Overseer
Graduate Enterprise Academy (GEA)

This panel will bring together social entrepreneurs in the creative industry, who are using their talent either to shine a light on important social and environmental topics in a captivating way; or supporting impact oriented initiatives through creative design services, consultations and communications.

Speakers:

Wubetu Shimelash

Co-founder & CEO
Simien Eco Trek

Gift Sukez Sukali

Founder
HD Plus Creation Limited Company

Phyllis Ng’etich PHY

Singer

Paul Makaya

Founder and CEO
Bergast House

Keitumetse Qhali

Award Winning Filmmaker

Hans Reitz

Co-Founder
Grameen Creative Lab

Social businesses will share how their businesses were affected by COVID, and what they did to the tackle the crisis. Yunus Social Business team will share about the COVID relief provided and their view of the evolution of social businesses in the region

Speakers:

Lakshmi Viswanathan

Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer
Yunus Social Business Funds, Germany

Jo Ryan

Country Manager Kenya
Alive and Kicking

Ziwa Hillington

Managing Director
Green Bio Energy

Md. Ashraful Hassan

Executive Vice Chairman
Grameen Telecom

Susan W. Ngalawa

Investment Director Kenya
Yunus Social Business (YSB)

Richard Tugume

East Africa Director for Investments
Yunus Social Business (YSB)

Africa is at a tipping point: the rapid demographic evolutions create a variety of socio-economic challenges to overcome. At the same moment, and for the same reasons, Africa is seen as a land of opportunities for business across the sectors. Africa is said become, in the next few years, the new promise land of the sport industry, which is structuring itself. How can we use the social business concept and the structuration of the African sport industry as an opportunity to solve social problems in East Africa and on the continent?

Speakers:

Philemon Mbale

English Coordinator
Sport News Africa

Yoan Noguier

Co-founder and Director
Yunus Sports Hub

Jean Claude Rugigana

IT & Communication Officer
Rwanda National Olympic Committee

Dr. Aya Nakitanda

Olympian (Swimmer)
Panafrican Sport Foundation

Emmanuel Sebata

IOC Young Leader

Kishwar Imdad

Managing Director
Grameen Health Care Services Ltd.

This session will focus on linking concrete projects to Climate Action in the East African context. We aim to provide insightful perspectives on sustainable and climate related projects to inspire and engage the audience. This can be in form of personal stories, concrete challenges faced, or the dedicated impact on climate change.

Speakers:

Christina Jäger

Co-founder & Managing Director
Yunus Environment Hub

Tam Phan Hanh

Zero Plastic Waste Cities Venture Building Manager
Yunus Environment Hub

Hassan Ibrahim

Youth leader
Big Ship Environmental Organization

Yididiya Damtew

Founder
Aklill

Tapiwa Nyandoro

Africa Partnerships Lead
Impact Hub Kigali Rwanda

Sohel Ahmed

Managing Director
Grameen Shakti

SESSION DESCRIPTION:
A sound social business ecosystem must be built for the growing youth population of the East African region which will enable East Africa to mobilize its youth potential to drive and nurture sustainable economic growth. Against the backdrop of such a status quo, it is essential to carry out dialogues and discussion with experienced stakeholders: entrepreneurs, enablers and investors who can offer valuable insights about the merit, attitude and aspiration of the East African youths with the aim of scaling social businesses.

Speakers:

Maria Mumoki

Cofounder and Chief Product Officer
Powwater

Segun Fatudimu

Founder
sozonetworks.com and impacttoolbox.org

Tazin Shadid

Senior Advisor
YY Ventures

Moin Uddin Chowdhury

Managing Director
Grameen Kalyan

Sharleen Kikunze

Investment Manager
Yunus Social Business, Kenya

Microcredit has been implemented around the world as a strategy to empower the poor and especially women to support income generating activities and take control of their own lives and livelihoods. Many microfinance institutions have been operating for many years in Africa. This session is intended to review the experience of microfinance in Africa and elsewhere and see the potential of expansion of microcredit for the region in coming years as a strategy for tackling poverty and unemployment among the youth.

Speakers:

Abdul Hai Khan

Managing Director
Grameen Trust

Muhammad Yunus

Chairman
Yunus Centre

Nurjahan Begum

Advisor to Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus

Andrea Jung

President and CEO
Grameen America

The 3ZERO Club, a new global initiative from Yunus Centre, is the culmination of Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus’ vision to create a World of Three Zeros - zero net carbon emissions, zero wealth concentration for ending poverty, and zero unemployment. The 3ZERO Club session is designed to introduce the concept to a wider group of audience and facilitate conversation between Professor Muhammad Yunus and a group of young social business activists from across the world who are taking actions, big or small, to make this dream come true, faster than it will otherwise happen.

Speakers:

Shazeeb M Khairul Islam

Founder
YY Ventures

Muhammad Yunus

Chairman
Yunus Centre

Mary Kiguru

Country Director,
EFAC

Mohamed Al-Mokhtar

Project Management Associate
The Central African Republic_FAO Project, YY Ventures

Yanniz Valadez Cortés

Coordinator
Yunus Innovation Pathway Center, UDEM

Mazbahul Islam

Content manager
YY Ventures

In this session, our panel will explore the current place, future potential, and challenges for technology to enhance health system capacity based on principles of social business and The Common Good. The panel will look at these issues both in general and in relation to two specific ‘technologies’ of mobile health clinics and vaccines against Covid-19.

Speakers:

Dr. Cam Donaldson

Yunus Chair & Pro Vice Chancellor Research
Glasgow Caledonian University

Sajid Rahman

CEO
Digital Healthcare Solutions

Professor Habib Noorbhai

Director
Biomedical Engineering and Healthcare Technology Research

Dr Ashir Ahmed

Associate Professor, Department of Advanced Information Technology
Kyushu University

Dr Olga Biosca

Reader and lead researcher on Microfinance
Glasgow Caledonian University’s Yunus Centre for Social Business & Health

Dr Vanessa Kerry

Founder
Seed Global Health

Niru Shamsun Nahar

Principal
Grameen Caledonian College of Nursing

Speakers:

Muhammad Yunus

Chairman
Yunus Centre

Yannick Tona

President and Managing Director
Kigali Foreign Affairs Council

Hans Reitz

Co-Founder
Grameen Creative Lab

Lamiya Morshed

Executive Director
Yunus Centre

Professor M. Jahangir Alam Chowdhury

University of Dhaka
Department of Finance; Executive Director, Center for Microfinance and Development