Fitsum Assefa Adela, Minister for Planning and Development in Ethiopia Muna Ahmed, State Minister of the Ministry of Women and Social Affairs of Ethiopia Fatalla A F Elzuni, Minister of Youth of Libya Kevin Chika Urama, Chief Economist/Vice President for Economic Governance & Knowledge Management, African Development Bank Group Doris Uzoka-Anite, Nigeria’s Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment Hervé Lohoues, Acting Division Manager for the Country Economics Department’s Division covering East Africa, Southern Africa & Nigeria at the African Development Bank Alain Aimé Nyamitwe, Special Advisor and Head of the ACBF Liaison Office in Ethiopia Jonathan Nzayikorera, Executive Director for Eastern Africa Constituency at African Development Bank Banji Oyelaran-Oyeyinka, Senior Special Adviser on Industrialization to the President of the African Development Bank Abebe Shimeles, Honorary Professor at University of Cape Town, Department of Economics and Senior Economic Advisor Patience Agbleze Acorlor, Director of the Tema Administrative Office and the focal person on AfCFTA at the Ghana Free Zones Authority Jonathan Aremu, Professor of International Economic Relations of the Covenant University and the Consultant, ECOWAS Common Investment Market (ECIM) Abuja Olawale Bakare, Country Commercial Excellence Manager for Nigeria at Lafarge Africa Plc Yusuf Binji, Managing Director/CEO of BUA Cement Plc Abdoulaye COULIBALY, Director of Governance and Economic Reforms Department at the African Development Group Dorsaf Zangar Labidi, Manager of the Industrial Development Division at African Development Bank Eric Ogunleye, Officer-in-Charge Director of the African Development Institute and Manager of the Policy Management Division of the Institute Anthony Simpasa, Manager, Macroeconomic Policy, Debt Sustainability and Forecasting Division in the Macroeconomic Policy, Forecasting and Research Department of the African Development Bank Dirk Willem te Velde, Principal Research Fellow and Director of ODI’s International Economic Development Group Kenna Amsalu Alemayehu, economist