H.E. Ms. Edite do Ramos da Costa Ten-jua, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Cooperation and Communities of XVII Constitucional Government, São Tomé and Príncipe Mrs. Vera Esperança dos Santos Daves de Sousa, Minister of Finance, Angola Wambui Gichuri, Acting Vice President of the Agriculture, Human and Social Development Complex at the African Development Bank Group Dr. Hanan Morsy, Director of the Macroeconomic Policy, Forecasting and Research Department, African Development Bank Dr Abdu Mukhtar, Director of the Industrial and Trade Development Department, AfDB Dr Ngozi Rosemary Obike Azodoh Dr. John N. Nkengasong, MSc, PhD Director of the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Dr Benedict Okey Oramah, President of the African Export – Import Bank (Afreximbank) Dr Kelesego Mmolainyane Professor Emmanuel Nnadozie, Executive Secretary of the African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF) Admassu Tadesse, President and Chief Executive of the Eastern and Southern African Trade and Development Bank (TDB) Dr. Feng Zhao, Practice Manager, Strategy, Operations and Global Engagement, World Bank Ambassador Liberata Mulamula Elizabeth Ampairwe, Gender and rights activist, civil society project management consultant and advisor Dr El Hadji FALL Dr. Angela Lusigi, Resident Representative, Ghana, UNDP Iyabo Masha, Economic Adviser and Member, Presidential Economic Advisory Council, Nigeria Economic Adviser and Member, Presidential Economic Advisory Council (PEAC) Dr Isayvani Naicker Dr. Amit N. Thakker, Chairman, Africa Health Business Professor Attiya Warris, Acting Deputy Principal of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences (CHSS) Tapera Jeffrey MUZIRA, Coordinator Jobs for Youth in Africa Strategy, African Development Bank Group Dr Eric Kehinde Ogunleye, Advisor to the Chief Economist and Vice President for Economic Governance and Knowledge Management, African Development Bank Group Rolf Traeger, Chief of the Least Developed Countries Section of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Dr Debapriya Bhattacharya, Macro-economist and public policy analyst Swarnim Waglé, Senior Team Leader for Strategy, Policy and Partnerships (SPP) at the UNDP Regional Bureau for Asia and the Pacific Eunice G. Kamwendo Mr. Maximilian JARRETT, Africa Programme Manager, Division for Europe, Middle East, Africa and Latin America, International Energy Agency Ms. Ahunna Eziakonwa Kingsley Y. Amoako Dr. Raymond Gilpin, Chief Strategy, Analysis & Research Team, in the UNDP Regional Bureau for Africa