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Moderator: TBC

  • Panel: Innovative Financing to Catalyse Innovation at Scale · Main Hall
  • Fireside Chat: Policy to Practice - AI Regulation & Sandboxes · Breakout Room B
  • Panel 1: From Local Capital to Global Scale · Breakout Room A
  • Candid Chat: IP Protection for Innovation Hubs · Breakout Room D
  • Panel 1: Rethinking Equity, Access & Representation · Breakout Room C
  • Panel 2: Macroeconomic Outlook on African Markets · Breakout Room A
  • Panel 1: Leadership Development for Impact & Equity · Breakout Room D
  • Panel 1: Building African AI Champions · Breakout Room B
  • Panel 2: Building an AI Alliance for Africa · Breakout Room B
  • Candid Conversation: Local Language Resources & Entrepreneurial Growth · Breakout Room C
  • Panel 2: Hub-Led Strategies for Jobs, Governance & Digital Trust · Breakout Room D
  • Panel 3: Financing Africa's Next Industrial Decade · Breakout Room A
  • Fireside Chat: Designing Inclusive Innovation for Equity and Access · Breakout Room C
  • Panel 3: Building Resilience - Sustainable Startup Support Ecosystems · Breakout Room D
  • Panel 2: Inclusive Finance & Design · Breakout Room C
  • AfriLabs Board Meet & Greet · Main Hall

Speakers

AfriLabs Annual Gathering 2026 -Cotonou

18 Nov 2026 – 20 Nov 2026

The line-up

Meet the speakers

52 people on the programme

Featured speakers 6

Other speakers 46

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