
AFRICAN WOMEN IN
FAMILY BUSINESS
CONFERENCE
3 days
18-20 January 2021
26+ contributors
WOMEN IN AFRICAN FAMILY BUSINESS conference
#AWIFB2021

OUR MANDATE
Annual African Women In Family Business Conference
Phoenix
Women in Family Firms overcoming their limitations, rising to the challenge to become successful leaders that maximise their potentials and lift others. Women that blaze the trails for future generations.

1st AFRICAN WOMEN IN family business
conference
Join us in January 2021 for another of many firsts for African Family Business as African Family Firms bring you the 1st ever annual Women In African Family Business Conference.
This conference, offers the opportunity for women in Africa, to share their knowledge and experience and to contribute to the world of women in family business management and governance. The aims of the conference are to:
-
Celebrate and Champion Women in Family Businesses (“WIFB”);
-
Inspire and Equip Rising Generation of Females in Family Businesses;
-
Shine a light on how WIFB can come together to support each other’s upward mobility in African Family Firms; and
-
Create awareness for Family Firms on how they can actively identify and nurture female talent (in the family and in the business).
pronounced (fee·nuhks)
Themed Phoenix,
Women in Family Firms overcoming their limitations, rising to the challenge to become successful leaders that maximise their potentials and lift others. Women that blaze the trails for future generations.
Consider this the Must-Attend event for Women in your Family Business in 2021.
PHOENIX
#AWIFB2021 conference
HOSTS & SPEAKER LINEUP
1st Annual African Women Family Business Conference
Celebrating and Champion Women in Family Businesses
DAY 1 : 18 JANUARY 2021 DAY 3 : 20 JANUARY 2021
PHOENIX 2021

Tsitsi Mutendi
Co-founder AFF
Family Business Advisor
Business Continuity
Family Governance
co-HOSTS
DAY 1: 18 January 21
Day 1, Session 1 (11:00-12:15):
11.00 – 11.15 – Introduction to AFF, conference and theme
11.15 – 12.15 – Keynote Address – A discussion with Ms Nancy Guzha, exploring her journey to the top as a female founder.
Speaker: Nancy Guzha
Day 1, Session 2 (12:15-13:15):
12.15 - 13:15 – Keynote Address - A presentation on capital raising for female-founded firms
Speaker: Adesuwa Okunbo-Rhodes
Day 1, Session 3 (16:00 - 17:00):
16.00 – 17.00 – Keynote Address - A discussion with Ms Roselyn Musarurwa Charehwa, understanding how she flourished as a female founder against all odds.
Speaker: Roselyn Musarurwa Charehwa
Day 1, Session 4 (17:00-18:00):
17.00 – 18: 00 – Panel discussion: Female Founders Flourishing Against All Odds
Moderator: Tariye Gbadegesin
Panel members:
Audrey Joe-Ezigbo
Dr Divine Ndhlukula
Margaret Hirsch
Name
DAY 2: 19 JANUARY 21
Day 2, Session 1 (11:00-12:00):
11:00-12:00 A discussion with Ms Fola Laoye, exploring her journey as a successor
Speaker: Fola Laoye
Day 2, Session 2 (12:00-13:00):
12:00 - 13:00 Keynote address – The role of women in creating sustainable ESG projects
Speaker: Dr. Rieki Crins
Day 2, Session 3 (16:00-17:00):
16.00 – 17.00 Panel discussion - Daughters and Sons in Family Businesses: Roles, Opportunities, Legalities and Implications
Moderator: Alice Usanase
Panel members:
Nicola Galombik
Damilola Adetunji
Dr Adeoye Adefulu
Day 2, Session 4 (17:00-18:00):
Panel discussion on successors in family firms
Moderator: Dr. Rania Azmi Ph.D.
Panel members:
Afi Akolly
Ghita Sabil
Doris Mbadiwe
Thandeka Nomanjinji-Nzama
DAY 3: 20 january 21
Day 3, Session 1 (11:00-12:00):
11.00 – 12.00 – Keynote address on Leadership
Speaker: Madelein Mkunu
Day 3, Session 2 (12:00-13:00):
12.00 – 13.00 – Keynote address on Gender and Family Businesses
Speaker: Dr Eleanor Khonje
Day 3, Session 3 (16:00-17:00):
16.00 – 17.00 – Spotlight on Senaca Group with Annette Kimitei
Day 3, Session 4 (17:00-18:00):
17.00 – 18.00 - Panel Discussion on The Future of African Family Business
Moderator: Nadine Kammerlander
Panel members:
Sheila Kyariisma
Afsane Jetha
Titi Odunfa



Nancy Guzha
Chief Executive Officer at Syndicated Resources
When: 18/01 11:15 CAT
A journey to the top as a female founder

Adesuwa Okunbo Rhodes
Founder and Managing Partner of Aruwa Capital Management
When: 18/01 12:15 CAT
Capital-raising for female-founded firms

Roselyn Musarurwa Charehwa
Founder Surdax Investments PVT Ltd
When: 18/01 16:00 CAT
Female Founder Flourishing Against All Odds

Margaret Hirsch
CEO The Hirsch Group
When: 18/01 17:00 CAT
Panel Discussion: Female Founders Flourishing Against All Odds

Tariye Gbadegesin
Managing Director & Chief Investment Officer at ARM Harith Infrastructure Fund
When: 18/01 17:00 CAT
Panel Discussion: Female Founders Flourishing Against All Odds

Doris Mbadiwe
Executive Director Inter-Bau Construction Ltd
When: 19/01 17:00 CAT
Panel discussion: successors in family firms

Dr. Rieki Crins
Cultural Anthropologist: Gender and Sustainability
When: 19/01 12:00 CAT
The role of women in creating sustainable ESG projects

Alice Usanase
Sustainable Economic Development Expert
When: 19/01 16:00 CAT
Panel discussion: Daughters and Sons in Family Businesses: Roles, Opportunities, Legalities and Implications

Damilola Adetunji
Partner at Odujinrin and Adefulu
When: 19/01 16:00 CAT
Panel discussion: Daughters and Sons in Family Businesses: Roles, Opportunities, Legalities and Implications

Sheila Kyarisiima
Partner NISK Capital
When: 20/01 17:00 CAT
Panel discussion: the future of family businesses

Afsane Jetha
Managing Partner Alta Semper Capital
When: 20/01 17:00 CAT
Panel discussion: the future of family businesses

Titi Odunfa Adeoye
Founder and Chief Investment Officer of Sankore
When: 20/01 17:00 CAT
Panel discussion: the future of family businesses

Madelein Mkunu
International Development Practitioner at Leading Women of Africa
When: 20/01 11:00 CAT
Leadership

Dr. Eleanor T. Khonje, PhD
Feminist Scholar, Speaker, Leadership and Communications Strategist
When: 20/01 12:00 CAT
Gender and Family Businesses

Annette Kimitei
Managing Director Senaca East Africa
When: 20/01 16:00 CAT
Spotlight on Senaca Group

Nadine Kammerlander
Professor of Family Firms
When: 20/01 17:00 CAT
Panel discussion: the future of family businesses

Dr. Rania Azmi Ph.D.
Founder Alexandrite Decisions
When: 19/01 17:00 CAT
Panel discussion: successors in family firms

Afi Akolly
General Manager St David
When: 19/01 17:00 CAT
Panel discussion: successors in family firms

Thandeka Nomanjinji-Nzama
Founder of Mbokodo Building
When: 19/01 17:00 CAT
Panel discussion: successors in family firms

Dr. Adeoye Adefulu
Partner at Odujinrin and Adefulu
When: 19/01 16:00 CAT
Panel discussion: Daughters and Sons in Family Businesses: Roles, Opportunities, Legalities and Implications
