• Bogolo Kenewendo
    Africa Director at UN Climate Change High Level Champions Team

    Bogolo J. Kenewendo is a global economist and Former Minister of Investment, Trade and Industry in Botswana. She is currently championing climate finance and action as a catalyst for development in Africa and the global south in her role as Africa Director & Special Advisor of the UN High Level Climate Champions Team. Kenewendo is also a vocal advocate for gender equity and protection of children’s rights. She has received global recognition for her work, being appointed as a member of the G7 Gender Equality Advisory Council, a member of United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres’ High-Level Panel on Digital Cooperation, Advisory group on the gender architecture of the UN and group on Financing for Development, a member of the World Economic Forum (WEF) Global Future Council on Global Public Goods in the Fourth Industrial Revolution, and a WEF Young Global Leader. She is also a Non-Resident Fellow with Center for Global Development and a member of several corporate boards. In 2022 she was one of the Time 100 Next Honorees and has been named as one of Africa’s 100 most influential people by various publications over the last 5 years.



Our Speakers

H.E. Tahir Salim Al Amri

Executive President at Central Bank of Oman

Shaikh Khalifa Al Khalifa

Chief Executive Officer at Bahrain Bourse

Haitham Al Salmi

Chief Executive Officer at Muscat Stock Exchange

Rami El Dokany

Executive Chairman at The Egyptian Exchange (EGX)

Nandini Sukumar

Chief Executive Officer at The World Federation of Exchanges

Riham ElGizy

Chief Executive Officer at MENA Voluntary Carbon Market (VCM)

Mervyn Tang

Head of Sustainability Strategy, APAC at Schroders

Ndidi Nnoli-Edozien

Member of the International Sustainability Standards Board at IFRS Foundation
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Location

Saed Frayha Street, Hazmieh Square Building, 4th Flr. Hazmieh, Beirut.