Conference Agenda
Daily Agenda
(subject to change)
Agenda | Day 1
Tuesday, September 16, 2025
All Day | Arrival of Domestic and International Guests
Agenda | Day 1
Wednesday, September 17, 2025
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM
Morning Meditation – Tea-Coffee & Continental Breakfast
Interdenominational Ministers Action Council (IMAC) Welcome
9:00 AM - 11:00AM
Opening Session
Opening Remarks: Honorary Chairs & Conference Hosts | Al Washington, Africa-USA Chamber of Commerce
Official Welcome – City of Wilmington
Official Welcome – New Castle County
Official Welcome - Port of Wilmington
U.S. Department of Commerce – International Trade Administration-Commercial Services
Ubuntu-Sankofa Dialogue:
Dr. Julius Garvey, Chairman, Marcus Garvey Institute for Human Development
Professor Ezrah Aharone, Founder & Chairman, Center for Global Africa, USA
11:00AM - 11:15AM BREAK
[Closed Session B2B Meetings scheduled by appointment]
11:15AM - 11:30AM
Special Remarks:
U.S. Ambassador Charles Ray, Former U.S. Ambassador to Sierra Leone and Zimbabwe
11:30AM -12:45 PM
Plenary Session – Creative Industries –
Opening Remarks: Mary Concilia Anchang
Founder & President African Chamber of Commerce (ACC) and FICOTA, Partner, Onambele, Anchang & Associates
Eric Trachtenburg, Executive Director, Intl. Cotton Advisory Committee
Kwanwer Usman, Director, Cotton Advisory Committee
Pablo Giscard Ndjogou, Executive Vice President of the France–USA–Africa International Film & Inclusion Festival (FIFI 2026) and Founder-President of AYOCA (Africa You Can). A Journalist-Writer
12:45PM - 1:45PM
Luncheon Keynote – TBA
1:45PM - 3:00PM
Plenary Session – AI/Technology & Innovation
Dr. M. Chris Gibbons, The Greystone Group LLC
Latricia Boone, Deputy Exec. Director, The Bloomberg Center for Government Excellence (GovEx), Johns Hopkins University
Tiffany Davis, Director of Emerging Initiatives and Alumni Programs, The Bloomberg Center for Government Excellence (GovEx), Johns Hopkins University
Ernest Beukas, Chief Executive Officer @ AirPay, Namibia
Terrance Bowman, Managing Director, Code Differently - Head of Education, Training & Employer Partnerships
3:00PM - 3:15PM BREAK
3:15PM - 4:30PM
Plenary Session – Global Leadership & Global Entrepreneurship
Dr. Tigist Dessu, EthioAlliance, Addis Ababa Ethiopia; Managing Partner, Capital Business School
Professor Rosalea Hamilton, Honorary Consul for The Republic of Sierra Leone in Jamaica, Distinguished Scholar, PJ Patterson Institute for Africa-Caribbean Advocacy
Raoul Davis, CEO, Ascendant Group-Ascendant Global
5:30PM - 8:00PM
Sixth Region Welcome Reception & Awards Ceremony – Mitchell Center for African American Heritage @ Delaware History Museum
Special Remarks: Ambassador Binalf Andualem Ashenef, The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
Special Presentation: International Longshoreman's Association (ILA) Delaware
Special Performance: Caribbean Recording Artist Kim Derrick, Queen of Caribbean Soul
Agenda | Day 2
Thursday, September 18, 2025
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM
Morning Meditation – Tea-Coffee & Continental Breakfast
Islamic Society of Delaware Welcome
9:00 AM - 11:00AM
Opening Session
Opening Remarks: Honorary Chairs & Conference Hosts
Official Welcome – State of Delaware Senate & House Leadership
Official Welcome - Chambers of Commerce
Ubuntu-Sankofa High-Level Dialogue: H.E. Minister Amara Kallon, Minister of Public Administration & Political Affairs, The Republic of Sierra Leone
11:15 AM - 11:30AM BREAK
[Closed Session B2B Meetings scheduled by appointment]
11:30AM - 12:00PM
Special Presentation
Dr. Wilmot Allen, VentureLift, Senior Fellow, Harvard University - Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government
12:00PM - 2:00 PM
Supply & Value Chain Luncheon Panel Presentation
Powering the Future: Tech, AI and Workforce Investments Across the Supply and Value Chain
Terrance Bowman, Managing Director, Code Differently - Head of Education, Training, & Employer Partnerships
Kenyatta James, Deputy Executive Director, Economy League of Greater Philadelphia
Harry Hayman IV, Board Member & Sr. Fellow For The Food Economy/Policy Economy League of Greater Philadelphia
2:00PM - 4:30 PM
Plenary Session – Global Health
Opening Remarks: H.E. Stephen Biatcha, African Synergies, The Republic of Cameroon
Dr. Emmanuel Mensah, Chief Medical Officer, Wilmington Campus-Christiana Care & High-Level Advisory Committee Member, Africa CDC / African Union
Dr. Odiraa Nwankwor, Staff Interventionist, Nemours, The Nigeria Pediatric ICU (PICU) Project
Ismail Samad, Executive Director, Corbin Hill Food Project, NYC
6:30PM - 9:00PM
Diaspora Legacy Reception & Celebration
Agenda | Day 3
Friday, September 19, 2025
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM
Morning Meditation – Tea-Coffee & Continental Breakfast
Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance (IMA) of Dover Welcome
9:00 AM - 11:00AM
Opening Session
Official Welcome – U.S. Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (invited)
Official Welcome - State of Delaware Executive Branch
Ubuntu-Sankofa High-Level Dialogue: H.E. Samuel Ablakwa, Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Union-APRM Focal Point, The Republic of Ghana
Special Remarks: Honorable Elvis Afriye-Ankrah, Presidential Envoy for Inter-Faith and Ecumenical Relations, The Republic of Ghana
11:00 AM - 11:15 AM BREAK
[Closed Session B2B Meetings scheduled by appointment]
11:15AM - 12:30PM
Plenary Session - AgriBusiness
Opening Remarks: Gala Fary, CEO, Iron Currency Solutions
Honorable Wm. Donald Clifton II, DE Secretary of Agriculture (invited)
Jimmy Kroon, Chief of Planning – DE AG Department
Dr. Gail Meyers, Cultural Anthropologist, Co-Founder of Farms to Grow, Inc., USA
Phillip Haynie, Haynie Farms LLC, Chairman of the National Black Growers’ Council
12:30 PM - 2:00PM
AgriBusiness Luncheon & Panel Presentation
Dr. Jamie Green, Eastern Region Director, PA Dept. Agriculture
Ismail Samad, Director of Corbin Hill Food Project
Dr. Gia Grant-Rutledge, ProEval Insights LLC
Jamila White, Principal BlaKQuity, International Development Specialist
2:00PM - 3:15 PM
"Diaspora Capital: The Power Within" Forum
Dr. Hippolyte Fofack, Distinguished Fellow, Global Federation of Competitiveness Councils (GFCC),Parker Fellow, Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN)
Jude Kearney, Managing Partner, ASAFO & CO.,
3:15PM - 3:30PM BREAK
3:30PM - 5:00PM
Closing Session & Presentation of Conference Declarations
5:00PM - 10:00PM
CLOSING VIP RECEPTION & Special Exhibit:
Presented by: Griffith-Davis Photographs & Archives
Agenda | Day 4
Saturday, September 20, 2025 ( WOMEN FORUM @ HILTON)
9:00AM - 9:30AM
Meditation – Continental Breakfast
9:30 AM -10:15 AM
OPENING SESSION
Tumi Dlamini, G-20 Social Summit Secretariat, Founding Member of African Women in Public Policy, CGA Board of Advisors
Dorothy Davis, African Women Leaders Network (AWLN) Diaspora Consortium – Founding Co-Chair, Board of Advisors
10:15AM - 11:30 AM
LEADERSHIP ROUNDTABLE
Kym Wilson, Director of HR Academic Affairs, Morgan State University
Dr. Tigist Dessu, Managing Partner, EthioAlliance, Addis Ababa Ethiopia
Professor Rosalea Hamilton, Honorary Consul for The Republic of Sierra Leone in Jamaica, Distinguished Scholar, PJ Patterson Institute for Africa-Caribbean Advocacy
Dr. Vilicia Cade-Lyles, 2nd VP & Founding Member, Delaware Association of Black School Educators, Former Presidential Commissioner for Advancing Education Excellence, Equity, and Economic Opportunities for Black Americans
11:30AM - 1:30 PM
Luncheon Plenary Session
Ubuntu-Sankofa Dialogue – ENTREPRENEURSHIP & INVESTMENT ROUNDTABLE –
Gala Fary, Founder, Iron Currency Solutions;
Velda Jones-Potter, Entrepreneur, Former State Treasurer & City of Wilmington Treasurer,
Dr. Ky Dele, Global Strategist & Innovator, Nigeria
1:30PM - 3:30PM
SPECIAL SESSION – HAITI
Co-Hosted By: Haitian Coalition of Delaware
Midline Estimble, Co-Founder Haitian Coalition of Delaware
Keda Dorisca, Co-Founder Haitian Coalition of Delaware
Honorable Jean Henry Céant, Consul General Haiti – General Consulate NY (invited)
Mr. Robert Nicolas, Exec. Director AME-SADA (invited)
Agenda | Day 4
Saturday, September 20, 2025 ( YOUTH FORUM @ DTCC - Stanton)
9:00AM - 9:30AM
Meditation – Continental Breakfast
9:30 AM -10:15 AM
OPENING SESSION – DIASPORA YOUTH RISING
Board Representative, STARTUP Africa
10:15AM - 11:30 AM
Shaping the African Narrative - GLOBAL LEADERSHIP
Phil S. Agbeko, Co-Founder & CEO, Hilltop Global Group
11:30AM - 12:15 PM
ROOTS RELOADED: Digital Genealogy; Ancestral & Cultural Ties to the African Continent
Dena Chasten, Genealogist & DNA Specialist
12:15PM - 1:45 PM
Luncheon Virtual Panel
NEW GENERATION UNIVERSITY-Addis Ababa Ethiopia,
CUTTINGTON UNIVERSITY-Monrovia, Liberia,
LINCOLN UNIVERSITY-Pennsylvania,
CHARLES DREW UNIVERSITY-California
1:45PM - 2:30PM
Youth RISE (Resilience, Identity, Solidarity, Empowerment)
Closing Declarations
4:00PM - 9:00PM @ ScreeningRoom1313 – Downtown
Center for Global Africa Film Series
