Symposium Speakers

We are privileged to include as speakers many distinguished experts from the fields of international politics, culture and art, diplomacy, the private sector and civil society.

A selection of our speakers include:

• Benjamin Hanna
  Cultural Departmemnt, German Foreign Office
• H.E. Amb. Canon Francis K. Butagira
  Ambassador of the Republic of Uganda to Germany
• Minister Cassandra Mbuyane-Mokone
  Minister for Political Affairs, South African Embassy to Germany
• H.E. Amb. Clémentine Shakembo Kamanga 
  Ambassador of the Democratic Republic of Congo to Germany
• H.E. Cletus A. Sieh
  Minister of Information, Culture and Tourism Republic of Liberia
• Günter Nooke
  Personal Africa Representative of the German Chancellor, Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development
• H.E. Amb.Iyorwuese Hagher
  Nigerian Ambassador to Canada
• H.E. Amb.Isaac Chikwekwere Lamba
  Ambassador of Malawi to Germany
• Dr. Jean de la Croix Nkurayija
  Dean of the Faculty of Arts, Media and Social Sciences, Department of Political Sciences at the National University of Rwanda
• Prof. Joseph C.A. Agbakoba
  Professor of Philosophy, Research Fellow - Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
• Mark Donfried
  Director and Founder, Institute for Cultural Diplomacy
• Michael Hörig
  Head of Section Central and West Africa/412, German Academic Exchange Service
• Sarmad Hussain
  German Parliament , Cultural Committee
• Dr. Stefan Liebing
  Director International Gas Business at EnBW
• Hon. Victoria Sylvia Saidu-Kamara
  Minister of Tourism and Cultural Affairs, Government of the Republic of Sierra Leone West Africa