Africa’s biggest youth event, The
Future Awards Africa (TFAA) has announced the Keynote Speakers for its 2014
edition: they are the governor of Africa’s largest city, Babatunde Raji
Fashola, and Tanzania’s Dr. Frannie Leautier, who has been called ‘Africa’s
queen of development’. The event holds on Sunday, 7 December at the Intercontinental
Hotels in Lagos, Nigeria.
“We are extremely excited to
announce the confirming of these exemplary African leaders,” said Mohamed
Diaby, from Abidjan, who is a member of the Central Working Committee for the
awards. “They typify the theme for this year’s event, a call to action for
Africa’s now generation to take charge and transform the continent. We are
counting the days to the continent’s exclusive evening of inspiration.”
The Keynote Speaker for 2013 was
Nigeria’s president, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan.
Dr. Leautier is the Chief Executive
Officer of Mkoba Private Equity, a fund created to support small and medium
enterprises in Africa. She has served as Vice President of the World Bank and
Head of the World Bank Institute. She was also co-chair of the World
Economic Forum in 2013. She has also had a successful career in the private
sector. In 2007, she founded the Fezembat Group, a company focused on risk
management and leadership development, serving as its Managing Partner until
2009. Dr. Leautier was recently listed among the 100 most influential people in
Africa. She is a board member of the Nelson Mandela Institute for Science and
Technology in Africa (founding member), the Africa Institute for Governing with
Integrity (founding member) and of UONGOZI, a leadership institute in Tanzania.
