JOHANNESBURG,
South Africa, March 5, 2020/ — Business leaders from across Africa
will seek solutions to some of the continent’s most challenging social
issues at the Africa Shared Value Leadership Summit (http://www.AfricaSharedValueSummit.com) in Kigali, Rwanda on 4 – 5 June 2020.
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The
Summit, which will draw leaders from some of Africa’s biggest companies
as well as decision-makers from government and civil society, provides a
platform for business to collaborate on social upliftment of the
continent, as well as to share insights about the most effective ways
for companies to solve social challenges as a core part of their
business operations.
The decision to hold the 2020 Summit in
Rwanda gives delegates an opportunity to learn from the economic and
social developments in the country over the last two decades, with the
summit’s content aligned with selected priority areas of Rwanda’s
National Strategy for Transformation (NST1).
“The
solution-seeking sessions enable attendees delegates to discuss specific
regional challenges and collectively contribute and suggest possible
solutions,” says Shared Value Africa Initiative CEO Tiekie Barnard.
“This provides a significant opportunity for delegates to learn and form
networks across the continent.”
In line with the Summit’s
partnership with Africa Leadership University (ALU), these sessions will
be facilitated by students and alumni of ALU School of Business MBA
course, with ALU faculty members compiling reportage of these sessions.
Undergraduate students will be ambassadors throughout the Summit, while
African Leadership Group founder Fred Swaniker will also give a keynote
address at the Summit.
The solution-seeking sessions allow some of the greatest minds in Africa to grapple with complex issues:
- How does Africa connect across borders to make the continent the global tourist destination?
- What is required to create food security in Africa?
- Health Care: Outbreaks, pandemics and the future of Africa’s health
- Expectations vs reality: tracking the societal benefit of the AfCFTA
- How do we build Africa’s Shared Value ecosystems?
- Exchanges in conversation: Entrepreneurship and Public-Private Partnerships
“The
Shared Value business model, developed by Harvard Business School’s
Prof Michael Porter and Mark Kramer, is practised by an increasing
number of businesses across the world,” says Shared Value Africa
Initiative Founder and CEO Tiekie Barnard. “This provides opportunities
to build business initiatives around solving social problems at scale,
contributing to achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development
Goals on the continent.”
The Summit has become a platform for
Africa’s business thought leaders to exchange insights and share their
experiences implementing the Shared Value business model in the diverse
African context. The event connects speakers from industries ranging
from telecommunications to healthcare, manufacturing and mining.
Discussions
enable participants new to Shared Value thinking to learn how to embed
shared value into core strategy of the business, and how to develop
shared value opportunities to address social and environmental issues.
As
well as the solution-seeking sessions, the Summit will also feature
African leaders sharing how their businesses create economic value and
value for society, as well as presentations from various industry
sectors.
Current Sponsor of the Summit include Abbott, KCB Group and Old Mutual Ltd.
The
Summit, which took place 23-24 May 2019 in Nairobi, was attended by
more than 350 business executives per day over two days, with more than
18 countries represented.
The Summit also aims to encourage
business to contribute to achieving the United Nations Sustainable
Development Goals on the continent. “As with previous years, the UN
Sustainable Development Goals will be a theme throughout at the Summit
as a guide to the business leaders to demonstrate how business can
contribute to achieving the goalsand to addressing e social challenges, a core part of their operations” says Barnard.
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