THE EMERGING VALLEY SUMMIT IS BACK ON APRIL 7 & 8 EUROPEAN AFRICAN HUB

USPA NEWS - The EMERGING Valley Summit, the hub of emerging innovations between Europe and Africa, returns on April 7 and 8 from Aix-Marseille to unveil all of its programming. For its fourth edition, this real rallying point for African Tech Leaders in Provence, will welcome Thierry Breton, Franck Riester, Angelique Kidjo, Benoit Payan, Martine Vassal and Papa Amadou Sarr among its high-level speakers. Through 21 plenary sessions, keynotes and high-level fire chats, the speakers will unveil their solutions to the crisis, present their innovations and share their experiences on concrete and cutting-edge current topics, such as “The African Investor facing COVID- 19: Lessons in resilience & what post-pandemic perspectives for startups? “ ; “Africa2020 season: Crossed views on Africa of the Future“ or “Science & Innovation: what strategy between Africa and Europe?“, Among others.

CONFIRMED SPEAKERS FOR THE 7 & 8 APRIL 2021 FOR EMERGING SUMMIT VALLEY----------------------------------- Thierry BRETON, European Commissioner for the Internal Market, European Union - Franck RIESTER, Minister Delegate to the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs of France, in charge of Foreign Trade and Attractiveness - Angélique KIDJO, Singer, Godmother of Africa2020 Season - Benoît PAYAN, Mayor of Marseille - Papa AMADOU SARR, Minister Delegate General for Rapid Entrepreneurship of Women and Youth (DER), to the President of the Republic - Emmanuelle CHARAFE, Vice-President Delegate for Health, for Higher Education and Research, Aix-Marseille-Provence Metropolis - Taleb OULD SID'AHMED, Minister of Employment, Youth and Sports of Mauritania - HE Dr Amani Abu-Zeid, Union Commissioner African for Infrastructures and Energy, African Union * - Karim AMELLAL, Ambassador, Interministerial Delegate for the Mediterranean - Jérôme PASQUIER, Ambassador of France in Nigeria - Aurélien LECHEVALLIER, Ambassador of France in South Africa ud - Maria Cristina RUSSO, Director of International Cooperation, DG Research and Innovation, European Commission - Sabine MUELLER, Director General for Africa, GIZ - N'Goné FALL, Commissioner General Africa2020 Season - Isabelle BEBEAR, Director of International and European Affairs Bpifrance - Gilles BABINET, Digital Champion of France at the European Commission - Mohamed ASSOWEH, CEO of Djibouti Telecom - Brice CHASLES, Chairman and CEO of Deloitte Africa - Sarah MARNIESSE, Campus Manager of the French Development Agency - Biola ALABI, Founder by Biola Alabi Media - Youssef TRAVALY, Friends of Europe - Mary FITZGERALD, Friends of Europe -Valérie Verdier, President of the Research Institute for Development - Hugues PARANT, Managing Director of Euroméditerranée - Aissata LAM, President of the Junior Chamber of Commerce of Mauritania (Mauritania) - Claude BORNA, General Manager of Semé City (Benin) - Lamiae BENMAKHLOUF, Dire General Manager MITC (Morocco) - Mehdi ALAOUI, Founder of the Startup Factory (Morocco) - Ijeoma ONAH, Founder of the NITV Summit (Nigeria) - Sami AGLI, President of the Algerian Confederation of Citizen Patronage (Algeria) - Yves DELAFON, President of 'AfricaLink (France) - Wilfrid LAURIANO DO REGO, Coordinator of the Presidential Council for Africa (France) - Erik HERSMANN, Founder and CEO of BRCK (Kenya) - Jérémie PELLET, Chairman and CEO Expertise France (France) - Jérémy HAJDENBERG, Deputy Managing Director for Investors and Partners (France) - Béatrice GARRETTE, Managing Director of the Pierre Fabre Foundation (France) - Patricia RICARD, President of the Paul Ricard Oceanographic Institute (France) - Sarah TOUMI, Member of the Presidential Council for Africa (Tunisia) - Karima EL HAKIM, Head of Business Falak Startups (Egypt) - Tomi DAVIES, President of African Business Angels Network (Nigeria) - Grégoire DE PADIRAC, Investment Manager Orange Ventures (France) - Omar CISS E, President of Intouch (Senegal) - Fatoumata BA, Founder of Janngo (Senegal) - Amadou DAFFE, CEO and Founder of GEBEYA. Source: Emerging Valley/Oxygen