Organising Partners



Speakers at the Conference


Dr. Agnes Akosua Aidoo



Vice Chair, UN CRC, Chairperson, ACPF Administrative Council of the International Board of Trustees

H.E. Dr. Salim A. Salim
Secretary-General, Organisation of African Unity (OAU) (1989-2001); Chairperson, International Board of Trustees, ACPF
Mr. Abdoulie Janneh
Executive Secretary, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa
Mme Akila Belembaogo
UNICEF Representative to the AU and UNECA
H. E. Mr. Koen Vervaeke
Ambassador of the EU to the African Union Commission
H. E. Mr. Hans Blankenberg
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Royal Netherlands Embassy
Mr. David Mugawe
Executive Director, The African Child Policy Forum (ACPF)
Mr. Jean-Baptiste Zoungrana
Director of Child & Adolescent Protection Department, Ministry of Social Action & National Solidarity, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Mme Agnes Kabore
Chair, African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child

Mr. Gezahegn Kebede


Regional Director, Southern and Eastern Africa, Plan International

Mme Eta Tadesse


UNFPA Representative to the AU and UNECA

Ms. Petronella Murowe


Child Budget Network, Institute for Democracy in South Africa

Mr. Sulemana Abdula


Youth participant, Plan West Africa Regional Office

Ms. Mariam Umarji


Public Financial Management, MB Consulting, Mozambique

Ms. Enakshi Ganguly


Co-Director, HAQ Centre for Child Rights

Mrs. Paola Renata Pereznieto


Overseas Development Institute Research Associate

Ms. Sarah Hague


Social Policy Specialist, UNICEF Burkina Faso

Mr. Isa Achoba


Chief, Strategic Planning Monitoring and Evaluation, UNICEF Kenya

Mr. Godfrey Ndenge


Social Policy Advisor, Ministry of Finance Kenya

Mr. George Laryea-Adjei


Chief of Social Policy, UNICEF South Africa

Dr. Takawira Mumvuma


Policy Research Coordinator, Municipal Development Partnership for Eastern and Southern Africa

Prof. Jeanne Flavin


Associate Professor of Sociology, Fordham University

Mr. Yehualashet Mekonen


Senior Programme Manager, The African Child Policy Forum (ACPF)

Ms. Beatrice Ogutu


Regional Advisor, Child Protection Advisor, Regional Office, International Child Support, Africa

Mr. Emmanuel Nnadozie


Director, Economic Development and NEPAD Division, United National Economic Commission for Africa

Mr. Aboubacry Tall


Regional Director, Save the Children, UK, Western and Central Africa

Prof. Stephen Peterson


Lecturer in Public Policy Harvard Kennedy School

Mme Thokozile Ruzvidzo


Director, African Centre for Gender and Social Development
United Nations Economic Commission for Africa

Mme Cissé Mariama Mohamed


Ag. Director for Social Affairs, African Union

H.E. Monsieur Kalidou Diallo


Ministre de l’Enselgnement Prescolaire, de l’Elementarie du Moyen Secondaire et des langues natinales Republique du Senegal

Hon. Jessica Alupo


Minister of State for Children in the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development of the Republic of Uganda

Dr. Assefa Bequele


Distinguished Fellow – ACPF