Botswana’s fourth President, His Excellency Lt. General Dr Seretsekhama Ian Khama and the Honourbale Dr Sidi O. Tah, President & CEO of BADEA, have accepted on this day (March 4, 2025) our invitation to be Guest of Honour and Chairman, respectively, at our “Fourth High-level Webinar on ESG and Stakeholder Engagement in Africa”. From Serowe (Bostwana) and Riyadh (Saudi Arabia), two of Africa and the Arab world’s most distinguished leaders assured me of their acceptance, with exemplary civility, modesty, and understanding.

President Khama ruled Botswana, a success story, from 2008-2018, after serving as Commander of the Botswana Defence Force (BDF) and Vice President of the country. His father, Sir Seretse Goitsebeng Maphiri Khama, was the first President of Botswana from 1966-1980. Like his father, the fourth President is now the Kgosi (traditonally, it means the “king”; modern/colonial times it has been changed to “Paramount Chief”) of the Bamangwato people.

Dr Sidi Tah has led BADEA (the Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa) since 2015, a multilateral development bank he has steered to AAA-rating. Before this, he had served his government (Mauritanian) in various positions, including Minister of Economy and Finance and Minister of Economic Affairs and Development. He is now running for the post of President of the African Development Bank.

Our annual High-Level ESG Webinar series is the only one of its type and it has been running for three years now. The Guest speaker for the first webinar was His Excellency, Kgalema Motlanthe, former President of South Africa. Dr Tah was the Chairman of that inaugural webinar too.
YOU ARE ALL CORDIALLY INVITED TO THE WEBINAR, SHEDULED TO TAKE PLACE ON THE 10TH OF MAY 2025, AT 2PM GMT. THE REGISTRATION LINK IS https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_3XOTqcT-RRGw4lR5omIHkA#/registration You may see our Linkedin post here: https://lnkd.in/dsScjf6j