Session 1 - Africa: A Field of Opportunities for Youth Through Sports

Presented by

Humphrey Kayange

IOC Member, Chair of the Coordination Commission for the 4th Youth Olympic Games Dakar 2026 and former captain of Kenya's national rugby sevens team

Géraldine Robert Yema

Office of the Gabonese President of the Republic

Franco-Gabonese basketball player and special adviser to the Gabonese President of the Republic, head of the Department of Sport, Youth and Culture

Régis Charpentier

Suggested Sessions

[CREATION IN MOTION] Emmanuel Macron, President of the French Republic on the Main Stage Inspire.

Emmanuel Macron

President of the French Republic

Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede, Access Bank on the Main Stage Inspire

Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede

Access BankChairman, Access Holding PLC

Aziz Mebarek, Africinvest and Fatoumata Ba, Janngo Capital on the Main Stage Inspire.

AfricInvestFounding and Co-Managing partner

Janngo CapitalFounder and Executive Chair

Closing ceremony with the heads of state

President of the Republic of Botswana

Président de la République du Kenya

Emmanuel Macron

President of the French Republic

Bassírou Diomaye Diakhar FAYE

President of the Republic of Senegal

Dr. Sidi Ould Tah, African Development Bank Group, Christophe Lecourtier, AFD et Nicolas...

Nicolas Dufourcq

Africa Development BankPresident

Christophe Lecourtier

End of the Main Stage with Emmanuel Macron and William Ruto

Président de la République du Kenya

Emmanuel Macron

President of the French Republic