January 2018
The Inaugural Meeting of the AfroChampions Club takes place in Addis-Ababa on the site of the 30th African Union’s heads of State summit. Five recognised personnalities are appointed as regional vice-chairs, including:Mr Jean-Louis Billon, Ivory Coast, Chairman of SICFA (Western Africa); Dr Paul Fokam, Cameroon, Chairman and CEO, Afriland First Group (Central Africa); Mr Ali Mufuruki, Tanzania, Chairman and CEO, Infotech Investments (Eastern Africa); Mr Naguib Sawiris, Egypt, Chairman of ORASCOM (North Africa); Mrs Nonkululeko Nyembezi-Heita, South Africa CEO of the Dutch mining group, IchorCoal N.V. and chair of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (Southern Africa)