Seychelles President leads high-level dialogue on Africa’s digital future at FALS Global Conversations in New York

Pictured are (from right to left - Senior Vice President and Head of the Ghana Business Unit, Kosmos Energy - Joe Mensah; Boitumelo Mosako, Chief Executive Officer, Development Bank of Southern Africa; Marie-Laure Akin-Olugbade, Senior Vice President - African Development Bank Group (Speaking); Banji Fehintola, Executive Director and Head of Financial Services, Africa Finance Corporation; Pierre Laporte, Minister for Finance, Economic Planning, Trade and Investment, Republic of Seychelles; Oliver Alawuba, Group Managing Director and CEO, UBA Group; K Riva Levinson, President and CEO, KRL International LLC & moderator for the session Executive Director of the Forward Africa Leaders Symposium, Hannah Awuku, said the platform continues to serve as a bridge between leadership, policy and investment action.

Pictured (left to right) are Oliver Alawuba, Group Managing Director and CEO, UBA Group; Pierre Laporte, Minister for Finance, Economic Planning, Trade and Investment of Seychelles; Boitumelo Mosako, Chief Executive Officer, Development Bank of Southern Africa; Marie-Laure Akin-Olugbade, Senior Vice President, African Development Bank Group; Banji Fehintola, Executive Director and Head of Financial Services, Africa Finance Corporation; and Joe Mensah, Senior Vice President and Head of the Ghana Business Unit, Kosmos Energy.

Dr Patrick Herminie, President of the Republic of Seychelles, joined a distinguished gathering of African Union leaders, policymakers, development finance institutions, investors and business executives in New York for the Forward Africa Leaders Symposium (FALS) Global Conversations 2026.