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UK Parliament To Host Heritage And Cultural Society Of Africa’s 2025 Sankofa Summit, President Of Ghana & Actor Hugh Quarshie Among Headliners

President John Dramani Mahama of Ghana will be among the guests.

Key discussion points across the summit will include inter-generational learning, leveraging the creative economy for job creation, technology-enabled capacity building, and strategies for uniting Africans on the continent and in the diaspora to expand opportunities in finance, trade, and employment. Dicussing this year’s event, Johanna Odonkor Svanikier, Founder and CEO of HACSA Foundation, said: “Empowering Africa’s youth is not just an investment in our future – it is a necessity for the present. Diane Abbott MP – Member of Parliament Clarke Peters – Actor, Writer & Director Oritsé Williams – Musician & Founder JLS Edmund Poku – CEO, Niche Cocoa Industry Ltd Abena Osei-Asare MP – Former Deputy Minister of Finance, Ghana Karima Ola – Partner & Head of African financial services, Leap Frog Tidanke Diaby Sidibe – CEO, PLOT Enterprise SA Georja Calvin-Smith – Journalist, Producer & Presenter, France24 Samuel Brooksworth – CEO, Remotelli Jim Baiden – Chairperson, Fidelity Bank, Ghana Bijou Abiola – Vice President Cartier Luke Pepera – Writer, Broadcaster, Historian and Anthropologist

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