The second edition of the Impact Leaders Breakfast has taken place, bringing together business executives, investors, policymakers, entrepreneurs, development partners, and innovators from across the continent.
Organized by Implementers, this year’s edition was held under the theme “Leading Together With Global Insights For Local Impact.”
Delivering the welcome address, convener and founder of the Impact Leaders Breakfast (ILB), Kafui Prebbie, urged young people to collaborate and explore partnerships, adding that more can be achieved together than alone.
“Like they always say, if you want to go fast, you go alone. If you want to go far, you go with people. You can’t do it alone, you need to go with other people. Even my team runs businesses ,we run our operations together as a collaboration,” Kafui stated.
Kafui also hinted that the organization is considering organizing the event to a quarterly basis rather than its usual annual schedule, explaining that he sees it as an important part of empowering the next generation.
“They’ve said, not only once a year should we do this, but every quarter we should have a leader from amongst us share with people of the world. For us, this is an important part of empowering the next generation,giving young people access to knowledge, perspectives, and new lessons,” Kafui added.
Also speaking at the event, CEO of Bako Group Holdings, Bako Ambianda, stressed the importance of partnership, adding that moving Africa forward will depend heavily on the partnerships built across the continent.
“We must have that mind shift, because in order for us to take Africa from point A to point B, it’s about building the right partnerships. Understand that we cannot do it alone. I can start a business in Ghana, partner with somebody in Singapore, partner with somebody in Senegal, and together that business can take Africa to the next level,” Bako stated,
Bako added that Africans need to be the drivers of Africa’s progress noting that the “opposite of globalization is not Africanization”.
Delivering the keynote address, Co-Founder of Springboard Road Show Foundation, Rev. Albert Ocran, urged Ghanaian and African leaders to adapt rather than adopt,explaining that solutions which have worked elsewhere should not be applied wholesale to the local setting, but rather adapted to fit local context, since what works in one setting won’t necessarily achieve the same results in another.
“Let’s adapt and not just adopt. Some of the things that are working in different continents will work here, but with slight variation, because we are unique. Let’s understand the Ghanaian story, let’s understand the Ghanaian people, let’s understand our journey, our demographic, and adapt some of these solutions,” Rev. Ocran stated.
Closing his remarks, Rev. Ocran challenged individuals to, at least once in their lifetime, take up something they believe is impossible for them, explaining that the learning gained from the attempt is worth it ,even if they end up failing.
“In a person’s lifetime, you must sign up to something you think you can’t do,” he said.
The Impact Leaders Breakfast (ILB), founded by Kafui Prebbie, is an exclusive forum that convenes Africa’s leading business executives, investors, policymakers, entrepreneurs, development partners, and innovators for strategic conversations about unlocking investment and accelerating sustainable development.
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