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Tuesday, September 20, 2016 Cipriani 25 Broadway New York City Education: The Key to Africa’s Economic Growth Our address: Telecom House, Kigali, Rwanda We are delivering the Carnegie Mellon education experience in Africa through two world-class graduate programs: · Master of Science in Information Technology (MSIT) · Master of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering (MSECE) Our mission is to produce creative and technically strong engineers and leaders who have been trained in the unique context of Africa and will participate in the transformation of the region. EDUCATION PARTNER Learn more about us: www.cmu.edu/rwanda welcome On behalf of the CCA’s membership has experienced tremen- entire team and dous growth and the organization has played Board of Trustees a leading role in shaping a robust U.S.-Africa of the Africa-Amer- trade and investment promotion agenda. AAI ica Institute, it is an is proud to be a founding member organization honor and privilege of CCA. to be here with Ali Moshiri, President of Chevron Africa and you to lead the AAI Latin America Exploration and Production 2016 Awards Gala Company, is a long-time friend of AAI. We are and recognize the dedication, commitment to delighted to honor him with the AAI 2016 Life- excellence and spirit of giving that is charac- time Achievement Award for his remarkable teristic of this evening’s Awards recipients: Mr. contributions during his decades-long career Aliko Dangote, Mr. Stephen Hayes, Mr. Sunil in expanding Chevron’s footprint in Africa %HQLPDGKXDQG0U$OL0RVKLUL,RʏHUP\VLQ- under his leadership, increasing investment cere gratitude and heartfelt congratulations to in the energy sector and social investment all, as well as to the countries we will feature programs across communities. in tonight’s spotlight. This year’s Awards Gala theme, “Education: The Key to Africa’s Economic And it’s always an honor to recognize our Growth”LVVRWLPHO\DQGHVSHFLDOO\ʐWWLQJ distinguished alumni. Sunil Benimadhu, Chief given our honorees and their support of Executive of the Stock Exchange of Mauritius AAI and its long-standing mission. (SEM), will receive the AAI 2016 Distinguished Alumnus Award for his role in fueling As Africa’s leading industrialist and business Mauritius’ booming economy. An alumnus of leader, Aliko Dangote, President and Chief AAI’s African Graduate Fellowship Program ([HFXWLYH2ʒFHURIWKH'DQJRWH*URXSZLOO (AFGRAD), he received a Master’s in Business receive the AAI 2016 African Business Leader Administration from the University of Illinois. Award for his role in championing African entrepreneurship, greater business and For more than 60 years, AAI has been at the investment in Africa through his company’s center of Africa’s social, economic and political global brand and commitment to expanding transformation. Our alumni are today’s leaders regional integration on the continent. in Africa, and worldwide. Thank you for attend- ing tonight’s Awards Gala to celebrate African :KLOHRʏHULQJWUHPHQGRXVEXVLQHVVDQG achievement, and for your support of AAI. investment potential, the enormous strides We hope you continue to join us in providing in Africa’s economic progress have helped to greater opportunities for Africa’s young people grow a vibrant middle class and propel tech- to become leaders in their communities, nological advancements. A major contributor FRXQWULHVŝDQGWKHZRUOG to this outcome is tonight’s honoree Stephen Hayes, President and CEO of the Corporate Council on Africa (CCA). We’re thrilled to pay a .RNJ$SSHQWHQJ special tribute to him through our presentation Chair of the AAI 2016 U.S. Business Leader Award. Under his outstanding 17-year leadership, EVENING PROGRAM The Africa-America Institute 2016 Annual Awards Gala MASTER OF CEREMONIES Vladimir Duthiers CBS News Correspondent INVOCATION Rev. Canon Petero A.N. Sabune State Chaplain for Re-entry New York State Department of Corrections and Community Services WELCOME .RNJ$SSHQWHQJ Chair, Board of Trustees • The Africa-America Institute AAI 2016 LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD Ali Moshiri President, Chevron Africa and Latin America Exploration and Production Company PRESENTED BY H.E. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf President of the Republic of Liberia DINNER BREAK AAI VIDEO PRESENTATION 6WHYHQ3IHLljHU Board of Trustees, The Africa-America Institute Education: The Key To Africa’s Economic Growth #AAIGALA AAI 2016 DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI AWARD Sunil Benimadhu Chief Executive, Stock Exchange of Mauritius PRESENTED BY Anne Kabagambe Board of Trustees, The Africa-America Institute SPECIAL TRIBUTE AND AAI 2016 U.S. BUSINESS LEADER AWARD Stephen Hayes 3UHVLGHQWDQG&KLHI([HFXWLYH2njFHU7KH&RUSRUDWH&RXQFLORQ$IULFD AAI 2016 AFRICAN BUSINESS LEADER AWARD Aliko Dangote 3UHVLGHQWDQG&KLHI([HFXWLYH2njFHU'DQJRWH*URXS AAI 2016 REGIONAL INTEGRATION AWARD The People of the Republic of Rwanda RECEIVED BY H.E. Paul Kagame President of the Republic of Rwanda PRESENTED BY James H. Garrett, Jr. Dean of the College of Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University CLOSING REMARKS MASTERS OF CEREMONIES Vladimir Duthiers Correspondent, CBS News Vladimir Duthiers is a New York-based correspondent for CBS News and CBSN, a 24/7 digital streaming network from CBS News. Since joining CBS News in 2014, the Peabody Award and Emmy Award-winning journalist has covered a wide-range of breaking and feature stories in the U.S. and on the African continent. His work has been featured on CBS THIS MORNING, the CBS EVENING NEWS WITH SCOTT PELLEY, CBS SUNDAY MORNING WITH CHARLES OSGOOD and all CBS News platforms. Before CBS News, Duthiers was an international correspondent at CNN, based in Lagos, Nigeria. His work there was honored with a Peabody Award for his reporting on the more than 200 girls kidnapped from their school in Northeastern Nigeria by the Islamist terror group Boko Haram. While in the region, Duthiers covered the ongoing military intervention in Mali, the terrorist attack on the Amenas gas plant in Algeria, the trial and sentencing of the former Liberian warlord Charles Taylor at the ICC in Sierra Leone, and President Barack Obama’s visit to Senegal. 'XWKLHUVKDVUHSRUWHGRQWKHSOLJKWRIWUDʒFNHGFKLOGUHQLQ+DLWLDQGLQWHUYLHZHG +DLWLDQ3UHVLGHQW0LFKHO0DUWHOO\LQSUHVVLQJKLPRQKLVFRXQWU\şVHʏRUWVWRFUDFN GRZQRQFKLOGWUDʒFNLQJ He began his career at CNN in 2009 as a production assistant on the news program “Amanpour” before going on to serve as an associate producer for “Anderson Cooper rŢ+HZDVDPRQJWKHʐUVWMRXUQDOLVWVWRDUULYHLQ+DLWLWRFRYHUWKHHDUWKTXDNH and was part of the team that won two Emmy Awards for their coverage. Prior to his career in journalism, Duthiers spent 18 years in the investment management industry, most recently as a managing director at an investment company, where he led global investment initiatives for clients based in 21 countries. honoree AAI 2016 AFRICAN BUSINESS LEADER AWARD Aliko Dangote President and Chief Executive 2njFHURIWKH'DQJRWH*URXS $OLNR'DQJRWHLVWKH3UHVLGHQWDQG&KLHI([HFXWLYH2ʒFHURIWKH'DQJRWH*URXS Mr. Dangote founded Dangote Group over 30 years ago and has turned his enterprise into the largest business conglomerate in West Africa, with a market capitalization of $15 billion as of October 2015. The Dangote Group is the largest private employer in Nigeria. Mr. Dangote invests in 18 African countries, creating jobs and economic value across the continent in a range of industries. A leading global philanthropist, Mr. Dangote has set up the largest Foundation in Africa with an endowment of $1.25 billion in March 2014. Locally focused, but globally minded, the Dangote Foundation is at the forefront of improving the nutrition, health and education of Nigerians. He is passionate about lifting the most vulnerable people out of poverty through economic empowerment. The Foundation is a leading contributor to the ‘Saving One Million Lives’ every year in Nigeria initiative. The Dangote Foundation was at the vanguard of containing the spread of Ebola in Nigeria and other parts of Africa. The Foundation was the biggest private contributor to the African Union Ebola Trust Fund with a donation of $3 million. Mr. Dangote is a member of the United Nations Secretary-General’s Global Education First Initiative steering committee; founding member of the Private Sector Health Alliance of Nigeria, a coalition between the private sector and health organizations to achieve the MDGs; founding member of the Gordon Brown-led Global Business Coalition for Education; and sits on the Board of the Corporate Council on Africa. He is a member of the Clinton Global Initiative and the World Economic Forum. honoree SPECIAL TRIBUTE AND AAI 2016 U.S. BUSINESS LEADER AWARD Stephen Hayes President and CEO, Corporate Council on Africa Stephen Hayes is the President and CEO of the Corporate Council on Africa, the leading US organization on US-Africa trade and economic relations. A tireless advocate of US-Africa trade, Mr. Hayes has promoted a broad agenda of trade and investment promotion, policy advocacy, public-private partnership, and citizen diplomacy while at the helm of CCA for 17 years. In 1999, Mr. Hayes was named President of CCA, where he transformed what was then a struggling organization into the primary business organization working exclusively on US-Africa economic and trade relations. Under his leadership, CCA has experienced tremendous growth in membership to more than 200 members, representing about 85 percent of US private investment in Africa. Mr. Hayes and CCA are the only entities in America to have been awarded the two highest awards given by the US Government
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