ICCA Kigali 2025

Africa & International Arbitration: Untold Stories

ICCA and the Kigali International Arbitration Centre (KIAC) will co-host a one-day conference in Kigali on 5 June 2025. The conference will focus on the theme “Africa & International Arbitration: Untold Stories”.

Young ICCA will host a Skills Training Workshop on the Enforcement of Arbitral Awards on 6 June 2025, the day after the ICCA-KIAC Conference. Click here for more details on the Young ICCA event.

Registration

Registration is now open for the ICCA-KIAC Conference. For more information about the Conference, click here.

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Preliminary Programme

Register from 8:30 am at the Kigali Convention Centre.

Speakers:

Stanimir Alexandrov, ICCA President
Victor Mugabe, KIAC Secretary General
Lise Bosman, ICCA Executive Director
Meg Kinnear, Programme Co-chair
Thierry Ngoga, Programme Co-chair
John Ohaga, Programme Co-chair

Speaker:

Hon. Dr. Emmanuel Ugirashebuja, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Republic of Rwanda

What have been the historical obstacles to development of arbitration in Africa? How are countries addressing some of these obstacles through legal reforms? What are the untold stories around legal reform processes? How effective has law reform been? Are arbitration specialists and users benefitting? Are African practitioners ready? What other issues have been or need to be addressed?

Moderator:

Mohamed Abdel Wahab

Speakers:

Nakasamba Banda
Madeleine Kimei
Abayomi Okubote
Naomi Tarawali

Refreshments will be provided.

Moderator:

Makane Mbengue

Speakers:

Mercy Okiro
Nania Owusu-Ankomah Sackey

Refreshments will be provided.

An in-depth interview with the World Bank’s Chief Economist for Africa on global and African economic prospects, critically covering challenges and opportunities for commerce, trade and investment in the region.

Speaker:

Andrew Dabalen, Chief Economist, Africa, World Bank

Interviewer:

Dyalá Jiménez

Refreshments will be provided.

Practitioners take us from the Untold Stories of past and present to Future Stories about African arbitral practice, examining factors such as technology, culture, law and legal Instruments, people and, sectors and industries.

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