Africa Day 2017!
Africa Day event has become an established yearly event for Hamburg. The event which started in 2012 engages both African and German citizens in a colourful, enthralling, and inspiring festival of different African cultures.
In 2016, close to 10,000 visitors came to the intercultural event organized by IMIC e.V. (www.imicenter.com). The backdrop of tents and the open-air stage, celebrates the founding of the organization of the African Unity on the 25th of May 1963.
The event will feature vibrant music, exciting dance shows, exciting dialogues and exotic dishes.The Africa Day 2017 will be opened with an Africa Day Investment Forum on the 24th of May 2017. The forum is aimed at intensifying economic relations between the Hanseatic City of Hamburg and Africa and again provides a top-class networking that brings entrepreneurs and political decision-makers together and creates jobs through future-oriented projects and joint ventures.
The event will run through Sunday, May 28th at the Wandsbek Marktplatz.Down below is the day to day schedule for the entire festival.
Wednesday, 24, May 2017
Africa Day Investment Forum 2017
"Africa as a Growing Market for the Future"Separate registration: www.imicenter.com.
Event Hall (Spiegelsaal) in the Hotel Grand Elysee.
Moderation: Miranda Oben, Burkhard Plemper
09:00 Welcome: Sylvaina Gerlich
Member of the Integration Council of the Hamburg Senate,
President IMIC e.V. (Intercultural Migrant Integration Centre) Hamburg09:15 Rolf Salo
President of Salo AG Hamburg,
Patron of the Africa Day 201709:30 Dr. Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings
Former First Lady of the Republic of Ghana, Accra09.45 Jonathan Townsend
Chief Executive Prince’s Trust International, London
(Prince Charles of Wales Trust)10:00 Investment Ghana:
Hon. Mohammed Awal
Minister of Business Development of the Republic of Ghana, AccraHealth & Social Affairs
10:15 Hon. Jane Aceng
Minister of Health of the Republic of Uganda, Kampala10:30 Hon. Dr. Abdourahmane Diallo
Minister of Health of the Republic of Guinea, Conakry10:45 Panel 1 - Health & Social Affairs
Hon. Jane Aceng, Minister of Health of the Republic of Uganda, Kampala
Hon. Dr. Abdourahmane Diallo, Minister of Health of the Republic of Guinea, Conakry
Rolf Salo, President of Salo AG Hamburg
Jonathan Townsend, Chief Executive Prince's Trust International, London
Riko Mauksch, Director of Research and Development, CONIM Investment AG, Switzerland11:30 Break
12:00 Investments Nigeria:
Hon. Atiku Abubakar
Former Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, LagosEnergy & Water
12:15 Alhaji Dr. Auwalu Abdullahi Rano
Chairman and Founder A. A. Rano Group Nigeria, Kano12:30 Panel 2 - Energy & Water
Andreas Rohardt, Honorary Consul of the Republic of Niger, Hamburg
Ndago Simplice, Managing Director of SellNow Marketing, Dortmund
Mike Mohigh, Executive Director, Adepa Africa Investment Ghana, Accra
Chief John Nnia Nwodo, President-General Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Nigeria13:15 Good Governance:
Prof. Attahiru Muhammadu Jega
Former INEC Chairman's Department of Political Science, Bayero University Nigeria, Kano13:30 Break
Agriculture
13:45 Agriculture:
Maria Aba Lovelace-Johnson
Head of Food Safety Management
Department Food and Drugs Authority Ghana, Accra14:00 Panel 3 - Agriculture
Igor Cesar, Ambassador of the Rwanda Republic, Berlin
Faisal Munkaila, Senior Agricultural Economist, Policy Planning and Budget Directorate, Ministry of Food and Agriculture Accra, Ghana
Eric W. Lüdemann, Managing Director of GreenGrow-International, Todendorf
Werner Schmitz, HL Leistungsfutter Harburg14:45 Real Estate:
Gladys Adevey
Business Dev Executive, Property Point Marketing Services Ghana, Accra
-----15:30 BtoB-Talks
Closed program (please register)19:00-24:00
Gala Dinner at Hotel Grand Elyseé
With International Award and Cultural Program with Saliou Cissokko, Kora (Senegal) and Okyeame Kwame (Ghana), Fufu Africa Folk Drum Group (Togo), Nana Achampong (Ghana), Ekome Music and Dance Ensemble (Ghana), Ogene New Jerusalem Enugu (Nigeria )19:30 Opening of the Gala Dinner
His Royal Majesty, Emmanuel Emwkejewa Sideso, Ovie of Ovwie Kingdom, Effurum, Nigeria19:40 Presentation of the International Awards
Hon. Abdul-Rashid Hassan Pelpuo, Former Minister of State Ghana, Accra20:00 Evening Gala Dinner
Thursday, May 25, 2017
Africa Day 2017
Public Event, Wandsbek Market
Moderation: Miranda Above, Ndago Simplice11:00-22:00
African market, information stalls, photo exhibition, culinary dishes from different countries – „African role models in Germany“, Presentation of the Africa Filmfestival Hamburg by IMIC Tent11:30 African Music: Drum Group, Gospel Singers
13:00 Open ceremony - Christian and Muslim clergymen: Bishop Ernest K. Asiamah, Mighty Power Prayer Ministry Int. (Hamburg), Chief Imam Sheikh Hussein (Berlin)
13:20 Open ceremony: Sylvaina Gerlich, Member of the Hamburg Integration Advisory Board, President IMIC e.V. (Intercultural Immigration Integration Center), Frank Heinrich, Chancellor of the University of Applied Management (Erding), Managing Director Stensington International Management Academy (Hamburg) and Advisor of IMIC e.V.
13:30 Drum group: Fufu Afrika Folk (Togo)
13:50 Rolf Salo, President of Salo AG Hamburg, Patron of the Africa Day 2017
14:00 Senator a.D. Ian. K. Karan (Hamburg)
14:10 Traditional dance group: Ekome Music and Dance Ensemble (Ghana),
14:30 Dr. Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings, Former First Lady of the Republic of Ghana, Accra
14:40 Saliou Cissokko, Kora (Senegal)
15:00 Johannes Kahrs, Member of the German Parliament (SPD, Hamburg / Berlin)
15:10 Traditional dance groups: Nzema / Apollo Union, Kapsong Culture Hamburg, Dangme Group (Ghana)
15:30 Dr. Akuma Saningong, motivational trainer and lecture speaker
15:45 Traditional music: Mark Kofi Asamoah (Berlin / Ghana)
16:05 Dr. Regina Grosse, University Hospital Hamburg (UKE), information of Sickle Cell Disease
16:35 Traditional dance groups: Gadangme Club, Ewe Group (Ghana)
17:00 Singer and guitarist: Chris Kunle (Canada)
17:30 Dance group: Déjanté Bi (Senegal)
18:30 Ogene New Jerusalem Group (Nigeria)
19:30 Nana Achampong and Band (Ghana), celebrates with his band 26th anniversary
20:30-22:00
Azonto Music NightFriday, 26, May 2017
Africa Day 2017
Public Event, Wandsbek Market
Moderation: Effiya Ephya, Ndago Simplice11:00-22:00
African market, information stalls, photo exhibition, culinary dishes from different countries – „African role models in Germany“, Presentation of the Africa Filmfestival Hamburg and Teens Talk (GH TV Abroad) by IMIC Tent11:30 African music: Gospel Singers and Urban Waves
12:30 Hon. Dwemena Yeboah, Deputy Ambassador of the Republic of Ghana in Germany, Berlin
12:40 Singer and guitarist: Chris Kunle (Canada)
12:50 Dr. Kingsley Ohene-Dokyi, President of Ghana Supreme Council – celebrating his 50th anniversary ceremonie as an African Medical Doctor in Hamburg
13:00 Dance group: Massi (Kenya)
13:30 Traditional dance group Burkina Faso
14:00 Kazim Abaci, Member of the Hamburg Parliament (SPD), Spokesperson for Migration, Integration and Refugee Policy
14:10 Traditional dance group: Ekome Music and Dance Ensemble (Ghana)
15:00 Joe Tackie, Business Development of the Republic of Ghana, Office of the President
15:10 Kora: Samba Ndiaye (Senegal)
15:30 Bernd P. Holst, President Bürger helfen Bürgern und Freiwilligenbörse Hamburg
15:30 Teens Talk (GH TV Abroad), Talkshow for young people in the IMIC tent until 16 :00
15:40 Traditional music: Mark Kofi Asamoah (Berlin / Ghana)
16:40 Nana Yaa Ntidwuma I, Queen Mother of Krofa, Assembly Member of Juaso Asante Akyem District (Ghana)
Nene Teye Kwesi Okukrubuor Agyemang V, King of Dodowa District (Ghana)17:00 Drum group: Fufu Afrika Folk (Togo)
17:50 Comfort Doyoe Cudjoe Ghansah, Former Minister of State (Ghana)
18:00 Project Road Trip, Voice of Germany 2016
19:00 Okyeame Kwame and Band (Ghana)
20:00 Nana Achampong and Band (Ghana)
21:00-22:00
Azonto Music NightSaturday, 27, May 2017
Africa Day 2017
Public Event, Wandsbek Market
Moderation: Beatrace Oola, Ndago Simplice11:00-22:00
African market, information stalls, photo exhibition, culinary dishes from different countries – „African role models in Germany“, Presentation of the Africa Filmfestival Hamburg by IMIC Tent
11:30 Urban Waves12:00 RAI-Vision (Refuges from Eritrea)
12:30 Heinrich-Otto Patzer, FDP Hamburg-Mitte
12:40 Umuada Igbo - Nigeria's oldest women's group
13:00 Roland Heintze, Chairman of the CDU Hamburg
13:10 African fashion show with drum group: Fufu Afrika Folk (Togo)
13:50 Isah Ordinary Ahmad, President of Brekete Family, Owner of Human Right Radio 101.1 FM (Nigeria)
14:00 Panel discussion on the G 20 summit: AFRIPART 20 Participation (?) And G20 partnerships (?) On Africa
Dr. Seth N. Asumah, Chair African Studies Department, Professor of Political Science, State University of New York at Cortland
Dr. Jane Ayeko-Kümmeth, Journalist in the Africa Area at Deutsche Welle
Hon. Dr. Abdul-Rashid Hassan Pelpuo, Former Minister of State for Private Sector Development Ghana
Dr. Louis Henri Seukwa, Professor of Educational Sciences at the Faculty of Economics and Social Affairs of the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences
Moderation: Falk Schlegel and Beatrace Oola
(Event on stage)14:00 Stories from Africa, told by: Luisa Natiwi (Uganda) and Hasina Samoelinanja (Madagascar) - in the IMIC Tent
15:30 Welcoming the African Kings of different African regions from Berlin, Bremen, Hamburg, Hanover
15:45 Music group: Ogene New Jerusalem Enugu (Nigeria)
16:10 Chief John Nnia Nwodo, President-General Ohanaeze Ndigbo (Nigeria)
16:20 African dance groups: Enugu Cultural and Development Union - Masquerade Group, Abriba Dance Group, Anambra (Nigeria)
17:00 Project Road Trip, Voice of Germany 2016
18:00 René Tenenjou (King of the Lions)
19:00 Okyeame Kwame and Band (Ghana)
20:00 Nana Achampong and Band (Ghana)
21:00-22:00
Azonto Music NightSunday, 28, May 2017
Africa Day 2017
Public Event, Wandsbek Market
Moderation: Beatrace Oola, Ndago Simplice11:00-22:00
African market, information stalls, photo exhibition, culinary dishes from different countries – „African role models in Germany“, Presentation of the Africa Filmfestival Hamburg by IMIC Tent11:30 African music: Gospel Singers
12:00 Open Ceremony: Snr. Pastor Kingsley Nimo, International Christian Church, Berlin
13:00 Drum group: Fufu Afrika Folk (Togo)
13.30 Dr. Wieland Schinnenburg, Vice-President of the Hamburg Parliament
13:40 Traditional bands: Nzema / Apollo Union, Kapsong Culture Hamburg, Dangme Group, Gadangme Club, Ewe Group (Ghana)
14:30 Hon. Mohammed Awal, Minister of Business Development of the Republic of Ghana
14:40 Traditional dance group: Ekome Music and Dance Ensemble (Ghana)
15:40 Dr. Regina Grosse, University Hospital Hamburg (UKE), information of Sickle Cell Disease (on stage)
15:40 Stories from Africa, told by: Luisa Natiwi (Uganda) and Hasina Samoelinanja (Madagascar) - in the IMIC Tent
16:20 Rolf Salo, President of Salo AG Hamburg, Patron of the Africa Day 2017
16:35 Traditional dance groups: Gadangme Club, Ewe Group (Ghana)
17:00 Singer and guitarist: Chris Kunle (Canada)
17:30 Drum group: Fufu Afrika Folk (Togo)
18.30 Ogene New Jerusalem Group (Nigeria)
19:30 Nana Achampong and Band (Ghana)
20:30-22:00
Azonto Music Night
IMIC e.V. (Intercultural Migration Integrations Center e.V.)
Am Neumarkt 30, 22041 Hamburg (Oslo-Haus)
E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Internet: www.imicenter.com, VR 20866
Phone: 040 689 499 69, Fax: 040 689 499 70
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Africa Day Hamburg Kicks Off on Wednesday, May 24th, 2017
