High Level Event Host

HIGH LEVEL EVENT HOST

For the past ten years, Erskine's celebrated skill in live event hosting results from her unique blend of experience as a broadcast journalist and communications specialist and her passion for advancing narratives on building sustainable global economies. Renowned in the global events circuit, her portfolio includes high-level dialogues, conferences, summits, prestigious award ceremonies, launches, and diplomatic receptions. Her extensive background in strategic communications and high-level negotiations, combined with a deep understanding of international standards, qualifies her to facilitate events hosted by governments, international economic agencies, development organizations, and multinational corporations. These dual talents in exuberant storytelling and global protocols have enabled her to host over 500 events globally with exceptional flair and precision. Anita’s impressive roster of clients includes the United Nations, the World Bank Group, the Global Enabling Sustainability Initiative, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), African Export–Import Bank (Afreximbank), the Portuguese Diaspora Council, Grow, Unite, Build Africa (GUBA) Enterprise, the African Leadership Network (ALN), the ECOWAS Investment Bank, and the African Union.

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Biashara Africa - Official Opening Ceremony - KIGALI

The second edition of the AfCFTA Business Forum, branded Biashara Afrika 2024 (#BA2024) will be held at the Kigali Convention Centre, October 9-11, 2024, under the patronage of the President of the Republic of Rwanda, H.E. Paul Kagame. Co Hosted with the Government of Rwanda, under the theme 'Dare to Invent the Future of the AfCFTA', #BA2024 will provide an engaging and dynamic platform for continued dialogue between African public and private sectors, multinationals and key stakeholders regarding the challenges and opportunities in the process of building regional and continental value chains and establishing reliable supply chains networks, which are essential to unlocking the full potential of intra-Africa trade.

UNGA79 Side Event: How Countries Are Reimagining and Renewing Global Commitments to Primary Health Care (PHC) - NEW YORK

On Wednesday, September 25, 2024, the GFF and partners held a high-level event on the sidelines of the 79th Session of the UN General Assembly: “How Countries are Reimagining and Renewing Global Commitments to Primary Health Care.”

Cohosted by United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the Global Financing Facility (GFF), World Bank, the Children's Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF), and the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), the event showcased how visionary country leadership and strategic partnerships are working together to catalyze a new era of investments and innovation in #primaryhealthcare.

Capital Meets Policy Dialogue - Policymaker’s Perspective with HE Wamkele Mene (SG, AfCFTA) - ACCRA

The Capital Meets Policy Dialogue is the premier annual summit between senior policymakers and prominent investors. It brings together the most influential voices on both sides to debate solutions to the most pressing issues facing capital investment, value creation and policymaking.

The Policymaker’s Perspective

Perspectives on launching AfCTA, and the impact on the Continent
Key challenges faced in achieving AfCTA objectives
Potential collaborations under consideration to achieve a single market for trade

Digital With Purpose Global Summit 2024 - CASCAIS

The Digital with Purpose Global Summit seeks to position innovation and digital solutions as central to the sustainability agenda, with sustainability reciprocally forming the core of the digital agenda. While there is substantial evidence that digital technologies are instrumental in addressing pressing sustainability challenges and empowering global leaders, we currently lack the requisite tools, business models, talent, skills, and collaborations to fully harness the potential of digitalization.

13th All Africa Games : Opening Ceremony - ACCRA

The 13th edition of the African Games was held in Accra, the nation's capital, hosted by Anita Erskine from Ghana and Jalal Bouzrara from Morocco. It witnessed ten to fifteen days of exciting contests of brain and brawn by 5000 elite athletes and coaches from fifty-five African countries in twenty-nine selected sports codes. The event also had over 3000 technical officers, journalists, and global celebrities, with a TV and online audience of over 5.5 billion. Additionally, the 13th edition of the African Games was used as an official qualifier for the XXXIII Olympic Games Paris 2024.

Africa’s Pulse: Why Tackling Inequality is Essential for Growth 2024 - VIRTUAL

Did you know that Sub-Saharan Africa is the most unequal region in the world after Latin America and the Caribbean? Beyond income disparities, unequal access to public services and unfair rules of the game in the marketplace conspire to hold people back and limit their potential to participate fully in the economy. In this discussion of the Africa’s Pulse – a biannual snapshot of economic trends in the region, speakers from the World Bank, Oxfam and academia will debate the role that inequality plays in constraining growth and invite viewers to imagine a future where each person is allowed to be as productive and prosperous as they would like to be.

Africa Prosperity Dialogues 2024 - Presidential Dialogues - PEDUASE

The Africa Prosperity Dialogues, organized by the APN in partnership with the Africa Continental Free Trade Area Secretariat and the Government of the Republic of Ghana, among others, serve as a dedicated annual platform that brings together Africa and Global Africa’s business executives and organizations, thought leaders, and political leaders to think together, plan together, and work together with the needed urgency to drive the goal of building the world’s largest single market in Africa. The Africa Prosperity Dialogues were adopted by the African Union on February 19, 2023, by its supreme policy and decision-making organ, as an important instrument for mobilizing private sector ownership and drive of the continent’s all-important AfCFTA project. This took place at the 36th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government

Women Political Leaders Global Summit 2024 - Athens

2024 is a crucial year for democracy; high-profile elections worldwide will shape global leadership. It is now the time to work on shaping a future where democratic values resonate globally. It is now the time to prove that Representation Matters. Politicians from around the globe convened in Athens, the birthplace of democracy, to attend the WPL Summit 2024 in March, co-hosted by the Government of Greece and under the esteemed patronage of President Katerina Sakellaropoulou. The #WPLSummit2024 served as a critical platform for women politicians to address pressing challenges and seize opportunities facing democracies in the 21st century. More than 200 women leaders, representing 60 countries, convened in the prestigious halls of the Hellenic Parliament and the Acropolis Museum to strategize on addressing global issues while exploring broader systemic changes and individual actions needed to remove barriers for women in politics.

Africa's Business Heroes 2023 Awards Ceremony - KIGALI

2023 is Africa’s Business Heroes’ 5th anniversary. A mid-way mark in our prize competition program. Join us to celebrate with the most diverse entrepreneurial community on the continent.

AfriNEXT 2023 - WASHINGTON DC

It is time to reframe the narrative on African successes and innovation.

On December 12, high-level experts and innovators at AfriNEXT—a conference hosted by the Atlantic Council and global development company DAI— showcased the strong business case for investment in African markets, as well as the importance of situating investments and other partnerships squarely in local contexts. Panelists shared perspectives on all that lies ahead for the African continent, including the rising power of its youth, the impact of digitalization, and the threat of climate change.

Black Stars Awards 2023 - NEW YORK

In the heart of the world’s financial capital, New York City, the BlackStars Summit & Awards commanded the spotlight on November 2-3, 2023, bringing together over 1000 industry leaders and professionals across various sectors for two days of learning, connections, and inspiration. Created by PanaGenius, a media company focused on amplifying the diverse voices of the modern Afro-Diaspora, BlackStars aims to highlight, connect, and empower a new era of of leaders and emerging talent who embody the richness, diversity and vast potential of the Black Diaspora. The annual summit & awards serves as a platform to exchange ideas, ignite transformation, inspire excellence, and celebrate the exceptional contributions and impact of these leaders in the corporate realm.

AfriCaribbean Trade and Investment Forum (ACTIF2023) - GEORGETOWN

The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) and the Government of Guyana welcomed delegates to the second annual AfriCaribbean Trade and Investment Forum (ACTIF2023), from October 30 – 31, 2023 in Georgetown, Guyana under the theme "Creating a Shared Prosperous Future".

After the success of the inaugural forum in Barbados in 2022, ACTIF will again focus on strengthening ties between the private sectors of the two regions to advance trade and investment.

Key focus areas for B2B engagements and panel discussions included:

Accelerating industrialisation and manufacturing capacity
Creating conditions to accelerate private sector investment
Improving infrastructure, financing and trade logistics
Developing special economic zones and industrial parks
Promoting trade, tourism and regional integration
Improving agricultural productivity and agribusiness

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Global Financing Facility (GFF) Pledging Event - World Health Summit 2023 - BERLIN

With the support of representatives from Germany, the Netherlands and Côte d'Ivoire, the 2023 GFF Resource Mobilization Campaign will have a pledging event at the World Health Summit in Berlin on October 16, 2023. The event will showcase accelerated efforts and commitments from global and country partners on advancing the rights and opportunities of women, children and young people. It will further discuss how new models of co-investments and partnerships can help address the scale of development challenges affecting women, girls, and adolescents and addressing the root causes of inequality.

Digital With Purpose Global Summit 2023 - LISBON

What is Digital with Purpose? Accelerating Action through Digital Technologies.

It’s ambitious - a Movement of leaders joining forces in a race to deliver against the Paris Agreement and Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. We believe in a world where technology, innovation and collaboration can transform the fortunes of our planet.

The Digital With Purpose Global Summit aims at putting innovation and digital solutions at the core of the sustainability agenda, and sustainability at the core of the digital agenda. We have enough evidence that digital is the key to address the most pressing sustainability challenges and to empower worldwide leaders in building a more sustainable future.

Eurafrican 2023 - CASCAIS

The EurAfrican Forum is an action-oriented platform that aims to foster stronger collaboration between Europe and Africa, better promote a shared green and inclusive growth, uncover new business and social impact investment opportunities & create synergies between both innovation models. Innovators, opinion-formers, game-changers, pioneers, dreamers and mavericks who are shaping the Africa of today gather each year constituting the ‘EurAfrican Community Network’. Under the theme “EU-Africa Alliance: Opportunities for Growth”, the 2023 Forum aims to promote an effective, modern, and inclusive debate supported by ideas, realities and projects in the mutual interest of the twin continents.

Women Political Leaders Summit 2023 - BRUSSELS

The annual WPL Summit is the largest worldwide gathering of women politicians, including some of the most powerful leaders on the planet. It convenes and gives a platform to leaders whose influence inspires women to enter and rise in politics.

Africa's Business Heroes

Africa's Business Heroes (ABH) is the Jack Ma Foundation's flagship philanthropic program in Africa to support entrepreneurs.

State Banquet in Honour of USA VP, HE Kamala Harris.

US Vice President Kamala Harris visited the Republic of Ghana as the first stop on her three-nation African tour. As part of her visit The President of the Republic of Ghana HE Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo- Addo hosted her at a State Banquet Dinner.

The Africa Netpreneur Prize

The Africa Netpreneur Prize Initiative (ANPI) now Africa's Business Heroes, is the Jack Ma Foundation's flagship philanthropic entrepreneur program in Africa. We aim to identify, spotlight and support African entrepreneur heroes creating impact in their communities and building a more inclusive economy for the future.

The Rangers Awards

The Paradise Foundation, a Chinese conservation charity co-led by Alibaba Executive Chairman Jack Ma, awarded grants to 50 African rangers working to protect wildlife on the continent of Africa.

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Handing Over of the AfCFTA Secretariat

On August 17 2020, The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, commissioned and handed over the Secretariat of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) to the African Union (AU) Commission,marks a historic milestone in the road to fullfil the vision of our Founding Fathers for Continental Integration, that dates back to the inaugural session of the OAU in 1963, articulated most strongly by then President Kwame Nkrumah in his landmark speech.

Africa is now the world’s largest free trade area since the formation of the World Trade Organisation, and we must make it count.

Clean Cookstove Forum 2022

Co-hosted by CCA and the Government of Ghana, the Clean Cooking Forum 2022 convened global leaders to pave the way for much needed action. Policymakers, entrepreneurs, investors, donors, and other key partners came together to discuss the urgencies around bringing clean cooking to the billions who live without it.

Africa Diaspora Dialogue WIth Business Leaders

The maiden edition of the Africa Prosperity Dialogues, convened in Ghana from 26-28 January, ended with the adoption of a business and policy leaders Compact to fast-track implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Agreement as a development accelerator for Africa’s prosperity.