Who is there from Africa and across the world

KEY WEF Africa participants from the region include:

President Jacob Zuma, Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa, King Mswati III of Swaziland, President of Mauritius Ameenah GuribFakim; President of Zambia Edgar Chagwa Lungu; President of Uganda Yoweri Kaguta Museveni; President of Mozambique Filipe Jacinto Nyusi; President of Senegal Macky Sall; Prime Minister of Swaziland Barnabas Sibusiso Dlamini; Prime Minister of Namibia Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila; and Vice-President of Ghana Mahamudu Bawumia.

Other key attendees include Malusi Gigaba, minister of finance of South Africa; Sam Kutesa, minister of foreign affairs of Uganda; Joshua Setipa, minister of trade and industry of Lesotho; Jean Philbert Nsengimana, minister of youth and information and communication technology of Rwanda; Siyabonga Cwele, minister of telecommunications and postal services of South Africa; Tokozile Xasa, minister of tourism of South Africa; Rob Davies, minister of trade and industry of South Africa; Claver Gatete, minister of finance and economic planning of Rwanda; Sdumo Dlamini, president of Cosatu; Edna Molewa, minister of environmental affairs of South Africa; Aaron Motsoaledi, minister of health of South Africa; and Mmamoloko Nkhensani Kubayi, minister of energy of South Africa.

In addition, leaders from outside the region include Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Deputy Prime Minister and coordinating minister for economic and social policies of Singapore; Wolfgang Schauble, federal minister of finance of Germany; and Brigitte Zypries, federal minister of economic affairs and energy of Germany.

Representatives from international organisations include actor and activist Forest Whitaker, who is the Unesco special envoy for peace as well as a social activist with the Whitaker Peace and Development Initiative, and Mamadou Biteye, managing director, Africa regional office,of the Rockefeller Foundation.

Also in attendance is Gilbert Fossoun Houngbo, president of the International Fund for Agricultural Development; Ellen Agler, chief executive of The END Fund; and Mukhisa Kituyi, secretary-general for the UN Conference on Trade and Development.