IEFA / Conference of Montreal — Packed Outreach Page Draft

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Why This Conversation Exists: The Conference of Montreal already convenes serious people around serious issues. What is still under-programmed is not “Africa” as geography. It is Africa as decision intelligence. Across capital markets, critical minerals, infrastructure, energy security, Francophone market diversification, and AI implementation, African expertise is often discussed as context, but rarely brought in as operator-level authority. That is the gap. This page proposes a small number of voices who strengthen the Montreal agenda by adding: - resilience as an investability question, not a wellness cliché - African capital and infrastructure insight tied to real decision-making - operator-level perspectives from complex and fast-changing markets - AI and systems thinking that move from discussion to implementation The objective is not to send a catalogue. The objective is to help Rafael place 2–3 sharply relevant voices where they make the programme stronger. The Conference of Montreal is not a generic ideas festival. It is a business and policy room shaped by investment, trade, infrastructure, energy, technology, and high-level relationship building. That matters. If ASB is useful here, it will not be by pitching broad “African leadership” language or sending a speaker dump. It will be by identifying the exact places where African or Africa-linked expertise improves the programme intellectually and commercially. The strongest contribution is not symbolic diversity. It is decision-grade relevance.