Zambia @ 55 Years
Black Tie Event

Date: October 19, 2019
Welcome Reception: 6:00 PM
Event Commencement: 7:00 PM
Location: Atlanta Marriott Perimeter Center,  246 Perimeter Center Pkwy NE, Atlanta GA 30346 (Book your group rate for Zambia at 55 Years of Independence)

Speakers:
His Excellency Ambassador Dr. Ngosa Simbyakula, Julie Anne Savarit Cosenza, Co-Founder of the Africa Education Program and Markus Green, Assistant General Counsel for Pfizer, Inc.

Event Theme: Empowering African Diaspora in Economic Development. . . Celebrating 55 Years of Peace.

Event Price: $150 to $200

Purpose:

  • Celebrate 55 years of independence and peace and share Zambia’s untold story
  • Promote investment, entrepreneurial and tourist opportunities between Atlanta and Zambia
  • Build and strengthen social, cultural and economic ties between Zambians and those in the diaspora
  • Promote leadership, responsibility and accountability beyond 55 years of Independence

And to get you started here are some interesting facts about Zambia…

  • Victoria Falls located in Livingstone has the largest natural waterfall in the world and is one of the seven natural wonders of the world.
  • Lake Kariba on the Zambia-Zimbabwe border forms the world’s largest reservoir by volume.
  • Chimfunshi Wildlife Orphanage in Chingola located in the Copperbelt Province is the largest chimp sanctuary in the world with over 200 chimpanzees.
  • Aside from the United States, Zambia is the only other country in the world that has a black president and white vice president.
  • Zambia has held five elections since independence and peacefully transitioned between presidents without civil unrest.
  • Zambia, with 14 million people, is a landlocked country and shares borders with eight neighboring states in south central Africa

Speakers

Meet Our Speakers

Dr. Ngosa Simbyakula
Dr. Ngosa Simbyakula

Ambassador of the Republic of Zambia to the United States of America

Markus Green
Markus Green

Assistant General Counsel for Pfizer, Inc.

Julie Anne Savarit Cosenza
Julie Anne Savarit Cosenza

Co-Founder, Africa Education Program

Julie-Anne Savarit-Cosenza is a co-founder and the executive director of the African Education Program (AEP), a Radnor High School-born non-profit organization. More about Juli-Anne >>

Honored Guests

John Edozie
John Edozie

John Edozie is a sought-after attorney, advisor and subject matter expert on international corporate transactions and commercial litigation with special emphasis on Nigeria, Kenya and other parts of Africa.

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Extensive experience with US multi-national, Fortune 500 companies in diverse industries including pharmaceuticals, oil, and gas as well as experience with Nigerian companies on local law. Serve as legal counsel concerning US interests to sovereign state and federal parastatals https://www.maduedozie.com/team/john-edozie/

Thurbert Baker
Thurbert Baker

Attorney General

Prof. Kenneth K. Mwenda
Prof. Kenneth K. Mwenda

Extraordinary Professor of Law, University of Pretoria, South Africa

Felicia Mabuza-Suttle
Felicia Mabuza-Suttle

Businesswoman & Talk Show Host

Akende Munalula
Akende Munalula

Actor | Writer | Producer

Hugh Molotsi
Hugh Molotsi

CEO and Founder of Ujama

Mrs. Naomi King
Mrs. Naomi King

Wife of the late Rev. Alfred Daniel King, the brother of the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Thomas Konditi
Thomas Konditi

Former President and CEO for GE South Africa

Dr. Joseph H. Beasley
Dr. Joseph H. Beasley

Founder, Joe Beasley Foundation

Dr. Earl Suttle
Dr. Earl Suttle

Founder and Chairman of Leadership Success International, LLC

George Kabwe
George Kabwe

Division Chief in the International Monetary Fund

Sena Kwawu
Sena Kwawu

SVP Finance, Starbucks

Entertainers / MC’s

Deejay Flo Kid
Deejay Flo Kid
CQ
CQ
Lukwesa Morin
Lukwesa Morin

MC

Lukwesa Morin is a model, Humanitarian, and the first ever Miss African Union Queen 2019. She received a Masters in Public Policy and Public Administration from the prestigious Johns Hopkins University and has a Bachelor’s Degree in Environmental Science from Gettysburg College.

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Having worked as an environmental consultant for the World Bank and United Nations World Flood Program, she led a mission project to Lesotho with the goal of developing a disaster risk management framework. She aspires to continue her work efforts in multiple countries and her platform focuses on the alleviation of hunger and illiteracy rates in African countries. She enjoys work directly with the youth and serves as an exemplary role model, to pursue an education, participate in the development of Africa, and use their voices to effect change.

Zed Trio
Zed Trio
Mando Hill
Mando Hill
Chishala Chitoshi Jr
Chishala Chitoshi Jr

MC

Chishala Chitoshi, Jnr, debuted on Radio 4 during summer break from law school at Zambia’s National broadcaster, ZNBC. He has been in the business for 15 years as Master of Ceremony within & outside Zambia.

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His list of clients in Zambia includes government, local & international corporate entities such as British Petroleum, DSTV, Barclays bank, Stanbic bank, MTN, Airtel, Cell Z, Citibank, FNB, Lafarge cement, Standard Chartered Bank, Coca Cola, SAB Miller, etc. In April of 2005, he was the Master of ceremony at Zambia’s first President Dr. Kenneth Kaunda’s 80th birthday in South Africa. In attendance, former & current heads of state from Mozambique, Malawi, Angola, Namibia, Mr. Nelson Mandela, ambassadors, business executives & others. He founded THE DJ ACADEMY ZAMBIA, the first training mobile School in Zambia offering teaching, guidance and talent management of Radio/TV personalities, Club DJs and Recording artists.

Ollie Patterson
Ollie Patterson

Beneficiary: Africa Education Program

PLAY the video below to learn more about the Africa Education Program’s impact.

Julie Anne Savarit Cosenza started this program 12 years ago when she was in high school in Pennsylvania, USA.  She’s based in Kafue, Lusaka. https://www.africaneducationprogram.org/

Sponsors

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