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By invitationFriday, 9 October 2026Lagos Oriental Hotel, Victoria Island
Experience the GEF Live
Nigeria Edition
The official pre-event of the Global Entrepreneurship Festival: business leaders, investors and policymakers, one afternoon in Lagos, for strategic alliances and global collaboration.
Registration opens in
The day
Meet over refreshments, the Global Business Forum on the main stage, then the networking cocktail.
12:00 – 13:00
Registration opens at 12:00. Collect your welcome, meet the other guests over refreshments, and find your seat in the Grand Ballroom.
Details13:00 – 16:00
Strategic conversations between business leaders, investors and policymakers on global economic collaboration, ahead of the Global Entrepreneurship Festival in Cairo. Ask the speakers and vote in live polls from your phone.
Details16:00 – 18:00
The conversations continue over cocktails at the tables, the stalls and the bar. Book a few minutes with someone you met in GEF Live.
The venue
3 Lekki Road, Victoria Island, Lagos, opposite the lagoon.
Grand Ballroom. Registration opens at 12:00 outside the ballroom. Have your Access ID or Event Pass ready.
Find your seatTravel
From the airport, the Mainland, Lekki or your hotel: every way to the Lagos Oriental Hotel on Victoria Island.
45–150 min from Murtala Muhammed International Airport
On the GEF stage
Alhaji Aliko Dangote, GCONPresident & Chief Executive, Dangote Group
Amr SolimanFounder & Chairman, Mountain View
Amy MikhaielInvestor & Serial Entrepreneur | Founder, Maghreb Business Billionaires
Dina GhabbourCEO, Ghabbour Foundation for Development
Dina H. SherifExecutive Director, MIT Kuo Sharper Center for Prosperity and Entrepreneurship
Dr. Abdul Rahman Al SharifFounder, Al Sharif Advocates & Legal Consultants
Dr. Amr HassanienChairman, Meris and FinBi
Dr. Iman BibarsVice President, Ashoka: Innovators for the Public & Regional Director, Ashoka Arab World
Dr. Martha Namundjebo-TilahunChairperson, United Africa Group
H.E. Dr. Hussein EissaDeputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs, Arab Republic of Egypt
H.E. Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini-ZumaFormer Chairperson, African Union Commission
H.E. Lujaina Mohsin DarwishChairperson, MHD ITICSWith thanks to
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