Entrepreneurship Summit Programme 2025
Theme: Innovation, Resilience, Growth, Sustainability and Trade in the Contemporary Marketplace
Location: The Cumberland Hotel – Marble Arch (London) W1H 7DL
Dates: Friday, 28th February – Saturday, 1st March 2025
Dress Code: Business Formal
Day 1: Friday, 28th February 2025
6:00 PM
Registration and Coffee
Arrive early to check in, network, and enjoy a coffee before the session begins.
7:00 PM
Welcome and Opening Remarks
- Fungai Samushonga (Co – Host) CEO The Veracity Group - Welcome
- Hartness Samushonga (Co – Host) Chair The Veracity Group - Opening Remarks
7:15 PM – 7:45 PM
Keynote Speech (Guest of Honour)
- Colette Gilkes – Head of Gender Equality and SME Bilateral Trade Policy:
(UK Government Department for Business & Trade)
7:45 PM – 8:15 PM
Keynote Speakers
- Dr Olushola A. Kolawole – Logistics & Supply Chain Management Academic
8:15 PM - 10:00 PM
Dinner (Pre-selected Options)
-3 Course Dinner and Networking
-Presentation:
-Enoch Samushonga Operations Manager The Veracity Group: Setting Up a Business in UAE
Day 2: Saturday, 1st March 2025
9:00 AM
Registration and Morning Coffee
Arrive early to check in, network, and enjoy a morning coffee before the sessions begin.
10:00 AM
Opening Speech
-Baroness Verma
Plenary Session 1
10:15 AM - 10:25 AM
Digitalisation
-Chris Southworth General Secretary of The International Chamber of Commerce
( ICC) Keynote speaker :Speaking on Digitalisation
10:25 AM - 10:35 AM
Cybersecurity
- Hartness Samushonga - The Basics of Cybersecurity
Panel discussion
10:35 AM - 11:00 AM
Digital Transformation for SMEs
Panellists discuss : Driving innovation to bridge the digital divide.
Moderator - Monica Maghami
Panellists - Hartness Samushonga
11:00 AM - 11:15 AM
Morning Tea Break
Take a short break for tea and light refreshments, with time to network before the next session.
11:15 AM - 11:30 AM
Ted Talk- Education and Innovation
Tahiri Danesh
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Morning Breakout Sessions (Round 1)
Studio 2 : Seminar A: "Effective Start -Up” (Presented by Hartness Samushonga)
Main Arena : Seminar B: "Topic TBC" (Presented Tom O’Donoghue – Policy Advisor - UK GOV DBT
Studio 7 : Seminar C: "Capacity Building" (Presented by Hulya Kurt)
12:00 PM - 12:30 PM
Morning Breakout Sessions (Round 2)
Main Arena : Seminar A : "Gender and Trade" (Presented by Colette Gilkes - UK GOV DBT)
Studio 2 : Seminar B : "Securing Funding" (Presented by Fungai Samushonga)
Studio 7 : Seminar C : "Thriving Social Entrepreneurship” (Presented by Anila Hussain /
Hartness Samushonga)
12:30 PM – 1:30 PM
Networking Buffet Lunch
A relaxed lunch to connect with fellow attendees, speakers, and thought leaders.
1:30 PM – 1:50 PM
Leadershift Transformational Leadership for the Digital World
-Jeremy Blain
1:50 PM – 2:10 PM
Empowering Futures
-Elizabeth Bohner
2:10 PM – 2:40 PM
Fireside Chat
OWIT Discussion on how Business Support Organisations (BSOs) like OWIT support women entrepreneurship and collaboration with the wider trade community
- Hulya Kurt (President of OWIT International
- Noreen Borroughes Cesareo (President Owit UK)
2:40 PM – 3:00 PM:
Championing Female Enterprise
Gender equity, diversity and inclusion, leading change, overcoming barriers
Moderator: Fungai Samushonga
Panel: Anila Hussain, Doreh Khatibi, Rebecca Osewa, Shirin Golkar
3:00 PM - 3:15 PM
Afternoon Tea Break
A final chance to recharge with tea and refreshments and to make connections before the final sessions.
Panel discussion
3:15 PM – 3:30 PM
Young Entrepreneurs Panel
Moderator: Jeremy Blain
Panel: Enoch Samushonga (The Veracity Group), Rudorwashe Dziva (RT Media), Tjedu Tapela (Expatlink)
3:30 PM – 3:40 PM
Sustainability
Entrepreneurs shaping the future through environmentally and socially responsible ventures
-Monica Maghami
3:40 PM – 3:50 PM
UAE Business Set Up
Enoch Samushonga The Veracity Group & Lorenzo Ticali
3:50 PM – 4:20 PM
Going Global (Trade Beyond Our Borders)
Moderator: Fungai Samushonga Panel : Chris Southworth, Professor Sangeeta Khoran, Dr Olushola A. Kolawole
4:30 PM
Closing remarks
4:40 PM – 5:00 PM
Networking