High-Level Opening Session
Wednesday, November 12, 2025 7:00 AM to 11:00 AM · 4 hr. (Africa/Abidjan)
LICC - Main room
12th November
Plenary
Information
Please join the inauguration of the EU-Zambia Lobito Corridor Business Forum.
The session will include remarks from the Guest of Honour, His Excellency, President Hakainde Hichilema, the European Commissioner for International Partnerships, Jozef Síkela, and other high-level participants.
Following the opening remarks, the session will transition into a signature ceremony of a selection of agreements that will forge deeper economic relations between the European Union and Zambia and accelerate the development of the Lobito Corridor.
Speakers
His Excellency Hakainde Hichilema
President of the Republic of ZambiaRepublic of Zambia
Jozef Sikela
Commissioner for International PartnershipsEuropean CommissionKK
Kusobile Kamwambi
Head of the Presidential Develivery UnitGovernment of ZambiaCM
Camilla Mellander
Director-GeneralMinistry for Foreign Affairs
Jiri Kozak
Deputy MinisterMinistry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic
Situmbeko Musokotwane
Minister of Finance and National PlanningMinistry of Finance and National Planning - Zambia
Pasi Hellman
Deputy Minister - International DevelopmentMinistry for Foreign Affairs of Finland
Karl Nehammer
Vice-PresidentEuropean Investment Bank
Albert Halwampa
Director GeneralZambia Development Agency