AFRICA XCHANGE SUMMIT – Event Schedule

Film Festival Cologne, Wednesday 15 – Thursday 16 October 2025
Filmpalast, Hohenzollernring 22, 50672 Köln

Wednesday 15 October

17.30 – 17.40 (10mins)
Intro Nadia Denton by (BEYOND NOLLYWOOD, UK)

17.40 (90mins)
My Father’s Shadow Screening

Thursday 16 October

09.30 Coffee & Pastries

10.00 – 10.20 (20mins) Introduction & Welcome

Finance Panel

10.20 – 10.30 (10mins) Keynote Address
Pam Mutembei, Investment Director (HEVA Fund, Kenya)

10.30 – 11.30 (60mins) Panel led by Scott Roxborough (The Hollywood Reporter, Germany) with Pam Mutembei and Joel Chikapa-Phiri (Known Associates, South
Africa) + Q&A

11.30 – 11.40 (10mins) Break

Tech Panel

11.40 – 12.50 (70mins) Panel led by Nadia Denton (BEYOND NOLLYWOOD, UK) with Jude Abaga, AKA M.I, Executive Director (TASCK Creative Company, Nigeria) and Jorge Cohen, Founder (Cinezunga, Angola) + Q&A

12.50 – 13.40 (50mins) Lunch

Games Panel

13.40 – 14.50 (70mins) Panel led by Scott Roxborough (The Hollywood Reporter, Germany) with Dean Gichukie, Game Producer & Designer (Kunta Content, Kenya), Olympe Challot, Euro-African Program Manager - SpielFabrique (Germany), George Odongo Ahere, CEO (Weza Interactive Entertainment Kenya/Germany) + Q&A

14.50 – 15.00 (10mins) Break

Film & Creative Content Panel

15.00 – 16.10 (70mins) Panel led by Nadia Denton (BEYOND NOLLYWOOD, UK) with Sata Cissokho, Director Berlinale World Cinema Fund (Germany), Michael Baruti, Creative Director Ubongo (Tanzania), Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese, Director (Germany/Lesotho) and Slim Mrad, Pathé Touch Afrique (France) + Q&A

16.10 – 16.20 (10mins) Break

Wrap up Panel

16.20 – 17.20 (60mins) Panel led by Nadia Denton (BEYOND NOLLYWOOD, UK) and Scott Roxborough (The Hollywood Reporter, Germany) with guests

17.20 – 17.30 Conclusion

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