CONFERENCE PROGRAMME – SUMMARY

THURSDAY 5 NOVEMBER 2026
08:30 Registration opens
09:15 Welcome remarks
09:45 Keynote address
10:15 Panel 1 – Western-centric versus Afrocentric perspectives: A reconciliation of knowledge or a separate branch of
development?
11:00 Refreshments
11:15 Panel 2 – The Real Cost of Progress: Profit, Power and the Future of Responsible Business
12:00 Panel 3 – Beyond Corporate Social Responsibility: Can Business Be a Force for Good in Africa?
12:45 Networking Lunch
13:50 Parallel Panel Session 1: University of Dar es Salaam Business School
Parallel Panel Session 2: Les Fondements de l’Afrocentricité en Éthique des Affaires: Défis et applications du droit des
affaires en Afrique (French, no translation)
Parallel Panel Session 3: Absa Group / Absa Tanzania
14:40 Parallel Track Sessions (20 minutes per paper)
Parallel Track Sessions conclude (Time TBC)

FRIDAY 6 NOVEMBER 2026
08:50 Welcome
09:00 Acceptance declaration of the Baobab and/or Quiver Award
09:20 Panel 4 – Lightning Talk – Reflection from Mozambique Ethics and Tourism
Beyond the Safari: Tourism, Ethics and Responsible Business in Tanzania
10:05 Panel 5 – Sustainable Economic Growth and Business Ethics
10:50 Refreshments
11:15 Panel 6 – Contrasting Ubuntu and Artificial Intelligence in search of global business ethics in the current context of
global power shift: Challenges and opportunities.
12:00 Panel 7 – Responsible Entrepreneurship: Building Businesses with Ethics and Sustainability in Mind
12:45 Closing Remarks – Sponsor Representatives
12:55 Announcement of Aloe Award for Best Conference paper.
13:10 Closure and announcement of Absa BEN-Africa 2027 conference theme and country.
17:00 Conference Closure Networking Reception – White Sands