CONFERENCE PROGRAMME – SUMMARY

THURSDAY 5 NOVEMBER 2026
07:30 Registration opens
08:30 Welcome remarks
08:35 Official welcome
08:45 Keynote address
09:30 Panel 1 – The Price of Progress: Ethics, Extraction, and the Illusion of Sustainable Capitalism
10:15 Refreshments
10:30 Panel 2 – Power Never Surrenders Easily: Conflict, Capital and the Struggle for Ethical Business in Africa
11:25 Panel 3 – Recovering Forgotten Wisdoms: African Histories, Cultural Memory and the Reimagining of Business Ethics
12:15 Networking lunch
13:15 Debate – Who Owns Morality? Power, Resistance and the Politics of Business Ethics in Africa
14:00 Panel 4 – Day 1 Reflections
14:45 Parallel Track Sessions
15:30 Refreshments
17:55 Parallel Track Sessions conclude
18:30 Evening reception.

FRIDAY 6 NOVEMBER 2026
08:30 Presentation of the Baobab/Quiver Award
08:45 Acceptance declaration of the Baobab/Quiver Award
09:15 Panel 5 – Beyond Africa: Geopolitical shifts and conflicts, and their impact on business and ethics in Africa
10:00 Refreshments
10:30 Panel 6 – Western-centric versus Afrocentric perspectives: A reconciliation of knowledge or a separate branch of development?
11:15 Debate – Contrasting perspectives on business ethics: Afrocentricity and beyond
11:45 Panel 7 – Day 2 Reflections
12:30 Closing Remarks – Sponsor Representatives
12:40 Announcement of Aloe Award for Best Conference paper.
12:55 Closure and announcement of Absa BEN-Africa 2027 conference theme and country.
13:10 Vote of thanks – Dr Bryan Robinson
13:15 Conference closing