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The Africa Housing Forum, scheduled for May 12-14, 2022, aims to foster inclusivity and resilience in housing across Africa, with 260 attendees registered so far. The event will feature 80 speakers discussing 20 topics, alongside the Innovation Awards which received 151 submissions. Registration is ongoing on the Whova platform, and a digital media kit is available for promotion.

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19th April Steering Committee AHF Presentation (1)

The Africa Housing Forum, scheduled for May 12-14, 2022, aims to foster inclusivity and resilience in housing across Africa, with 260 attendees registered so far. The event will feature 80 speakers discussing 20 topics, alongside the Innovation Awards which received 151 submissions. Registration is ongoing on the Whova platform, and a digital media kit is available for promotion.

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AFRICA HOUSING FORUM

Fostering Inclusivity and Resilience in


Housing in Africa
MAY 12 - 14 2022
April 19 Steering Committee meeting
AGENDA
Communications, Marketing and PR
Registration on Whova
Promo video
Updated social media kit
Program and Speakers
Innovation Awards
Collaboration
AHF timeline
Countries represented on
Whova
as of 22nd April
Cameroon D.R. Congo
Burundi Egypt
Malawi Kenya
Ghana Sierra Leone
Belgium Benin
Nigeria Ethiopia
Malawi UK
Uganda USA
Italy Lesotho
Sudan Zambia
Netherlands Zimbabwe
South Sudan Hong Kong
Slovakia South Africa
Registration is currently happening for Canada UAE
all attendees (in person and virtual) on Tunisia Italy
REGISTRATION Whova platform. Currently we have 174 Burundi Phillippines
In person attendees and 86 Virtual
IS NOW OPEN!!! attendees registered - 260 in total.

REGISTER ON THE WHOVA PLATFORM:


https://africahousingforum.org/attendee-registration/

REGISTRATION
REGISTER ON THE WHOVA PLATFORM:
https://africahousingforum.org/attendee-registration/

REGISTRATION
UPDATED DIGITAL MEDIA KIT NOW AVAILABLE
The Digital Media Kit will be made available to all members to promote
dissemination on information on the Africa Housing Forum. Click here:
Dropbox - Digital Toolkit - Simplify your life

COMMUNICATIONS, MARKETING & PR


We sent out
press
releases on
April 13 on
print media
that can be
accessed
on the links
provided.

Nairobi to host Habitat for Humanity forum - The Forum to address housing shortage set for May
Standard (standardmedia.co.ke) (the-star.co.ke)

PRESS RELEASES
Speakers
We are expecting to host 80 Speakers (in-person and virtual)
across 20 discussion topics during the Forum.
We currently have 38 confirmed speakers for the different
sessions.
Confirmed Speakers include: Invited Speakers include:
Claire Akamanzi - CEO, Rwanda Development Joseph Muturi - Slum Dwellers International
Board Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr - Mayor of Freetown,
Elizabeth Chege - Chair, World Green Building Sierra Leone
Council: Africa Regional Network James Maclean - Fusion Capital
AbdiYussuf Abdalla - Dept. of Housing and Urban Judith Nabakooba - Minister of Lands,
Planning, Government of Somalia Housing and Urban Development, Uganda
Florence Nyole - President, East Africa Institute of Leila Akahloun - Graca Machel Trust
Architects Tsigereda Tafesse - University of Addis
El- Hadj M. Bah - Africa Development Bank Group Ababa
Kabelo Lethunya - Chief Housing Officer, Lesotho Dr. Koech Cheruiyot - Gauteng City - Region
Observatory

PROGRAM AND SPEAKERS


Innovation Awards
Awards Closed: 151 submissions received

April 10th
CONTEST CLOSED April 11 - 12th
INTERNAL SHORTLISTING April 13 - 15th
JURY REVIEW April 19-20
JURY MEETINGS April 19-20
TOP 12 ANNOUNCED
BEST PRACTICES JURORS ON WEBSITE
Claudio Acioly Jr - Housing and Urban PUBLIC POLICIES JURORS
Dev. specialist Prof Peter Ngau - University of Nairobi
Jaime Royo-Olid - EU Delegation to Nora Matindi - State Dept. of Housing and
Kenya Development
Chinwe Sagna - Catalyst Realty Rebecca Ochong - Habitat for Humanity Asia
Solutions, Nigeria Pacific
Monica Ramirez - Habitat for Humanity Zoleka Sokopo - National Dept. of Human
Latin America and the Carribean Settlements
James Mitchell - BuildX studio Jesus Salcedo Villanueva - UN-Habitat
INNOVATION AWARDS
What are
Leveraging the robust
communication channels Social media kit distribution
through the collaboration of with design material to
Steering Committee members
and among other partners we doing disseminate to publicise the
forum
to build
Direct communication with
Professional Associations in traction Ongoing media engagement
strategy set up for local and
the housing sector across
Africa for the international media attention
for the forum

Circulating a networks tapping Forum? Weekly Mailchimp newsletter


form internally that allows for
nominations for: to potential participants and
Side events/ professional leveraging participant list
Hosting country webinars through collaboration with
hubs in collaboration with NOs
Exhibitors Europe Housing FORUM's
to publicise the forum Coordinator
Jurors for the Innovation and encourage
Awards participation from their
and Speakers and Panelists networks and partners
for the forum

COMMUNICATIONS, MARKETING & PR


Continue publicising efforts Give suggestion on tangible
through established partner outcomes for the forum that
and social media pipelines can carry on after the event is
over
Propose or host side events or
professional hub where different Participate in panel or plenary
stakeholders can come together to discussions as well as nominate
discuss a particular issue partners that would be interested in
these conversations
Host exhibitions of their
organisations' work, virtually or in
person Share organisation's logos to be
included on the website as
partners

What's asked of the Give any other ideas that can


make the Africa Housing Forum
Steering Committee? memorable, productive and
impactful

COLLABORATION
16-30 April
Event scripts developed
Virtual platform
networking continues
IA Shortlisting 1-11 May
Virtual platform
networking begins, Attendees numbers confirmed
Sponsors pages and Venue set up
Material assemblying
Exhibitor pages
populated Receive travelling attendees 12-14 May
Building and promoting Event walkthroughs
profiles of people
speaking Africa Housing Forum
Call for artwork for 2022!!!
exhibition and identify
artists
Continued NOs
engagement
Travel guidelines
provided

AHF TIMELINE
THANK YOU!

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