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On the morning of August 12, some of the continent’s most influential executives, entrepreneurs, investors, and institutional leaders gathered at the Alisa Hotel, North Ridge, for the 2026 Impact Leaders Breakfast (ILB), a platform that continues to prove that some of the most powerful conversations about Africa’s future happen not on the largest stages, but around the most intentional tables.
Convened by Kafui Prebbie and organised by IMPLEMENTERS, this year’s edition carried the theme “Leading Together with Global Insights for Local Impact,” and it was a theme the morning lived up to in full. From leadership and innovation to cross-border collaboration and impact-driven business scaling, the conversations in the room reflected a growing appetite among Africa’s business leaders to think beyond borders, beyond sectors, and beyond business as usual.
The morning opened with a welcome address from the convener, Kafui Prebbie. Who…. Rev. Albert Ocran, Co-founder of the Springboard Roadshow Foundation, followed it up with a keynote speech that set the tone with reflections on leadership and innovation across borders, reminding a room full of decision-makers that great leadership is often less about scale and more about the courage to lead differently. That energy carried into the CEO Panel, where Bako Ambianda, Papa Kwame Anane, and Anita Wiafe-Asinor unpacked what it truly takes to scale impact-driven businesses in African markets, drawing from candid, boardroom-tested experience rather than theory.
Perhaps one of the morning’s most compelling moments came via a fireside chat with Kris Senanu, Executive Chairman of Smith & Berkeley Advisory LLC, joining the conversation from Kenya to speak on cross-border leadership and ecosystem building, a fitting embodiment of the “global insights” the theme promised. His voice, alongside the rest of the morning’s speakers, underscored a growing truth: solving Africa’s biggest challenges will take leaders who are willing to build beyond their own backyards.
Beyond the formal sessions, the breakfast created space for something equally valuable: connection. With 45 executives in the room and another 20 joining virtually, this year’s ILB stayed true to its intimate format, one designed not for crowds, but for the kind of conversation that turns a handshake into a partnership. Executive networking sessions gave leaders room to engage directly, exchange ideas, and, in many cases, begin relationships that extended well beyond the breakfast table.
That spirit of connection reached well beyond the room. ILB has always understood that leadership means little without impact, and this year’s edition made that link tangible. Alongside the breakfast, the Kafui Prebbie Foundation carried out a series of activities that brought the morning’s conversations to life for the children and communities the Foundation supports. Relief items were delivered and needs assessed during a visit to Great Mission International, while nearly 200 beneficiaries and facilitators across five supported homes had health insurance cards issued, renewed, or replaced. A birthday engagement with two beneficiary homes brought together close to 100 children and caregivers in celebration, a joyful reminder that behind every statistic in a report is a life genuinely touched.
Fittingly, the breakfast itself became a vehicle for that impact, raising USD 1,000 and GHS 1,750 towards educational support for children within the Foundation’s care, proof that a room full of leaders talking about scaling impact can, in the same morning, quietly create some of it themselves.
ILB 2026 also stood out as a strategic gathering point, drawing representation from over 20 potential partner institutions, including Helping Africa Foundation, Mastercard Foundation, MTN, CAMFED, UNESCO, Zipline, and Bako Holdings, among others. Nine of these institutions attended in person, marking the start of what IMPLEMENTERS hopes will become lasting partnerships across the corporate, development and social-impact sectors.
As the morning drew to a close, one thing was clear: the Impact Leaders Breakfast has grown into far more than an annual convening. It has become a space where leadership, innovation and impact meet over the same table, where global perspective meets local purpose, and where the relationships formed over breakfast have the power to shape what comes next, not just for the businesses represented, but for the communities standing to benefit from the leadership in that room.
With ILB 2026 successfully delivered, the focus now turns to the year ahead: building on the relationships, insights and momentum from this year’s breakfast to shape an even more impactful edition to come.
