{"id":485715,"date":"2025-10-10T15:06:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-10T15:06:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.financialafrik.com\/en\/?post_type=event_listing&#038;p=485715"},"modified":"2026-05-16T00:18:24","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T00:18:24","slug":"kigali-africa-ceo-forum-2026","status":"expired","type":"event_listing","link":"https:\/\/www.financialafrik.com\/en\/event\/kigali-africa-ceo-forum-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Kigali: Africa CEO Forum 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 data-start=\"215\" data-end=\"281\"><em data-start=\"219\" data-end=\"279\">The Largest Annual Gathering of the African Private Sector<\/em><\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"282\" data-end=\"328\">\ud83d\udccd <strong data-start=\"285\" data-end=\"303\">Kigali, Rwanda<\/strong><br data-start=\"303\" data-end=\"306\" \/>\ud83d\udcc5 <strong data-start=\"309\" data-end=\"328\">May 14\u201315, 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr data-start=\"330\" data-end=\"333\" \/>\n<h3 data-start=\"335\" data-end=\"367\">\ud83c\udfc6 <strong 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