Identify roles, responsibilities and tension zones before a crisis begins.
2026 edition
Founders, Next Generationand Stakeholders Day
Transmission & continuity for African family businesses
A strategic gathering for African entrepreneurial families, founders, successors and stakeholders who want to prepare the future of the business beyond the founder.
GoPlAnAfrica
DateWednesday, October 14, 2026
Time14h30 - 20h30
VenueKrystal Palace, Douala
The issue
Can your company survive its founder?
Across Africa, many African family businesses still depend too heavily on the founder: decisions, networks, culture, partner trust and family balance.
Bring founders, successors, advisers, financial partners and institutions around the same table.
Introduce GoPlAn: Governance, Planning, Anticipation.
Program
A dense afternoon, not a long lecture.
Research findings presentation
Key insights from work on African family-business transmission in Cameroon and Africa.
Conferences, panels and testimonies
Discussions with entrepreneurs, leaders, successors, experts and stakeholders around succession and governance.
Dialogue with key actors
Conversations with founders, financiers, insurers, advisers and institutions on practical continuity conditions.
Strategic networking
A focused meeting time for African entrepreneurial families, leaders and actors committed to African business continuity.
Event media
Promotional videos and visual materials.
This space brings together the films, official visuals and post-event media linked to the Douala gathering.
VideoIs your company prepared to operate without you?
A promotional event video inviting founders, leaders, future successors, entrepreneurial families, investors and advisers to prepare continuity for African family businesses.
Open mediaVideoWhen transmission becomes a family conflict
A campaign film on patrimony, family relationships and the risks of poorly prepared succession.
Open mediaVideoCreating companies is not enough
A campaign film on business continuity, employment, know-how and economic patrimony.
Open mediaVideoTransmission is not simply leaving assets behind
A campaign video on continuity, prepared succession and the responsibility to transmit beyond ownership.
Open mediaVenue
Krystal Palace Douala, in the heart of Akwa.
A premium business setting bringing together founders, successors, leaders and partners around a sensitive subject: continuity.
5-star hotel in DoualaMeetings & events spacesProfessional and secure environment
Krystal PalaceDouala
Reservation request
Request an invitation.
Participation is by confirmed reservation. Fill in the form and the team will contact you by WhatsApp or phone to finalize your participation.
Backup email: contact@gabrielkoueni.com
Founders and entrepreneursSuccessors and next-generation family membersExecutives and business leadersAfrican entrepreneurial familiesInvestors, financiers and insurersExperts, advisers and mentors
Event access
A confirmed invitation, secure access.
Request
Send your request. The team contacts you to confirm your participation.
Receive
After confirmation, you receive your official ticket from the team.
Access
Present your ticket at the entrance. The QR code confirms the invitation validity.