14.30– 15.45
Parallel 1) ICT
Case-Study
Empowering entrepreneurship in the ICT sector
Panel Discussion
Transforming Africa into a global leader in ICT?
Sacha Poignonnec, Co-Founder, Africa Internet Group, France (TBC)
H.E. Yasser ElKady, Minister of Communications and Information Technology, Arab Republic of
Egypt
Programme | Day 1
20-21 February 2016
Hon. Jean Philbert Nsengimana, Minister of Youth and ICT, Republic of Rwanda
Mr. Ding Shaohua, Senior Vice President, Huawei Technologies, China
Mr. Zaki Khoury, Regional Manager International Organisations, Middle East & Africa, Microsoft, UAE
Mr. Nic Rudnick, CEO, Liquid Telecom, Zimbabwe (TBC)
Moderator: Ms. Eunice Kariuki, Director, Partnerships, Innovation & Capacity, Kenya ICT Authority
6.00 – 18.00
Registration
8.00 – 18.00
B2B Meeting Space
10.30 – 19.00
Invest in Africa Zone
9.00 - 10.30
Presidential Keynote
14.30– 15.45
Hon. Jabulile Mashwama, Minister for Natural Resources and Energy, Kingdom of Swaziland
Mohamed Saad, Zone President, Africa & Caribbean, Schneider Electric, Egypt
Albert Mugo, Managing Director, KenGen, Kenya
Sipho Phiri, Executive Chairman, Western Power Company Limited, Zambia
H.E. Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, President of the Arab Republic of Egypt
Eng. Hani Nokraschy, CEO and Founder, El-Nokrashy Company for Engineering, Germany
Nozipho Mbanjwa, Anchor, CNBC Africa, South Africa
9.00 - 10.30
9.00 - 10.30
9.00 - 10.30
10.30 - 11.30
Parallel 2) ENERGY: Fixing the energy conundrum
Official Message from the AU
Dr. Kandeh Yumkella, former United Nations Under-Secretary-General and the Special
Representative of the Secretary-General for Sustainable Energy for All, Sierra Leone
Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, Chairperson of the AUC - African Union Commission
Moderator: Karim Refaat, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, N Gage Consulting, Egypt
Special Message
14.30– 15.45
Parallel 3) AGRICULTURE: Feeding the Continent
Dr. Akinwumi Ayodeji Adesina, President, African Development Bank
H.E. Aziz Akhannouch, Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Kingdom of Morocco (TBC)
H.E. Dr. Ahmad Mohamed Ali Al-Madani, Group President, Islamic Development Bank
Hon. José Condungua Pacheco, Minister of Agriculture, Republic of Mozambique (TBC)
Forum Message
Senior Representative, Olam (TBC)
Amb. Hazem Fahmy, Secretary General, EAPD - Egyptian Agency of Partnership
for Development, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Arab Republic of Egypt
Jamila Abass, Co - Founder, M - Farm, Kenya
Heba Salama, Director, COMESA Regional Investment Agency, COMESA
Chair: Prof. Maggie Kigozi, Chairman, Zuri Model Farm, Uganda
Opening Panel - Presidential Round Table
Prof. Hany el-Kateb, Technical University of Munich, Germany
14.30– 15.45
Parallel 4) HEALTHCARE: Current challenges, trends and future scenarios
H.E Ali Bongo, President of the Gabonese Republic
Hon. Dr. Roberto Morales Ojeda, Minister of Public Health, Republic of Cuba (TBC)
H.E. Hailemariam Delasegn, Prime Minister, Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
H.E. Uhuru Kenyatta, President, Federal Republic of Kenya
Dr. Mohamed Ahmed Ghoneim, Urulogyst and Founder, Ghoneim Urology and Nephrology Center,
Egypt
H.E. Muhammadu Buhari, President, Federal Republic of Nigeria
Fredd Kambo, Head, Healthcare Cluster, Abraaj Capital, Kenya
H.E. Macky Sall, President, Republic of Senegal
Denver Phiri, Global Healthcare Solutions, GE, Zimbabwe
H.E. Field Mar. Umar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashir, President, Republic of the Sudan
Sir Magdy Yacoub, Founder, MYF / Aswan Heart Centre, Egypt
Moderator: Nozipho Mbanjwa, Anchor, CNBC Africa, South Africa
Sherif Abu el Naga, Vice-President for Research,
Academic Affairs and Outreach, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, Egypt
11.30 – 12.00
Networking Break
12.00 – 12.15
Case Study: Investing in Africa
Managing the African opportunity: the realities of an African investor
15.45 – 16.15
Break
Speaker: Dr. Ahmed Heikal, Chairman and Founder, Qaala Holdings, Egypt
16.15 – 16.45
LEADER INTERVIEW
Economic Transformation – can and will Africa industrialise?
Chair: Wallace Kantai, Anchor, KTV
MC
Mark Eddo, Former Correspondent, ITN, Founder of Mark Eddo Media, Nigeria
12.15 – 13.15
Chair: Mark Eddo, Former Correspondent, ITN, Founder of Mark Eddo Media, Nigeria
Plenary Session II: EGYPT: A KEY PARTNER FOR BUSINESS AND TRADE WITH AFRICA
H.E. Sameh Shoukry, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Arab Republic of Egypt
H.E. Ashraf Salman, Minister of Investment, Arab Republic of Egypt
Karim Awad, Group CEO, EFG Hermes, Egypt
16.45 – 18.00
Plenary Session III: Business Panel Discussion
THE ‘AFRICA RISING’ STORY: WHERE DOES THE CONTINENT REALLY STAND?
H.E. Sindiso Ngwenya, Secretary General, COMESA
Karim Sadek, Director, Rift Valley Railways, Kenya
Dr. Carlos Lopes, Executive Secretary, Economic Commission for Africa
Samih Sawiris, Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer, Orascom
Development, Egypt (TBC)
Dr. Benedict Oramah, President, Afreximbank, Egypt
Khalaf Habtoor, Founder and Chairman, Habtoor Industries, UAE (TBC)
Chair
Mark Eddo, Former Correspondent, ITN, Founder of Mark Eddo Media, Nigeria
13.15 – 14.30
Speaker: Aliko Dangote, President and CEO, Dangote Group, Nigeria (TBC)
Lunch
Acha Leke, Director Africa, McKinsey, South Africa (TBC)
Jay Ireland, President and CEO, GE Africa, Kenya (TBC)
George Choucair, Chairman and CEO, k2l Capital, Angola
Nozipho Mbanjwa, Anchor, CNBC Africa, South Africa
11.45 – 13.00
Parallel 7) LOGISTICS and INFRASTRUCTURE:
Case-Study Accelerating Egypt’s engagement with Africa through trad
Programme | Day 2
20-21 February 2016
Ahmed Darwish, Chairman, General Authority for Suez Canal Economic Zone, Egypt
Panel Discussion Reducing costs, enhancing competitiveness
Ms. Deanne De Vries, Senior VP for Africa, Agility, UAE
Mr. Gerard Sanspeur, Special Economic Zones (SEZs) Non-Resident Senior Advisor, Mozambique
8.00 – 15.00
Registration
Alassane Ba, CEO, Africa 50 Fund, African Development Bank
8.00 – 18.00
B2B Meeting Space
Aboubaker Hadi, CEO, Djibouti Ports, Djibouti
10.00 – 18.00
Invest in Africa Zone
Tony Stenning, Managing Director, East and Southern Africa, Bollore/SDV (TBC)
09.00 – 09.15
View from the Top
H.E. Sherif Ismail, Prime Minister, Arab Republic of Egypt
Ahmed Sadek El Sewedy, President and CEO, Elsewedy, Egypt
9.15 – 9.30
Keynote Address
His Highness the Aga Khan, Chairman, Aga Khan Development Network,
Moderator: Wallace Kantai, Anchor, KTV, Kenya
11.45 – 13.00
Case-Study
Private equity: an alternative source for financing investments, growth
and job creation in Africa
Papa Ndiaye, Founder, Afig Funds, Senegal
MC
Nozipho Mbanjwa, Anchor, CNBC Africa, South Africa
9.30 – 10.00
INSIGHTS – 1-1 discussion
Africa in the global context: Sustaining growth in an increasingly volatile environment
Panel Discussion
Different approaches to financing and sustaining Africa’s growth
Speaker
Charles Robertson, Head of Global Research, Renaissance Capital, Russia
Dr. Mohamed Omran, Chairman, The Egyptian Exchange and
The Federation of Euro-Asian Stock Exchanges
Chair
Lanre Akinola, Editor, African Business
10.00 - 11.15
Parallel 8) FINANCE
Dr. Benedict Oramah, President, Afreximbank, Egypt
Plenary Session IV: INDUSTRIALISATION: STRENGTHENING AFRICAN VALUE-CHAINS
H.E. Tarek Qabil, Minister of Industry and Foreign Trade, Arab Republic of Egypt
Karim Moussa, Head of Private Equity and Co-Chair of Direct Investment Sector, EFG-Hermes
Private Equity, UAE
Carlos Lopes, Executive Director, Economic Commission for Africa, Ethiopia
George Otieno, CEO, African Trade Insurance Agency
Dr. Kandeh Yumkella, former United Nations Under-Secretary-General and the
Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Sustainable Energy for All, Sierra Leone
Admassu Tadesse, CEO, PTA Bank
Dr. Ahmed Heikal, Chairman & Founder, Qalaa Holdings, Egypt
Chair: Lanre Akinola, Editor African Business
Marco Francis, Chairman, Seychelles Chamber of Commerce, Seychelles
William Asiko, Managing Director, ICF, Tanzania (TBC)
13.00 – 14.00
Lunch
Ashok Thakur, Head Africa Operations, Mahindra & Mahindra, India
14.00 – 14.30
Launch / Key Announcement
Moderator: Mark Eddo, Former Correspondent, ITN, Founder of Mark Eddo Media, Nigeria
14.30 – 15.30
Business Panel: Brands and the African Consumer
Succeeding in the African marketplace
11.15 – 11.45
Networking Break
11.45 – 13.00
Parallel 5) INNOVATION & ENTREPRENEURSHIP - Interactive workshop
Panel Discussion: A conversation with African entrepreneurs
Abdel-Hamid Mamdouh, Director, Trade and Services Division, World Trade Organisation
Lead Speakers: Innovation: Asking the right question
Vimal Shah, CEO, BIDCO, Kenya
Charles Mbire, Chairman, MTN Uganda
Chris Kirubi, Chairman, Haco Tiger Brands, Kenya
Sahbi Othmani, CEO, Rouiba, Algeria
Mr. J.X Paulin, CEO, My Simax, China
Ali Faramawy, Corporate Vice President, Microsoft, Egypt
Verone Mankou, CEO and Founder, VMK, Congo
Issad Rebrab, CEO, Cevital, Algeria (TBC)
Jesse Moore, Co-Founder, M-Kopa, Kenya (TBC)
Chair: Thebe Ikalafeng, Founder, Brand Africa and Brand Leadership, South Africa
Reactions: Finding the right answer
Soha Soliman, Managing Director, Social Development Fund of Egypt
15.30 – 16.00
Networking Break
Mr. M’hamed Cherif, Director, EU-ACP Business Climate Facility
16.00 – 16.15
INSIGHTS – 1-1 discussion
Matthew Willsher, CEO, Etisalat Nigeria (TBC)
11.45 – 13.00
Facilitator Prof. Alison Gillwald, Executive Director, Research ICT Africa, South Africa*
Speaker
H.E. Cheick Modibo Diarra, Former Chairman, Microsoft Africa, Mali
Parallel 6) PHARMACEUTICALS
Moderator: Lanre Akinola, Editor, African Business, UK
Case-Study
Developing Africa’s capacity in medical manufacturing
Dr. Sherine Helmy, Vice Chairman and CEO, Pharco Pharmaceuticals, Egypt
16.15 – 17.30
H.E Sahar Nasr, Minister of International Cooperation, Arab Republic of Egypt
Panel Discussion
Addressing the need for affordable, quality drugs
Rt. Hon. Mark Simmonds, Former Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Stavros Nicolaou, Senior Executive Strategic Trade, Aspen Pharma, South Africa
Hon. Felix Mutati, Member of Parliament, Republic of Zambia
Emmanuel Mujuru, Chair, Federation of African Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Associations (FAPMA), Zimbabwe
Hon. Raymond Tshibanda Ntungamulongo, Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation
and Francophonie, Democratic Republic of Congo & Rapporteur, COMESA Council of Ministers
Senior Director, Sanofi, France (TBC)
Mr. Kundapur Vaman Kamath, President, New Development Bank (ND BRICS), India (TBC)
Yassine Benjelloun, Partner, 54 CAPITAL, UK
Hisham El-Khazindar, Co-Founder and Managing Director, Qalaa Holdings
Dr. Yaw Adu - Agyei Gyamfi, CEO, Danadams Pharmaceuticals Industry, Ghana
Moderator: Bright Simons, Director of Development Research, IMANI ,
Coordinator of the mPedigree Network
Closing Plenary: Panel Discussion
SOUTH-SOUTH COOPERATION: NEW PARTNERSHIP MODELS FOR AFRICA’S GROWTH
Chair: Mark Eddo, Former Correspondent, ITN, Founder of Mark Eddo Media, Nigeria
17.30 – 17.45
Concluding remarks
H.E. Sherif Ismail, Prime Minister, Arab Republic of Egypt