Understanding Risk and Finance: by the Numbers
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Contents
1. GENERAL PARTICIPANTS ..................................................................................................................................... 1
2. PARTNERS ............................................................................................................................................................ 2
3. SPEAKERS............................................................................................................................................................. 3
4. MINISTERIAL PARTICIPATION .............................................................................................................................. 3
5. MEDIA.................................................................................................................................................................. 3
6. ORGANIZATIONS ................................................................................................................................................. 3
1. GENERAL PARTICIPANTS
1.1. Basic Numbers: Total Registered: 596; Total Attended: 450
1. 2. Countries: 74 Countries Total
Argentina
1
Denmark
Australia
2
Djibouti
Austria
1
Ecuador
Barbados
1
Egypt
Belgium
5
Equatorial
Guinea
Benin
2
Ethiopia
Bhutan
1
Finland
Botswana
1
France
Brazil
3
Gabon
Burkina Faso
1
Gambia
Burundi
1
Germany
Cameroon
5
Ghana
Canada
14
Greece
Cape Verde
2
Guatemala
Colombia
5
Guyana
Comoros
4
India
Côte d'Ivoire
4
Indonesia
Democratic
1
Ireland
Republic of the
Congo
Italy
2
5
2
1
4
115
1
7
4
3
15
6
1
1
1
11
1
2
9
Jamaica
Japan
Kenya
Lesotho
Liberia
Luxembourg
Madagascar
Malawi
Mali
Mauritania
Morocco
Mozambique
Nepal
Netherlands
Niger
Nigeria
Norway
Pakistan
Peru
Philippines
3
6
22
1
2
1
6
10
4
3
2
12
2
8
4
18
1
2
1
1
Poland
Portugal
Republic of
Congo
Rwanda
Saint Lucia
Sao Tome
Senegal
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
South Africa
Spain
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Sweden
Switzerland
UK
USA
2
1
4
7
2
1
5
1
5
8
7
1
1
2
2
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1.2.1 Most represented countries (top 10):
Country
#
Ethiopia
115
UK
32
Kenya
22
Nigeria
18
Germany
15
USA
15
Canada
14
Mozambique
12
India
11
Malawi
10
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1.3. Age (excluding the Youth session)
Age
#
15-24
34
25-34
138
35-44
118
45-54
105
55-64
48
65-74
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1.4. Gender
Gender
Male
Female
Prefer not to
state
1.5. Organization
Type
Government
Other
NGO
Civil Society
Media
Academia
Multi-Lateral
Private
Sector
15-24
25-34
35-44
45-54
55-64
#
339
109
Male
Female
Prefer not to state
2
#
162
51
49
6
6
70
74
32
Private Sector
7%
Multi-Lateral
16%
Government
36%
Academia
16%
Media
2% Civil Society
1%
NGO
11%
Other
11%
2. PARTNERS
24 total:
Organizing: 5
 ACP-EU, African Union, Government of
Ethiopia, GFDRR, World Bank
Collaborating: 19
 5x15, ACDRM, African Risk Capacity,
Ambiental, Circumspecte, GEM, IOM,
Ethiopian Red Cross and Red Cross Red
Crescent Climate Center, RCMRD, Swiss Re,
UNDP, UNHABITAT, UNICEF, UNISDR,
UNOCHA, UNOPS, WFP
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3. SPEAKERS
 95 speakers in total
 65% from the region
 33% women
4. MINISTERIAL PARTICIPATION
 72 Government representatives from
 35 countries and
 2 regional organizations (IGAD and ECCAS)
Countries represented:
 Benin
 Botswana
 Brazil
 Cape Verde
 Chad
 Comoros
 Djibouti
 DRC
 Eq. Guinea
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Ethiopia
Gabon
Gambia
Ghana
Lesotho
Liberia
Madagascar
Malawi
Mali
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Mauritania
Mauritius
Mozambique
Niger
Nigeria
Républic du
Congo
Rwanda
SAO Tome
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Senegal
Serra Leone
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Togo
Uganda
Zambia
Zanzibar
Zimbabwe
5. MEDIA
 950 tweets which reached
 34,000 impressions
6. ORGANIZATIONS
The following organizations
registered to attend:
 5x15
 Abay Bank S.co
 Acre Africa
 Addis Ababa City Administration
 Addis Ababa City Government
Environmental Protection
Authority
 Addis Ababa University
 Admas University
 Africa Climate Change Resilience
Alliance (ACCRA)
 Africa Union Commission
 African Caribbean and Pacific
Secretariat, Belgium
 African Center for Disaster Risk
Management (ACDRM)/Addis
Ababa University
 African Reinsurance Corporation
 African Risk Capacity
 African Risk Capacity Insurance
Company Limited
 African Union
 Agencia Española de
Cooperación Internacional para
el Desarrollo (AECID)
 Air Force Mozambique
 Allianz
 Almon Investment Holdings
 Ambiental Technical Solutions
Ltd.
 Amboh Young Farmers Common
Inititaive Group (AMYOFACIG)
 American Red Cross
 APA Insurance Ltd.
 Ardhi University
 Association for the Struggle
Against Violence Against Women
 Association of African
Universities (AAU)
 Athena Global (AG Europe)
 Austrian Development
Cooperation
 Blue Nile National Institute
 Bureau of the Treasury,
Philippines
 Cabinet du Ministre Delegue a
l'Interieur, Gabon
 Cabinet of the Prime Minister,
Niger
 Cabinet/Ministry Of Economy
and Finance, Mali
 Caribbean Development Bank
 Catholic Organisation for Relief
and Development Aid (CORDAID)
 Catholic Organization for Relief
and Development Aid (CORDAID)
 Catholic Relief Services
 Catholic Relief Services (CRS)
 Cellule de Prévention et Gestion
des Urgences (CPGU)
 Central Bank of Nigeria
 Centre for Disaster Risk
Management and Development,
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University of Port Harcourt,
Choba, Nigeria
Circumspecte
City of Teresina
Civilian Protection Mali
Climate Centre Mozambique
Climate Investment Fund
Climate Wednesday
Columbia University/Red
Cross/Red Crescent Climate
Centre
Conférence sur les Ecosystèmes
de Forêts Denses et Humides
d’Afrique Centrale (CEFDHAC)
Construction and Business Bank
Ethiopia
CRS Ethiopia
DAI Europe
Dashen Bank S.C.
Department of Disaster
Management Affairs, Malawi
Department of Disaster
Management Affairs, Malawi
Department of Disaster
Management, Bhutan
Department of Environment,
Tanzania
Department of Foreign Affairs,
Trade and Development, Canada
Deutsche Gesellschaft für
Internationale Zusammenarbeit
(GIZ)/Making Finance Work for
Africa
 Development Research and
Policy Analysis Center
 Diplomats Extra Magazine
 Direction des Assurances & de la
Prévoyance Sociale, Ministère de
l’Economie et des Finances du
Maroc
 Direction Nationale de la
Planification du Developpement,
Mali
 Directorate-General for
Humanitarian Aid and Civil
Protection (ECHO)
 Disaster Management and
Mitigation Unit, Zambia
 Disaster Management
Department, Sierra Leone
 Disaster Preparedness and
Management Department,
Uganda
 Disaster Prevention and
Management Regional Disaster
Centre, Congo
 Disaster Reduction Nepal (DRN)
 Disaster Risk Management and
Food Security Sector (DRMFSS)
 Doctors with Africa CUAMM
 Department for International
Development (DFID)
 Drone Adventures
 Economic Community Of West
African States (ECOWAS)
Commission
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Eduardo Mondlane University
Embassy of France in Ethiopia
Embassy of Ireland/Irish Aid
Embassy of Sweden
Embassy of the Republic of South
Africa
Enat Bank S.C.
Entrepreneurship Initiative for
African Youth
Ethio Life and General Insurance
S.C
Ethiopia Institute of Technology
Ethiopian Agricultural
Transformation Agency
Ethiopian Civil Service University
Ethiopian Development Research
Institute (EDRI)
Ethiopian Health Insurance
Ethiopian Institute of Agriculture
Ethiopian Institute of Water
Resources, Addis Ababa
University
Ethiopian Insurance Corporation
Ethiopian Investment
Commission
Ethiopian Red Cross Society
Ethiopian Statistical Association
EU Advisory Service in Social
Transfers (ASiST)
European Commission
European Union (EU)
European Union Delegation to
the African Union
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Organizations, continued…
 Faculty of Engineering, Cairo
University
 Farm Africa
 Federal Inland Revenue Service
 Federal Ministry for Economic
Cooperation and Development
 Food and Agriculture
Organization of United Nations
(UNFAO)
 Food Security Integrated
Agricultural Business
Development Consult
 Fruits of Thought
 German Red Cross
 Global Earthquake Model
Foundation (GEM)
 Global Education
Communication
 Global Facility for Disaster
Reduction and Recovery, World
Bank Group
 Global Green Growth Institute
(GGGI)
 Global Voices
 Goma Volcanic Observatory
 Harvard University
 HelpAge International
 Horn of Africa Regional
Environment Centre and
Network (HoA-REC&N)/Addis
Ababa University
 INFORM
 Insurers Association of Mauritius
 Intergovernmental Authority on
Development (IGAD)
 International Federation of Red
Cross and Red Crescent Societies
 International Federation of Red
Cross and Red Crescent Societies
(IFRC)/Africa Zone
 International Fund for
Agricultural Development (IFAD)
 International Institute of Tropical
Agriculture (IITA) Youth
Agripreneur (IYA)
 International Labor Organization
(ILO)
 International Livestock Research
Institute (ILRI)
 International Organization for
Migration (IOM)
 International
Telecommunication Union (ITU)
 International Water
Management Institute
(IWMI)/Consultative Group for
International Agricultural
Research (CGIAR)
 Ireland Embassy
 Irish Aid
 Islamic University In Uganda
 Japan International Cooperation
Agency (JICA)
 Kenya Development Initiatives
 KeyW Corporation
 KfW
 Kifiya
 Kinondoni Municipal Council
 Kotebe University College
 Le Comité Permanent Inter-Etats
de Lutte contre la Sécheresse
dans le Sahel (CILSS)
 L'Union des Jeunes Actifs
 Makeni City Council
 Makerere University
 Malawi Geological Survey
 Management Agency of the
Ethiopian Social Accountability
Program
 Masinde Muliro University of
Science and Technology
 Mekelle University
 Mercy Corps
 Mercy Corps Ethiopia
 Met Office (UK)
 MIDROC Ethiopia
 Ministry of Economy and
finance, Senegal
 Minister of Disaster
Management and Refugee
Affairs (MIDIMAR), Rwanda
 Minister of Finance and
Economic Cooperation, Ethiopia
 Ministère de l'Economie et de la
Planification, Madagascar
 Ministere de l'Economie
Forestiere et du Developpement
Durable, Congo
 Ministère de l'Economie, des
Finances et des Programmes de
Dénationalisation (MEFPD),
Benin
 Ministère de l'Environnement et
des Ressources
Forestières/Secrétariat
Technique RRC, Togo
 Ministère de l'Intérieur et de la
Sécurité publique, Senegal
 Ministère des Finances, de
l'Economie, du Budget, de
l'Investissement et du Commerce
Extérieur, Comoros
 MInisterio de Hacienda y Crédito
Publico, Colombia
 Ministerio de Hacienda y
Presupuesto, Equatorial Guinea
 Ministry of Construction,
Ethiopia
 Ministry of Disaster
Management and Refugee
Affairs of Rwanda, Rwanda
 Ministry of Economy and
Finance, Mali
 Ministry of Economy and
Finance, Mozambique
 Ministry of Economy and
International Cooperation, Sao
Tome and Principe
 Ministry of Economy, Gabon
 Ministry of Environment and
Forest Resource, Togo
 Ministry of Environment
Sustainable Development and
Disaster and Beach
Management, Mauritius
 Ministry of Environment, Côte
d'Ivoire
 Ministry of Environment, Forest,
and Climate Change, Ethiopia
 Ministry of Finance & Economic
Development, Sierra Leone
 Ministry of Finance and Budget,
Madagascar
 Ministry of Finance and
Development Planning,
Botswana
 Ministry of Finance and
Economic Cooperation, Ethiopia
 Ministry of Finance and
Economic Planning, Rwanda
 Ministry of Finance and
Economy, Senegal
 Ministry of Finance, Colombia
 Ministry of Finance, Ghana
 Ministry of Finance, Malawi
 Ministry of Finance, Mauritania
 Ministry of Finance, Trade and
the Blue Economy, Seychelles
 Ministry of Finance-Department
of Planning, Saint Lucia
 Ministry of Finances and Budget,
Madagascar
 Ministry of Finances and
Budgeting, Equatorial Guinea
 Ministry of Foerign Affairs,
Ethiopia
 Ministry of Higher Education,
Djibouti
 Ministry of Interior and Public
Security, Senegal
 Ministry of Interior, Ghana
 Ministry of Internal Affairs,
Liberia
 Ministry of Labour and Social
Affairs, Ethiopia
 Ministry of Local Government,
Public Works & National
Housing, Zimbabwe
 Ministry of Mines and Industrial
Development, Niger
 Ministry of Science and
Technology, Ethiopia
 Ministry of Urban Development
and Housing, Ethiopia
 Ministry to the Prime Minister, in
Charge of Budget, Côte d'Ivoire
 Minsitry of Local Government,
Public Works & National
Housing, Zimbabwe
 Minstry of Economic and
Finance, Djibouti
 Mission permanente auprès de
l'UA, CEA et PNUE
 Mozambique Red Cross Society
 mPedigree Network
 Multi/D Engineering Consultancy
Plc
 Municipality of Chokwe,
Mozambique
 National Bank of Ethiopia
 National Department of
Agriculture, Forestry and
Fisheries, South Africa
 National Disaster Management
Agency, Gambia
 National Disaster Management
Institute, Mozambique
 National Disaster Management
Organization, ghana
 National Disaster Prevention And
Prepardness Fund Office,
Ethiopia
 National Disster Management
Agency, Gambia
 National Drought Management
Authority, Kenya
 National Emergency
Management Agency, Nigeria
 National Institute Disaster
Management (INGC) at National
Center Emergency Operation
(CENOE), Mozambique
 National Institute for Disaster
Management (INGC),
Mozambique
 National insurance Company of
Ethiopia S.C. (NICE)
 National Planning Commission of
ethiopia
 National Service Of Civil
Protection, Cape Verde
 National Union of Hotels and
Personal Services Workers,
Nigeria
 National Youth Forum for
Climate Resilience and Emission
Development, Burundi
 Nepal Grassroots Development
Forum
 Netherlands Red Cross
 Netherlands Space Office
 New Business Ethiopia
 NGO Share & International
Organization
 Northern Uganda Social Action
Fund (NUSAF III)
 Nyala Insurance Share Company
 Observatoire du Sahara et du
Sahel - OSS
 Office of the Prime Minister,
Uganda
 Ohaha Family Foundation
 Oromia Insurance Company S.C.
 Oxfam
 Oxfam America
 Oxfam GB
 Oxfam GB
 Plan International Ethiopia
 Planet Guarantee
 Prime Minister's Office, Disaster
Management Department,
Tanzania
 Prime Minister's Office, Lesotho
 Private Organizations Employees'
Social Security Agency, Ethiopia
 Project Coordination Unit,
Department of Planning and
National Development, Saint
Lucia
 Projet de Gestion des Risques de
Catastrophes et de
Développement Urbain (PGRCDU)
 Public Servants' Social Security
Agency, Ethiopia
 Regional Centre for Mapping of
Resources for Development
(RCMRD), Kenya
 Relief Society of Tigray (REST),
Ethiopia
 Republic of Sierra Leone Armed
Forces
 Revenue & DM Department,
Govt. of Odisha, India
 Royal Media, Kenya
 Rwanda Housing Authority
 Rwanda Youth Alliance for
Climate Actions (RYACA)
 Santam
 Santam South Africa
 Save the Children
 Secretary of Planning, Teresina
 Sécurité Civile
 Serviço Nacional de Protecção
Civil e Bombeiros, Cape Verde
 Société Centrale de Réassurance
(Groupe CDG), Morocco
 Somaliland Beverage Industries
 South Africa Departemnt of
Agriculture, Forestry & Fisheries
 Southern African Development
Community (SADC) Secretariat,
Botswana
 Sri Lankan School Muscat,
Sultanate of Oman
 Sriwijaya University
 Start Network
 Swedish Embassy Nairobi
 Swiss Reinsurance Company Ltd.
 Tayyab International Company
 Tebita Ambulance
 The National Treasury, Kenya
 The Start Network (Save the
Children UK)
 Tikure/Anbessa Hospital
 Tsehay Insurance S.C
 Uganda Bureau of Statistics
 Uganda Red Cross Society
 UN World Food Programme
 Understanding and Managing
Extremes School,
 UN-Habitat
 Union of Ethiopian Woman
Charitable Associations
 UNISDR Regional Office for the
Arab States (ROAS)
 United Nations Children's Fund
(UNICEF)
 United Nations Development
Programme (UNDP)
 United Nations Educational,
Scientific and Cultural
Organization (UNESCO)
 United Nations Office for
Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR)
 United Nations Office for Project
Services (UNOPS)
 United Nations Office for the
Coordination of Humanitarian
Affairs
 United Nations Settlement
Programme UN-Habitat
 United Nations University
Institute for Environment and
Human Security/ Munich Climate
Insurance Inititative
 United Nations World Food
Programme (WFP)
 University College London (UCL)
 University of Copenhagen
 University of Ibadan, Ibadan,
Nigeria
 University of Manchester
 University of Ottawa
 University of Rwanda
 University of the Witwatersrand
 US Agency for International
Development (USAID)
 USAID Ethiopia
 USHAHIDI
 Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
 Wolaita Sodo University
 Wolkite University
 World Bank Group
 World Food Program Ethiopia
 World Health Organization
 World Meteorological
Organization
 Youth Entrepreneurship for
Emerging Africa
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