May 28th
May 28th
Opening
16:00 to
16:10
v Opening
Santiago Iniguez, IE University President & Praise Dekpoh, IE Africa Club President
Opening the forum with a welcome note, a brief introduction of the theme and speakers.
Speakers:
Santiago Iniguez.
President.
IE University.
Praise Dekpoh.
President.
IE Africa Club.
May 28th
Keynote
16:10 to
16:20
v Keynote
Theme: Creating economic inclusion that enables participation
- What factors are holding Africa back?
- Top-Down: What is the government's role in enabling participation/inclusivity/growth particularly during & post COVID-19?
- Bottom-up: What is the citizen's role in participating/inclusivity/growth?
Speaker:
Khaled Igué.
Managing Partner and Africa Chairman.
B&A.
May 28th
Panel 1 | Inclusivity
16:20 to
17:15
v Panel 1 | Inclusivity
1. Tech & Digitization
- Potential actions towards enabling Tech/Digitization advancement on the continent
- Government regulation/legislature set to promote digitization
2. Entrepreneurship
- How to accelerate Inclusion through entrepreneurship, the challenges, and solutions
- Sustainable entrepreneurship as a driver for change
Speakers:
Eloïne Barry.
CEO.
Africa Media Agency (AMA).
Raphael Ani.
Head of External Commercialization.
Telefonica (Wayra UK).
Jake Bediako.
Presidential Coordinator for Youth Engagement and Strategy.
Office of the President of the Republic of Ghana.
Anish Shivdasani.
Founder & CEO.
Giraffe.
May 28th
Poetry Break
17:15 to
17:30
v Poetry Break
A short poetry extract will be shared about Africa
May 28th
Panel 2 | Sustainable Development
17:30 to
18:25
v Panel 2 | Sustainable Development
1. Economics and Inclusive growth
- Redirect conventional economic thinking towards achieving sustainability
- Inclusive economic policies needed to increase the participation of economic role players.
2. Sustainable Development
- Energy as a factor - Shifting to 100% renewable energy- Challenges and Opportunities- Participative actions
- Government (regulation/legislature) - the role it plays in realizing SDG's
- Sustainable Development - Most critical SDG's needed to be achieved
Speakers:
Josiane Yaguibou.
Country Representative.
UNFPA.
Khaled Igué.
Managing Partner and Africa Chairman.
B&A.
Claude Grunitzky.
CEO of the Equity Alliance.
Founder of Trace and True Africa.
Busisiwe Mavuso.
CEO.
Business Leadership South Africa (BLSA).
May 28th
Closing Remarks
18:25 to
18:30
v Closing Remarks
Praise Dekpoh, IE Africa Club President
Thank speakers and all participants and remind the importance of this event. Invite everyone to the next edition In 2022.
Speaker:
Praise Dekpoh.
President.
IE Africa Club.
