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Transforming Agriculture for Wealth Creation in Africa
African Development Bank Provisional Programme Ahmedabad, India, 22 – 26 May 2017
Transforming Agriculture for Wealth Creation in Africa
Saturday 20th & Sunday 21st May 2017, from 9:00 - 17:00: Registration of participants
MONDAY 22 MAY 2017
Time Events Venue
07:30 – 17:00 Registration of Participants Accreditation
09:00 – 18:00 Recording of Governors’ Statements MRB00 Governors Village 10:00 – 18:00 Exhibition by Companies Exhibitors Area
Flagships Release: The 2017 African Economic Outlook (AEO) Moderator: Wallace Kantai, NTV, Kenya Short statements about the 2017 AEO: Mr. Abebe Shimeles, Ag., Macroeconomics Policy, Forecasting and Research, AfDB Mr. Mario Pezzini, Director, OECD Development Centre, Paris 10:00 – 11:30 Dr. Abdalla Hamdok, Acting Executive Secretary, Economic Commission for Africa Seminar Hall 4 (ECA) Mr. Abdoulaye Mar Dieye, Assistant Administrator and Director of the Regional Bureau for Africa at the United Nations Development Programme Short Ministerial Comments: H.E. Mr. Philip Mpango, Minister of Finance, Tanzania H.E. Mr. Mouatassem Boudiaf, Minister Delegate to the Minister of Finance for the Digital Economy and Modernization of Financial Systems, Algeria 11:30 – 12:30 Press Conference Seminar Hall 2 Book launch : “Beating the Odds : Jump-Starting Developing Countries” Moderator: Ms. Julie Gichuru, KBC
11:30 – 13:00 Panelists Seminar Hall 4 Dr. Célestin Monga, Vice-President and Chief Economist, AfDB Prof. Justin Yifu Lin, Director, Center for New Structural Economics, Peking Peking University Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Board Chair, Gavi 12:00 – 13:30 Seminar Hall 3 Africa-India Cooperation on Enhancing the High 5 Strategy: Marker
Session
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MONDAY 22 MAY 2017 (Contd.)
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Developing Africa’s Grey Matter Infrastructure: Addressing Africa’s Nutrition Challenges
Moderator: Ms. Rajul Pandya-Lorch – Chief of Staff and Head, 2020 Vision for Food, Agriculture and the Environment Initiative, International Food Policy Research Institute
14:00 – 16:00 Opening Remarks by: Seminar Hall 2 Ambassador Kenneth Quinn, President of the World Food Prize Foundation Panelists Mrs. Zouera Youssoufou, MD Aliko Dangote Foundation Mr. Baffour Agyeman-Duah, CEO of the John Kufuor Foundation Mr. Muhammad Ali Pate, CEO of Big Win Philanthropy Mr. Shawn Baker, Director of Nutrition, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Ms. Lauren Landis, Director for Nutrition, United Nations World Food Programme Conference Room 3 14:00 – 17:00 African Legal Support Facility Governing Council “Les Organes de l’ALSF” First Floor MC Building Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Board of Governors on the 14:30 – 16:00 Conditions of Service for Elected Officers (Closed Session) MT 02 Governors Village Africa India Cooperation - Session 1: Exploring Diversity: Promoting Trade 14:30 – 16:00 Seminar Hall 3 and Investments Transforming African Agriculture into a Lucrative Business
Moderator: Mr. Alan Kasujja, BBC Setting the Context: Mr. Khaled F. Sherif, Vice-President, Regional Development, Integration and Business Delivery, AfDB Opening Remarks by 15:00 – 16:30 Seminar Hall 1 Mr. Aliko Dangote, President & CEO, Dangote Group Panelists Ms. Ada Osakwe, CEO, Agrolay Ventures Mr. Vimal Shah, CEO, Bidco Africa Mr. John Magnay, Head of Agriculture, Opportunity International
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MONDAY 22 MAY 2017 (Contd.)
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16:00 – 17:00 Meeting of the Bureau of the Boards of Governors (Closed Session) MT 02 Governors Village
16:30 – 18:00 Africa-India Cooperation - Session 2: The Infrastructure Imperative Seminar Hall 3
Agriculture is Cool: Engaging Africa’s Youth Seminar Hall 4
Moderator: Ms. Lerato Mbele, Presenter of Africa Business Report, BBC World News
Short Documentary on Youth Agripreneurs Testimonies of selected Youth Agripreneurs
Panel Guest: Winner of the Youth Agripreneur Award 16:30 – 18:30 Remarks by H.E. John Dramani Mahama, Former President of Ghana
Panelists Ms. Ada Osakwe, CEO, Agrolay Ventures Ms. Evelyn Ohanwusi, Head, Partnership Advocacy and Resource Mobilization, Youth Agripreneurs, Nigeria Mr. Noel Mulinganya, Coordinator, IITA Youth Kalambo Agripreneurs in East DRC Mr. Max Bankole Jarett, Deputy Director, African Progress Panel Meeting of the Joint Steering Committee of the Boards of Governors MT 02 Governors Village 17:00 – 18:30 (Closed Session; open to non-member Governors as observers)
18:30 – 20:00 Welcome Reception VIP Luncheon Area
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TUESDAY 23 MAY 2017
Time Events Venue
07:30 – 17:00 Registration of Participants Accreditation
MRB00 09:00 – 18:00 Recording of Governors’ Statements Governors Village Main Convention 09:00 – 11:00 Formal Opening Ceremony of the 2017 Annual Meetings Hall
10:00 – 18:00 Exhibition by Companies Exhibitors Area
Leadership for Agricultural Transformation: Town Hall with the President
Moderator: Ms. Brownyn Nelson, Senior Anchor of CNBC Africa
11:30 – 13:00 Presidential Panel: Seminar Hall 2 H.E. Patrice Talon , President of Benin H.E. Macky Sall, President of Senegal H.E. Daniel Kablan Duncan, Vice President of Côte d’Ivoire Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, AfDB President Ambassador Kenneth Quinn, President of the World Food Prize Foundation
13:00 – 14:00 High Level Opening Lunch (By invitation) VIP Luncheon Area
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TUESDAY 23 MAY 2017 (Contd.)
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Creative Energy Solutions to Boost African Agriculture
Moderator: Mr. Ibrahima Cheikh Diong - Founder/CEO, Africa Consulting and Trading, Senegal
Setting the Context:
Mr. Amadou Hott, Vice-President Power, Energy, Climate Change and Green Growth, AfDB 14:00 – 16:00 Seminar Hall 3 Panelists
Mr. Davidi Vortman, CEO, Lumos Global Mr. Jesse Moore, Co-Founder and CEO, M-KOPA, Kenya Ms. Cheryl Anderson, Ag. Assistant Administrator, USAID H.R.H. Abzeita Djigma, CEO AbzeSolar S.A, Burkina Faso Mr. Thomas Gottschalk, CEO Mobisol, Germany Innovative Financing for Agriculture
Moderator: Ms. Julie Gichuru, News Anchor, KBC
Setting the Context:
Ms. Jennifer Blanke, Vice-President, Agriculture, Human & Social Development, AfDB Panelists
14:00 – 16:00 Dr Vera Songwe, Executive Secretary, Director, West Africa, IFC Seminar Hall 1 Mr. Mezuo O. Nwuneli, Managing Director, Fund for Agricultural Finance in Nigeria (FAFIN) Mr. Sean de Cleene, Vice President, Business Development & Strategic Partnerships, AGRA Mr. Mark Suzman, Chief Strategy Officer & President, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Lord Paul Boateng, Chairman AECF Contributions from AfDB Governors:
Mr. Henry Kiplagat Rotich, AfDB Governor for Kenya Ambassador Claver Gatete, AfDB Governor for Rwanda Mr. Amadou Ba, AfDB Governor for Senegal
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Transforming Agriculture for Wealth Creation in Africa TUESDAY 23 MAY 2017 (Contd.)
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Financing African Infrastructure Moderator: Mr. Wallace Kantai, NTV Kenya Panel:
14:30 – 16:00 Mr. Pierre Guislain, Vice-President, Private Sector, Infrastructure and Industrialization, AfDB Seminar Hall 4 Ms. Janet Heckman, Southern and Eastern Mediterranean (SEMED), European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) Mr. Jingdong Hua, Vice President, Treasury & Syndications, IFC Mr. Paulo Noguiera Batista, Vice President & Chief Risk Officer, NDB Mr. Charles Corbett, Managing Director, Head of Financial Institutions, Sovereigns and Development Organisations, Financing Solutions Africa, Standard Chartered Bank Women in Agriculture
Moderator: Ms. Bronwyn Nielsen, Senior Anchor of CNBC Africa
Setting the Context: Mr. Charles Boamah, Senior Vice-President, AfDB
Opening Remarks by Main Convention 15:00 – 16:30 H.E. Macky Sall, President of Senegal Hall Part 1 - Left Panel:
Dr. Florence Wambugu, CEO, Africa Harvest Ms. Ada Osakwe, CEO, Agrolay Ventures Ms. Yana W. Kakar, Global Managing Partner at Dalberg Global Development Advisors Ms. Evelyn Ohanwusi, Head, Partnership Advocacy and Resource Mobilization, Youth Agripreneurs, Nigeria Ms. Reema Nanavaty, Secretary General of Self Employed Women’s Association Seminar Hall 2 Let’s Talk Africa-Asia Partnerships Moderator: Ms. Georja Calvin-Smith, France 24.
15:30 – 17:30 Leaders’ Dialogue: H.E. Patrice Talon , President of Benin H.E. Macky Sall, President of Senegal H.E. Daniel Kablan Duncan, Vice President of Côte d’Ivoire Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, AfDB President
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High Level Event Webstreaming Event Televised Event Statutory Event Knowledge Seminar / Debates Dining Event Mrs. Helen Hai, CEO Made in Africa Initiative, China
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TUESDAY 23 MAY 2017 (Contd.)
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Presidential Special Panel on Accelerating the Implementation of the Bank’s Ten- Seminar Hall 4 Years Strategy with the High 5s Agenda and on the AFD Policy Lab. (Participation restricted to Governors, Alternate Governors, Executive Directors and their Advisers, Alternate Executive Directors, Vice Presidents and Directors of the Bank)
Moderator: Ms. Bronwyn Nielsen, Senior Anchor of CNBC Africa
Short video message from:
Mr. Kofi Annan, co-chair of the Special Panel of the AfDB 18:00 – 20:00 Mr. Horst Kohler, co-chair of the Special Panel of the AfDB Speakers
Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Chairperson, GAVI Alliance Board Prof. Paul Collier, Professor of Economics and Public Policy, Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford
Panelists Mr. Lars Thurnell, Chairman, Global Water Development Partners Mr. Jay Ireland, President and CEO of General Electric, Africa) Mr. Ismail Serageldin, Director, the Library of Alexandria Mr. K. Y. Amoako, President, African Center for Economic Transformation (ACET) Prof. Justin Yifu Lin, Honorary Dean and Professor, Peking University
Hyatt Regency 18:30 – 24:00 Dinner: African Bankers’ Awards (by invitation) Hotel
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WEDNESDAY 24 MAY 2017
Time Events Venue
07:30 – 17:00 Registration of Participants Accreditation
First Sitting of the Boards of Governors: Consideration and approval of the: Provisional agenda Main Convention Hall Part 08:00 – 09:30 Report of the Joint Steering Committee 3 – Right Report of the Standing Committee of the Board of Governors on the Conditions of Service for Elected Officers
MRB00 09:00 – 18:00 Recording of Governors’ Statements Governors Village
09:30 – 14:00 Japan – AfDB Forum: Japan-India cooperation Africa’s development Seminar Hall 2
10:00 – 18:00 Exhibition by Companies Exhibitors Area
Second Sitting of the Boards of Governors: Governors’ Dialogue Main Convention Hall – 10:00 – 13:00 ( closed event) Part 2 - Middle
Africa-India Cooperation – Session 3: Powering Africa: Strengthening ISA 11:30 – 13:00 Seminar Hall 3 and Africa-India RE Partnerships
13:00 – 15:00 Financial Presentation Luncheon VIP Luncheon Area
Africa-India Cooperation – Session 4: Agriculture – Partnerships for Green 14:30 ‒ 16:00 Seminar Hall 3 Revolution 2.0
The G20 New Partnership with Africa: Dialogue for Better Youth 14:30 ‒ 16:00 Seminar Hall 2 Employment and Economic Transformation Outcomes
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WEDNESDAY 24 MAY 2017 (Contd.)
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Creating Wealth through Fashionomics
Moderator: Ms. Namakau Mukelabai, ZNBC, Zambia
Short introductory statement
Panelists 14:30 – 16:30 Mr. Pathe O, Fashion Designer, Burkina Faso and Côte d’Ivoire; Designer of famous Seminar Hall 4 Mandela shirts Mr. Sidahmed Alphadi, African Designer and UNESCO Artist for Peace Ms. Helen Hai, CEO, Made in Africa Initiative, UNIDO Goodwill Ambassador, Vice President and General Manager for overseas investment for Huajian Group Mr. David Suddens, CEO, Vlisco Group Mr. Nick Earlam, CEO Plexus Cotton Group Ms. Neelam Chhiber, Industrial Designer, Co-Founder of Mother Earth / Industree, India Boosting Domestic Resource Mobilization to Finance African Transformation
Moderator: Alan Kasujja, BBC
Panelists Main Convention Hall – 15:00 ‒ 17:00 Hon. Sahar Nasr, Minister for Investment and International Cooperation, Egypt Part 2 - Middle Hon. Amadou Ba, Minister of Economic & Finance, Senegal Hon. Ambassador Claver Gatete, Minister of Finance & Economic Planning, Rwanda Hon. Sfiso Buthelezi, Deputy Minister of Finance, South Africa Hon. Dieudonné Evou Mekou, Vice-Governor of Central Bank of Central African States, BEAC Mr. Charles Boamah, Senior Vice president, AfDB Africa-India Cooperation – Session 5A: Achieving High-5 Agenda through Seminar Hall 3 India’s Development Cooperation 16:30 ‒ 17:30 Africa-India Cooperation – Session 5B: EXIM Success Story Case Study Presentation
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WEDNESDAY 24 MAY 2017 (Contd.)
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Changing Perceptions on Agriculture: the Role of the Entertainment Industry (“Nollywood Meets Bollywood”)
Moderator: Dr. Victor Oladokun, CEO, 3D Global Consult Panelists 16:30 ‒ 18:30 Seminar Hall 2 Ms. Oboli Omoni, Nigerian Actress, Director and Producer Ms. Rekha Rana, Bollywood and International Award Winning Actress, Winner of Miss Delhi Ms. Omotola Jalade Ekeinde, Nigerian Actress, Philanthropist, TIME 100 Most Influential People of 2013 Mr. Rajendrakumar Mohan Raney, Film Director and Producer, India Mr. Letaief Brahim, Director of the Carthage Film Festival (Tunisia) Africa-India Cooperation – Session 5 (Contd.): EXIM Success Story Case Study Seminar Hall 3 17:30 ‒ 19:00 Presentation
The Sounds of Africa’s Transformation: Cultural Night (to be preceded by University Convention 20:00 ‒ 24:00 Development Results awards to Member States) Hall
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THURSDAY 25 MAY 2017
Time Events Venue
07:30 – 17:00 Registration of Participants Accreditation
MRB00 09:00 – 11:00 Recording of Governors’ Statements Governors Village
Third Sitting of the Boards of Governors: Closing Session of the 2017 Annual MRB00 09:00 – 11:00 Meetings Governors Village
Civil Society Panel
Moderator: Ms. Julie Gichuru, News Anchor, KBC
Setting the Context: Dr. Sipho Moyo, Director of Special Projects, Office of the President, AfDB 10:00 – 12:00 Seminar Hall 4 Panelists Dr. Sudarshan Suryawanshi, CEO, India Society of Agri-Business Professionals (ISAP) Dr. Khurana Kamal, CEO, Federation of Indian Farmer Producer Organizations and Aggregators (FIFA) Ms. Dorothy Mukhebi, Deputy Director, African Women in Agricultural Research Ms. Lucy Muchoki, CEO, Pan African Agribusiness and Agroindustry Consortium, Kenya Mr. David Wilcox, Social Change Leader and the Founder of ReachScale 10:00 – 18:00 Exhibition by Companies Exhibitors Area
11:00 – 12:00 Closing Press Conference Seminar Hall 1
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THURSDAY 25 MAY 2017 (Contd.)
Time Events Venue
11:30 – 13:00 Africa-India Cooperation – Session 6: Skill Development & Education Seminar Hall 3
12:10 – 12:30 Launching of Korea as the venue of the next Annual Meetings 2018 Exhibitors Area
Lunch hosted by the President of the African Development Bank Group (by 12:30 – 14:00 Hyatt Regency Hotel invitation only)
14:30 – 15:30 Africa-India Cooperation – Session 7: Partnerships in Healthcare Seminar Hall 3
15:45 – 16:45 Africa-India Cooperation – Session 8: Connect Africa: Partnerships in e-Governance Seminar Hall 3
Africa-India Cooperation – Session 9: Industrialise Africa: Unleashing its Real 17:00 – 18:00 Seminar Hall 3 Potential in Manufacturing
Visit to the Gandhi Ashram (Departure will be from the MMCC. Please register at Gandhi Ashram 17:00 – 19:00 the Information Desk in the Accreditation Center)
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FRIDAY 26 MAY 2017
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10:00 – 18:00 Exhibition by Companies Exhibition Hall 2
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OTHER EVENTS
SUNDAY 21 MAY 2017
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Conference Room 1 14:00 – 19:00 AADFI Executive Committee Meeting Main Convention Building
MONDAY 22 MAY 2017
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08:00 – 18:00 African DFIs CEOs Workshop MT_02 – Exhibition Hall 1
09:00 – 13:00 ALSF Governing Council Constituencies Meetings MT_01 – Exhibition Hall 1
12:30 – 14:30 Lunch hosted by the Export-Import Bank of India (By invitation) VIP Restaurant
18:30 – 20:00 ALSF Cocktail (by Invitation only) VIP Restaurant
TUESDAY 23 MAY 2017
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08:00 – 18:00 AADFI General Assembly MT_02 – Exhibition Hall 1
Conference Room 1 09:00 – 12:00 Donors meeting (ALSF) Main Convention Building
15:00 – 19:00 ADF Working Group Meeting MT_03 – Exhibition Hall 1
Conference Room 1 15:15 – 16:15 Partnership on Illicit Finance (PIF) Steering Committee Meeting Main Convention Building
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OTHER EVENTS (Contd.)
WEDNESDAY 24 MAY 2017
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08:00 – 09:00 Registration Seminar Hall 3
09:00 – 10:00 Regional Session Seminar Hall 3
10:15 – 11:15 CII & DST Africa-India Roundtable on Technology and Innovation Seminar Hall 3
Africa-India Cooperation – Session 3: Powering Africa: Strengthening ISA and 11:30 – 13:00 Seminar Hall 3 Africa-India RE Partnerships
14:00 – 17:00 Youth Agripreneurs exhibition Exhibition Hall 2 – Booth 3
ALSF High level meeting: “Land investment deals in Africa: Negotiating good 14:00 – 17:00 Seminar Hall 1 contracts for sustainable development»
18:00 – 20:00 JP Morgan Cocktail VIP Restaurant
THURSDAY 25 MAY 2017
Time Events Venue
09:00 – 12:00 Youth Agripreneurs exhibition Exhibition Hall 2 – Booth 3
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