DIGITAL DIALOGUES A NATIONAL CONVERSATION: MAPPING NIGERIA’S RESPONSE TO COVID-19 POST-EVENT REPORT THE BOLD ONES: NIGERIAN COMPANIES REINVENTING FOR THE NEW NORMAL SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT JULY 2020 AGRIBUSINESS FINANCE MARKETS NIRSAL exists to create a handshake between the Agricultural Value Chain and the Financial Sector in order to boost productivity, food security and the profitability of agribusiness in Nigeria. At the heart of our strategy is the Credit Risk Guarantee (CRG) which enhances the flow of finance and investment into fixed Agricultural Value Chains by serving as a buffer that encourages investors to fund verified bankable projects. Working with financial institutions, farmer groups, mechanization service providers, logistics providers and other actors in the Value Chain, NIRSAL is changing Nigeria's agricultural landscape and delivering food security, financial inclusion, wealth creation and economic growth. THE NIGERIA INCENTIVE-BASED RISK SHARING SYSTEM FOR AGRICULTURAL LENDING De-Risking Agriculture Facilitating Agribusiness Office Address Lagos Office Plot 1581, Tigris Crescent CBN Building www.nirsal.com Maitama District Tinubu Square, Marina You u e Abuja, Nigeria Lagos, Nigeria @nirsalconnect NIRSAL, a Central Bank of Nigeria corporation. DIGITAL DIALOGUES A NATIONAL CONVERSATION: MAPPING NIGERIA’S RESPONSE TO COVID-19 POST-EVENT REPORT THE BOLD ONES: NIGERIAN COMPANIES REINVENTING FOR THE NEW NORMAL SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT Sponsors Moderators and Panelists ZAINAB PROF. AKIN IBUKUN DR. OBIAGELI ALIYU DR. DOYIN OLISA ENGR. MANSUR PROF. PAUL CHIEF PHILIP MR. DAVE SHAMSUNA ABAYOMI AWOSIKA EZEKWESILI ABDULHAMEED SALAMI AGBAKOBA, AHMED COLLIER ASIODU, CFR, UDUANU, CFA AHMED Commissioner, Chairman, First Member, Advisory MD/CEO NISRAL Chairman, SAN, OON President, Professor of CON CEO, Sigma Honourable Ministry of Health, Bank of Nigeria Panel, Nigeria Economic Advisory Senior Partner, Manufacturers Economics & Former Minister of Pensions Limited Minister of Finance, Lagos State Limited Natural Resources Council Olisa Agbakogba Association of Public Policy, Petroleum Budget & National Charter. Legal Nigeria (MAN) Blavatnik School Planning Fmr Vice President, of Government, & World Bank, Africa Director of The Int’l Growth Centre DR. REMI BASHORUN EFOSA OJOMO PROF. PROF. OFOVWE AIG- DR. KALU PROF. CHRISTIAN NDIDI PROF. KUNLE ADEKOYA J.K. RANDLE Co-Author, The MAURICE IWU SULEIMAN IMOUKHUEDE IDIKA KALU, HAPPI OKONKWO ABUBAKAR OYELANA Former Political Chairman, Prosperity Paradox, President, Bio ELIAS BOGORO Director, Africa CON, OFR Director, African NWUNELI, MFR SIDDIQUE Managing Director, & Global Prosperity Editor, Warsaw J.K. Randle Resources Executive Initiative for Former Minister of Center of Excellence Co-Founder, Sahel MOHAMMED GSK Lead, Clayton Business Journal International Development Secretary, TETFund Governance Finance for Genomics of Consulting Vice Chair, ANAP Christensen Institute and Conservation Infectious Diseases Foundation, for Distruptive Program (ACEGID), Redeemer’s Covid-19 Think Innovation University Tank OWEN SUTURA AISHA PROF. DR. WIEBE DR. YEMI KALE DR. CHRISTOF BOYE MADIHA ERNEST PATRICK BOLA OMOGIAFO BELLO ABDULSALAM BOER Statistician- WALTER OLUSANYA AFZAL, PHD NDUKWE, OFR NWAKOGO ONADELE. President & Group PPP Component NASIDI CEO, AllOn General, National Co-Founder, Group COO, Flour David M. Chairman, Country Director KOKO Chief Executive Lead, UK Nigeria Provost of Health Bureau of Statistics Agramondis Mills of Nigeria plc Rubenstein Fellow, MTN Nigeria & CEO at Dale CEO, FMDQ Group Officer, Transcorp. Infrastructure Sciences, University Agricultural Foreign Policy Communications Carnegie Nigeria Advisory of Africa Consultancy The Brookings Plc. Facility(UKNIAF) Institution EYO EKPO SIM SHAGAYA TEJU ABISOYE HIS DR. CHINNY FOLA LAOYE DR. TUNJI OTTO DR. ACHA LEKE AUSTIN AVURU ABBA GANA CEO, Excredite Founder, ULesson Acting Executive EXCELLENCY OGUNRO Founder & CEO, ADEGBESAN ORONDAAM Africa Chairman, CEO, Pioneer DMD of Consulting Ltd. Secretary LSETF PETER OBI CEO, WellSpring Health Markets Founder, Gidi Founder, McKinsey & Co. Seplat Petroleum NLNG Former Governor Health Africa Mobile Slum2School Devt. Co. Plc Anambra State CHINWE TOLU OYEKAN ONYECHE DR. ALIYU UKINEBO DARE ADEBOLA SANI DANGOTE KOLA MASHA PROF. JIBRIN AMBASSADOR OMOTOLA EGWIM Boston Consulting TIFASE MODIBBO Managing Director WILLIAMS Vice President, CEO / Founder IBRAHIM YUSUF TUGGAR OYEBANJO Senior Economist, Group CEO, Siemens UMAR Edo Jobs CEO, RED For Dangote Group Babban Gona Senior Fellow, Nigeria’s Head, Corporate FBNQuest Nigeria Former Minister Africa Centre for Ambassador to Affairs & of the FCT Democracy & Germany Communications Development Africa, Upfield MR EDWIN ADEFUNKE DR. SALAMATU HARUNA JALO- DR. LUCY S. DR. MASOOD ROLAKE KUNLE HENRY A. CHARLES ABAYOMI DEVAKUMAR ADEYEMI HUSSAINI WAZIRI NEWMAN, CPT AHMED AKINKUGBE- SONOLA ADIGUN ROBERTSON AWOBOKUN Group Executive Regional SULEIMAN CEO, Central Independent President, FILANI Head, Commercial Team Lead, Facility Global Chief CEO, Enyo Retail Director, Dangote Director, Africa, Former Minister of Securities Clearing Director/ Center for Global MD, EnergyInc Banking, Union for Oil Sector Economist, & Supply Industries Ltd. International State for Foreign System Governance & Development Advisors & Senior Bank Transformation in Renaissance Air Transport Affairs Performance Africa Advisor, IFU Nigeria Capital Association (IATA) Improvement Danish Investment Advisor Fund A National Conversation: Mapping Nigeria’s Response to COVID-19 (Post-Event Report) Agenda Welcome Address by Frank Aigbogun, Publisher, BusinessDay 11:00 - 11:09 PANEL 1 (Tuesday, June 16, 2020) SESSION TIME Moderator: Dr. Chinny Ogunro, CEO, WellSpring Health COVID-19: How is Nigeria and 11:10 - 12:10 Africa’s trajectory different 1 Professor Akin Abayomi, Commissioner for Health, Lagos State Government from the rest of the world? 2 Mrs. Funke Adeyemi, Regional Director, Africa, International Air Transport Association (IATA) 3 Professor Christie Happi, Director African Center of Excellence for Genomics of Infectious Diseases (ACEGID), Redeemer’s University 4 Professor Maurice Iwu, Chairman, Bioresources Development and Conservation Program 5 Mrs. Fola Laoye, Founder & CEO, Health Markets Africa 6 Professor Abubakar Siddique Mohammed, Vice-Chair, ANAP Foundation COVID-19 Think Tank 7 Mr. Kunle Oyelana, Managing Director, GSK Fire Side Chat with Mr. Bola Onadele. Koko, CEO FMDQ Group. 12:20 - 12:45 Title: Challenges, Opportunities & Outlook for the Nigerian Capital Market in the aftermath of COVID-19 PANEL 2 (Tuesday, June 16, 2020) SESSION TIME Moderator: Dr. Olisa Agbakogba, OON, SAN, Senior Partner, Olisa Agbakogba Legal Governance and optimising 12:55 - 13:45 Nigeria’s response to COVID-19 1 Chief Philip Asiodu, CFR, CON, Former Minister of Petroleum Resources 2 Mrs. Ofovwe Aig-Imoukhuede, Director, Africa Initiative for Governance 3 Dr. Oby Ezekwesili, Advisory Panel Member, Nigerian Natural Resources Charter & Former Vice President, World Bank Africa's Division 4 Professor Jibrin Ibrahim, Senior Fellow, Centre for Democracy & Development 5 His Excellency, Peter Obi, Former Governor of Anambra State 6 Bashorun J.K. Randle, Chairman, JK Randle International 7 Ambassador Yusuf Tuggar, Nigeria's Ambassador to Germany 8 Dr. Aliyu Modibbo Umar - Former FCT Minister & Chairman, Rariya Media Services Limited PANEL 3 (Tuesday, June 16, 2020) SESSION TIME Moderator: Mr. Frank Aigbogun, Publisher, BusinessDay Mapping Nigeria’s fiscal 13:55 - 14:45 strategy and response 1 Mrs. Zainab Shamsuna Ahmed, Honourable Minister of Finance, Budget & National Planning 2 Engr. Mansur Ahmed, President, Manufacturers Asociation of Nigeria 3 Mrs. Ibukun Awosika, Chairman, First Bank of Nigeria Limited 4 Professor Paul Collier, Professor of Economics & Public Policy, Blavatnik School of Government, and Director of the International Growth Centre 5 Dr. Kalu Idika Kalu, Former Minister of Finance PANEL 4 (Tuesday, June 16, 2020) SESSION TIME Moderator: Dr. Ogho Okiti, Managing Director, BusinessDay Global Economic crisis: How 14:55 - 15:45 deep and protracted will the 1 Dr. Masood Ahmed, President, Centre for Global Development recession be? 2 Ms. Sutura Aisha Bello, PPP Component Lead, UK Nigeria Infrastructure Advisory Facility 3 Dr. Yemi Kale, Statistician General, National Bureau of Statistics 4 Dr. Acha Leke, Africa Chairman, McKinsey & Co 5 Mr. Charles Robertson, Global Chief Economist, Renaissance Capital 6 Dr. Doyin Salami, Chairman, Economic Advisory Council 6 A National Conversation: Mapping Nigeria’s Response to COVID-19 (Post-Event Report) PANEL 5 (Wednesday, June 17, 2020) SESSION TIME Moderator: Mr. Tolu Oyekan, Principal, Boston Consulting Group 1 Mr. Austin Avuru, CEO, Seplat Petroleum Development Company Plc Fueling Economic 11:05 - 11:55 Diversification: Reigniting 2 Mr. Abayomi Awobokun, CEO, Enyo Retail & Supply Nigeria’s Energy Sector 3 Dr. Wiebe Boer, CEO, AllOn 4 Mr. Eyo Ekpo, CEO, Excredite Consulting Limited 5 Mrs. Rolake Akinkugbe-Filani, Managing Director, EnergyInc Advisors 6 Mrs. Owen Omogiafor, President & Group CEO, Transcorp PLC 7 Mrs. Onyeche Tifase, CEO, Siemens Nigeria 8 Mr. Henry Adigun, Team Lead of the Facility for Oil Sector Transformation in Nigeria (FOSTER) PANEL 6 (Wednesday, June 17, 2020) SESSION TIME Moderator – Dr. Remi Adekoya, Former Political Editor, Warsaw Business Journal Nigeria’s Education System in 12:05 - 12:55 the era of virtual classrooms 1 Dr. Tunji