Day 2: 1st February, 2023
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
1 hour
1 hour
Smart Africa: Realising the Single Digital Market
— Mr. Lacina Koné Director General/CEO, Smart Africa Alliance
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
1 hour 30 minutes
1 hour 30 minutes
Ministerial Panel - Towards Regional Integration
— Moderator: Dr. Olufemi Adeluyi Senior Technical Assistant to the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Nigeria
— Hon. Mrs Ursula Owusu-Ekuful Minister of Communications and Digitalisation - Ghana
— H.E. Moussa Bocar Thiam Minister of Communications, Telecommunications and the Digital Economy - Senegal
— H.E Harouna Mamadou Toureh Minister of Communication, Digital Economy, and Administration Modernization - Mali
— Mr Aliyu ABOKI Executive Secretary, West Africa Telecommunications Regulatory Assembly(WATRA)
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
30 minutes
30 minutes
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
1 hour 30 minutes
1 hour 30 minutes
Digital Infrastructure Financing
— Moderator: Alicia Maude Stephens International Finance Corporation
— Funke Opeke Main One
— Foday Rado Yokie CEO Leonecom (SL) Limited, Sierra Leone
— Mr Nasser Mashoul Director of Digital Infrastructure Development, Niger
— Prof Umar Garba Danbatta Executive Vice Chancellor, Nigeria Communications Commission
— Joao Frederico de Barros Chairman, Board of Directors of the National Regulatory Authority for ICT, Guinea Bissau
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM
30 mins
30 mins
Ignite talks
Inclusive Digital Platforms— Hon. Mrs Ursula Owusu-Ekuful Minister of Communications and Digitalisation - Ghana
Closing the Gender Divide— Bety Aichatou President - The Electronic Communications Regulatory Authority and the Post Office, Niger
Job creation in FCV— Amal Hassan Founder/ CEO, Outsource Global
Innovation for Health— Angela Ochu-Baiye CEO/Founder, Jela's Development Initiatives
Closing the gender gap through 5G — Adia Sowho Chief Marketing Officer, MTN
ID4Development— Uche Chigbo Deputy General Manager - DG's office / Senior Special Advisor, National Identity Management Commission
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
1 hour
1 hour
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
30 minutes
30 minutes
West African Unique Identification for Regional Integration and Inclusion (WURI) Programme
— Tina George Task Team Leader, World Bank West African Unique Identification for Regional Integration and Inclusion(WURI) Programme
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM
30 mins
30 mins