Day 2: 1st February, 2023

Day 2: 1st February, 2023

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
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

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
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
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

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
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
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

Closing Remarks and Vote of Thanks

Closing Remarks and Vote of Thanks
H.E. Prof. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami Hon. Minister of Communications and Digital Economy - Nigeria



The event is a seminal effort at bringing together all 15 West African countries that makeup ECOWAS to discuss and showcase their efforts at engendering digital economies in the sub-region.

Congress Hall, Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja, Nigeria.
31st January to 1st February, 2023
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