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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. Country participation is expected at the ministerial level, accompanied by CEOs of major parastatal agencies of each Communication and Digital Economy in each country and at least one start-up that would participate in an exhibition, a side event at the conference, showcasing individual country experience.
Agenda
Day 1: 31st January, 2023
08:30 AM - 10:30 AM
2 hours
2 hours
10:30 AM - 10:40 AM
10 minutes
10 minutes
Welcome by Master of Ceremony / Moderator
— Mr. Inye Kem-Abonta and Mrs Uwa Suleiman Master of Ceremony
10:40 AM - 10:45 AM
5 minutes
5 minutes
Welcome Remarks
— H.E. Prof. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami Hon. Minister of Communications and Digital Economy - Nigeria
10:45 AM - 10:50 AM
5 minutes
5 minutes
Opening Remarks
— H.E Mallam Mohammed Musa Bello Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT)
10:50 AM - 10:52 AM
2 minutes
2 minutes
10:55 AM - 11:55 AM
1 hour
1 hour
Fireside Chat
— H.E. Prof. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami Hon. Minister of Communications and Digital Economy - Nigeria
— Shubham Chaudhuri World Bank Country Director of Nigeria
11:55AM - 12:30 PM
35 minutes
35 minutes
12:30 PM - 1:45 PM
1 hour 15 minutes
1 hour 15 minutes
Moderated Panel Discussion: Building the Foundations of the Digital Economy
— Moderator: H.E. Prof. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami Hon. Minister of Communications and Digital Economy - Nigeria
— H.E. Mr Ousman A. Bah Minister of Communications and Digital Economy - The Gambia
— H.E. Mr Moussa Hassane Baraze Minister of Post and New Information Technologies – Niger
— H.E Cooper Kruah Minister of Posts and Telecommunications - Liberia
— Honourable Mohamed Rahman Swaray Minister of Information and Communication - Sierra Leone
— H.E. Dr. Pedro Lopes Secretary of State for Digital Economy – Cape Verde
— H.E. Dr. Aristides Ocante DA SILVA Minister of Telecommunications and Transport - Guinea-Bissau
— Michel Rogy Practise Manager, Africa West, World Bank
Q&A; with the audience —
1:45 PM - 2:30 PM
45 minutes
45 minutes
2:30 PM - 2:45 PM
15 minutes
15 minutes
Ignite Talk on Triple Helix for Building a Sustainable Digital Economy
— Prof. G.A. Aderounmu Team Lead, World Bank sponsored Africa Centre of Excellence, Obafemi Awolowo University, ICT-Driven Knowledge Park (OAK-Park)
2:45 PM - 3:45 PM
1 hour
1 hour
Moderated Panel Discussion: Data for Development
— Moderator: Abdul-Hakeem Ajijola Chair African Union Cyber Security Expert Group
— Mr Yusupha Jobe Director General Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (The Gambia)
— Tchimen Sanady Resident of the High Authority for the Protection of Personal Data (Niger)
— Dr. Vincent O. Olatunji Nigeria Data Protection Bureau (Nigeria)
— Mr. K.M. Francis Dayamba Technical Adviser to the Minister of Digital Transition, Posts and Electronic Communications (Burkina Faso)
— Iatanin Jose Silva Davyes Director of the Studies and Planning Office, Ministry of Transport and Communications (Guinea Bissau)
— Conrad C. Daly Senior Counsel, World Bank
Q&A;—
3:45 PM - 4:25 PM
40 minutes
40 minutes
The Power of Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) to Improve Digital Government to Person Payment Delivery
— Moderator and Speaker: Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi Director-General/CEO, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Nigeria
DPI for digital transformation highlighting the G2P use case— Christopher Tullis Program Officer, World Bank engagement on DPI
— Dr. Pramod Varma CTO EkStep Foundation, Chief Architect Aadhaar & India Stack
Country plans and implementation challenges with G2P payment digitization:— Honourable Mohamed Rahman Swaray Minister of Information and Communication - Sierra Leone
4:25 PM - 4:55 PM
30 mins
30 mins
Nigeria Identification for Development
— Director General, National Identification Management Commission (NIMC): Engr. Aliyu Aziz Director General, National Identification Management Commission (NIMC)
4:55 PM - 5:30 PM
35 minutes
35 minutes
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
