Agenda

 

08:00 - 09:00

Registration - tea/coffee

Opening

09:00 - 09:30

Ángel Gurría, Secretary General, OECD
Donald Kaberuka, President, African Development Bank
Stefano Manservisi, Director General for Development, European Commission

I. Africa: A New Emerging Markets Frontier?
Facilitator: Mishal Husain, Journalist & Broadcaster

09:30 - 10:00

Introduction to the African Economic Outlook
Louis Kasekende, Chief Economist, African Development Bank
Javier Santiso, Director, OECD Development Centre

10:00 - 11:30

Round Table I: Views from government

Donald Kaberuka, President, African Development Bank
Rami Antaki, Vice Chairman, Telecel Globe Ltd
Olivier Campenon, President E*MEA, BT
Neil Harvey, Deputy CEO, Renaissance Group, CEO Africa and New Markets
Marc Rennard, Executive Vice President, Africa, ME, Asia, France Telecom
Lionel Zinsou, General Partner, Rothschild

11:30 - 13:00

Roundtable I: Q & A

13:00 - 14:30

Lunch

II. Investing in Africa’s Youth: The Challenge of Skills Development
Facilitator: Louis Keumayou, President, Association de la Presse Panafricaine (APPA)

14:30 - 15:00

Presentation of the main findings of the African Economic Outlook
Sibry Tapsoba, Manager, Higher Education, Science and Technology, African Development Bank
Kenneth Ruffing, Project Coordinator, African Economic Outlook

15:00 - 15:45

Roundtable II: Views form Government

Ibrahima N’Diaye, Minister of Labour and Vocational Education, Mali
Grace Naledi Mandisa Pandor, Minister of Education, South Africa

15:45 - 16:30

Roundtable II: Q & A

16:30 - 17:15

Roudtable III: Views from the private sector and civil society

Pierre Henri Coffi, President, Réseau des fonds de formation professionnelle de l’Afrique de l’Ouest
Raitt Marshall, General Manager, MOZAL
Nolitha  Fakude, Executive Director, Sasol, South Africa
Remi Boyer, Vice President, CSR,  ArcelorMittal

17:15 - 18:00

Roundtable III: Q & A

Concluding remarks

18:00 - 18:15

Jean-Michel Severino, Director General, French Development Agency

 

Top of page

The Reference on Africa

Special focus on technical and vocational skills development in Africa.