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AN INTEGRATED AFRICA: CONSOLIDATING INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES

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To facilitate access to the Sandton Convention Center on the first day of the event, participants are advised to proceed with on-site registration on Saturday, November 9th or Sunday November 10th,at

the Radisson Blu Gautrain, Sandton, Johannesburg.

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Session Room 1Invest in Africa’s Space: Conversation with African Heads of State (By invitation only)

• H.E. Cyril Ramaphosa, President of the Republic of South Africa

• H.E. Paul Kagame, President of the Republic of Rwanda

• H.E. Nana Akufo-Addo, President of the Republic of Ghana

• H.E. Filipe Nyusi, President of the Republic of Mozambique • H.E. Felix Tshisekedi, President of the Democratic Republic of Congo

• H.E. Faure Gnassingbé, President of the Republic of Togo

Moderator• Victor Oladokun, Director of Communication and External Relations, African Development Bank Group

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OPENING PLENARY: ‘Delivering on the promise’

Welcome Remarks• David Makhura, Premier of Gauteng

Opening remarks• Akinwumi A. Adesina, President, African Development Bank Group• H.E. Cyril Ramaphosa, President of the Republic of South Africa

Investment Conversation with• Tokunboh Ishmael, Managing Partner, Alitheia IDF • Ashish J. Thakkar, Chief Executive Officer, Mara Group• Masai Ujiri, President, Toronto Raptors

Moderator• Eleni Giokos, CNN

Networking Break

MARKETPLACE ACTIVITIES (Exhibition and Pitches)

Opening Press Conference with LeadAfrica Investment Forum PartnersAfrican Development Bank, Africa Export-Import Bank, Africa50, Africa Finance Corporation, Development Bank of Southern Africa, European Investment Bank, Islamic Development Bank, Trade and Development Bank.

6 CONCURRENT BOARDROOM INVESTMENT SESSIONS (For more information visit the Africa Investment Forum App in the Google Store or App Store)

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Africa RoomThe opening sessionof the Africa Investment Forumwill set the tone for what isanticipated to be a highly successful transactional investment marketplace.

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Session Room 1Unlocking Digital Investments

An economically, financially and technologically integrated Africa will be driven by the 4th Industrial Revolution. Big data, digitization, algorithms, cloud computing, and artificial Intelligence, will create new markets, drive productivity and extend social welfare.

The continent currently benefits from a strong mix of connectivity infrastructure and a workforce that has largely grown up in a digital world. However, the region faces challenges of social inclusion, policies inconsistency, regulation, and a dearth of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics graduates, and as such, a shortage of critically needed skills.

For Africa to punch its weight as we move into the 4th Industrial Revolution critical changes and investments must be made to prepare the continent for a ‘future’ that is already here.

Investment Conversation with• The Hon. Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams, Minister of ICT, Republic of South Africa • The Hon. Paula Ingabire, Minister of ICT, Republic of Rwanda• Gary Schneider, Managing Director, Global, Public Sector, Citigroup • Rob Shuter, Chief Executive Officer, MTN • Olivier Jehiel, Chief Executive Officer, Hello Tractor • Lacina Koné, Director, Smart Africa •Solomon Assefa, Vice President, IBM Research - Africa and Emerging

Markets Solutions

Moderator• Lerato Mbele, BBC

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Session Room 2The Compact with Africa: A private sector perspective for increased investments(By invitation only)

The G20 Compact with Africa’s goal is to increase investments in Africa through a collaboration with 12 African governments, the G20 governments, the African Development Bank, the International Monetary Fund, and the World Bank Group. The African Center for Economic Transformation supports implementation of the Compact with Africa through peer learning, analysis, investment promotion, advocacy and peer review.

Workshop facilitated by• Ed Brown, Senior Director, African Center for Economic Transformation• Sara Alade, Advisor, Compact with Africa

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Networking Lunch


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Session Room 1Family Businesses: Driving new Investments

This session will:

• Examine the role of family businesses as creators of wealth and major employers with significant contributions to GDP growth in developed and developing countries.

• Explore how family businesses from the Middle East and Africa could cooperate to stimulate Africa’s investment climate.

• Focus on linkages that generate business opportunities between the Middle East and Africa.

Investment Conversation with• Fathi Hayel Saeed, Executive Director, Hayel Saeed Anam Group • Kacou Janine Benedicte Diagou, Director General, NSIA Group • Leila Bouamatou, Managing Director, Générale de Banque de Mauritanie • Ahmed El Sewedy, President and Chief Executive Officer, El Sewedy Electric • Hana Elnefeidi, Director, Elnefeidi Group – confirmed • Essa Al Ghurair, Chairman, Essa Al Ghurair Investment LLC

Moderator• Hischam El-Agamy, Founder of Tharawat Family Business Forum for the

Middle-East and North Africa Region and Executive Director, Institute for Management Development Business School, Switzerland

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• Provide a platform for project owners and developers to showcase projects to potential funders and receive advice, input, and support to take the projects to the next stage.

• Align actionable solutions provided by stakeholders and decision-makers (donors, development banks, commercial financiers and project developers) in order to accelerate project preparation and to unblock early stage pipelines in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Opening Remarks• The Hon. Patricia De Lille, Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure,

Republic of South Africa

Investment Conversation with• Mohale Rakgate, Group Executive: Project Preparation Division, Development Bank of

Southern Africa• Koffi Klousseh, Director of Project Development, Africa50 • Kofi Adomakoh, Director, Project Finance, Africa Export-Import Bank • Jurie Swart, Chief Executive Officer, African Infrastructure Investment Managers • Manish Vasitha, Senior Infrastructure Adviser, Department for International Development,

United Kingdom• Tom Hardy, Acting Director, U.S. Trade and Development Agency

Closing Remarks• Amadou Wadda, Senior Director for Project Development and Technical Solutions, Africa

Finance Corporation

Moderator• Zukiswa Sithole, Head, Group Risk, Development Bank of Southern Africa

Session Room 2Building early stage pipeline

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Session Room 1The African Financial Alliance on Climate Change: an innovative approachto impact investing and green financing

Fifty-one African countries have ratified the Paris Agreement. The commitments taken together present a US $3 trillion impact investment opportunity by 2030.

However impact investment in Africa lags behind other regions. Seventy-five percent of investments are expected to come from the private sector to complement public sector financing. Mobilizing financial resources for Africa’s development will therefore require greening the financial industry and a shift towards future-friendly impact investment.

The session will showcase innovative initiatives such as the African Development Bank’s African Financial Alliance on Climate Change which is greening Africa’s financial industry and stimulating impact investing in Africa. It will also focus on actions and policy measures to incentivize sustainable practices, encourage business to develop business models and risk management tools that ensure long-term sustainability.

Investment Conversation with• The Hon. Dag-Inge Ulstein, Norwegian Minister of International Development • Zodwa Mbele, Group Executive: Transacting, Development Bank of Southern Africa • Dolikka Banda, Chief Executive Officer, Managing Director, Africa Risk Capacity Insurance Limited • Vera Songwe, Executive Secretary, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa

Moderator• Ibrahima Cheikh Diong, Chief Executive Officer, Africa Consulting and Trading Group

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Due to perceived high risks of investments and limited capacities by traditional African lenders to provide risk mitigation products for projects, the African Development Bank in partnership with Africa Export-Import Bank, African Trade Insurance Agency, GuarantCo and the Islamic Corporation for Insurance of Investment and Export Credit created the Co-Guarantee Platform for Africa, an innovative and collaborative de-risking instrument.

The panel will also showcase the African Union and NEPAD’s African Infrastructure Guarantee Mechanism.

Panelists will provide a deep dive into the utility, importance, and impact of de-risking tools, and explore the opportunities provided by co-guarantee platforms.

Opening Remarks• Swazi Tshabalala, Vice President Finance, African Development Bank• H.E. Ibrahim Assane Mayaki, Chief Executive Officer, African Union Development

Agency-NEPAD

Investment Conversation with• Uche Orji, Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer, Nigeria Sovereign Investment

Authority • Christopher Marks, Head of Emerging Markets, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group• Mark Mandaba, Chief Investment Officer, Themis Energy• Konrad Reuss, Managing Director & Regional Manager Africa, S&P Global

Moderator• Barbara C. Samuels, Executive Director, Global Clearinghouse for Development Finance

Session Room 2The Co-Guarantee Platform Initiative

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Opening Remarks• H.E. Nana Akufo-Addo, President of the Republic of Ghana

Investment Conversation with• The Hon. Pravin Gordhan, Minister of Public Enterprises, Republic of South Africa • The Hon. Amadou Hott, Minister of Economy, Planning and Cooperation, Republic of Senegal• Alain Ebobissé, Chief Executive Officer, Africa50 • Tony Elumelu, Chairman, Heirs Holdings • Phuthi Mahanyele-Dabengwa, Chief Executive Officer, Naspers South Africa• Rakesh Wahi, Founder, ABN Group • Lolu Akinwunmi, Chairman, Prima Garnet Communications


Africa RoomThe goal of the Africa Investment Forum is to “tilt investment into Africa”. This must happen in tandem with a reshaping of the continent’s narrative and perceptions. Some of the common factors that influence investment decisions in Africa including policy consistency, transparency, governance, openness, fiscal discipline, and expansive access to public goods, among many other considerations.

Reshaping Africa’s narrative requires a holistic approach in which branding or rebranding for success must include proactive domestic and global buy-in from citizens and key stakeholders.

Africa is faced with tremendous challenges and opportunities. Strategic choices will determine perceptions and narratives around the African brand and the extent to which investment capital flows into the region.

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Sandton Convention CenterGALA DINNER

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6 CONCURRENT BOARDROOM INVESTMENT SESSIONS (For more information visit the Africa Investment Forum App in the Google Store)

Panelists will share practical insights about successfully navigating through one of the world’s most attractive markets – the African investment terrain.

Opening Remarks• The Hon. Emma Wade-Smith, Her Majesty’s Trade Commissioner for

Africa, United Kingdom• The Hon. Mohcine Jazouli, Minister Delegate for African Cooperation,

Kingdom of Morocco

Investment Conversation with• V. Shankar, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Gateway Fund • Mutsuya Mori, Vice President, Japan International Cooperation Agency • Farid Fezoua, President and Chief Executive Officer, GE Africa• Matthew Rees, Coordinator, Prosper Africa, USAID • Jasandra Nyker, Managing Director, Denham Capital Management Moderator• Paul Hinks, Chief Executive Officer, Symbion Power

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Session Room 1Successfully Investing in Africa: A Global Perspective

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Session Room 2Opening the Bank Vault: Creating Business Opportunities for Women

This session focuses on a number of innovative platforms and strategies for scaling up finance for women and women-owned enterprises in Africa.

Opening Remarks• The Hon. Neven Mimica, Commissioner, International Cooperation &

Development, European Commission

Investment Conversation with• Vanessa Moungar, Director, Gender, Women and Civil Society, African

Development Bank • Jules Ngankam, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, African Guarantee Fund • Suzanne Gaboury, Chief Investment Officer, Findev Canada • Nkiru Balonwu, Founder, African Women on Board• John Groarke, USAID Mission Director to Southern Africa

Moderator• Redi Thlab, SABC

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Destination Africa: Leveraging Institutional Investors

Opening remarks• Akinwumi A. Adesina, President, African Development Bank

Investment Conversation with• Lerry Knox, Chief Executive Officer, Sovereign

Infrastructure Group • Adam S. Boehler, Chief Executive Officer, United

States International Development Finance Corporation

• Linda Mateza, Chief Executive & Principal Officer Eskom Pension and Provident Fund

• Richard Ingram, Executive Director, Teachers Retirement System of Illinois

• Rob Hersov, Chief Executive Officer and Founder, Invest Africa

• Sidi Ould Tah, Director General, Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa

• Sola David-Borha, Chief Executive Officer, Africa Regions, Standard Bank

• Uche Orji, Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer, Nigeria Sovereign Investment Autority

Moderator• Hubert Danso, Chief Executive Officer, Africa

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Africa RoomThe session will explore the potential for leveraging assets under management by institutional investors worldwide to support investment in Africa, including what international investors look for when diversifying into Africa. Discussions will center around key risks and critical success factors, the role of Africa’s domestic investors, and potential synergies between African and global investors.

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Session Room 1The Africa-Europe Alliance Investing in Sustainable Energy

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This session will explore exciting opportunities for accelerating access to sustainable energy and boosting investments and job creation across Africa.

Welcome address• The Hon. Neven Mimica, Commissioner International Cooperation and Development,

European Commission• Jurgen Rigterink, First Vice President and Head of Client Services Group, European Bank

for Reconstruction and Development• The Hon. Amani Abou-Zeid, African Union Commissioner for Infrastructure and Energy

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14:00 14:10• Presentation of key recommendations. Kandeh Yumkella, Coordinator of the high-level platform for sustainable energy

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Session Room 2Women as investment champions Fireside chat with innovative women thought leaders (by invitation only)

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Session Room 2Special Agro-Processing Zones: Transforming the Agriculture Ecosystem

This session will present successful Special Agro-Processing Zone case studies from Ethiopia, South Africa, Senegal, and Gabon.

Panelists will provide a roadmap that includes supportive policies, strategies, and next steps for de-risking investments in a potential multi- trillion-dollar industry.

Opening Remarks• Jennifer Blanke, Vice President, Agriculture, Human and Social Development

Investment Conversation with• Gagan Gupta, President, OLAM• Serigne Diakhoumpa, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, FONSIS• C.S Narayanan, Chief Operating Officer, Mahindra Consulting Engineers• Birju Patel, Joint Chief Executive Officer, Export Trading Group• Noxolo Mtemba, Project Manager, Gauteng Infrastructure Financing Agency

Moderator• Svenja Rueger, The Value Web

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14:10 14:55 Investment Conversation with• The Hon. Bachir Ismael Ouedraogo, Minister of Energy, Burkina Faso • Mustapha Bakkoury, Chief Executive Officer, Moroccan Agency for Sustainable Energy • Carla Montesi, Director Planet and Prosperity, Directorate General for Development and

Cooperation, European Commission• Maria Shaw-Barragan, Director, Global Partners Department, European Investment Bank• Daniel Schroth, Ag Director for Renewable Energy, African Development Bank • Jon Lezamiz Cortazar, African Market Director, Siemens-Gamesa• Linda Davis, Chief Executive Officer, Giraffe Bioenergy

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Africa Continental Free Trade Agreement: Taking Advantage of Unprecedented Investment Opportunities

Investment Conversation with• H.E. Paul Kagame, President of the Republic of

Rwanda• Akinwumi A. Adesina, President, African

Development Bank• The Hon. Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, Minister for

Cooperative Governance & Traditional Affairs , Republic of South Africa

• Karen Dunn Kelley, Deputy Secretary of Commerce, United States

• Benedict Oramah, President, the Africa Export-Import Bank

• Admassu Tadesse, President, Trade and Development Bank

• Ronnie Ntuli, Chairman, Thelo Group • Ade Adeyemi, Group Chief Executive, Ecobank

Transnational Incorporated • Ralph Mupita, Chief Financial Officer, MTN

Moderator• Bronwyn Nielsen

Africa RoomThe Africa Continental Free Trade Agreement is one of the most important continental economic developments to date. This session explores ways in which the trade agreement dynamically shifts Africa’s economic paradigm from being a center of extraction to potentially the world’s largest free trade area by 2050. Panelists will highlight challenges, opportunities, next steps, and the strategic role of the Africa Investment Forum to help leverage the collective capacities of key stakeholders.

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6 BOARDROOM INVESTMENT SESSIONS RUNNING CONCURRENTLY (For more information visit the Africa Investment Forum App in the Google Store)

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MARKETPLACE ACTIVITIES (Exhibition and Pitches)17:00 18:30

Networking Break 15:00 15:30


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This session will showcase Lusophone Africa as an attractive and emerging investment destination.

Panelists will present sector-specific opportunities and provide useful information about how the Lusophone Compact can support investments in Portuguese-speaking African countries.

Opening Remarks• The Hon. Cesar Mba Abogo, Finance Minister of Equatorial Guinea • Mateus Magala, Vice President, Corporate Services and Human Resources, African

Development Bank

First Investment Conversation with• Adalgisa Vaz, President, Pró-Capital, Cabo Verde• Daniel Santos, Executive President, Banco Millennium Atlantico, Angola• Lourenço Sambo, Executive Director, APIEX Mozambique Moderator• Sergio Pimenta, Vice-President, Africa and the Middle East, International Finance

Corporation

Second Investment Conversation with• Mari Andrade, Chief Financial Officer, Farmar • Olivier Cebeiro, Chief Operating Officer, Wave2Energy, Resolute• José Pinheiro, Chief Executive Officer Mozambique Cotton Manufacturers

Moderator• Marta Mariz, Portuguese Development Finance Institution

Session Room 1Investing in Lusophone Africa: Now is the Time

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Session Room 2Investing in the sun: The Desert to Power Initiative

This session will explore investment opportunities in the Sahel region under the African Development Bank’s Desert to Power initiative.

Discussions will include bold plans to scale up electricity generation capacity to 10,000 MW, through solar systems via public, private, grid and off-grid projects.

Panel session moderated by Wale Shonibare, Ag. Vice President, Energy, African Development Bank, with the participation of Mustapha Bakkoury, MASEN CEO, and selected experts around the five priority areas of Desert to Power:

• Expand utility-scale solar generation capacity, • Strengthen and expand grid networks, • Increase energy access through the deployment of decentralized energy solutions

at scale, • Improve utility performance and capacity,• Enhance the enabling environment for increased private investments.

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Session Room 1Energy Sector Knowledge Event Launching of Reports

Opening remarks• Henry Paul Batchi Baldeh, Director, Power Systems Development, African Development Bank• Wale Shonibare, Acting Vice President, Power, Energy, Climate Change and Green

Growth Complex, African Development Bank

Moderator• Richard Nelson, Deputy Coordinator, Power Africa

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Session Room 2Africa Continental Free Trade Agreement: Investing across borders

This technical session will provide concrete answers to some of the most pressing questions asked by investors and stakeholders concerning the Africa Continental Free Trade Area agreement’s implementation following its ratification.

Opening remarks• The Hon. Sahar Nasr, Minister of Investment and International Cooperation, Egypt

Investment Conversation with• Temi Ofong, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Absa Regional Operations and Chief

Operating Officer, Absa CIB• Pierre Guislain, Vice President, Infrastructure, Private Sector and Industrialization, African

Development Bank• Stephen Karangizi, Director, African Legal Support Facility• Salaheddine Mezouar, Former President, Confederation of Moroccan Enterprises• Rene Awambeng, Director and Global Head Client Relations, Afreximbank

Moderator• Fifi Peters, CNBC Africa

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• Launch of Power Sector Reform Study • Launch of Electricity Regulatory Index• Launch of the ECOWAS Comparative Tariff Study

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This session will include: • Comments by Chinelo Anohu, Africa Investment Forum• Boardroom highlights and outcomes

Unveiling the Boardrooms

• Akinwumi A. Adesina, President, African Development Bank• Patrick Dlamini, Chief Executive Officer,

Development Bank of Southern Africa• Benedict Oramah, President, Africa Export-Import Bank• Werner Hoyer, President, European Investment Bank • Admassu Tadesse, President, Trade and Development Bank• Alain Ebobisse, Chief Executive Officer, Africa 50• Mallam Samaila Zubairu, President and Chief

Executive Officer, Africa Finance Corporation

Moderator• Victor Oladokun, Director of Communication and External Relations, African Development Bank Group• Redi Thlabi, SABC

Africa RoomCLOSING PLENARY

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MarketplaceInvestment Conversationsand Networking Lunch

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Closing Press Conference

Investment Conversation with• Akinwumi A. Adesina, President, African

Development Bank Group• Patrick Dlamini, Chief Executive Officer,

Development Bank of Southern• Benedict Oramah, President, Africa

Export-Import Bank• Admassu Tadesse, President, Trade and

Development Bank• Alain Ebobisse, Chief Executive Officer, Africa 50• Mallam Samaila Zubairu, President and Chief

Executive Officer, Africa Finance Corporation• Werner Hoyer, President, European Investment

Bank • Chinelo Anohu, Africa Investment Forum


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Farewell Reception – hosted by theAfrican Development Bank

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