Welcome
Opening Remarks
9:00 am - 9:10 am ESTRobertson Auditorium
Join us as we kick-off the conference. Come early to grab a good seat!
Speaker
Keynote Speaker: Zeynab Diakite | Mastercard EEMEA
9:15 am - 10:00 am ESTRobertson Auditorium
Join us as we hear from our keynote speaker Zeynab Diakite, Mastercard's Product and Commercialization Strategy Eastern Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EEMEA) Regional Lead
Panel
Energy Now and Next: Powering Africa’s Growth through a Realistic and Sustainable Lens
10:15 am - 11:10 am ESTJeff Blau 1580
Join us for a panel discussion with Ademola Fagade, Olalekan Abiola, Temitope Onitiri, and Tobi Oluwatola.
Speaker
Guest Speaker: Aaron Aboagye | McKinsey & Company Detroit
11:15 am - Noon ESTJeff Blau 1580
Attend to hear from Aaron Aboagye, Managing Partner at McKinsey & Company in Detroit, Michigan.
Panel
Building The Foundations: Infrastructure, Policy and Community Development
1:05 pm - 2:10 pm ESTJeff Blau 1580
Join us for a panel discussion with Farai Gundan, Mandla Nkomo, Nadia Sesay, Ted London, and Tobi Oluwatola.
Speaker
Guest Speaker: Wendy Taylor | William Davidson Institute
2:15 pm - 3:00 pm ESTJeff Blau 1580
Attend to hear from Wendy Taylor, President and CEO of the William Davidson Institute, a non-profit affiliated with the University of Michigan dedicated to supporting businesses, entrepreneurship and market-based solutions in low- and middle-income countries.
Panel
Easing Business Operations in Africa: A Payments Perspective
3:15 pm - 4:10 pm ESTJeff Blau 1580
Join us for our FinTech panel discussion with Aalaa Gamal, Bunmi Akinyemiju, Kelvin Umechukwu, Laolu Samuel-Biyi, W.E Da’Cruz, and Zeynab Diakité.
Panel
Entrepreneurship Panel - Business Expo
4:15 pm - 5:10 pm ESTJeff Blau 1580
Join us for our Entrepneurship panel discussion with various from across the continent of Africa apart of our expo.
Close
Closing Remarks
5:15 pm - 6:00 pm ESTJeff Blau 1580
Attend to hear closing remarks and details about events that will take place after the conference.
Afterparty
Evening Cocktail & Networking + 'Osagyefo' - African Folktale
6:00 pm - 8:30 pm ESTTauber Colloquim
Attend our networking event after the conference!
