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08:00 - 08:30
Registration and welcoming coffee
08:30 - 08:35
Welcoming remarks

Mr Tapologo Motshubi, Chairman, PAFMA

08:35 - 08:40
Remarks by the host

Mr. Nicholas Ithondeka, Chair, FMA

08:40 - 08:50
Remarks

Mr. Mark Napier, CEO, FSD Africa

08:50 - 09:00
Opening Remarks

Diana Dalton, Deputy High Commissioner & Development Director

09:00 - 09:50
Session 1 : Fireside chat: How Can Investors Unlock Opportunities Amid Evolving Macroeconomic Trends, Geopolitical Shifts, and Debt Landscape?

Setting the scene
Zahabia Gupta, MD & Head of Emerging Markets Credit Research, S&P Global Ratings

Panelists

  1. Ms. Hana Tehelku, Director General, Ethiopian Capital Market Authority
  2. Ms. Zahabia Gupta, MD & Head of Emerging Markets Credit Research, S&P Global Ratings

Moderated by:
Dr Evans Osano, Chief Financial Markets Officer, FSD Africa

09:50 -10:10
Launch of the Africa Pensions and Asset Management Data Hub (APAM Data Hub) ​

Brief Presentation by Dr. Evans Osano

Supported by:

  1. Zareena Camroodien, Chairperson of the Africa Pension Supervisors’ Association (APSA)
  2. Tapologo Motshubi, Chairman, PAFMA
10:10 - 11:00
Group Photo and Coffee Break
11:00 - 11:40
Presentation on PAFMA and member introduction

Oguche Agudah, Programme Manager, PAFMA

11:40 - 12.40
Session 2 : Panel Discussion: Should pensions funds take on broader developmental obligations?

Panelists

  1. Dr Jonah Aiyabei, PhD, CEO, Public Service Superannuation Fund
  2. Sifiso Sibiya, Head of Investments, GEPF South Africa
  3. Omolola Oloworaran, Director General, PENCOM
  4. Priscille Noelle KOUO, Managing Director, CEMAC chez Ecobank Asset Management
  5. Tokunboh Ishmael, CFA, Managing Partner at Alitheia Capital

Moderated by:
Gerald Gondo, Group Chief Investment Officer, ICEA Lion Group

12:40 - 13:10
Non-Deal Road Show 1: Nairobi International Financial Centre

Daniel Mainda, CEO

13:10 - 13:30
Non-Deal Road Show 2: Acorn Holdings

Edward Kirathe, CEO

13:30 - 14:30
Lunch and Networking
14:30 - 15:55
Break Out Sessions 1 & 2
Break Out Sessions 1

How can Fund Governance improve diversification, promote intra-Africa investments and enhance risk-adjusted returns?

Panelists:

  1. Sundeep Raichura, CEO, Zamara Group
  2. Percival Ofori Ampomah, General Manager, Investments, VCTF
  3. Zareena Camroodien, Chairperson, Africa Pension Supervisors Association

Moderated by:
Elizabeth Irungu, CFA – CEO, ABSA Asset Management

Break Out Sessions 2

Impact Investment: Achieving both Financial and Social returns

Panelists:

  1. Jonathan Stichbury, CEO, Sanlam Investments East Africa
  2. Dr. Emomotimi Agama, DG, Nigeria Securities and Exchange Commission
  3. Eva Warigia – Associate Director, Investor Relations, New Forest
  4. Kisseih Antonio, CEO, Sentinel Asset Management
  5. Olufunso Somorin, Regional Principal Officer, AFDB

Moderated by:
Cecilia Murai, Principal Specialist, Sustainable Finance, FSD Africa

15:55 - 18:00
Coffee and Networking
18:00 - till late
Gala Dinner and performance

Dress code: African Wear

09:00 - 10:00
Session 4: Presentation and Panel: Institutional Investment as the Catalyst for Next-Gen Renewable Energy in Africa

Presentation: Case study (practical example)
Paul Frankish, Investment Director, African Infrastructure Investment Managers

Panelists:

  1. Jay Katatumba, Senior Investment Director, Africa50 Infrastructure Acceleration Fund
  2. Anne-Marie Chidzero, CIO, FSD Africa Investments
  3. Benjamin Okorie-Agidi, CEO, Total Pension Fund, Nigeria
  4. David Charles Ekabouma, CEO, GreenMax Capital Group
  5. Carol Koech, Vice President for Africa at the Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet

Moderated by:
Paul Frankish, Investment Director, African Infrastructure Investment Managers

10:00 - 10:20
Non-Deal Road Show 3: ARM-Harith Infrastructure Fund

Rachel More-Oshodi, CEO

10:20 - 11:00
Coffee and Networking
11:00 - 11:30
Non-Deal Road Show 4: InfraCredit

Chinua Azubike, CEO

11:30 - 12:40
Session 5: Can strategic partnerships unlock the full potential of domestic capital mobilisation

Panelists:

  1. Iftin Fatah, Senior Program Officer, Gates Foundation
  2. Andy Baker, First Secretary International Finance, British High Commission
  3. Seema Dhanani, Head of Kenya & Regional Director East Africa, British International Investment

Moderator:
Mark Napier, CEO, FSD Africa

12:40 - 14:20
Lunch and Networking
14:20 - 15.30
Break Out Sessions 1 & 2
Break Out Sessions 1

Leveraging opportunities to support funding of SMEs

Moderated by:
• Anne-Marie Chidzero, Chief Investment Officer, FSDAi
• Zee De Gersigny, Head Investments, FSDAi
• Lilian Steinhäuser, Technical Advisor ICAMA, GIZ

Panellists:

  1. Hamdiya Ismaila, CEO, Ci-Gaba Venture Capital Limited
  2. Lumka Mlambo, Principal, SA SME Fund
  3. Alex Rumanyika, Strategy Team Lead, NSSF Uganda
  4. Juliens Clifford Odhiambo, Head of markets and country lead, Kenya, Kaleidofin
  5. Ulrich Hess, Team leader ICAMA, GIZ
 
Break Out Sessions 2

How can risk mitigation mechanisms, guarantees and blended finance structures shift investor behavior?

Panelists:

  1. Manuel Moses, CEO, ATIDI
  2. Chris Olobo, CEO, Dhamana Guarantee Company
  3. Patrick Kariuki, CEO, GenAfrica Asset Managers
  4. Catiana Garcia-Kilroy, Lead Financial Sector Specialist, World Bank
  5. Chinua Azubike, CEO, Infracredit

Moderated by:
Nes Ruwo, CFA Investment Principal, Private Capital Mobilisation

15:30 - 15:50
Non-Deal Road Show 5: MDB Fund

Clemence Calice, CEO

15:50 - 16:00
Official Closing

Dr. Evans Osano, Chief Financial Markets Officer, FSD Africa
Mr. Mubbale Mugalya, Secretary, PAFMA

16:00
Coffee and Networking
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