11th International Economic Forum on Africa

Tuesday, 20 September, 2011

 

Africa in the Global Economy

 

Draft Agenda

 

08:00-08:45     Registration – tea/coffee

 

 

Opening

 

08:45-09:00     Welcome address: Mario Pezzini, Director, OECD Development Centre 

09:00-09:30     Opening remarks: Ramon Fernandez, Director General of the Treasury, Ministry of Economy, Finance and Industry, France

 

 

I. G20: What's in it for Africa?     Facilitator: Komla A. Dumor - Journalist, BBC World News Television

09:30-10:30      

• Abdoulaye Diop - Minister of Economy and Finance, Senegal
• Enoch Godongwana - Deputy Minister of Economic Development, South Africa
• Mugo Kibati - Director General, Vision 2030, Kenya
• Bruno Lafont - Chief Executive Officer, Lafarge
• Lionel Zinsou - Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Paribas Affaires Industrielles (PAI)
• Mohamed El Kettani - Chief Executive Officer, Attijariwafa Bank, Morocco
• Mthuli Ncube - Vice-president, Chief Economist, African Development Bank

 

   

10:30-11:00     Questions and Answers

 

11:00-11:15     Coffee break

 

II. Taking stock of Africa's emerging partners: Opportunities and Challenges    Facilitator: Samantha Ramsamy - Journalist, Africa 24

    

11:15-12:30    

• Gilbert Ondongo - Minister of Finance and Budget, Republic of Congo
• Christophe Jocktane-Lawson - Chairman, EBI SA Ecobank, Nigeria
• José Manuel de Morais Briosa E Gala - Personal Representative for Africa to the President of the European Commission
• Günter Nooke - German Chancellor's Personal Representative for Africa
• Rajiv B. Lall - President and Chief Executive Officer, Infrastructure Development Finance Company, India
• Seop Shim - Executive Director, The Export-Import Bank of Korea, Republic of Korea
• Jorge Arbache - Senior Economic Advisor to the President of Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES), Brazil

                     

 

  12:30-13:00     Questions and Answers

 

  13:00-14:15     Lunch

 

III. Roundatble on policy reforms in Africa: How can Africa harness new opportunities into development?        Facilitator: Komla A. Dumor - Journalist, BBC World News Television

 

  14:30-15:45

• Pascal Irenée Koupaki - Prime Minister, Benin

• Charles Koffi Diby - Minister of Economy and Finance, Côte d'Ivoire
• Francisca Tatchouop Belobe - Minister of Economy, Trade and Enterprise Promotion, Equatorial Guinea
• Ahmed Lahlimi Alami - Minister, High Commissioner of planning, Morocco
• Newaï Gabreab - Minister, Chief Economic Advisor to the Prime Minister of Ethiopia
  
• Mario Pezzini - Director, OECD Development Centre
• Eugene Owusu - UN Resident Coordinator, UNDP Resident Representative in Ethiopia

 

15:45-13:30     Questions and Answers

 

 

CONCLUDING REMARKS

      

  16:30-16:45   

• Mthuli Ncube - Vice-President, Chief Economist, African Development Bank

• Mario Pezzini - Director, OECD Development Centre