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 2010 Highlights

 2010 Speakers

 

10th International Economic Forum on Africa

 


Draft Agenda

 

08:00-09:00      Registration – tea/coffee

 

 

      OPENING

09:00-09:15 

  • Christine Lagarde, Minister of Economy, Industry and Employment, France*

09:30-10:00         The African Economic Outlook: a European perspective   

  • Stefano Manservisi, European Commissioner for Development, European Commission*

  • Henri-Bernard Solignac-Lecomte, Head of Unit, Africa, Europe, Middle-East, OECD Development Centre
                 

     I. THE AFRICAN ECONOMIC OUTLOOK 2010

             

            Facilitator: Mishal Husain, Journalist, BBC*

09:30-10:00       Conclusions from the African Economic Outlook (AEO) 2010                            

                      Mtuhli Ncube, Vice-President and Chief Economist, African Development Bank

                            

10:00-11:30       Panel

  • Charles Koffi Diby, Minister of Finance, Côte d’Ivoire*
  • Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, Governor, Central Bank, Nigeria*
  • Abdoulaye Diop, Minister of Economy and Finance, Senegal*
  • Nizar Baraka, Minister delegate to the Prime Minister in charge of Economic & General Affairs, Morocco
  • Hendrik du Toit, Chief Executive Officer, Investec Asset Management*
  • Razia Khan, Head of Macro-Economics & Regional Head of Research Africa, Standard Chartered Bank*
  • Rotimi Nihinlola, Group Head Alliances and Corporate, Ecobank International*

 

 

11:30-12:30      Questions & Answers

 

12:30-14:00      Lunch

 

  II. TAXATION AND DEVELOPMENT: WHAT'S AT STAKE FOR AFRICAN ECONOMIES?        

Facilitator: Christian Chavagneux, Deputy Chief Editor, Alternatives Economiques

    

  14:00-14:30     Introduction to the afternoon theme, Ken Igbokwe, Senior Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Nigeria

                     

                                Conclusions of the AEO 2010 study on “Public Resource Mobilisation and Aid” in Africa

                              Mario Pezzini, Acting Director, OECD Development Centre

 

  14:30-15:30     Panel

  • Cristina Duarte, Minister of Finance and Public Administration, Cape Verde

  • Ifueko Omoigui Okauru, Executive Chairman, Federal Inland Revenue Service of Nigeria and ATAF Council member*

  • Kampeta Sayinzoga, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning, Rwanda

  • Tom Albanese, Chief Executive Officer, Rio Tinto*

  • Adeniyi Obe, Chief Executive Officer West and Central Africa Cluster, Deloitte*

  • John Christensen, Director, Tax Justice Network International Secretariat*

                                

15:30-16:30 Questions and answers

 

  

     CONCLUDING REMARKS

      

  16:30-17:30   

  • Emmanuel Nnadozie, Director, Trade, Finance and Economic Development Division, UN Economic Commission for Africa

  • Mtuhli Ncube, Vice-President and Chief Economist, African Development Bank

  • Richard Boucher, Deputy Secretary General, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

 

 

*Confirmed