Launch of the SIIPS Report 2023

November 8th, 2023, Addis Ababa

72Days

18Hours

31Min

22Sec

Agenda

Time	Agenda item	Speaker
9:00 - 9:10	Welcome/Introduction	Sabine Mensah Deputy Chief Executive Officer
9:10 - 10:00	Opening Speeches	Dr Robert Ochola Chief Executive Officer Walter Sweet Senior Vice President, Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors
10:00 - 10:30	Presentation of the report's Key Findings	Jacqueline Jumah Director of Advocacy & Capacity Development Sabine Mensah Deputy Chief Executive Officer
10:30 - 10:45	COFFEE BREAK
10:45-12:00	Fireside Chat on report's insights with industry experts	Dilwonberish Aberra Senior Program Officer, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Harish Natarajan Practice Manager, Financial Inclusion and Infrastructure, World Bank Sabine Mensah Deputy Chief Executive Officer Carlos Brandt Head of Management and Operation, PIX Brazil Archie Hesse CEO, Ghana Interbank Payment and Settlement Systems (GhIPSS)
12:00 - 13:00	Q&A Session	Jacqueline Jumah Director of Advocacy & Capacity Development
13:00 - 14:00	LUNCH BREAK
14:00 - 15:30	BREAKOUT SESSIONS
	1- Unlocking Africa's trade potential: exploring the role of Digital Public Infrastructure	Robert Karanja Co-Develop Senior Director Stephen Karingi Director, Regional Integration & Trade Division, UNECA Mactar Seck Chief of Section – Innovation and Technology, UNECA Dr Robert Ochola Chief Executive Officer Premier Oiwoh Managing Director and CEO of NIBSS
	2- Enhancing consumer experience: designing user centric IIPS	Aimable Rukundo Digital Innovations & Projects at RSwitch Ltd Jacqueline Jumah Director of Advocacy & Capacity Development Assad Umar Programme Manager for Digital Finance at Consumers International Landry Evina Ndaleu Head of Network and Market Development Dr Settor Kwabla Amediku Director , Payment Systems Department, Bank of Ghana Laurence Mukanyubahiro Senior Analyst in Payment Systems Department, National Bank of Rwanda
	3- Driving policy harmonization: leveraging cross border payment enablement for economic empowerment	Harish Natarajan Practice Manager, Financial Inclusion and Infrastructure, World Bank Michael Eganza Director, Banking and Payment Services, Central Bank Kenya Sabine Mensah Deputy Chief Executive Officer Nehal Shah In-charge, Business Development Middle East and Africa Abeneazer Wondwossen Director Program Management Office Zachary Kazzaz Senior Program Officer, Digital Connectivity, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Ndeye Fatou Dieng Deputy Director of Payment Systems and Instruments at BCEAO
15:30 - 15:45	COFFEE BREAK
15:45 - 16:45	Plenary Session: Key takeaways from breakout sessions	Akinwale Goodluck Deputy Chief Executive Officer Tewodros Besrat Technical Expert, Digital Payments Nesrine Aouinti Knowledge Management Lead
16:45 - 17:15	Closing Remarks	Konstantin Peric Deputy Director, Platforms, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Mactar Seck Chief of Section – Innovation and Technology, UNECA Harish Natarajan Practice Manager, Financial Inclusion and Infrastructure, World Bank
17:15 - 18:30	Networking Cocktail

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Launch of the SIIPS Report 2023

November 8th, 2023, Addis Ababa