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African Development Bank

Provisional Programme

Ahmedabad, India, 22 – 26 May 2017

Transforming Agriculture for Wealth Creation in Africa

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NB: All events are open to all participants with the exception of Meetings of Statutory Organs. All participants can also attend the Closing Ceremony

High Level Event Webstreaming Event Televised Event Statutory Event Knowledge Seminar / Debates Dining Event

Saturday 20th & Sunday 21st May 2017, from 9:00 - 17:00: Registration of participants

MONDAY 22 MAY 2017

Time Events Venue

07:30 – 17:00 Registration of Participants Accreditation

09:00 – 18:00 Recording of Governors’ Statements MRB00 Governors Village

10:00 – 18:00 Exhibition by Companies Exhibitors Area

10:00 – 11:30

Flagships Release: The 2017 African Economic Outlook (AEO)

Moderator: Wallace Kantai, NTV, Kenya

Short statements about the 2017 AEO:

Mr. Abebe Shimeles, Ag., Macroeconomics Policy, Forecasting and Research, AfDB

Mr. Mario Pezzini, Director, OECD Development Centre, Paris

Dr. Abdalla Hamdok, Acting Executive Secretary, Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)

Mr. Abdoulaye Mar Dieye, Assistant Administrator and Director of the Regional Bureau for Africa at the United Nations Development Programme

Short Ministerial Comments:

H.E. Mr. Philip Mpango, Minister of Finance, Tanzania

H.E. Mr. Mouatassem Boudiaf, Minister Delegate to the Minister of Finance for the Digital Economy and Modernization of Financial Systems, Algeria

Seminar Hall 4

11:30 – 12:30 Press Conference Seminar Hall 2

11:30 – 13:00

Book launch : “Beating the Odds : Jump-Starting Developing Countries”

Moderator: Ms. Julie Gichuru, KBC

Panelists

Dr. Célestin Monga, Vice-President and Chief Economist, AfDB

Prof. Justin Yifu Lin, Director, Center for New Structural Economics, Peking Peking University

Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Board Chair, Gavi

Seminar Hall 4

12:00 – 13:30

Africa-India Cooperation on Enhancing the High 5 Strategy: Marker Session

Seminar Hall 3


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MONDAY 22 MAY 2017 (Contd.)

Time Events Venue

14:00 – 16:00

Developing Africa’s Grey Matter Infrastructure: Addressing Africa’s

Nutrition Challenges

Moderator: Ms. Rajul Pandya-Lorch – Chief of Staff and Head, 2020 Vision for Food, Agriculture and the Environment Initiative, International Food Policy Research Institute

Opening Remarks by:

Ambassador Kenneth Quinn, President of the World Food Prize Foundation

Panelists

Mrs. Zouera Youssoufou, MD Aliko Dangote Foundation

Mr. Baffour Agyeman-Duah, CEO of the John Kufuor Foundation

Mr. Muhammad Ali Pate, CEO of Big Win Philanthropy

Mr. Shawn Baker, Director of Nutrition, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

Ms. Lauren Landis, Director for Nutrition, United Nations World Food Programme

Seminar Hall 2

14:00 – 17:00 African Legal Support Facility Governing Council “Les Organes de l’ALSF” Conference Room 3 First Floor MC Building

14:30 – 16:00 Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Board of Governors on the Conditions of Service for Elected Officers (Closed Session) MT 02 Governors Village

14:30 – 16:00 Africa India Cooperation - Session 1: Exploring Diversity: Promoting Trade and Investments

Seminar Hall 3

15:00 – 16:30

Transforming African Agriculture into a Lucrative Business

Moderator: Mr. Alan Kasujja, BBC

Setting the Context:

Mr. Khaled F. Sherif, Vice-President, Regional Development, Integration and Business Delivery, AfDB

Opening Remarks by

Mr. Aliko Dangote, President & CEO, Dangote Group

Panelists

Ms. Ada Osakwe, CEO, Agrolay Ventures

Mr. Vimal Shah, CEO, Bidco Africa

Mr. John Magnay, Head of Agriculture, Opportunity International

Seminar Hall 1


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MONDAY 22 MAY 2017 (Contd.)

Time Events Venue

16:00 – 17:00 Meeting of the Bureau of the Boards of Governors (Closed Session) MT 02 Governors Village

16:30 – 18:00 Africa-India Cooperation - Session 2: The Infrastructure Imperative Seminar Hall 3

16:30 – 18:30

Agriculture is Cool: Engaging Africa’s Youth

Moderator: Ms. Lerato Mbele, Presenter of Africa Business Report, BBC World News

Short Documentary on Youth Agripreneurs

Testimonies of selected Youth Agripreneurs

Panel Guest: Winner of the Youth Agripreneur Award

Remarks by

H.E. John Dramani Mahama, Former President of Ghana

Panelists


Ms. Evelyn Ohanwusi, Head, Partnership Advocacy and Resource Mobilization, Youth Agripreneurs, Nigeria

Mr. Noel Mulinganya, Coordinator, IITA Youth Kalambo Agripreneurs in East DRC

Mr. Max Bankole Jarett, Deputy Director, African Progress Panel

Seminar Hall 4

17:00 – 18:30 Meeting of the Joint Steering Committee of the Boards of Governors

(Closed Session; open to non-member Governors as observers)

MT 02 Governors Village

18:30 – 20:00 Welcome Reception VIP Luncheon Area


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TUESDAY 23 MAY 2017

Time Events Venue


09:00 – 18:00 Recording of Governors’ Statements MRB00

Governors Village

09:00 – 11:00 Formal Opening Ceremony of the 2017 Annual Meetings Main Convention

Hall


11:30 – 13:00

Leadership for Agricultural Transformation: Town Hall with the President

Moderator: Ms. Brownyn Nelson, Senior Anchor of CNBC Africa

Presidential Panel:

H.E. Patrice Talon , President of Benin

H.E. Macky Sall, President of Senegal

H.E. Daniel Kablan Duncan, Vice President of Côte d’Ivoire

Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, AfDB President

Ambassador Kenneth Quinn, President of the World Food Prize Foundation

Seminar Hall 2

13:00 – 14:00 High Level Opening Lunch (By invitation) VIP Luncheon Area


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TUESDAY 23 MAY 2017 (Contd.)

Time Events Venue

14:00 – 16:00

Creative Energy Solutions to Boost African Agriculture

Moderator: Mr. Ibrahima Cheikh Diong - Founder/CEO, Africa Consulting and Trading, Senegal


Mr. Amadou Hott, Vice-President Power, Energy, Climate Change and Green Growth, AfDB

Panelists

Mr. Davidi Vortman, CEO, Lumos Global

Mr. Jesse Moore, Co-Founder and CEO, M-KOPA, Kenya

Ms. Cheryl Anderson, Ag. Assistant Administrator, USAID

H.R.H. Abzeita Djigma, CEO AbzeSolar S.A, Burkina Faso

Mr. Thomas Gottschalk, CEO Mobisol, Germany

Seminar Hall 3

14:00 – 16:00

Innovative Financing for Agriculture

Moderator: Ms. Julie Gichuru, News Anchor, KBC


Ms. Jennifer Blanke, Vice-President, Agriculture, Human & Social Development, AfDB

Panelists

Dr Vera Songwe, Executive Secretary, Director, West Africa, IFC Mr. Mezuo O. Nwuneli, Managing Director, Fund for Agricultural Finance in Nigeria (FAFIN)

Mr. Sean de Cleene, Vice President, Business Development & Strategic Partnerships, AGRA

Mr. Mark Suzman, Chief Strategy Officer & President, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

Lord Paul Boateng, Chairman AECF

Contributions from AfDB Governors:

Mr. Henry Kiplagat Rotich, AfDB Governor for Kenya

Ambassador Claver Gatete, AfDB Governor for Rwanda

Mr. Amadou Ba, AfDB Governor for Senegal

Seminar Hall 1


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Time Events Venue

14:30 – 16:00

Financing African Infrastructure

Moderator: Mr. Wallace Kantai, NTV Kenya

Panel:

Mr. Pierre Guislain, Vice-President, Private Sector, Infrastructure and Industrialization, AfDB

Ms. Janet Heckman, Southern and Eastern Mediterranean (SEMED), European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)

Mr. Jingdong Hua, Vice President, Treasury & Syndications, IFC

Mr. Paulo Noguiera Batista, Vice President & Chief Risk Officer, NDB

Mr. Charles Corbett, Managing Director, Head of Financial Institutions, Sovereigns and Development Organisations, Financing Solutions Africa, Standard Chartered Bank

Seminar Hall 4

15:00 – 16:30

Women in Agriculture

Moderator: Ms. Bronwyn Nielsen, Senior Anchor of CNBC Africa


Mr. Charles Boamah, Senior Vice-President, AfDB

Opening Remarks by

H.E. Macky Sall, President of Senegal Panel:

Dr. Florence Wambugu, CEO, Africa Harvest


Ms. Yana W. Kakar, Global Managing Partner at Dalberg Global Development Advisors

Ms. Evelyn Ohanwusi, Head, Partnership Advocacy and Resource Mobilization, Youth Agripreneurs, Nigeria

Ms. Reema Nanavaty, Secretary General of Self Employed Women’s Association

Main Convention

Hall Part 1 - Left

15:30 – 17:30

Let’s Talk Africa-Asia Partnerships

Moderator: Ms. Georja Calvin-Smith, France 24.

Leaders’ Dialogue:

H.E. Patrice Talon , President of Benin

H.E. Macky Sall, President of Senegal

H.E. Daniel Kablan Duncan, Vice President of Côte d’Ivoire

Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, AfDB President

Seminar Hall 2


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Mrs. Helen Hai, CEO Made in Africa Initiative, China


Time Events Venue

18:00 – 20:00

Presidential Special Panel on Accelerating the Implementation of the Bank’s Ten-

Years Strategy with the High 5s Agenda and on the AFD Policy Lab.

(Participation restricted to Governors, Alternate Governors, Executive Directors and

their Advisers, Alternate Executive Directors, Vice Presidents and Directors of the

Bank)

Moderator: Ms. Bronwyn Nielsen, Senior Anchor of CNBC Africa

Short video message from:

Mr. Kofi Annan, co-chair of the Special Panel of the AfDB

Mr. Horst Kohler, co-chair of the Special Panel of the AfDB

Speakers

Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Chairperson, GAVI Alliance Board

Prof. Paul Collier, Professor of Economics and Public Policy, Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford

Panelists

Mr. Lars Thurnell, Chairman, Global Water Development Partners

Mr. Jay Ireland, President and CEO of General Electric, Africa)

Mr. Ismail Serageldin, Director, the Library of Alexandria

Mr. K. Y. Amoako, President, African Center for Economic Transformation (ACET)

Prof. Justin Yifu Lin, Honorary Dean and Professor, Peking University

Seminar Hall 4

18:30 – 24:00 Dinner: African Bankers’ Awards (by invitation) Hyatt Regency

Hotel


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WEDNESDAY 24 MAY 2017

Time

Events Venue


08:00 – 09:30

First Sitting of the Boards of Governors: Consideration and approval of the:

Provisional agenda

Report of the Joint Steering Committee

Report of the Standing Committee of the Board of Governors on the Conditions of Service for Elected Officers

Main Convention Hall Part

3 – Right


Governors Village

09:30 – 14:00 Japan – AfDB Forum: Japan-India cooperation Africa’s development Seminar Hall 2


10:00 – 13:00 Second Sitting of the Boards of Governors: Governors’ Dialogue

( closed event)

Main Convention Hall –

Part 2 - Middle

11:30 – 13:00 Africa-India Cooperation – Session 3: Powering Africa: Strengthening ISA

and Africa-India RE Partnerships Seminar Hall 3

13:00 – 15:00 Financial Presentation Luncheon VIP Luncheon Area

14:30 ‒ 16:00 Africa-India Cooperation – Session 4: Agriculture – Partnerships for Green

Revolution 2.0 Seminar Hall 3

14:30 ‒ 16:00 The G20 New Partnership with Africa: Dialogue for Better Youth Employment and Economic Transformation Outcomes

Seminar Hall 2


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WEDNESDAY 24 MAY 2017 (Contd.)

Time

Events Venue

14:30 – 16:30

Creating Wealth through Fashionomics

Moderator: Ms. Namakau Mukelabai, ZNBC, Zambia

Short introductory statement

Panelists

Mr. Pathe O, Fashion Designer, Burkina Faso and Côte d’Ivoire; Designer of famous Mandela shirts

Mr. Sidahmed Alphadi, African Designer and UNESCO Artist for Peace

Ms. Helen Hai, CEO, Made in Africa Initiative, UNIDO Goodwill Ambassador, Vice President and General Manager for overseas investment for Huajian Group

Mr. David Suddens, CEO, Vlisco Group

Mr. Nick Earlam, CEO Plexus Cotton Group

Ms. Neelam Chhiber, Industrial Designer, Co-Founder of Mother Earth / Industree, India

Seminar Hall 4

15:00 ‒ 17:00

Boosting Domestic Resource Mobilization to Finance African Transformation

Moderator: Alan Kasujja, BBC

Panelists

Hon. Sahar Nasr, Minister for Investment and International Cooperation, Egypt

Hon. Amadou Ba, Minister of Economic & Finance, Senegal

Hon. Ambassador Claver Gatete, Minister of Finance & Economic Planning, Rwanda

Hon. Sfiso Buthelezi, Deputy Minister of Finance, South Africa

Hon. Dieudonné Evou Mekou, Vice-Governor of Central Bank of Central African States, BEAC

Mr. Charles Boamah, Senior Vice president, AfDB

Main Convention Hall – Part 2 - Middle

16:30 ‒ 17:30

Africa-India Cooperation – Session 5A: Achieving High-5 Agenda through India’s Development Cooperation

Africa-India Cooperation – Session 5B: EXIM Success Story Case Study Presentation

Seminar Hall 3


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WEDNESDAY 24 MAY 2017 (Contd.)

Time

Events Venue

16:30 ‒ 18:30

Changing Perceptions on Agriculture: the Role of the Entertainment Industry (“Nollywood Meets Bollywood”)

Moderator: Dr. Victor Oladokun, CEO, 3D Global Consult

Panelists

Ms. Oboli Omoni, Nigerian Actress, Director and Producer

Ms. Rekha Rana, Bollywood and International Award Winning Actress, Winner of Miss Delhi

Ms. Omotola Jalade Ekeinde, Nigerian Actress, Philanthropist, TIME 100 Most Influential People of 2013

Mr. Rajendrakumar Mohan Raney, Film Director and Producer, India

Mr. Letaief Brahim, Director of the Carthage Film Festival (Tunisia)

Seminar Hall 2

17:30 ‒ 19:00 Africa-India Cooperation – Session 5 (Contd.): EXIM Success Story Case Study Presentation

Seminar Hall 3

20:00 ‒ 24:00 The Sounds of Africa’s Transformation: Cultural Night (to be preceded by Development Results awards to Member States)

University Convention Hall


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THURSDAY 25 MAY 2017

Time Events Venue



Governors Village

09:00 – 11:00 Third Sitting of the Boards of Governors: Closing Session of the 2017 Annual Meetings

MRB00

Governors Village

10:00 – 12:00

Civil Society Panel

Moderator: Ms. Julie Gichuru, News Anchor, KBC


Dr. Sipho Moyo, Director of Special Projects, Office of the President, AfDB

Panelists

Dr. Sudarshan Suryawanshi, CEO, India Society of Agri-Business Professionals (ISAP)

Dr. Khurana Kamal, CEO, Federation of Indian Farmer Producer Organizations and Aggregators (FIFA)

Ms. Dorothy Mukhebi, Deputy Director, African Women in Agricultural Research

Ms. Lucy Muchoki, CEO, Pan African Agribusiness and Agroindustry Consortium, Kenya

Mr. David Wilcox, Social Change Leader and the Founder of ReachScale

Seminar Hall 4


11:00 – 12:00 Closing Press Conference Seminar Hall 1


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THURSDAY 25 MAY 2017 (Contd.)

Time Events Venue

11:30 – 13:00 Africa-India Cooperation – Session 6: Skill Development & Education Seminar Hall 3

12:10 – 12:30 Launching of Korea as the venue of the next Annual Meetings 2018 Exhibitors Area

12:30 – 14:00 Lunch hosted by the President of the African Development Bank Group (by invitation only)

Hyatt Regency Hotel

14:30 – 15:30 Africa-India Cooperation – Session 7: Partnerships in Healthcare Seminar Hall 3

15:45 – 16:45 Africa-India Cooperation – Session 8: Connect Africa: Partnerships in e-Governance Seminar Hall 3

17:00 – 18:00 Africa-India Cooperation – Session 9: Industrialise Africa: Unleashing its Real

Potential in Manufacturing Seminar Hall 3

17:00 – 19:00 Visit to the Gandhi Ashram (Departure will be from the MMCC. Please register at

the Information Desk in the Accreditation Center)

Gandhi Ashram


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FRIDAY 26 MAY 2017

Time Events Venue

10:00 – 18:00 Exhibition by Companies Exhibition Hall 2


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OTHER EVENTS

SUNDAY 21 MAY 2017

Time Events Venue

14:00 – 19:00 AADFI Executive Committee Meeting Conference Room 1

Main Convention Building

MONDAY 22 MAY 2017

Time Events Venue

08:00 – 18:00 African DFIs CEOs Workshop MT_02 – Exhibition Hall 1

09:00 – 13:00 ALSF Governing Council Constituencies Meetings MT_01 – Exhibition Hall 1

12:30 – 14:30 Lunch hosted by the Export-Import Bank of India (By invitation) VIP Restaurant

18:30 – 20:00 ALSF Cocktail (by Invitation only) VIP Restaurant

TUESDAY 23 MAY 2017

Time Events Venue

08:00 – 18:00 AADFI General Assembly MT_02 – Exhibition Hall 1

09:00 – 12:00 Donors meeting (ALSF) Conference Room 1


15:00 – 19:00 ADF Working Group Meeting MT_03 – Exhibition Hall 1

15:15 – 16:15 Partnership on Illicit Finance (PIF) Steering Committee Meeting Conference Room 1



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OTHER EVENTS (Contd.)

WEDNESDAY 24 MAY 2017

Time Events Venue

08:00 – 09:00 Registration Seminar Hall 3

09:00 – 10:00 Regional Session Seminar Hall 3

10:15 – 11:15 CII & DST Africa-India Roundtable on Technology and Innovation Seminar Hall 3

11:30 – 13:00 Africa-India Cooperation – Session 3: Powering Africa: Strengthening ISA and Africa-India RE Partnerships

Seminar Hall 3

14:00 – 17:00 Youth Agripreneurs exhibition Exhibition Hall 2 – Booth 3

14:00 – 17:00 ALSF High level meeting: “Land investment deals in Africa: Negotiating good

contracts for sustainable development» Seminar Hall 1

18:00 – 20:00 JP Morgan Cocktail VIP Restaurant

THURSDAY 25 MAY 2017

Time Events Venue

09:00 – 12:00 Youth Agripreneurs exhibition Exhibition Hall 2 – Booth 3


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