2025 Programme

September 2025
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Public-Private Roundtables

Roundtable Room 1 (First Floor)

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Tue, 16 Sep | 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM

Building Entrepreneurial Pathways Across the Continent
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Altesh Baijoo

Altesh Baijoo Chief Investment Officer, Flow48

Angela Wambugu

Angela Wambugu Director, Advisory Services, Africa, Women's World Banking

Carmia Lureman-Norton

Carmia Lureman-Norton Head of Strategic Delivery & CX, JUMO

Davis Albohm

Davis Albohm Director, Global Partnerships, Stanford Seed

Dishi Smit

Dishi Smit Head of Strategic Partnerships, OTT Mobile Technologies

Garth Rossiter

Garth Rossiter Chief Risk Officer, Lula

Johan Van Der Merwe

Johan Van Der Merwe CEO, Financial Services, AutoChek

Lyndwill Clarke

Lyndwill Clarke Head, Consumer Education, Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA)

Thabang Chiloane

Thabang Chiloane Head: Financial Inclusion and Public Policy, The Banking Association South Africa

Hector Shibata Salazar

Hector Shibata Salazar Chief of Global Digital Finance, International Finance Corporation
Workshop

Workshop Room (First Floor)

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Tue, 16 Sep | 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Introducing the SME Banking Toolkit – Practical Tools for Segmentation and Inclusive Growth - Powered by ConsumerCentrix and Dalberg
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Kusi Hornberger

Kusi Hornberger Partner, Dalberg

Anna Gincherman

Anna Gincherman Partner, ConsumerCentriX

Forum Stage

Forum Stage (Ground Floor)

Open

Tue, 16 Sep | 3:15 PM - 3:20 PM

[Virtual Keynote] Building SME Resilience through Sustainability
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Nigar Arpadarai

Nigar Arpadarai COP29 Climate High-Level Champion, Climate High-Level Champions

Forum Stage

Forum Stage (Ground Floor)

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Tue, 16 Sep | 3:20 PM - 4:00 PM

Agri-Fintech Revolution: Transforming Rural Value Chains Through Technology
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Aliou Maïga

Aliou Maïga Regional Industry Director, Financial Institutions Group, Africa, International Finance Corporation

Hamza Rkha Chaham

Hamza Rkha Chaham Chief Executive Officer, Sowit

Tesfaye Bedada

Tesfaye Bedada Head of Agronomy and Supply Chain, Soufflet Malt Ethiopia

Abrhame Endrias

Abrhame Endrias Founder and Managing Director, Lersha

Riadh Naouar

Riadh Naouar Manager, FIG Africa Upstream and Advisory, North, West and Central Africa, International Finance Corporation
Forum Stage

Forum Stage (Ground Floor)

Open

Tue, 16 Sep | 4:00 PM - 4:35 PM

Leveraging Digital Payments for the Next Wave of Financial Inclusion
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Caroline Cerruti

Caroline Cerruti Lead Financial Sector Specialist, Southern Africa Region, The World Bank

Gabriel Swanepoel

Gabriel Swanepoel Country Manager, Southern Africa, Mastercard

Amira Karim

Amira Karim Head of Public Policy, Payments & Financial Services, Amazon

Pat Patel

Pat Patel Chief Executive Officer, MEA, USA, LATAM & Forums, Global Finance & Technology Network (GFTN)
Workshop

Workshop Room (First Floor)

Open

Tue, 16 Sep | 4:00 PM - 4:30 PM

Unlocking the Future of Working Capital Finance with GenAI – Powered by Veefin Group
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Parag Ekbote

Parag Ekbote Chief Business Officer, Veefin Group

Forum Stage

Forum Stage (Ground Floor)

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Tue, 16 Sep | 4:40 PM - 5:25 PM

Aligning Supply & Demand of Capital: Strategies for Strengthening Investment Readiness of SMEs
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Dorothy Nyambi

Dr. Dorothy Nyambi Chief Executive Officer, Mennonite Economic Development Associates (MEDA)

Fanta Conde

Fanta Conde Partner, CrossBoundary

Jared Miller

Jared Miller Chief Executive Officer, Accial Capital

Shaun Streaton

Shaun Streaton Chief Executive Officer, Urban Task Force Ltd.

Bernardo Aparicio

Bernardo Aparicio Chief Executive, Standard Bank Mozambique

Kalina B. Miller

Kalina B. Miller Manager, FIG Southern Africa, International Finance Corporation
Forum Stage

Forum Stage (Ground Floor)

Open

Tue, 16 Sep | 5:25 PM - 5:35 PM

From Dialogue to Impact: Commitments for the Future of SME Finance
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Qamar Saleem

Qamar Saleem Global Head, SME Finance Forum
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