SCALE-UP - Global Business Forum...Nov 18, 2019 · 16.20 startup stories – succeeding to fail Behind every successful business idea, there are multiple, sometimes great, ideas

SCALE-UP AFRICA

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SCALE UP AFRICA

Business confidence is returning to Africa. Impressive entrepreneurs have sprung up across the continent, changing reality on the ground. For-ward-thinking policy-makers are implementing solutions to problems that have hindered progress for decades. Both business and government leaders are leveraging digital technologies and working across borders to achieve connectivity and scale. With the right support, Africa has the potential to open a new era of growth and prosperity.

GBF Africa 2019 explores what it will take to make that happen, building on its legacy as the pivotal destination for business, finance and gov-ernment leaders to identify opportunities and nurture links between Africa and Dubai. At this year’s Forum, we focus on forging the connections that will enable scale up, and explore how our two regions can work together to build powerful and creative partnerships among aspiring young entrepreneurs, established businesses and governments.

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 18TH

07.30 REGISTRATION AND NETWORKING

09.00 WELCOME ADDRESS

SPEAKERH.E. Majid Saif Al Ghurair, Chairman, Dubai Chamber of Commerce & Industry, UAE

09.10 UAE GOVERNMENT ADDRESS

H.E. Reem Al Hashimy, UAE Minister of State for International Cooperation and Director General, Expo 2020 Dubai, UAE

09.20 SCALE UP AFRICA – BUILDING ON THE NEXT GENERATION A combination of entrepreneurial energy, a new generation of policy-makers and innovative technology have brought new solutions to the big challenges that were hindering growth across Africa. What will it take to realise the promise of this new era? An introduction to the theme and structure of this year’s GBF Africa.

SPEAKERSangu Delle, Chairman, Golden Palm Investments, Ghana

COLLABORATION

09.35 OPENING PANELFINDING THE SWEET SPOT – MOMENTUM FOR CHANGE This session will explore what African start-ups are able to achieve alone, and where collaboration could accelerate their ability to scale and tackle the continent’s biggest problems, while thriving as businesses. Is Africa at a sweet spot of opportunity with innovative small businesses working around the barriers and coming up with solutions? Or is the continent at an inflexion point where, without more collaboration and support, entrepreneurs could lose momentum?

SPEAKERSJonathan Berman, Managing Partner, Africa Innovation Partners, USASola David-Borha, Chief Executive Officer, Africa Regions, Standard Bank, South AfricaDr. Carlos Lopes, Professor, Nelson Mandela School of Public Governance, University of Cape Town, South Africa

MODERATOR Mark Eddo, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Mark Eddo Media Africa, Nigeria

SCALE-UPAFRICA18-19 November 2019Madinat Jumeirah, Dubai, UAE

PROGRAMME

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COLLABORATION

10.20 KEY INSIGHTLINKING BACK – THE ENTREPRENEURIAL SUPPORT CHAINEven without well-developed entrepreneurial ecosystems, start-ups can flourish if they have the financial and men-toring support of experienced entrepreneurs. In this session, we look at the role these mentor-investors have played in the emergence of start-ups in Africa and in Dubai and explore how this might change as the broader ecosystem evolves.

SPEAKERSToyin Sanni, Group Chief Executive Officer, Emerging Africa Capital Group, Nigeria Dr. Divine Simbi-Ndhlukula, Founder and Managing Director, Securico, ZimbabweArif Amiri, Chief Executive Officer, Dubai International Finance Centre, UAE

MODERATOR Eithne Treanor, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, E Treanor Media, UAE

11.00 NETWORKING BREAK

VIEW FROM THE TOP

11.30 HEAD OF STATE DISCUSSIONUNLEASHING LIBERIA’S POTENTIAL - IN CONVERSATION WITH H.E. GEORGE WEAH Liberia is facing barriers to economic growth, but the country’s potential is huge. In this session, President George Weah discusses his plans to unlock growth, the lessons he has drawn from his years as a professional football player and the opportunity for young entrepreneurs to become key actors in the Liberian economy.

SPEAKER H.E. Dr. George Manneh Weah, President, Republic of Liberia

MODERATOR Eleni Giokos, Africa Correspondent, CNN Business, South Africa

SCALING STARTUPS

12.00 THE GBF MENTORSHIP PROGRAMMEThe GBF Mentorship Programme was launched in 2018 to help dynamic start-ups in both Africa and Dubai to explore business opportunities between the regions by partnering them with a mentor from the respective region. In this session, the President and Chief Executive Officer of Dubai Chamber explains how and why the GBF Mentorship Pro-gramme was set up and introduces the participants.

SPEAKERS H.E. Hamad Buamim, President and Chief Executive Officer, Dubai Chamber of Commerce & Industry, UAE


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12.20 ENTREPRENEURS AND MENTORS – ACCELERATING SOLUTIONSThe GBF Entrepreneurs were tasked with identifying business solutions to tackle. Each was supported by a GBF Men-tor who both knows the region and has scaled up their own businesses. In this session, we hear what both sides learned about business and entrepreneurship in the two regions and about the value of collaboration.

SPEAKERSChris Folayan, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Mall for Africa, NigeriaNadim Habr, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Designhubz, UAE Nader Amiri, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, el Grocer, UAE Kenneth Obiajulu, Managing Director, Farmcrowdy, Nigeria

MODERATORSangu Delle, Chairman, Golden Palm Investments, Ghana

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13.00 NETWORKING LUNCH

COLLABORATION

14.30 RETHINKING GOVERNMENT – WORKING WITH THE NEW GUARDOver the past decade, young entrepreneurs tended to face an old guard in government that saw the world differently from them. Now a growing number of young people are entering public service with the idea of leveraging digital technology and cooperating with entrepreneurs to transform government and their country. In this session, young policy-makers and entrepreneurs discuss the potential of collaboration.

SPEAKERSInnocent Bagamba Muhizi, Chief Executive Officer, Rwanda Information Society Authority, RwandaHon. David J. Francis, Chief Minister, Republic of Sierra LeoneMark Okoye, Commissioner for Economic Planning, Anambra State Government, Nigeria


GAME CHANGER

15.15 RESHAPING THE FUTURE – THE WORLD OF DIGITAL DISRUPTION Digital technology, and the innovation it unleashes, is transforming Africa’s economic potential. It improves market access and allows organisations to accelerate progress in everything from agriculture to education and healthcare. At the same time, it changes the rules of the game – for how countries can grow prosperous and how businesses can compete globally. In this session we explore the potential and ask what new approaches are needed to make it a reality.

SPEAKERSLorien Gamaroff, Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder, Centbee, South AfricaIdriss Al Rifai, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Fetchr, UAE


SIDE SESSION FRESH STARTS

15.15 RETHINKING BUSINESS IN ETHIOPIAEthiopia has intrigued investors over the past decade. A focus on tackling key issues such as electricity, industriali-sation and efficient agriculture have produced fast growth, but the economy remained highly controlled and fragile. Prime Minister Dr Abiy Ahmed’s radical reform programme is designed to open it up for business, draw on the power of Ethiopian youth and change geopolitical dynamics in the Horn of Africa. Is this the time for companies to invest, as new sectors open up for business?

SPEAKERSMelesse Minale Tashu, Senior Economic Advisor, National Bank of Ethiopia, EthiopiaTizzita Mengesha Tefera, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Maisha, Ethiopia

MODERATOR Goolam Ballim, Chief Economist, Standard Bank, South Africa



16.15 RETHINKING BUSINESS IN SOUTH AFRICASouth Africa, the continent’s most developed economy, has always defined itself as the gateway to Africa and the centre of industry and innovation – but the last decade saw other countries challenging its lead. President Cyril Rama-phosa’s government is determined to tackle South Africa’s challenges, leverage its advantages and drive innovation across the continent. What new opportunities are opening up for business?

SPEAKERSNeville Matjie, Chief Executive Officer, Trade & Investment KwaZulu-Natal, South AfricaLorien Gamaroff, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, Centbee, South Africa


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16.20 STARTUP STORIES – SUCCEEDING TO FAIL Behind every successful business idea, there are multiple, sometimes great, ideas that don’t quite make the grade. The seemingly cruel logic of the startup world means that failure is often a key component to eventual success. Start-ups from the UAE and Africa discuss their journeys - and explore what embracing the willingness to fail implies for the management of their businesses and the culture of their companies.

SPEAKERSAfua Osei, Co-Founder, She Leads Africa, NigeriaTizzita Mengesha Tefera, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Maisha, Ethiopia Ambareen Musa, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Souqalmal.com, UAE

MODERATORMark Eddo, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Mark Eddo Media Africa, Nigeria

SCALING STARTUPS

16.50 INNOVATING AGRICULTURE – REBUILDING THE FOOD SUPPLY CHAINGetting food production right requires solutions to many challenges facing the continent. Moving Africa from being a net food importer to being a global food producer needs better productivity and investment in transport, storage and manufacturing to avoid as much as half of what is harvested going to waste. With the population set to double by 2050, that shift needs to happen fast - and it will be part of a broader change in the global food supply chain. In this session, we explore a range of new approaches and ask what could change the game for agriculture.

SPEAKERSEvelyn Namara, Founder, Vouch Digital, Uganda Alloysius Attah, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Farmerline, Ghana


VIEW FROM THE TOP

17.20 REVITALISING ZIMBABWE - IN CONVERSATION WITH H.E. EMMERSON MNANGAGWAZimbabwe’s economy is struggling to shake off the legacy of the past decades. In this session, President Mnangagwa will discuss the challenges, potential and opportunity to revitalise Zimbabwe and the role that entrepreneurs and investors can play to help resolve urgent issues from water, fuel and power shortages to food security, healthcare and job creation.

SPEAKERSH.E. Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa, President, Republic of Zimbabwe

MODERATOR Sangu Delle, Chairman, Golden Palm Investments, Ghana

17.40 ROUND UP AND NEXT STEPS

Sangu Delle, Chairman, Golden Palm Investments, Ghana

17.45 Africa Live - Networking Reception

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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 19TH

09.00 Today’s Sessions – In Brief We will get the morning going with an overview of the second day.

SPEAKERSangu Delle, Chairman, Golden Palm Investments, Ghana

VIEW FROM THE TOP

09.05 BUILDING ON INNOVATION - IN CONVERSATION WITH H.E. RUHAKANA RUGANDAThe Ugandan government is aiming to kickstart an innovation culture, building a foundation of entrepreneurship as a precursor for economic growth and development. In this session, we will hear the Prime Minister’s plans to leverage digital technology, and explore where he is starting to see signs of success and how he plans to scale up innovation throughout the economy.

SPEAKERH.E. Ruhakana Ruganda, Prime Minister, Republic of Uganda


SCALING STARTUPS

09.20 THE PERFECT PITCH I: MEET GBF’S STARTUPSAfrica and the UAE are home to some of the most innovative communities, thinkers and entrepreneurs on the planet. As part of Dubai Chamber’s commitment to entrepreneurship across the region, this year’s GBF mentorship programme is designed to identify the creators of tomorrow’s enterprises.Join us to meet four of the finalists from the first cohort of our start-up mentoring programme and see them pitch their start-up before a live panel of investors and GBF Mentors.

STARTUPS Asiimwe Benson, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, RideSafe Africa, UgandaAssia Riccio, Founder, Evolvin Women, UAEKenneth Obiajulu, Managing Director, Farmcrowdy, NigeriaMohammed Alami Idrissi, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Tuitify, UAE

MENTORS Iyinoluwa Aboyeji, Managing Partner, Street Capital, Nigeria Nassib Boueri, Chief Executive Officer, Wunderman MENA, UAEChris Folayan, Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Mall for Africa, Nigeria Cynthia Corby, Partner, Deloitte & Touche, UAE

MODERATOR Sangu Delle, Chairman, Golden Palm Investments, Ghana

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10.00 STARTUP STORIES – SUCCEEDING AT SCALEDubai has become a base for a growing cohort of regional tech and startup companies, playing a similar role in focusing entrepreneurial energy as Nairobi or Lagos. In this session, Fadi Ghandour, who founded Dubai’s leading logistics business and is now a key investor in the startup scene, talks with one of Africa’s experienced entrepreneurs about the challenges of building innovative businesses at scale.

SPEAKER Peter Njonjo, Chief Executive Officer, Twiga Foods, Kenya

MODERATOR Fadi Ghandour, Executive Chairman, Wamda Group, UAE

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GAME CHANGER

10.20 PANEL DISCUSSIONCREATING ONE AFRICA – ELIMINATING BARRIERS TO BUSINESSAfrican business is driving the integration of Africa. From online start-ups to local giants, African companies have found ways to get around the realities of fragmented markets forcing the pace of integration from the bottom up. As the African Continental Free Trade Agreement comes into effect, what impact will it have on trade, the cost of doing business and Africa’s place in global supply chains? what are the remaining barriers to pan-regional business and how can these be overcome?

SPEAKERSH.E. Dr. Mukhisa Mituyi, Secretary General, UNCTAD, AustriaStephen Karingi, Director, Regional Integration and Trade Division, UN Economic Commission for Africa, Ethiopia Admassu Tadesse, President and Chief Executive Officer, Trade and Development Bank, KenyaNadya Abdulla Kamali, Chief Executive Officer, Dubai Customs World, UAE

MODERATOR Rob Hersov, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Invest Africa, UK


COLLABORATION

11.30 AFRICA’S GROWING BUSINESS VOICE – IN CONVERSATION WITH JOHN DENTONAs African entrepreneurs leverage technology to tackle long-standing challenges, their voice in global business is louder than ever before. In this session, we talk to the head of the International Chamber of Commerce about his attempts to ensure the voice of African business is lifted to the global stage. We also look at his efforts to show the potential of business and technology to tackle global challenges from climate change to global trade flows, and ask where innovative African solutions fit into the bigger picture.

SPEAKER John Denton, Secretary General, International Chamber of Commerce, France



11.30 RETHINKING BUSINESS IN ZIMBABWE Zimbabwe is hoping to get back on the international investment map after years of isolation. Once one of Africa’s most sophisticated economies, with a developed infrastructure, strong talent pool and productive agriculture, its economy remains unstable, but is undergoing reforms, led by President Emmerson Mnangagwa. Is Zimbabwe now open for business and where are the key opportunities?

SPEAKERH.E. Mthuli Ncube, Minister of Finance and Economic Development, Zimbabwe Dr. Divine Simbi-Ndhlukula, Founder and Managing Director, Securico, Zimbabwe


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GAME CHANGER

11.50 SCALING UP POWER – ENSURING ACCESS TO ENERGYThe power sector is changing. Access to electricity has grown almost 8% a year in sub-Saharan Africa over the past decade – Kenya and Rwanda both managed to triple access in just five years. That’s a result of off-grid solar technol-ogy, innovative government policies and regulations and significant investment in power infrastructure. But 40% of people are still without access to electricity and lack of reliable power is holding back business growth. In this session, we look at how the power sector is changing globally and ask what could be a game-changer to scale-up power across Africa.

SPEAKERSErik Hersman, Chief Executive Officer, BRCK, KenyaJonathan Berman, Managing Partner, Africa Innovation Partners, USASami Khoreibi, Chief Executive Officer, Incubayt, UAE


SCALING STARTUPS

12.20 STARTUP STORIES – MAINTAINING THE MOMENTUM After the early success and excitement of a new business launch fades, how do you build a culture that maintains the momentum of the early years to make the leap from startup success to scale player? Two startup founders discuss what it’s like to go from start-up to scale-up, how to juggle operational realities while building growing, regional businesses, and the challenges of raising funding from external investors.

CONFIRMED SPEAKERSJason Njoku, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, iROKOtv, Nigeria Mitchell Elegbe, Founder and Group Chief Executive Officer, Interswitch, Nigeria


SCALING STARTUPS

12.45 THE PERFECT PITCH II: MEET GBF’S STARTUPSJoin us to meet the last of the finalists from the first cohort of Dubai Chamber’s start-up mentoring programme - and see them pitch their start-up before a live panel of investors and GBF Mentors.

STARTUPS David Irakoze, Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Engineering Hub, RwandaCallie Dickens, Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Symmetry, UAENadim Habr, Founder, DesignHubz, UAE Michael Hutson, Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Quip.Link, Rwanda

MENTORS Eghosa Omoigui, Founder & Managing General Partner, EchoVC Partners, Nigeria Chris Thomas, Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder, Eureeca, UAEJonathan Berman, Managing Partner, Africa Innovation Partners, USANader Amiri, Founder & Chief Executive Officer, El Grocer, UAE

MODERATORSangu Delle, Chairman, Golden Palm Investments, Ghana

13.25 ROUND UP AND TAKE AWAYSSumming up Africa Global Business Forum 2019

Sangu Delle, Chairman, Golden Palm Investments, Ghana

13.30 Networking Lunch and end of GBF Africa 2019

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SCALE-UP - Global Business Forum...Nov 18, 2019 · 16.20 startup stories – succeeding to fail Behind every successful business idea, there are multiple, sometimes great, ideas