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AIC 2021 | Virtual Conference

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AIC | Saturday, April 24th, 2021 | Agenda
8:00 AM | NETWORKING SESSION 1
  • Featuring breakout rooms for open networking
9:00 AM | WELCOME AND OPENING REMARKS
9:15 AM | OPENING KEYNOTE
  • Acha Leke | Senior Partner and Chairman, Africa Practice @ McKinsey & Co. ​
10:00 AM | SPEAKER PANELS 1 & 2
Panel 1: Fintech & Investments | Advancing Digital Banking; Promising Investment Opportunities (additional details here)
  • Panelists:
    • ​Chijioke Dozie | Founder @ Carbon
    • Ziad Oueslati | Founding Partner @ AfricInvest
    • Ifeoluwa Orioke | CCO @ Flutterwave
    • Wilmot Allen | Founder @ Venture Lift Africa
    • Moderator: Onazi Aboh | Capital Markets Professional
Panel 2: Agriculture | Scaling Small and Medium Size Enterprises (additional details here)
  • Panelists:
    • ​Celi Khanyile-Lynch | Founder/CEO @ Green Source Africa
    • Onyeka Akumah | Founder/CEO @ FarmCrowdy
    • Temitope Adegoroye | Partner @ Sahel Consulting
    • Momarr Maas Taal | Founder @ Tropingo Foods
    • Moderator: Lamide Adeosun | Principal, Seed Investments @ Consonance Investments
11:30 AM | BREAK/NETWORKING SESSION 2
  • Featuring breakout rooms with speakers from panels 1 & 2; open networking
12:00 PM | MID-DAY KEYNOTE
  • Ralph Mupita | President and CEO @ MTN
  • Moderator: Tavneet Suri, PHD | Professor of Economics @ MIT
12:45 PM | SPEAKER PANELS 3 & 4
Panel 3: Education | Harnessing Technology to Scale Access to Education; New Model of Teacher Preparation and Development (additional details here)
  • Panelists:
    • ​Folawe Omikunle | CEO @ Teach for Nigeria
    • Claude Grunitzky | Founder @ TRACE and True Africa University
    • Faraja Nyalandu | Executive Director @ Shule Direct
    • Daniel Dotse | CEO @ Lead for Ghana
    • Moderator: Shari Loessberg | Senior Lecturer of Entrepreneurship @ MIT
Panel 4: Healthcare | Access to Specialty Medicines and Diagnostics; Precision Health Equity (additional details here)
  • Panelists:
    • ​Naa Akwetey | SVP/Strategy and Business Development @ mPharma
    • Yusuf Henriques | Founder/CEO @ IndyGeneUS
    • Emilian Popa | Founder @ Ilara Health
    • Moderator: Uzo Osikhena | Managing Director @ The Lisben Group
1:45 PM | BREAK/NETWORKING SESSION 3
  • Featuring breakout rooms with speakers from panels 3, 4, & 5; open networking
2:15 PM | SPEAKER PANEL 5
Panel 5: Mobility | Delivery Despite Disruptions (additional details here)
  • Panelists:
    • ​Adetayo Bamiduro | Co-Founder/CEO @ Max
    • Dumebi Okwechime, PhD | Chief Data Officer @ Kobo 360
    • Amos Ouattara | Founder of TaxiJet
    • Paola Corrado | Head of Supply Chain Unit @ World Food Programme
    • Moderator: Jarrod Goentzel, PhD | Director of MIT Humanitarian Supply Chain Lab @ MIT
3:15 PM | CLOSING REMARKS
  • MIT AIC Leadership Team
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  • Home
  • 2022 Africa Innovate Conference
    • BUY YOUR TICKET
    • AGENDA
    • Keynote Speakers
    • ARTS, ENTERTAINMENT & CULTURE PANEL
    • FINANCE & INVESTMENTS PANEL
    • AGRICULTURE PANEL
    • LEADERSHIP PANEL
    • TECHNOLOGY PANEL
    • MOBILITY PANEL
    • HEALTHCARE PANEL
    • REAL ESTATE & INFRASTRUCTURE PANEL
    • EDUCATION PANEL
  • Pitch Competition
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