AFIF09 Programme

• Arthur Levi, Former Head of Europe, IFC (International Finance Corp.), France
• Eric Kacou, Managing Director, OTF Group, Rwanda

• Idit Miller, Managing Director EMRC, Belgium
• Arthur Levi, Former IFC (Head of Europe), France

14h45

Special Ministerial Session:
Improving the Business Environment to Attract Foreign Investment to Africa 
- Creating an enabling environment through attractive schemes 
- Partnership Opportunities for international investors

• Arthur Levi, Former IFC (Head of Europe), France
• John Mullally , Advisor Europe Middle East Africa Desk, OECD Dev. Centre, France
• Ministers from:
  o Uganda: Henry Bagiire Aggrey, Minister of State of Agriculture
  o Chad: Mahamat Mamadou Addy, Minister of Microfinance
  o Guinea Bissau: Botche Candé, Minister of Trade, Industry, Tourism & Crafts
  o Angola: Carlos Alberto Lopes, Vice-Minister of Planning António Didalelwa, Provincial Governor
  o Kenya: Kennedy Manyala, General Manager, Kenya Investment Authority

Welcome Dinner offered by Heineken
Heineken Museum, Amsterdam

• Nannot Kleiterp, Chief Executive Officer, FMO (Netherlands Dev. Finance Company)
• José Briosa e Gala, Special Advisor and Personal Representative for Africa of the President of the European Commission, Belgium
• Pierre Mathijsen, President EMRC, former DG at the European Commission, Belgium

• Martin Curwin, Director Deneral, European Investment Bank, Luxembourg

Session I: Boosting African economy through entrepreneurship 
- Challenges and constraints for project owners and developers
- How to attract new players, new partnerships & opportunities
- How can Africa’s entrepreneurs benefit from investment and partnerships?
- Creating Win-Win relations that allow long-term economic growth for the African continent

Moderator: Arthur Levi, Former IFC (Head of Europe), France 

• Sietze Montijn, Head of Corporate Social Responsibility, Heineken, Netherlands
• Gorrepati Ramakrishna Reddy, Chairman & Managing Director, MARG limited, India
• Jeremy Connick, Partner, Clifford Chance Law Firm, United Kingdom
• Eric Kacou, Managing Director, OTF Group, Rwanda
• Loic Sadoulet, Prof. Economics, Faculty Lead Africa Initiative, INSEAD, France

Part I: The role of commercial banks in the development of private initiatives
- The challenges commercial banks are facing in supporting private business
- Commercial banks as strategic links between Donor Financial Institutions and the private sector
- How can financing become more sustainable?

Moderator: Arthur Levi, Former IFC (Head of Europe), France 

• Kingsley Moghalu, Deputy Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria 
• Solomon Asamoah, Deputy Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer, Africa Finance Corporation, Nigeria
• Gerard van Empel, Managing Director, Rabo Development, Netherlands

Part II: Innovative solutions to promote entrepreneurship 
- The role of Foundations
- Private equity

Moderator: Thierry Sanders, Managing Director, BiD Network, Netherlands 

• Jeroen Blum, Deputy Director, Shell Foundation, Netherlands 
• Dana Boggess, Agriculture Finance, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, USA
• Khaled Ben Jilani, Executive Partner, Tuninvest-Africinvest Group, Tunisia
• Davinder Sikand, Managing Partner, Aureos, Kenya

• Idit Miller, Managing Director EMRC, Belgium
• Tim Turner, Director Private Sector , African Development Bank, Tunisia

Session III: The Role of International Financial Institutions (IFI)
- The role of IFI’s: IFC, FMO, other Development Banks
- How to have access to financing: constrains and opportunities
- Presentation of successful Case Studies

Moderator: Arthur Levi, Former IFC (Head of Europe), France

• Jorim Schraven, Manager Financial Institutions Africa, FMO, Netherlands
• Catherine Collin, Head of the portfolio Manag't & Policy Division, European Investment Bank, Luxembourg
• Tim Turner, Director Private Sector Operations, African Development Bank, Tunisia
• André Laude, Chief Investment Officer Microfinance, IFC, France

16h30
19h00

Gala Evening: Grand Hotel Krasnapolsky - Winter Garden
Presentation of the EMRC-African Development Bank Project Incubator Award 2009, in presence of Government officials, Ambassadors, media and business community.

• Idit Miller, Managing Director EMRC, Belgium
• Tim Turner, Director Private Sector , African Development Bank, Tunisia

Parallel I - Strengthening human skills
- Networking, sharing expertise, promoting partnerships, global Networks
- Capacity building Financing
- Capacity building programmes

Moderator: Loic Sadoulet, Faculty Lead Africa Initiative, INSEAD, France

• Thierry Sanders, Managing Director, BiD Network, Netherlands
• Pieter van Welzen, Partner, Clifford Chance, Netherlands
• Charles Kwesiga, Executive Director, Uganda Industrial Research Institute, Uganda

Moderator: Arthur Levi, Former IFC (Head of Europe), France

• Marjolein Landheer, Manager Housing, FMO, Netherlands
• K S Shashidhar , Business Head , Science Park , MARG limited, India
• Nicholas Levi-Gardes, Vice President of Emerging Capital Partners, USA
• Amadou Coulibaly, Managing Director, Ivoirienne de Fibrociment, Ivory Coast

• Orli Arav, Director Markets Fund Managers, United Kingdom
  
• Guy Marboeuf ,Access to Energy Programme Manager,  EDF, France

• Nomathema Mhlanga, Investment relations agriculture & agribusiness, FAO, Italy
  
• Chris Isaac , Corporate Executive, InfraCo, United Kingdom
  
• Bart Sijbenga, Senior Advisor, SNV-Netherlands Development  Org., Zimbabwe

• Kola Badejo, Senior Adviser, UN Global Compact, USA
  
• Roelof Plitjer, Advisor, DG Trade, European Commission, Belgium
  
• Bayero Mohamadou Fadil, Chief Executive Officer, Groupe FADIL, Cameroon
• Garcia Afonso, Head of Tariffs & Trade, National Directorate of Customs , Angola

• Jacco Minnaar, Fund Manager, Triodos Investment Management BV, Netherlands
• Tony Ngartola, Managing Director, Vetagri, Chad
• Joseph Akpo, Chief Executive Officer, UNACOOPEC, Ivory Coast