08:00 – 08:30 (GMT+1)
Registration and Welcome Coffee
08:30 – 08:40 (GMT+3)
Day 1: Opening Ceremony
Yvonne Ndege
Former International TV Correspondent and UN Spokesperson
08:40 – 08:45 (GMT+1)
Video Presentation
08:45 – 9:00 (GMT+1)
Keynote Speech Opening Presentation
H.E. Mamo E. Mihretu
Governor National Bank of Ethiopia
9:00 (GMT+3)
Macro-Economic Reforms: Laying the foundations for financial sector growth
Ethiopia’s macroeconomic policy reforms are bringing historic shifts in how monetary policy is conducted, how
government deficits are financed, how exchange rates are determined, and how the financial sector operates.
Taken together, these measures are helping lower inflation, reduce debt burdens, and improve credit and foreign exchange conditions for a growing private sector.
Experts will discuss these transformative shifts in macro policies and how they are setting favorable foundations for the emergence of a dynamic financial sector.
Derk Bienen
Managing Partner
BKP Economic Advisors
H.E. Eyob Tekalign (PhD)
State Minister
Ministry of Finance
Stefan Dercon
Professor of Economic Policy
Oxford University
Halaway Tadessee
Senior Advisor
National Bank of Ethiopia
H.E. Fikadu Digafe
Vice Governor, Chief Economist
National Bank of Ethiopia
09:00 – 09:45 (GMT+1)
Opening Panel | A new era: Time to mobilise Africa's financial power
Africa’s financial destiny and the continent’s capacity to finance its economic needs require swift and strong action...
- How will Africa’s financial industry be consolidated?
- From facilitating payment interoperability...?
- Which human capital development strategy...?
Ramah NYANG
Journalist, CGTN/Bloomberg
Jules NGANKAM
Group CEO, African Guarantee Fund
Sérgio PIMENTA
Vice President, Africa, IFC
Nadia FETTAH
Minister of Finance, Morocco
Jeremy AWORI
CEO, Ecobank Group
Mohamed El KETTANI
CEO, Attijariwafa Bank