Agenda - Pre-Day - Virtual AfricaCom 2020

11:30 - 11:4010 mins

Chair’s opening remarks

11:40 - 12:1030 mins

Panel: New models for monetisation in Africa’s content landscape

Russell Southwood - CEO, Balancing Act
Amman Fissehazion - Chairman at Association of Ethiopian Broadcasters & CEO, EBS TV
Paolo Rizzardini - Chief Commerical Officer and Executive Board Member, Mondia
Clare Kandola - Founder and CEO, The Vidya Collective

12:10 - 12:2515 mins

Streaming media on the continent

12:25 - 12:5530 mins

Panel: Partnering for greater reach: where are African viewers to be found?

Russell Southwood - CEO, Balancing Act
Merlin Naicker - Group Executive: SABC Television, South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC)
Craig Kelly - CEO, AfricaXP
Joe Munene - Managing Director, Broadcast Division, The Standard Group PLC

13:00 - 13:4545 mins

Combating Internet Misinformation in Africa’s Tech Ecosystem

Tomiwa Aladekomo - CEO, Big Cabal Media
Emmanuel Lubanzadio - Head of Public Policy for Sub-Saharan Africa, Twitter
Daniel Kimmage - Principal Deputy Coordinator - Global Engagement Center, U.S. Department of State
John Marshall - CEO, World Ethical Data Forum & Executive Director, World Ethical Data Foundation

14:00 - 14:4545 mins

One by One – Tackling Inequality and Empowering the Underrepresented

14:40 - 14:5515 mins

Orange POESAM Awards Ceremony

Alioune Ndiaye - CEO - Middle East and Africa, Orange
Elizabeth Tchoungui - Executive Director CSR, Diversity and Philanthropy, Orange. Deputy Chair for the Orange Foundation, Orange

15:00 - 15:4545 mins

Road to Return: The role of public-private partnerships in navigating a safe route back to business

Miriam Altman - Professor of Practice 4IR, School of Economics, University of Johannesburg & Commissioner, National Planning Commission, South African Presidency
Gaurang Tanna - Head, Policy Coordination and Integrated Planning, National Department of Health, South Africa
Paul Meyer - CEO, The Commons Project
Jean Philbert Nsengimana - Former Minister of Youth and ICT, Rwanda & Managing Director-Africa, The Commons Project
Ronald Whelan - Chief Commercial Officer, Discovery Health
Eldrid Jordaan - Founder & CEO, GovChat.Org

16:00 - 17:0060 mins

Roundtable: Digital connectivity for schools and learners

Fida Kibbi - Vice President, Head of Marketing & Communications, Ericsson Middle East & Africa
Heather Johnson - Vice President for Sustainability and Corporate Responsibility, Ericsson
Chris Fabian - Co-Founder, Giga; Senior Adviser, UNICEF Innovation; Co-Lead, UNICEF Ventures
Alex Wong - Senior Strategy Advisor and Lead, Giga, ITU

Pre-Day - Virtual AfricaCom 2020Monday, 9 November 2020