Day 2 - Virtual AfricaTech 2020Wednesday, 11 November 2020

09:45 - 10:1530 mins

accelerateHER Africa

Widening Access to Technology for More Women in Africa

Baratang Miya - Founder and CEO, GirlHype

11:00 - 11:1515 mins

Microsoft Learning Labs

Microsoft AI for Good

11:15 - 11:3015 mins

Microsoft Learning Labs

Microsoft Global Skilling Initiative

11:20 - 11:3010 mins

accelerateHER Africa

Opening Remarks

Laura Stebbing - Co-CEO, accelerateHER
Poppy Gaye - Co-Founder & Co-CEO, accelerateHER / Founders Forum

11:30 - 11:5020 minsFree

AfricaTech Centre Stage

Powering business applications with IBM Cloud

Onur Bucukoglu - Director, IBM Cloud & Data Platform, Middle East & Africa, IBM

11:30 - 11:355 mins

Artificial Intelligence Africa

Chair's Opening Remarks

Dr Jacques Ludik - Founder, CEO & Executive Chairman, Cortex Group; Founder & President, Machine Intelligence Institute of Africa

11:30 - 12:1040 mins

Fintech Africa

Fintech as the digital transformation accelerator

Daniel Guasco - CEO, Click2Sure
Emma Wade-Smith - Her Majesty's TRade Commissioner for Africa, Department for International Trade
Mark Young - CEO, Finclusion South Africa
Edmund Higenbottam - Managing Director, Verdant Capital
Ian Merrington - CEO, Cape Innovation and Technology Initiative

11:30 - 12:0030 mins

accelerateHER Africa

Ministerial Address

Pinky Kekana - Deputy Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies, Republic of South Africa

11:35 - 11:4510 mins

Artificial Intelligence Africa

Prioritising healthcare in Africa’s AI journey

Darlington Akogo - Founder, Executive Director, IT & WHO Focus Group on AI for Health, karaAgro AI, minoHealth AI Labs

11:45 - 12:2035 mins

Artificial Intelligence Africa

Fireside chat: Smart Agriculture: can AI power a new agricultural revolution?

Aditya Kaul - Research Director, AI & Intelligent Automation, Omdia
Abdoulaye Baniré Diallo - Professor and Director of Bioinformatics Lab UQAM; Co-founder & Chief Scientific Officer, My Intelligent Machines
Asif Valley - National Technology Officer, Microsoft

11:50 - 12:1525 minsFree

AfricaTech Centre Stage

Data-driven decision making in an era of technology disruption

Toyosi Odukoya - Head of Digital Transformation, West Africa, The Coca-Cola Company

12:00 - 12:3030 mins

accelerateHER Africa

Accelerating Digital Skills Development for Girls & Women

Tsitsi Masiyiwa - Co-Founder, Higherlife Foundation
Laura Stebbing - Co-CEO, accelerateHER

12:15 - 13:0045 minsFree

AfricaTech Centre Stage

Bob Skinstad: Resilience, leadership and tech investment in the COVID-19 era

Bob Skinstad - Former Springbok Captain and World Cup Winner, Partner, Draper|Gain Investments, Knife Capital
Toby Shapshak - Editor-in-Chief, Stuff

12:20 - 13:3070 mins

Artificial Intelligence Africa

NETWORKING LUNCH

12:30 - 12:5020 mins

Fintech Africa

From medical app to healthcare platform: unlocking value in the African pharmaceutical and healthcare ecosystem

Yaseen Khan - CEO and Co Founder, Emerging Medical Guidance

12:30 - 13:0030 mins

accelerateHER Africa

Undoing the Digital Gender Divide

Nomso Kana - Governor, Nuclear Energy Foundation Agency
Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka - Executive Director, UN Women

13:00 - 13:4040 minsFree

AfricaTech Centre Stage

Seeing around corners: Positioning your business for future waves of technology disruption

Herman Singh - CEO, Future Advisory
Toyosi Odukoya - Head of Digital Transformation, West Africa, The Coca-Cola Company
Thabo Mashegoane - President, IITPSA
Nenzeni Babs Duma - WesBank CIO at FirstRand, WesBank
Asif Valley - National Technology Officer, Microsoft

13:00 - 13:3030 mins

accelerateHER Africa

A Gender Lens on FinTech

Lebo Mokgabudi - Country Manager, Catalyst Fund
Yolanda Cuba - Group Chief Digital and Fintech Officer, MTN
Bilha Ndirangu - CEO, Africa's Talking

13:00 - 13:1515 mins

Microsoft Learning Labs

In data we trust, or do we?

13:15 - 13:3015 mins

Microsoft Learning Labs

AI in building a decentralised Governance Model

13:30 - 14:2050 mins

Artificial Intelligence Africa

Fireside chat: Addressing hurdles to AI adoption in Africa

Dr Jacques Ludik - Founder, CEO & Executive Chairman, Cortex Group; Founder & President, Machine Intelligence Institute of Africa
Otilia Phiri - Lead Attorney, Emerging Markets, Middle East & Africa, Microsoft
Aretha Mare - Policy & Ethics Chair, Alliance for Africa's Intelligence

13:30 - 13:4515 mins

Microsoft Learning Labs

Azure Machine Learning

13:45 - 14:0015 mins

Microsoft Learning Labs

Responsible ML: Protect Privacy and Confidentiality with ML

14:00 - 14:055 mins

Future of Work Africa

Chair’s Opening Remarks

Femi Longe - Co-Founder & CEO, Qiesto Learning

14:00 - 14:2020 minsFree

AfricaTech Centre Stage

Accelerated transformation: How has the COVID-19 pandemic impacted the CIO role?

Nenzeni Babs Duma - WesBank CIO at FirstRand, WesBank

14:00 - 14:4545 mins

Fintech Africa

Inside the fintech investor's mind

Andile Maseko - Head of Ecosystem Development, Alphacode
Clive Butkow - CEO, Kalon Venture Partners
Philip Kiracofe - CEO and Co Founder, Startupbootcamp
Oumar Basse - Founder, Yobante Express

14:00 - 14:3030 mins

accelerateHER Africa

Investing to Drive Systemic Change

Baratang Miya - Founder and CEO, GirlHype
Andia Chakava - Investment Director, Graca Machel Trust
Stacey Brewer - Co-Founder & CEO, SPARK Schools

14:05 - 14:3025 mins

Future of Work Africa

Secure remote work - Manage endpoints, protect your data on any device, anywhere

Darryn O'Brien - Cybersecurity Lead, Microsoft South Africa

14:20 - 14:4525 minsFree

AfricaTech Centre Stage

Building trust in Africa’s rapidly expanding digital economy

Charl van der Walt - Head of Security Research, Orange Cyberdefense

14:20 - 15:0040 mins

Artificial Intelligence Africa

Question Time: ‘Seizing the vision of an AI-enabled Africa’

14:30 - 14:5020 mins

Future of Work Africa

Fireside chat: Is office design still fit for purpose?

Femi Longe - Co-Founder & CEO, Qiesto Learning
Mathieu Proust - General Manager, UK, Ireland and Emerging Markets, WeWork

14:30 - 14:4515 mins

accelerateHER Africa

Mental Health and Microsteps

Reeva Misra - Founder & CEO, Walking on Earth
Arianna Huffington - Founder & CEO, Thrive Global

14:45 - 15:2540 minsFree

AfricaTech Centre Stage

Exploring the future of cyber risk in an increasingly connected world

Maxine Holt - Senior Research Director, Omdia
Joylynn Kirui - Principal Cyber Security Assurance Officer, Safaricom
Charl van der Walt - Head of Security Research, Orange Cyberdefense
Ritasha Kalidas - Director: IT Security, Risk and Governance, Tiger Brands
Daniel O. Adaramola - Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), Unity Bank Plc, Nigeria
Yousuf Karrim - Governance Risk and Compliance Lead, Puleng Technologies

14:45 - 15:2540 mins

Fintech Africa

Choosing the UK as a destination for Africa tech firms with global growth ambitions

Stephen Mooney - GEP Dealmaker, UK Government- Department for International Trade -Global Entrepreneur Programme (GEP)
Andrew Elwick - Head of Technology and Creative, UK Department for International Trade
Terence Naidu - Managing Director & Founder, EnvisionIT and Truzo
Paul Webster - Business & Banking specialist, Department for International Trade

14:45 - 15:1530 mins

accelerateHER Africa

Driving Entrepreneurship Among More Women

Linda Rottenberg - Co-Founder & CEO, Endeavor
Ankiti Bose - Co-Founder & CEO, Zilingo

14:50 - 15:4050 mins

Future of Work Africa

Panel Discussion: Preparing Africa for the Workplace of the Future

Femi Longe - Co-Founder & CEO, Qiesto Learning
Professor Tawana Kupe - Vice-Chancellor, University of Pretoria
Dorothy Tunde-Ajala - CEO & Lead Consultant, Accelerate Leadership Ltd
Alex Tsado - Co-Founder, Alliance for AI
Rudolph Ampofo - Senior Regional Partnerships Manager, Sub-Saharan Africa, Wikimedia Foundation

15:00 - 15:1515 mins

Microsoft Learning Labs

Azure Cognitive Search

15:15 - 15:3015 mins

Microsoft Learning Labs

NetCampus

15:30 - 15:4515 mins

Microsoft Learning Labs

Phakamo

15:45 - 16:0015 mins

Microsoft Learning Labs

Phakamo

16:00 - 16:1515 mins

Microsoft Learning Labs

Ceeno Solutions

16:15 - 16:3015 mins

Microsoft Learning Labs

Deviare

16:30 - 16:4515 mins

Microsoft Learning Labs

SourceWorx

18:00 - 19:3090 mins

accelerateHER Africa

The Inspiring 50 Award Ceremony