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Day 2 - Virtual AfricaTech 2020

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Day 2 - Virtual AfricaTech 2020

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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
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