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08:15 - 09:00 |
Registration |
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09:00 - 09:30 | Opening Ceremony
- Patrick Nyirishema, Director General, RURA (Rwanda)
- Lwando Bbuku, SG3RG-AFR Co-chairman (Zambia)
- Djibrilla Ballo, Finance and Administration, African Telecommunication Union (ATU)
- Lara Srivastava, Head of BSG programme, (ITU)
- Honorable Jean de Dieu Rurangirwa, Minister, Ministry of Information Technology & Communications (Rwanda)
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| 09:30- 10:00 | Coffee Break |
| 10:00- 11:00 |
Session 1: Towards Bridging the Standardization Gap (BSG): Current developments and Future Opportunities
In this session, current developments in bridging the standardization gap will be presented and future opportunities identified. The session will start with an overview of the activities under the ITU-BSG programme followed by a roundtable discussion during which African experts will discuss key issues, constraints, and best practices related effective participation in standards-making and standards implementation.
- Lara Srivastava, Head of BSG programme, (ITU) [ Biography I Presentation ]
Roundtable Discussion
Moderator: Amine Machrek, Programme Coordinator, BSG/TSB [ Biography ] - Assana Diawara, Ministère de l'Economie numérique et de la Communication, Mali
- Razak Tourqui, ANRTIC, Comoros
- Elizabeth Mendy-Johnson, General Manager, GamTel (Gambia)
- Gillucia Rafalimanana, Manager, Strategy Unit, ARTEC (Madagascar)
- Steven Zikpi, Economist, ARTP (Togo)
- Djibrilla Ballo, Finance and Administration, African Telecommunication Union (ATU)
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| 11:00- 12:30 |
Session 2: Disruptive innovations and new approaches to connectivity and interconnection
Today's digital transformation has not only been challenging businesses across every industry sector, but also the very fabric of society itself. In more cases than not, it is having disruptive effects on existing traditional industry dynamics and business models. OTT services for instance have been transformative to the economies of both developed and developing countries, and this effect has clearly trickled down to small businesses, communities and individuals. In this session, speakers will discuss the economic and regulatory impact of OTTs as well as new approaches to enable terrestrial high-speed connectivity needed to underpin the digital transformation.derpin the digital transformation.
Moderator: Patrick Nyirishema, Director General, RURA (Rwanda)
- Hui Chen, Director, China Academy of ICT (China) [ Biography I Presentation ]
- Aminata Drame, Director of Consumer Experience, Orange-Sonatel (Guinea) [ Biography I Presentation ]
- Adelaide Fahe, Chief, Department of Study and Plannning, AGER (Sao Tome) [ Biography I Presentation ]
- Martin Saint, Scholar in Residence, Carnegie Mellon University Africa (Rwanda) [ Biography I Presentation ]
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| 12:30- 13:45 |
Lunch Break |
| 13:45 - 15:15 |
Session 3: Money on the move: The future of Mobile Financial Services in the African region and beyond
Africa is the undisputed global leader in Mobile financial services (MFS), which have become an important component of the region’s financial services sector and to its economic development more generally. MFS can span the full spectrum of services, from payments and current accounts to savings, loans, investments, and insurance. In this session, experts will discuss policy and regulatory aspects of MFS, including financial inclusion, costing and charging, and consumer protection.
Moderator: Joselyne Nyiranzeyimana, Governement Chief Information Officer, RISA (Rwanda)
- Nthabiseng Motjolopane, General Manager, Legal department, Econet Telecom (Lesotho) [ Biography I Presentation ]
- Fofana Lancine, Manager, Observatory and Market Analysis Department, ARTCI (Cote d'Ivoire) [ Biography I Presentation ]
- Billy Umar Ssemakula, Industry Intelligence Ofiicer, UCC (Uganda) [ Biography I Presentation ]
- Kevin Rudahinduka, Head of Electronic and Digital Channels, Bank of Kigali Limited (Rwanda) [ Biography I Presentation ]
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15:15 - 16:45 |
Session 4: Who is who and what is whose: The power of data in a ubiquitous digital world
The size of our digital “universe” is set to at least double every two years, representing a 50-fold growth from 2010 to 2020. With the growth of 5G and IoT, human- and machine-generated data is experiencing a 10x faster growth rate than traditional business data, and machine data is increasing even more rapidly at 50x that growth rate. In this session, experts will discuss the economic and policy challenges posed by 5G, big data and digital identity as well the opportunities they create including the design of evidence-based strategies and the development of predictive analytics for climate, health care, urbanization, transport, finance and the economy.
Moderator: Alex Ntale, CEO Rwanda ICT Chamber - David Harmon, Vice President, Global Public Affairs, Huawei (China) [ Biography I Presentation ]
- Hilda Mutseyekwa, Director, Economics Department, POTRAZ (Zimbabwe) [ Biography I Presentation ]
- Manoj Dharmarajan, Head of Unit, DoT/Ministry of Telecommunications (India) [ Biography I Presentation ]
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16:45 |
Vote of Thanks
Fofana Lancine, Manager, Observatory and Market Analysis Department, ARTCI (Cote d'ivoire)
Closing Ceremony
Patrick Nyirishema, Director General, RURA (Rwanda)
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