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Thursday, 16th of July, 2020
*TIME ZONE: CEST
Location: online Zoom Room
h 10:00 Setting the scene for a better economic cooperation among African and European SMEs
Welcoming by Mr. Stefan Moritz, Managing Director of European Entrepreneurs CEA-PME
Why SMEs should take Africa much more seriously - Mr. Mario Ohoven – President of European Entrepreneurs CEA-PME and of Der Mittelstand/BVMW e.V. (Germany)
Mr. Youssouf Moussa Dawaleh, President of the Pan-African Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and of Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Djibouti
Keynote: Mrs. Jacqueline Groth, Director of the Special Initiative on Training and Job Creation, German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
Keynote: Mr. Hassan Hussein, Acting Director, Department of Trade and Industry at the African Union Commission (tbc)
Keynote: Mr. Antti Karhunen, Head of Unit C4 Private Sector and Trade, DG DEVCO, European Commission
Dr. Joseph Boguifo, President of Fédération Ivorienne des PME – Ivory Coast
10 min. Coffee and technical break
h 11:30 Session one: Financial Tools – what is in for European and African SMEs?
Moderation: European Value Shared Business Factory, Mr. Stefan Moritz, Managing Director European Entrepreneurs CEA-PME
African growth sectors and investment promotion offers from the Special Initiative Training and Employment, Mr. Marcel Thomkins, Project Manager, GIZ
Financing opportunities for SMEs in Africa, Dr. James R. Kanagwa, Country Representative, Ecobank Ethiopia
Mrs. Ayélé Sikavi Gabiam, Co-Founder & Partnerships Director, LadyAgri Impact Investment Hub
Mr. Stanislas Zézé – Bloomfield Investment Corporation
h 12:15 Q&A Session
10 min. Coffee and technical break
h 12:30 Session two: Share your success in doing business in Africa
Moderator: Mr. Hans Stoisser, NextAfrica, Austria
Mrs. Linda Onyango, Financial deal maker for SMEs, specialist in SME business advisory, champion for entrepreneurship & SDG goals, Kenya
Mrs. Isadora Forcén Vázquez, IFB Advisors, Spain
Mr. Kwaku Tao Mensah, e-commerce platform Trade Africa Online www.tradeafricaonline.com, Ghana
Dr. Gernot Wagner, Entrepreneur, Germany
Mrs. Alem Greiling, Nutridense Food Manufacturing, Ethiopia (tbc)
h 13:15 Q&A Session
h 13:30 Lunch break: During the lunch you will be able to join 5 different networking sessions: 1. Energy, 2. Trade/Import/Export, 3. Digital, 4. Agriculture, 5. Industry/Manufacturing where you will be able to connect and have an exchange with like-minded people.
h 15:00 Session three: Shared Value Business Ideas Pitches – Vote for the top three!
Moderator: Mrs. Jovana Savić, Project Manager European Entrepreneurs CEA-PME
Pitches by 5 entrepreneurs (1st batch)
1. Alessandro Orizio, Oro Oil - Ghana / Italy
2. Thierry Nsaka, Makuta - Digital Banking - Belgium / Democratic Republic of Congo
3. Dominique d'Almeida, Copharbiotec - Belgium / Benin
4. Nadège Payet Tisset, E-Faitou - Multi project agriculture - France / Senegal
5. Bronson Eran'ogwa, The Source Plus - Water purifiers - Kenya
h 15:50 Coffee break
h 16:00 continues: Shared Value Business Ideas Pitches – Vote for the top three!
Pitches by 5 entrepreneurs (2nd batch)
6. Birindwa Bahizire, Motosec - Democratic Republic of Congo
7. Jean-François Ricouleau, Valorem - France / Ivory Coast
8. Klaus F. Hepp, Vulkan - Germany / South Africa
9. Turyahikayo Francis, Kashari Farm - Uganda
10. Santiago Orlando, Interal – Spain
h 16:50 Live Voting via Zoom Polls
Coffee and technical break
h 17:15 Session four: Economic cooperation between Africa and Europe in times of COVID-19 – What will the future bring?
Moderator: Prof. Horst Fischer, Univ. of Columbia and Univ. of Leiden, Associate Director Economic Cooperation European Entrepreneurs CEA-PME
Mr. Kebour Ghenna, Executive Director of the Pan-African Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PACCI)
Prof. Sergio Arzeni, President of INSME, the International Network for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises
Mr. Youssef Travaly (PhD, MBA), Friends of Europe's Senior Fellow for Digital and Task Force Leader for the African Europe Alliance
Mr. Sylvain Kopoin, Secretary General of FIPME
Mrs. Kathrin Russner, Project Manager Digital Skills Accelerator Africa (DSAA), GIZ
Q&A
h 18:30 End of the first day
Working language is English. We will offer simultaneous interpretation for French.
Friday, 17th of July, 2020
h 09:00 Digital Networking between Africa and Europe: the matchmaking platform www.african-european- entrepreneurs.com , presented by Mrs. Jovana Savić, Project Manager, European Entrepreneurs CEA-PME
h 09:30 Online networking session: B2B Marketplace for business opportunities in Africa, organisation through African European Entrepreneurs Matchmaking Platform (powered by b2match)
Mrs. Jovana Savić, Project Manager, European Entrepreneurs CEA-PME
Mr. Lorenzo Marchese, Comunications Manager, European Entrepreneurs CEA-PME
In parallel ongoing online help desk support, available in the zoom room
Until h 11:30 then Coffee and technical break
h 11:45 Session five: Support the companies’ ways to Africa for SMEs
Moderation und Präsentation: Mrs. Bienvenue Angui, Manager of the German-African SME Alliance and “Le Mittelstand” at Der Mittelstand/BVMW (D)
- Mr. Paul Liceaga, ADEGI International Relations and Trade (E)
- Mrs. Marlena Miasko, Deputy Director General of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry Katowice (PL)
- Mrs. Lynda Aphing-Kouassi, Kaizene – Ivory Coast
- one participant from Cameroon or Senegal (tbc)
- Mrs. Wincate Muthini, Business Development Manager, Pan African Chamber of Commerce and Industry
h 13:00 Award session for Best Shared Value Business Ideas
Presentation of the winners by
Mrs. Jovana Savic, Project Manager of European Entrepreneurs CEA-PME
Mr. Marcel Thomkins, Project Manager “Invest for Jobs”, GIZ
Prof. Horst Fischer, Associate Director Economic Cooperation, European Entrepreneurs CEA-PME
Dr. James R. Kanagwa, Country Representative, Ecobank Ethiopia
Closing Word by Mr. Stefan Moritz, Managing Director of European Entrepreneurs CEA-PME
h 13:30 End of the First EU-African Online Business Lab for SMEs
Working language is English. We will offer simultaneous interpretation for French.
