08:30 - 09:00

Registration

09:00 - 09:45

Opening Ceremony

Welcoming Speech
Alberic Kacou, UN Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative, Senegal

Official Opening
His Excellency Mr. Abdoulaye Wade, President of the Republic of Senegal

09:45 - 10:00

10:00 - 10:45

Welcoming Remarks and Keynote Address

• Building inclusive financial sectors:
  The role of national strategies
  Richard Weingarten, Executive Secretary, UNCDF
• Financial inclusion in Africa:
  Comparison with the rest of the world
  Elizabeth Littlefield, Chief Executive Officer, CGAP
• Comments on Keynote Address
  Mohamed Beavogui, Director, West and Central Africa, IFAD

10:45 - 12:00

Panel Session 1 - Building Inclusive Financial Sectors: Examining Access in Africa

Moderator: Anjali Kumar, Advisor Financial Sector, World Bank

• Data on access: State of exclusion in Africa
  Anne - Marie Chidzero, Financial Policy and Regulation Manager, FinMark Trust, South Africa

• Inclusive financial sectors and market integration
  Gerhard Coetzee, Director / Professor, Centre for Microfinance, University of Pretoria, South Africa

• Lessons from financial sector assessment programmes in African countries
  Patrick Honohan, Senior Financial Policy Advisor, World Bank Ousmane Doré, Resident Representative of Senegal, IMF

• Challenges for financial inclusion in Africa
  Fodé Ndiaye, Senior Technical Advisor, UNCDF

12:00 - 13:00

Panel Session 2 - Developing National Strategies for Financial Inclusion

Moderator: Peter Kooi, Director, ACLEDA Bank Plc

• Lessons from the Blue Book: Options for African policymakers
  Kathryn Imboden, Microfinance Senior Policy Advisor

• African country experiences: Developing national strategies in the African context
  Marie-Pierre Sarr Traoré, Minister of SMEs, Woman Entrepreneurship and Microfinance, Senegal
  Harison Edmond Randriarimanana, Minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries, Madagascar

• Overview on national microfinance strategies
  Eric Duflos, Microfinance Specialist, CGAP

13:00 - 14:30

Lunch - Keynote address

• Access to financial services: Poverty reduction and development
  Chairperson: Abdoulaye Diop, Minister of State, Minister of Economy and Finance, Senegal
  Speaker: Mohamed H’Midouche, Regional Resident Representative, African Development Bank

14:30 - 16:00

Panel Session 3 - Gaps in Institutional Capacity and Financial Infrastructure in African Economies: Issues and Challenges

Moderator: André Ryba, Lead Financial Sector Specialist, World Bank

• Challenges at the institutional level for African institutions
  Jennifer Riria, Managing Director, KWFT, Kenya
• Expanding African payment systems
  Fatimatou Zahra Diop, Director of Payment Systems, BCEAO
• Commercialization of microfinance and transformation issues in the African context
  René Azokli, Managing Director, PADME, Benin
• Technology challenges on the African continent
  Brian Richardson, Chief Executive Officer, Wizzit Bank, South Africa
• Flows and mechanisms analysis of remittances to Africa
  Hans J.P. Boon, Vice President, ING/Postbank

16:00 - 16:15

Coffee Break

16:15 - 17:45

Panel Session 4 - Regional Approaches to Access to Financial Services: Experiences and Initiatives

Moderator: Dr. Hesphina Rukato, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, NEPAD Secretariat

Regional experiences and initiatives

• West Africa: BCEAO regional programme for financial inclusion
  Eric Ekué, Director of Decentralized Financial Systems, BCEAO
• Central Africa: BEAC initiatives for financial inclusion
  Jerome Mbeti Banga, Legal Officer, COBAC

20:00

Diner / Reception: Entertainment

09:00 - 10:15

Panel Session 5 - Legal and Regulatory Environment in African Economies

Moderator: Idrissa Kéré, Director of Legal Affairs, OHADA

• Microfinance regulation in Africa: An overview
  Laurent Lhériau, Expert, Epargne Sans Frontières, France
• Evolution of tiered regulatory structures in the African context
  Emmanuel Asiedu-Mante, Deputy Governor, Bank of Ghana
• Challenges for African supervisory authorities
  David Opiokello, Deputy Governor, Bank of Uganda

10:15 - 10:30

Coffee Break

10:30 - 12:15

Panel Session 6 - Expanding Rural and Agricultural Finance in Africa

Moderator: Mohamed Tounessi, Program Manager, West and Central Africa, IFAD

• Rural and agricultural finance: Challenges and opportunities
  Arfang Daffé, Managing Director, CNCA, Senegal,
• Outreach to rural areas in Africa: Institutional models
  Henri Dommel, Rural Finance Advisor, IFAD
• Addressing the challenge of outreach
  Rasmané Ouédraogo, Secretary General, AFRACA
• Role of local government in rural finance
  Kadmiel Wekwete, Director, Local Development Practice Area, UNCDF

12:15 - 13:45

Lunch - Presentation

• FinScope Africa: Measuring Financial Access
  Chairperson: Dédé Ekoué, Director of Relations with Africa, WWB
  Speakers: Mark Napier, CEO / Anne-Marie Chidzero, FPRM, FinMark Trust, South Africa

13:45 - 15:30

Panel Session 7 - Making Finance Work for Africa

Moderator: James Mwangi, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Equity Bank Ltd., Kenya

• Mobilizing savings in Africa
  Alpha Ouédraogo, Director, CIF, Burkina
• African access to capital markets: Challenges and constraints
  Jean-Philippe de Schrevel, Founder and Director, Blue Orchard Finance, Switzerland
• Financing growth of African financial services providers: Venture capital
  Wagane Diouf, Director, AFRICAP, Senegal
• Innovation in financial services in Africa
  David Cracknell, Africa Programme Director, MicroSave, Kenya

15:30 - 16:00

Coffee Break

16:00 - 17:00

Panel Session 8 - Initiatives for Financial Inclusion in Africa: Partnerships and cooperation

Moderator: Albéric Kacou, Resident Representative, UNDP, Senegal

• Building inclusive financial sectors in Africa
  Makarimi Adéchoubou, Senior Technical Advisor, UNCDF
• CGAP initiatives for financial inclusion in Africa
  Jennifer Isern, Lead Microfinance Specialist, CGAP
• Discussion on Dakar Declaration on building inclusive financial sectors in Africa
  Representatives of the working group on Dakar Declaration

17:00 - 17:30

Challenges for the future
Richard Weingarten, Executive Secretary, UNCDF