Rodolphe Saadé, CMA-CGM on the Main Stage Inspire.

Presented by

Rodolphe Saadé

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Main Stage Inspire - AM

Hon. Musalia Mudavadi and Jean-Noël Barrot on the Main Stage Inspire.

Hon.Musalia Mudavadi

Prime Cabinet Secretary

Jean-Noël Barrot

Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs

9:30 AM10:00 AM

Mobilizing local capital: making African markets a driver of long-term investment

This panel focuses on the capacity of African financial markets to channel more capital towards long-term investment. It highlights market instruments, financial depth, institutional investors and...

AfricInvestFounding and Co-Managing partner

Denis Charles Kouassi

CNPSDirecteur Général

Sebastian Wichmann

LendableHead of Africa

Jean-Philippe Aithnard

BOAD TitrisationDGA

Moustapha Ibrahim

ProparcoDeputy Director West Africa

9:30 AM10:30 AM

[By Invitation Only] — Financing Growth: Aligning Finance, Regulation and Investment in Africa

In partnership with: - Finance in Common System (FiCS) - International Development Finance Club (IDFC) - Pact for Prosperity, People and the Planet (4P) - Agence française de développement...

Stéphane Charbit

Rothschild & CoPartner, Head of Sovereign Advisory

9:30 AM10:00 AM

Digitalization as a lever for transforming businesses and governments

Digitalization has emerged as a structuring lever for productivity, competitiveness, and institutional performance in Africa, profoundly transforming both business models and public action. The rise...

Leapstage Capital Managing Partner

Standard Chartered External Communications Manager, Kenya & Africa

Imprimerie Nationale (IN GROUPE)CEO

KCBDirector, Digital Financial Services

Elisabeth Moreno

Ring CapitalPrésidente du CA

9:45 AM10:15 AM

Digital Infrastructure: Building a Sovereign African Backbone

This panel will focus on the infrastructure essential to the continent’s digital transformation: connectivity, backbone networks, towers, data centres and the cloud. It will demonstrate that digital...

Thibaut de Rodellec

9:45 AM10:15 AM

Moving from political discourse to concrete industrialization

"Trade agreements, industrial strategies, bilateral commitments: the shared ambition between Africa and Europe has never been stronger. Turning this ambition into installed productive capacity,...

Papa Amadou Sarr

PorteoDirecteur général

Amb. Alfred K'Ombudo

Conseiller du Président Ruto, Chef négociateur Kenya–UE EPA

Dr. Bimal Kantaria

ELGONManaging Director

Choiseul Président

Marie-Laure Mazaud

STOA Infra & EnergyCEO