DIS '24
DAY 1
THEME: UNLEASHING THE POWER OF THE DIASPORA: DRIVING POSITIVE CHANGE ACROSS BORDERS
THURSDAY 29TH FEBRUARY
SESSION 1 – OPENING PLENARY
0:30 AM – 11:00 AM
Arrival of Participants and Networking/Cultural Display
11:00 AM - 11:05 AM
National Anthem
11:05 AM – 11:30 AM
Welcome Address by R. Yofi Grant - CEO, Ghana Investment Promotion Centre
11:30 AM – 12:00PM
Keynote Address by H.E Paul Kagame - President of Rwanda
12:00 PM – 12:30 PM
Keynote Address by H.E Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo - President of Ghana
HIGH-LEVEL PANEL DISCUSSION
Strategic Diaspora Investments for Sustainable Economic Development
Moderator – Bernard Avle
12:35 PM – 13:15 PM
H.E Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo - President of Ghana
12:35 PM – 13:15 PM
H.E Mia Mottley – Prime Minister of Barbados
12:35 PM – 13:15 PM
H.E William Ruto - President of Kenya
12:35 PM – 13:15 PM
H.E Sahle-Work Zewde - President of Ethiopia
13:15 PM – 13:35 PM
Q&A
13:35 PM – 13:45 PM
COFFEE
SESSION 2
HIGH-LEVEL PANEL DISCUSSION
THEME: OPTIMIZING DIASPORA ENGAGEMENT: STRATEGIES, CHALLENGES AND LESSONS FOR EFFECTIVE POLICY IMPLEMENTATION
Moderator – Laurie Kelleher
PANELISTS
13:45 PM – 14:15PAM
Ngozi Okonja-Iweala – Director-General World Trade Organisation
13:45 PM – 14:15PAM
H.E Wamkele Mene – Secretary General, AfCFTA Secretariat
13:45 PM – 14:15PAM
Dr. Akinwumi Adesina – Chairman, African Development Bank
13:45 PM – 14:15PAM
Florie Liser - President and CEO, Corporate Council on Africa
14:15 PM– 14:45 PM
Q&A
SESSION 3
HIGH-LEVEL PANEL DISCUSSION
THEME: COLLABORATIVE APPROACHES FOR EFFECTIVE DIASPORA ENGAGEMENT
Moderator – Rosa Whitaker
PANELISTS
14:45 PM – 15:15 AM
Fatou Diallo Ndiaye – Chief of Mission, IOM – Ghana, Togo, Benin
14:45 PM – 15:15 PM
Dirk Aßmann – Country Director, GIZ Ghana
14:45 PM – 15:15 PM
Ralph Genetzke – Head of Mission, ICMPD
15:15 PM– 15:45 PM
Q&A
14:15 PM– 14:45 PM
Q&A
SESSION 4 - CLOSING