8:00     Arrival of participants, coffee and greetings

9:00     Official opening speeches

Franck RIESTER, Minister Delegate for Foreign Trade and Economic Attractiveness, attached to the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs

Christophe LECOURTIER, Chief Executive Officer, BUSINESS FRANCE

9:30     Introductive ministerial round table 

Mrs. Hala Helmy EL-SAID, Minister of Planning, Monitoring and Administrative Reform, EGYPT

10:30   Africa is now !

Dr. Carlos LOPES, Economist

11:20   Doing business in Africa

12:10   Lunch break

13:30   Futureproofing Africa’s healthcare systems

14:20   Official opening of the France Invest’s Africa Club Conference

14:45   Private Equity Panel

15:20   Paths towards sustainable urban mobility  

16:10   How will the energy challenge shape Africa’s future? 

Linda MABHENA-OLAGUNJU, Founder and Managing Director, DLO ENERGY RESOURCES GROUP

17:00   Could Africa be the next global agribusiness hub?

17:50   Concluding Remarks

18:00   Cocktail  

9:00    Professional training strategies for boosting African talent

09:50  Rethinking infrastructure and logistics at the dawn of the AfCFTA

Jérôme PETIT, C.E.O, BOLLORE TRANSPORT & LOGISTICS AFRICA

11:00  Water and Waste Management: issues highlighted by the pandemic

Paul BOURDILLON, Managing Director Africa & Middle East, SUEZ

11:30  How is Africa transitioning into the digital world?

Lionel BARABAN, C.E.O, FAMOCO

12h30  Lunch break

13:15  Sports: a great pool opportunities in Africa ?

14:00  Financing solutions for African SMEs

Pedro NOVO, Executive Director (Export), BPIFRANCE

15:00  Consumer goods and leisure: who is the 21^st century African consumer? 

Laetitia VAGNER, Sales Manager Governement & Trade Services, INTERTEK

16:00  Tourism and the hotel industry: Next stop, Africa ! 

16:50  Concluding Remarks

17:00  End of the event