BAFM Seminar 2017 Agenda
Thursday,
18th May 2017
Topics
Speakers (TBC)
08:30 - 09:30
Registration & Coffee
09:30 - 09:45
Welcome Addresses
Karim Hajji (CEO) - Casablanca Stock Exchange
Oscar N. Onyema (CEO) – Nigerian Stock Exchange & President ASEA
09:45 - 10:00
Casablanca Finance City Authority
Casablanca Finance City Authority
10:00 - 10:15
Keynote Speaker
Abimbola Ogunbanjo (Managing Partner) - Chris Ogunbanjo & Co (Solicitors)
10:15 - 11:00
Enhancing Liquidity in Emerging Market Exchanges
Siobhan Cleary (Head of Research and Public Policy) - WFE
11:00 - 11:15
Coffee Break
11:15 - 12:00
Panel Discussion
The New US administration: What does it mean for African markets?
Michelle Bond (Senior Director and Chief Regulatory Counsel, Global Regulatory and Policy Affairs) - Bloomberg L.P.
Mark Bohlund (Senior Economist Africa and Middle East) - Bloomberg Intelligence
AfDB
12:00 - 12:45
Unlocking opportunities in Africa pension schemes
Edward Odundo (Former CEO) - Kenya Retirement Benefits Authority
12:45 - 14:00
Lunch
14:00 - 14:15
Keynote Speaker - Models and instruments for financial inclusion in Africa. Case of Mpesa
Ronald Webb (Director-Financial Services) - Safaricom Ltd
14:15 - 15:00
Commodities Exchanges: what are the ingredients for a successful African Commodities Exchange?
Ethiopian Commodity Exchange
15:00 - 15:30
The role and importance of derivatives markets: lessons to be learned from the Canadian market
place
Leon Bitton (Former head of Research & Development, Derivatives Market - Montreal Exchange)
15:30 - 15:45
Coffee Break
15:45 - 16:00
Bloomberg presentation - Supporting the Development of African Capital Markets
16:00 - 16:45
Listing SME's : ELITE program as a means to accelerate SME's growth opportunities
16:45 - 17:30
What can be done to get private equity investors to use African Capital Markets as an exit strategy
Selloua Chakri (Head of Market Structure Strategy MEA Region) - Bloomberg L.P.
London Stock Exchange Group
Badr Benyoussef (Head of Business Development) - Casablanca Stock Exchange
International Finance Corporation
AVCA - AMIC
Friday,
19th May 2017
08:30 - 09:30
Topics
Speakers
Registration & Coffee
Siobhan Cleary (Head of Research and Public Policy) - WFE
Karim Hajji (CEO) - Casablanca Stock Exchange
Moroccan Authority of Capital Markets (AMMC)
Egypt Stock Exchange
Sustainable Stock Exchange (SSE)
AfDB - IFC
London Stock Exchange Group
Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI)
09:30 - 11:0O
Panel Discussion
Green Finance as an agent in reshaping African economies
Green finance as a means to bridging Africa’s infrastructure gap
Marrakech Pledge
11:00 - 11:15
Coffee Break
11:15 - 12:00
Market Infrastructures Standardization & compliance
Azagrouze Ridouane (Chief Information Officer) - Maroclear
12:00 - 12:45
Best Practices in the European Financial Market
EBRD
12:45 - 14:00
Lunch
14:00 - 14:30
IT Infrastructure - Global principles for financial markets IT infrastructures
Casablanca Stock Exchange
14:30 - 15:00
Blockchain
Mohamed Horani (Chairman & CEO) - HPS
15:00 - 16:00
Panel Discussion
Regulation and corporate governance best practices as enablers for business growth.
Tom Kimaru (Executive Director, Regulatory Affairs) - Nairobi Securities Exchange
Oscar N. Onyema (CEO) - Nigerian Stock Exchange
Karim Hajji (CEO) - Casablanca Stock Exchange
Institut Marocain des Administrateurs - AfDB
16:00 - 16:15
16:15 - 17:00
17:00 - 19:00
Coffee Break
Regional Integration of African Capital Markets. Growing Pains: Perspectives from West, East,
North and South
Farewell cocktail (with Moroccan Folk dance & song groups)
WACMIC - ASEAN Trade Link - CoSSE - AELP