New Programme

Day 1 Time Day 2 Time Day 3 Time

EVENT OPENING
• ARA STARTUP TRACK
09:30 - 10:15

Official Opening of the
Pan African Event
#EntrepreneursOnTheMove
2019 Welcome & Event Overview
10:00 (Pullman Hotel)

Welcoming and
recap of Day 1
09:00

Keynote:
Caroline Rolshausen
10:30 - 10:45

Why invest in
#EntrepreneursOnTheMove?
Why Now?
10:10 - 10:30

Keynote Address:
Investing in fast entrepreneurship
for Africa
09:10 - 09:30

Key findings of the African Competitive Intelligence Forum (Reading)
10:45 - 11:00

Keynote Address: Mobilizing investments for local
entrepreneurs, paving
the road for Africa’s
prosperous future
10:30 - 11:00

Young
#EntrepreneursOnTheMove: Dreaming big and
chasing the money
09:30 - 10:30

Plenary

LinkedIn:
The best recruiter in Africa?
11:15 - 12:30

Keynote Address:
Catalyzing inclusive
investments in Africas’
Future: A visionary
perspective on Africa 2063
11:00 - 11:20

Coffee and
Networking
10:30 - 10:45

Keynote:
Jean-Louis Dattie

12:45 - 13:15

Insights from an #EntrepreneurOnTheMove:
11:20 - 11:30

Fireside Chat:
African entrepreneurs
stories of striving toward
success from the diaspora
10:50 - 11:20

Lunch
Networking

13:30 - 14:30

Demystifying invest ment in
African entrepreneurship

11:30 - 12:40

Achieving SDGs by
providing inclusive
access to investments
to unlock Africa’s future:
Investing in Africas’
female-led startups

11:10 - 13:00

Keynote:
Paul Ginies

14:45 - 15:15

Presentation - Investment Guides for African ecosystems: Côte D’Ivoire
12:45 - 13:00

Lunch
Performance:
Live music

13:15 - 14:30

Leading
African
Women

15:30 - 17:30

Collaborating to create GearUp:
A digital resource supporting
investment levels of African Startups
13:00 - 13:15

Parallel Session
Commence
14:30 - 17:30
Keynote Elisabeth Moreno

17:45 - 18:30

Lunch
Performance:
Live music
13:20 - 14:00

Coffee and
Networking

17:30 - 18:00

Dinner:
Cote d’Ivoire
Chamber of
Commerce (CCI)
19:30 - 21:30

Chamber of Commerce (CCI)
African Rethink Awards Pitches 
14:30 - 17:45

Informal networking
and getting ready
for the evening
celebration
18:00 - 19:30
Content 15
Content 19 AB

Pitch of Start-Ups

(out of competition)
17:45 - 18:30

Dinner and networking:
Celebrating African
Ingenuity Wrapping up: #EoM2019 Investing in Africa’s Future

20:00 - 22:30
Content 20
Content 23

Wrap-Up of Day - End of Conference
Day 2 Free time until ARA Awards
18:30 - 18:35
Content 24
Content 25
Content 26
Content 27

Europe-Africa (EA)
Investors Roundtable
(per invitation only):
18:30 - 20:00
Content 30
Content 31
Content 32
Content 33

Dinner and networking

Awards Ceremony:
African Rethink
Awards 2019 (ARA)
20:00 - 22:00
Content 36
Content 37

Parallel Coaching Workshops
ARA Startups Track

Day 1
Parallel Sessions		 Day 1
Startups Track		 Day 2
Parallel Sessions		 Day 3
Parallel Sessions

Exploring your USP: Jeanne Sisskoko-Zeze
Convincing commercially:
Amzinata Karamoko


09:00 - 10:00

Welcome remarks and presentation
of the agenda

09:00 - 09:15

Anticipating changes
and adapting:
Koffi Sénamé Agbodjinou

Success:
a mix of boldness and
good preparation: Cafa Sall

09:00 - 10:00

 

Parallel Interactive Sessions

Investing in the green revolution:
Agripreneurship growing solutions

Investing for tomorrow:
Disrupting smarter mobility in Africa

Ecosystem Enablers Roundtable
(per invitation only)

​14:30 - 15:50
(Pullman Hotel)

Exploring your USP: Jeanne Sisskoko-Zeze
Convincing commercially:
Amzinata Karamoko

10:00 - 11:00

Introduction
and pitch:
per each entrepreneur

09:15 - 10:15

 

Anticipating changes
and adapting:
Koffi Sénamé Agbodjinou 

Success is blending boldness
and preparation: Cafa Sall

10:00 - 11:00

 

Parallel Sessions Continued:

Investing in circular economy:
Innovations tackling the growing
challenge of waste

Empowerment tools for women:
#EntrepreneursOnTheMove

16:00 - 17:30

Mass Communication:
Korede Kodjo-Bella
Investors Insight:
Erick Yong

11:00 - 12:00

Raising Funds:
Knowing when
to start and how
to proceed

10:15 - 12:00

Testimonial:
Edoh Kossi Amenounve

11:15 - 12:00
10:30 - 11:00

Mass Communication:
Korede Kodjo-Bella
Investors Insight:
Erick Yong

Group Work:
Case Study

12:00 - 13:00

Testimonial:
Ange-Frédérick Balma

11:15 - 12:00
11:00 - 11:20

Lunch and
networking

13:15 - 14:15

Lunch and
networking

13:00 - 14:00
Delete 4
11:20 - 11:30

Business Intelligence:
François Jeanne-Beylot
Protecting your IP:
Caroline Rolshausen

Group presentation:
Identified methodologies
and summary of lessons learned

14:30 - 15:45
Delete 6

11:30 - 12:40

Business Intelligence:
François Jeanne-Beylot
Protecting your IP:
Caroline Rolshausen

Pitching

15:45 - 17:00
Delete 5
12:45 - 13:00
Delete 1

Next steps:
Presentation of the follow up support to the
5 startups (mentoring for 3 months)

17:00 - 17:15
Delete 7
13:00 - 13:15


Day 1


Entrepreneurs’ Capacity  Building/Coaching workshops:
Mass Communication on Social Media Communication Strategy Investors Insight

09.30 – 18:30

Event Opening: Startups Track

10:00 –
10:30

Launching “Plateforme
Franco- Fil”

10:45

Leading African Women

16.00 –
17:15

Keynote address

17:30 –
18:00

Official opening dinner

19:30 –
21:30


Day 2


Official Opening of the Pan

African Event #EntrepreneursOnTheMove 2019 Welcome & Event Overview

10:00

Why invest in #EntrepreneursOnTheMove?
Why Now?

10:10 – 10:30

Keynote address: Mobilizing investments for local entrepreneurs, paving the road for Africa’s prosperous future

10:30 – 11:00

Keynote address: Catalyzing inclusive investments in Africas’ Future: A visionary perspective on Africa 2050

11:00 – 11:20 

Insights from the Youth

11:20 – 11:30

Plenary 1: Demystifying investment in African entrepreneurship – How to close the gap between investors and African startups

11:30 – 12:40

Presentation: Investment Guides for African ecosystems: Côte D’Ivoire

12:40 – 13:15

Lunch: 
Performance: Live music

12:45 – 13:45

Investment Readiness Masterclass
African Rethink Awards Pitches

14.00 – 18:15

MC: Wrap-up of Day
End of Conference Day 2

18:15 – 18:20

Awards Ceremony: African Rethink Awards 2019 (ARA) 
Dinner and Networking End of Day 2

20:30 – 22:00


Day 3


Welcoming and recap of Day 2

09:00

Keynote address: Taking the bull by the horns – Investing in fast entrepreneurship for Africa

09:10

YOUTH #EntrepreneursOnTheMove: Dreaming big and chasing the money

09:30 – 10:30

Coffee
Networking

10:30 – 10:45

Innovation solving global problems: a case study of
SEA CHAIR

10:50 – 11:05

Achieving SDGs by providing inclusive access to investments to unlock Africa’s future:
Investing in Africas’
female-led startups

11:10 – 13:00

Lunch: 
Performance: Live music

13:15 – 14:30

Parallel Interactive Sessions:
• Investing in the green revolution
• Investing for tomorrow
• Ecosystem Enablers Roundtable

14:30 – 16:00

Parallel Interactive Startup Sessions Continue:
• Investing in circular economy
• Empowerment tools
for women

17:05

Coffee
Networking

17:30 – 17:45