(8:00 AM- 9:00 AM) Registration & Coffee
(9:00 AM - 12:30 PM) Welcome remarks and plenary sessions
Mr Stéphane Tabarié
(Head of Unit Sub-Saharan Africa, Monetary Cooperation and French Development Agency)
(9:00 AM - 9:10 AM) Special Opening Remarks / Goodwill Messages
Florent Mangin
Head of the Regional Economic Department Nigeria - Ghana - Direction générale du Trésor
(9:10 AM - 9:20 AM) Keynotes
Marion Bourgain
Head of West Africa, Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs (France)
Amb. Nura Abba RIMI
Permanent Secretary - Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment
Marion Bourgain
Head of West Africa, Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs (France)
Dr. Emeka Vitalis Obi
Permanent Secretary Ministry of Budget and Economic Planning
(9:20 AM - 9:50 AM) Opening Plenary
Mr. Etienne GIROS
President of Council of French Investors in Africa
Princess Zarah Mustapha Audu
Technical Adviser to the President on Foreign Direct Investment
Mr. Etienne GIROS
President of Council of French Investors in Africa
Princess Zarah Mustapha Audu
Technical Adviser to the President on Foreign Direct Investment
(9:50 AM - 10:10 AM) Finance Presentation
(10:10 AM - 10:40 AM) Finance Panel
(10:40 AM - 11:10 AM) Agriculture Panel
(11:10 AM - 11:25 AM) Special Presentation 2: Free Trade Zones for Foreign Investors and Partnerships
(11:45 AM - 12:15 PM) Digital Innovation and Technology Panel
(12:15 PM - 12:45 PM) Renewable Energy Panel (Sustainable Cities - Energy and Infrastructure)
Mr. David ARINZE
Program Officer, Diamond Development Initiatives (DDI), Managers of a Renewable Energy Fund in Nigeria
Mr. Olivier Leruste
CEO, Echosys Invest, Managers of the Afrigreen Fund for Renewable Energy in Partnership with Rgreen Invest
(12:45 PM - 12:50 PM) Special Presentation 3: Unveiling of the INVEST IN NIGERIA Campaign
Princess Zarah Mustapha AUDU
Technical Adviser to the President on Foreign Direct Investment - Office of the Vice-President
Plenary 3: Digital Innovation and Financial Services
(12:50 PM - 1:00 PM) Closing
(1:00 PM - 2:30 PM) LUNCH BREAK / NETWORKING
(2:30 PM - 5:00 PM) B2B / NETWORKING
9:00 AM - 12:30 PM: Plenary 1 - Business outlook France-Nigeria
Etienne GIROS
( President - CIAN)
Yves BATTESTI
(Senior Advisor – West & Central Africa, Bpifrance)
Mr Stéphane Tabarié
(Head of Unit Sub-Saharan Africa, Monetary Cooperation and French Development Agency)
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Welcome remarks and plenary sessions
- Goodwill Message – Mr. Tunde Mustapha (Chargé d’affaires, Embassy of Nigeria, Paris)
- Keynote Address – Mr Stéphane Tabarié (Head of Unit Sub-Saharan Africa, Monetary Cooperation
and French Development Agency) - Special Address – Honorable Abike Dabiri-Erewa ( Chair, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission)
- Friends of Nigeria snapshot
- Special Presentation and special keynote - Bpifrance (Arnaud FLORIS)
Honorable Abike Dabiri-Erewa
(Chair, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission)
Mr. Tunde Mustapha
(Chargé d’affaires, Embassy of Nigeria, Paris)
Arnaud Floris
Business outlook France-Nigeria, Nigeria/France
- Etienne GIROS ( President – CIAN)
- Yves BATTESTI (Senior Advisor – West & Central Africa, Bpifrance)
- Valor IDUH – (Senior Trade Advisor, Business France, Nigeria)
- Mr Damien de la Rocque (Deputy Head of Unit Sub-Saharan Africa, Monetary Cooperation and French Development Agency)
- Moderator: Juliana Olayinka (Journalist and Broadcaster)
Etienne Giros
President - CIAN
Yves BATTESTI
(Senior Advisor – West & Central Africa, Bpifrance)
Valor IDUH
(Senior Trade Advisor, Business France, Nigeria)
Mr Damien de la Rocque
(Deputy Head of Unit Sub-Saharan Africa, Monetary Cooperation and French Development Agency)
Julianna Olayinka
(Journalist and Broadcaster)
Oluwajoba Oloba
(Co-Founder, The Nest Hub)
Dr. Steve Ogidan mni
(CEO, Successory)
Lisa Georgy
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