UNECA/Alibaba/Ant Financial Livestream : Leveraging Technology in Assisting African Countries in the Fight Against Covid-19

Kayode Oyeyemi 21 April 2020 Hits: 2130

UNECA and Ant Financial will co-host a live stream session entitled "leveraging technology in assisting African countries in the fight against COVID-19" on Thursday 23th April from 1.00 pm to 2.30 pm ( Addis time ) to which AfICTA - Africa ICT Alliance would be participating. The session will be conducted by Dr Vera Songwe, Executive Secretary of UNECA, Mr. Brian Wong, VP of Alibaba Group and Mr. Eric Jin, Executive Chairman of Ant Financial and Member of the UNECA Digital Centre of Excellence Advisory Board. The session begins with sharing experiences in using technologies to fight Codiv-19 and support economic recovery by UNECA, Alibaba and Ant Financial; to be followed by a panel debate. During the debate, key political and private sector actors on the continent will be called upon to share their thoughts ideas and exchange ideas on how Africa could embrace the power of technology and partnerships to tackle the challenges faced. Comments and questions and outputs of the session will be summarized and posted in ECA website.

Agenda

Session 1:

Opening - Vera Songwe, 10min
Leveraging Tech and Fostering Collaboration in COVID-19 Battle- Eric Jing , China (Overview speech - Including Alibaba and Ant's initiatives and practices), 10min
Digital Actions in the Age of COVID-19 Alibaba Group's Learnings - Brian Wong, China, 15min
Digital Actions in the Age of COVID-19 Ant Financial Group's Learnings - Meng Yan, USA, 10 min

Session 2 : Sharing African initiatives (20 min)

Mr. Moustapha Diaby, Minister of Digital Economy, Post and Telecommunications, Rep of Guinea
Ms. Cina Lawson, Minister of Digital Economy , Togo
Mr. Hosam El Gamal, Chairman of AfICTA, Egypt
Ms. Natalie P. Jabangwa, CEO, Ecocash, Zimbabwé
Ms. Amel Saidane, Président of Tunisia Startups,
Ms. Ndeye Fatou Mboup, Africa's Vice-Champion, first Miss Geek, Senegal

Session 3 : Q&A (25 min)