Day 2 – Thursday 3rd October 2024


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OFFICIAL PRESIDENTIAL WELCOME UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF MR HAKAINDE HICHILEMA, PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF ZAMBIA

Welcome Remarks

  • Hon Sheal Mulyata (MP), Provincial Minister, Lusaka Province

Remarks:

  • Percy Chinyama, National Coordinator, SMART Zambia Institute
  • Aida Diarra, Senior Vice President & Group Head for Africa, Visa Inc. 
  • Senator Garba Musa Maidoki, Federal Senate of Nigeria

Welcome & Introduction to the President

  • Hon Jacob Mwiimbu (MP), Minister of Home Affairs & Internal Security

Keynote:

  • MR HAKAINDE HICHILEMA, PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF ZAMBIA

Zambian Ministerial Speech: Zambia’s Implementation of National Digital Identity

  • Hon Jacob Mwiimbu (MP), Minister of Home Affairs & Internal Security

Panel Session 4: Building Confident Citizen Participation in Digitization of National Identity

  • Hon Jacob Mwiimbu (MP), Minister of Home Affairs & Internal Security, Zambia
  • Hon Moses Kunkuyu, Minister of Information and Digitalization, Malawi
  • Hon Errol Fonseka, Minister of Internal Affairs, Seychelles
  • Hon Kazembe Kazembe, Minister of Home Affairs & Cultural Heritage, Zimbabwe
  • Hon Lucia Witbooi, Deputy Minister of Home Affairs, Immigration, Safety & Security,Namibia
  • Jean Iteku Baelongandi, Chief of Staff, Cabinet of the Deputy Prime Minister, DRC
  • Moderator: Abe Wakama, CEO, IT News Africa

Thought Leadership Session 3: Electronic and Cross-Border Payments Infrastructure for Improving Intra-African Trade

  • Ifelade Ayodele, CEO & Founder, Blaaiz Innovations

Thought Leadership Session 4: Enhancing Citizen Inclusion through Digital Identities

  • Nkululeko Nxasana, Sales Director, Toppan Gravity
  • Ernie Quah, Vice-President, Digital Government Consulting, Toppan Ecquaria

Driving Digitalisation of the Economy in Zambia

  • Angela Wamola, Head of Sub Saharan Africa, GSMA