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#CASA10 • ifccasa10.comNairobi, KenyaJanuary 30th, 2019

Event Program

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10 lessons on what it takes to grow private sector in

African Fragile and Conflict-Affected Situations (FCS).

Looking forward to enriching those with your own and

exploring together innovative forward-looking solutions

and partnerships as we collectively scale our support to

help those situations escape the fragility trap.

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Over the past decade, CASA 10 has produced several

seminal reports to help scale up private sector

development and private sector investment in African

FCS. Recent work include among others ‘IFC SME

Ventures, investing in private equity in Sub-Saharan

African FCS’, ‘Kakuma as a market place: a consumer

and market study of a refugee camp and town in

northwest Kenya’.

Event schedule

8.00 – 9.00 Registration

9.00 – 9.40 Welcome & Opening Remarks

9.40 – 10.30 Plenary: What would it take to scale up DFIs’ investment in

African FCS?

10.30 – 10.45 Talk of the day 1

10.50 – 11.20 My Project My Pride / Coffee break

11.20 – 12.40 Morning Workshops

• How to stimulate fast growing SMEs in African FCS?

• What reforms to prioritize for investors in African FCS?

• How to catalyze investment in agribusiness value chains in

African FCS?

12.40 – 13.30 Lunch

13.30 – 14.25 Plenary: Private sector solutions for the global refugee crisis.

14.30 – 15.00 My Project My Pride / Coffee break

15.00 – 16.20 Afternoon Workshops

• How to operationalize conflict sensitive investment in African

FCS?

• Opportunities and limitations of blended finance to de-risk

investment in African FCS.

• Pandemics and disaster preparedness: how to better leverage

the private sector in African FCS?

16.20 – 16.50 My Project My Pride / Coffee break

16.50 – 17.50 Plenary: How to leverage private sector expertise to reduce

climate vulnerability in African FCS?

17.50 – 18.10 Talk of the day 2

18.10 – 18.30 Closing

18.30 – 20.00 Cocktail & Networking

MyProject MyPride – coffee break area

Coffee and chat: meet and discuss during your coffee breaks with the project leads of six innovative projects

supported by CASA over the past 10 years. Expect honest conversations, dynamic Q&A, lessons learned,

forward-looking thoughts and mutual experience sharing to initiate, grow and sustain business in African

Fragile and Conflict-Affected Situations (FCS).

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Booth 1: Improving the business environment in Malawi through establishing

a modern collateral registry

Access to finance is one of the most significant concerns for MSMEs and one of the key

drivers for Malawi’s economic growth. Join the project team to learn how the Malawi

Secured Transaction and Collateral Registry (STCR) project helped increase access

to credit for MSMEs and women entrepreneurs by developing an appropriate legal,

regulatory, and institutional framework for movable asset-based lending.

Presenter: Markus Scheuermaier (CASA/FCS Africa, IFC)

Booth 2: Unlocking access to finance in the cashew value chain in Côte

d’Ivoire

The Côte d’Ivoire Agribusiness Investment Climate Project supported the Ministry

of Industry in developing the necessary legal and regulatory framework, facilitating

dialogue between public and private actors, and providing advice to the newly created

Warehouse Receipt Regulatory Agency (ARRE). Come join the project team to learn

about the project’s development impact.

Presenters: David Ivanovic & Francis Atin (Finance, Competitiveness and Innovation,

IFC)

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Booth 1: Building local value chain and SMEs’ capacity in the mining sector in

Guinea

The Technical Assistance & Local Supplier Development Project in Guinea induced a

transformational sectoral change with ground-breaking local content policies for

responsible mining in Guinea. Come join the project team to learn about valuable

lessons learned from the project.

Presenter: Rodrigue Djahlin (Infrastructure and Natural Resources, IFC)

Booth 2: Identifying and promoting business opportunities for refugees in

Kenya

The ‘Kakuma as a marketplace’ study and its data on revenues, consumption

patterns, consumer preferences, and financial transactions in the refugee camp, and

neighboring town, revealed the significant economic potential of the refugee camp

and host community. Come join the project team to learn about the Kakuma-Kalobeyei

Challenge Fund aimed at attracting the private sector to the Kakuma community.

Presenter: Luba Shara (CASA/FCS Africa, IFC)

16.2

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6.50

Booth 1: Creating best-in class meat export opportunity in Madagascar

The Bovima Export Development Project, a greenfield slaughterhouse, feedlot, and

contract livestock farming project in southern Madagascar, aims to put Madagascar on

the world map of meat exporters. Spillovers from Bovima’s activities at the sector level

are estimated to create a new market generating $500 million a year. Come join the

project team to learn what it took to make this deal happen.

Presenters: Ivan Ivanov & Olivier N’Gonian Yao (Manufacturing, Agribusiness and

Services, IFC)

Booth 2: Broadening the impact of investment in the cocoa sector in Côte

d’Ivoire

IFC and Cargill, one of the world’s largest traders and processors of cocoa, launched

the Coop Academy to strengthen the performance and professionalism of targeted

cocoa cooperatives. Come join the project team to learn how it has been building local

capacity in the cocoa sector and beyond.

Presenter: Andrew Isaac Feinstein (Manufacturing, Agribusiness and Services, IFC) &

Zahia Msuya Lolila (CASA/FCS Africa, IFC)

10.5

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11.2

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Booth 1: Improving the business environment in Malawi through establishing

a modern collateral registry

Access to finance is one of the most significant concerns for MSMEs and one of the key

drivers for Malawi’s economic growth. Join the project team to learn how the Malawi

Secured Transaction and Collateral Registry (STCR) project helped increase access

to credit for MSMEs and women entrepreneurs by developing an appropriate legal,

regulatory, and institutional framework for movable asset-based lending.

Presenter: Markus Scheuermaier (CASA/FCS Africa, IFC)

Booth 2: Unlocking access to finance in the cashew value chain in Côte

d’Ivoire

The Côte d’Ivoire Agribusiness Investment Climate Project supported the Ministry

of Industry in developing the necessary legal and regulatory framework, facilitating

dialogue between public and private actors, and providing advice to the newly created

Warehouse Receipt Regulatory Agency (ARRE). Come join the project team to learn

about the project’s development impact.

Presenters: David Ivanovic & Francis Atin (Finance, Competitiveness and Innovation,

IFC)

14.3

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Booth 1: Building local value chain and SMEs’ capacity in the mining sector in

Guinea

The Technical Assistance & Local Supplier Development Project in Guinea induced a

transformational sectoral change with ground-breaking local content policies for

responsible mining in Guinea. Come join the project team to learn about valuable

lessons learned from the project.

Presenter: Rodrigue Djahlin (Infrastructure and Natural Resources, IFC)

Booth 2: Identifying and promoting business opportunities for refugees in

Kenya

The ‘Kakuma as a marketplace’ study and its data on revenues, consumption

patterns, consumer preferences, and financial transactions in the refugee camp, and

neighboring town, revealed the significant economic potential of the refugee camp

and host community. Come join the project team to learn about the Kakuma-Kalobeyei

Challenge Fund aimed at attracting the private sector to the Kakuma community.

Presenter: Luba Shara (CASA/FCS Africa, IFC)

16.2

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6.50

Booth 1: Creating best-in class meat export opportunity in Madagascar

The Bovima Export Development Project, a greenfield slaughterhouse, feedlot, and

contract livestock farming project in southern Madagascar, aims to put Madagascar on

the world map of meat exporters. Spillovers from Bovima’s activities at the sector level

are estimated to create a new market generating $500 million a year. Come join the

project team to learn what it took to make this deal happen.

Presenters: Ivan Ivanov & Olivier N’Gonian Yao (Manufacturing, Agribusiness and

Services, IFC)

Booth 2: Broadening the impact of investment in the cocoa sector in Côte

d’Ivoire

IFC and Cargill, one of the world’s largest traders and processors of cocoa, launched

the Coop Academy to strengthen the performance and professionalism of targeted

cocoa cooperatives. Come join the project team to learn how it has been building local

capacity in the cocoa sector and beyond.

Presenter: Andrew Isaac Feinstein (Manufacturing, Agribusiness and Services, IFC) &

Zahia Msuya Lolila (CASA/FCS Africa, IFC)

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Photo exhibition - coffee break area

You may shoot me with your words,You may cut me with your eyes,You may kill me with your hatefulness,But still, like air, I’ll rise.Maya Angelou, And Still I Rise

Let the people in these images take

you to a journey through their lives in

some of Africa’s most fragile and

conflict-affected situations. These are

the people that CASA is committed

working with.

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Opening remarks9.00-9.40

Room: Kilimanjaro 1 & 2

9.00-9.05 Opening by Julie Gichuru (Master of Ceremonies)

Julie Gichuru is an entrepreneur, founder and Chief Executive Officer of

Arimus Media Limited in Kenya

9.05-9.20 Opening by Sérgio Pimenta

Vice President of Middle East and Africa, IFC

9.20-9.40 Interview with CASA donors

Moderator: Julie Gichuru

Reflections about ten years of partnership with CASA development partners:

Marianne Damhaug (Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Norway), John Dundon

(Irish Aid), Fia Van der Klugt (Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands)

Morning plenary and talk9.40-10.50

Room: Kilimanjaro 1 & 2

9.40-10.30 Plenary 1 - What would it take to scale up DFI’s

investment in African FCS?

Moderator: Julie Gichuru (MC)

Speakers:

Jumoke Jagun-Dokunmu (IFC)

Henrik Dagel (Swedfund)

Thomas Husson (Proparco)

Jorim Schraven (FMO)

With poverty and fragility on the rise in African FCS,

International and Development Finance Institutions

(IFIs/ DFIs) have a critical role to play to scale up

support to private sector development and investment

in challenging markets in Africa. What are their

strategies, innovations, and lessons in Africa FCS, and

how do they mitigate both financial and non-financial

risks in African FCS?

10.30-10.45 Talk of the day 1

Moderator: Michel Botzung (IFC)

Speaker:

Wagner Albuquerque de Almeida

(IFC)

Hard talk with IFC Regional Chief Risk Officer, Africa

and Middle East, on day to day challenges and

opportunities in African FCS.

10.45-10.50 MyProject MyPride 1 minute of fame

Speakers:

Markus Scheuermaier (IFC)

David Ivanovic & Francis Atin (IFC)

2 elevator pitches, one minute each, for 2 innovative

projects showcasing outstanding persistence,

dedication and ingenuity to initiate, grow and sustain

business in African FCS. Meet each project lead during

a Q&A session in the coffee break area for mutual

learning and exchange of ideas.

Meet MyProject MyPride over a coffee at 10.50-11.20 in the break area outside of the meeting rooms.

Morning workshops11.20-12.40

Room: Kilimanjaro 1 How to stimulate fast growing SMEs in African FCS?

Moderator: Lesley Bendig (West Africa Venture Fund LLC)

Speakers:

Shruti Chandrasekhar (IFC)

Abdikarim Gole (Shuraako)

Malick Antoine (Crossboundary)

Jarl Heijstee (XSML Capital)

Judith Rosenbrand (Triple Jump)

The need for risk capital is most dire in African FCS, where

SMEs can have enormous impact on job creation and

economic growth. Yet it remains scarce. What lessons can

fund managers draw from their experience and what could

be done differently? What are the real challenges and how

they can be mitigated? How do they balance between

financial returns and social/ economic impact?

Room: Kilimanjaro 2 What reforms to prioritize for investors in African FCS?

Moderator: Manuel Moses (IFC)

Speakers:

Lisa Kaestner (IFC)

Eric Mabushi (IFC)

Dr. Vimal Shah (BIDCO)

Mohamed Keita (Impact Hub

Bamako)

Domestic and regional pioneer investors know that, even

at times of crisis, business continue to operate and that

across the fragility phases, investment opportunities can

continue to be seized. Beyond traditional large business

enabling reforms packages, what specific investment

reforms are critical to attract investors to African FCS

versus ‘nice to have’? Is there any specific sequenced

approach that has proved the most effective in specific

African FCS fragility and local context?

Room: Kilimanjaro 3 How to catalyze investment in agribusiness value

chains in African FCS?

Moderator: Niraj Shah (IFC)

Speakers:

Tania Lozansky (IFC)

Nadeem Ahmed (Global Tea and

Commodities Ltd)

Gabriel Eshiague (LAPO Sierra

Leone)

Liz Muange (USAID)

The agricultural sector employs as much as 70 percent of

the workforce in Africa and in many fragile contexts the

sector is a key contributor to GDP. Yet, many African FCS

face shocks, such as drought and conflict, that can increase

fragility and disrupt food security and value chains,

jeopardizing their ability to attract or keep investors.

What are the some of the key issues for private sector

development in the agriculture sector in FCS, especially

related to finance? How can we best support women

smallholder farmers? What are investment opportunities

and innovations to increase agricultural productivity and

climate smart agriculture solutions in African FCS?

Lunch will be served at 12.40-13.30 in the break area outside of the meeting rooms. Enjoy the terrace!

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Afternoon plenary Room: Kilimanjaro 1 &2

13.30-14.25 Plenary 2 – Private sector solutions for the global

refugee crisis

Moderator: Rapti A. Goonesekere (IFC)

Speakers:

Rajesh Agrawal (Airtel Uganda)

Tayyar Sukru Cansizoglu (UNHCR)

Kuria Wanjau (FSDA)

Joanna P. De Berry (World Bank)

Michel Botzung (IFC)

Jan Schwier (Bridgespan)

As the duration of protracted refugee situations

lengthens and as the ‘immediate need’-focused

funding of humanitarian actors remains constrained,

there is a growing recognition that more long-term

and sustainable solutions are both required and

beneficial to empower refugees as agents of their own

lives, integrated economically within host societies.

And increasingly, the private sector has been taking

initiatives to provide goods and services to the refugees

and host communities. What can private sector do to

address this global crisis? What innovations do we need

to attract more private sector investors? What would

be key investment regulations enablers?

14.25-14.30 MyProject MyPride 1 minute of fame

Speakers:

Rodrigue Djahlin (IFC)

Luba Shara (IFC)

Ivan Ivanov & Olivier Yao (IFC)

Andrew Isaac Feinstein &

Zahia Msuya Lolila (IFC)

4 elevator pitches, one minute each, for 4 innovative

projects showcasing outstanding persistence,

dedication and ingenuity to initiate, grow and sustain

business in African FCS. Meet each project lead during

a Q&A session in the coffee break area for mutual

learning and exchange of ideas.

Meet MyProject MyPride over a coffee at 14.30-15.00 and at 16.20-16.50, after the workshops, in the break area outside of the meeting rooms.

Afternoon workshops15.00-16.20

Room: Kilimanjaro 1 How to operationalize conflict sensitive investment in African FCS?

Moderator: Massimo Fusato (International Alert)

Speakers:

Catherine Collin (EIB)

Julie Vallat (Total)

Rodrigue Djahlin (IFC)

Brian Ganson (Africa Center for

Dispute Settlement)

Over the past 20 years, a strong business case for conflict

sensitive approach has been developed by companies, the

civil society and development organizations. With increasing

emphasis on private sector investing in African FCS markets,

how to operationalize these valuable insights on conflict

sensitivity and make them more relevant and practical to

investors and private sector development practitioners?

What it would take to mainstream conflict sensitivity for

private sector investment and interventions?

Room: Kilimanjaro 2 Opportunities and limitations of blended finance to de-risk investment in African FCS

Moderator: Tracy Washington (IFC)

Speakers:

Niraj Shah (IFC)

Raphaël de Guerre (AFD)

Jukka-Pekka Kärkkäinen (FCA

Investment)

Ladé Araba (Convergence)

Blended finance is increasingly featured as a key de-risking

tool to scale up investment in African FCS. How has blended

finance been used in African FCS and what has been the

impact? What are key limitations of blended finance in FCS?

What are key risks and innovations?

Room: Kilimanjaro 3 Pandemics and disaster preparedness: how to better leverage the private sector in African FCS?

Moderator: Ramah Nyang (China Global Television Network,

Africa Bureau)

Speakers:

Frank Ajilore (IFC)

Idrissa Kamara (Standard

Chartered Bank Sierra Leone)

Peter Malcolm King (GLS

Logistics Liberia)

Rahab Kariuki (ACRE Africa)

African FCS are particularly vulnerable to large scale

pandemic and natural disasters with human and economic

spill overs potential across the continent. The private and

financial sectors have a key role to play, not only to mitigate

internal risks but also as a partner for more effective

multi-stakeholder crisis preparedness and response in

African FCS. To prevent, prepare, respond, recover: what

are examples and lessons of effective private and financial

sector innovations and public development community

collaboration? What expectations and challenges could be

better managed?

Meet MyProject MyPride over a coffee at 16.20-16.50 in the break area outside of the meeting rooms.

Afternoon plenary part II, closing and cocktailRoom: Kilimanjaro 1 &2

16.50-17.50 Plenary 3 – How to leverage the private sector to

reduce climate vulnerability in African FCS?

Moderator: Julie Gichuru (MC)

Speakers:

Elizabeth Sellwood (UN)

Fatima Jibrell (Adeso)

Vikram Widge (IFC)

John Kidenda (PowerGen)

Although Sub-Saharan Africa’s contribution to

global GHG emissions is negligible, the region is

one of the most vulnerable and severely impacted

by climate change effects, all the more in African

FCS. What do we know and don’t know yet about

the real interplay between climate change, conflict

and displacement? What early lessons can be

learned and what more could be done to mitigate

climate vulnerability risks in African FCS, leveraging

the private, financial sectors and innovative

partnerships?

17.50-18.10 Talk of the day 2

Moderator: Janice Ryu (IFC)

Speakers:

Samuel Kamau Nganga (IFC)

Colin Shepherd (Agis Investment)

Babacar Sedikh Faye (IFC)

Interview with former CASA program managers

and country coordinators about their thoughts and

reflections for the day and share forward-looking

ideas.

18.10-18.30 Closing

Key take away from the day and closing remarks

by Julie Gichuru (MC) and Jumoke Jagun-Dokunmu

(Regional Director, Eastern Africa, IFC). Audience

will have the opportunity to share their own key

take away.

18.30-20.00 Cocktail & Networking

Alfresco Terrace Meet other participants for a signature cocktail and

exchange ideas, thoughts and reflections of the day

over African music and delicacies at Alfresco Terrace.

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