09:00 – 09: 45 THE OPENING CEREMONY
Welcome Address By The Convener:
- Mr. Benjamin Boakye (Executive Director, ACEP)
Keynote Address & Opening of Summit:
- Hon. John Peter Amewu (Minister of Energy, Republic of Ghana)
09:45 – 11:30 1ST PANEL: “ VALUE ADDITION TO PETROLEUM RESOURCES EXTRACTION THROUGH INDUSTRIALIZATION: THE POSSIBILITIES AND THE CHALLENGES “
Facilitator:
- Ms. Rosalind Kainyah, MBE (Managing Director, Kina Advisory Limited)
Speakers:
- Dr. Mohammed Amin Adam (Deputy Minister for Energy in Charge of Petroleum, Republic of Ghana)
- Dr. Osman Abdel Rahman Fadul (Executive Director, Ben Barkhiya & former Minister of Petroleum and Gas, Sudan)
- Ms. Abena Amoah (Board Member, KOSMOS Energy & C.E.O, Baobab Advisors Ltd.)
- Prof. Omowumi O. Iledare (GNPC Professional Chair in Oil and Gas Economics & Management, Institute for Oil and Gas Studies, University of Cape Coast)
- Ms. Dalila Iddrissu (Business Development Manager, Friburge Oil and Gas, Angola)
11:30 – 11:50 – SNACK BREAK
11:55 – 13:35 – 2ND PANEL: POWERING AFRICA: INDEPENDENCE AND INNOVATION
Facilitator:
- Ms. Pauline Anaman (Senior Policy Analyst & Head of the Policy Unit, ACEP)
Speakers:
- Ms. Jennifer Boca (Country Manager, Lekela Power)
- Mr. Roberto Daniele (Managing Director, ENI Exploration & Production Ghana Ltd)
- Dr. Justice Tei Mensah (Economist, International Finance Corporation – The World Bank Group)
13:35 – 14:35 – LUNCH BREAK
15:00 – 16:50 – 3RD PANEL: POWERING AFRICA: INVESTMENT AND SECURITY
Facilitator:
- Dr Juliette Twumasi-Anokye (Principal Consultant, Anojul Afriyie & Co. Ghana Ltd.)
Speakers:
- Mr. Charles Darku (Chairman, Upstream Petroleum Chamber, Ghana)
- Mr. Salum Mnuna (Project Coordinator, East African Crude Oil Pipeline – EACOP, Tanzania)
- Mr. Ezekiel Adebayo Adesina (Executive Secretary, Africa Energy Study Group & Head of Strategy and Planning, Nigeria LNG Limited)
- Mr. Senyo Kwasi Hosi (Chief Executive Officer, Chamber of Bulk Oil Distributors, CBOD, Ghana)
- Mr. Dickson Kwaku Osei (Deputy Manager – Corporate Planning, West Africa Gas Pipeline Companies Limited, WAGPCo)
16:50 – 17:00 – CONCLUSION OF DAY ONE BY CHAIRPERSON
- Rosalind Kainyah, MBE (Managing Director, Kina Advisory Limited)
09:10 – 09: 20 – RECAP OF KEY POINTS FROM DAY ONE
- Mr. Charles Wanguhu (Coordinator, Oil & Gas Platform, Kenya)
9:20 – 9:40 – KEYNOTE ADDRESS FOR DAY TWO
- Dr. Jemima Nunoo (Board Chair, ACEP; Lecturer, GIMPA; and Board Member, Petroleum Commission, Ghana)
09:45 – 11:30 – 4TH PANEL: THE OPPORTUNITIES AND THREATS OF THE AFRICA CONTINENTAL FREE TRADE AREA (AFCFTA) AGREEMENT IN CREATING LINKAGES BETWEEN THE OIL AND GAS SECTOR AND OTHER SECTORS OF THE AFRICAN ECONOMY.
Presenter:
- Mr. Sylvester Bagoroo (Programs Officer, Third World Network)
Facilitator:
- Dr. Ibrahima Aidara (Vice President, OSIWA)
Speakers:
- Ms. Valeria Mensah (International Development Professional & former Technical Advisor, Office of Executive Secretary, UN Economic Commission for Africa)
- Dr. Oliver Maponga (Executive Officer, UN Economic Commission for Africa, Zambia)
- Mr. Michael Akurang Opoku (Senior Industrial Promotion Officer & Special Assistant to the Deputy Minister in Charge of Trade, Ministry of Trade)
- Mr. Sylvester Bagooro (Programmes Officer, Third World Network-Africa)
11:30 – 11:50 – SNACK BREAK
11:55 – 13:20 5TH PANEL: EMPOWERING PERSONS WITH DISABILITY (PWD) FOR ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES ALONG THE OIL & GAS VALUE CHAIN
Facilitator:
- Rita Kusi Kyeremaa (Executive Director, Ghana Federation of Disability Organizations – GFD)
Speakers:
- Mr. Justice Srem-Sai (Law Lecturer, GIMPA; Founding-Partner, Archbridge Solicitors; & Founding Fellow, Institute of Law and Public Affairs – ILPA)
- Ms. Eva Kouka-Quenum (Programme Officer, Ford Foundation – Nigeria)
- Dr. Peter Obeng-Asamoah (Executive Director, Ghana Blind Union, Ghana)
- Ms. Esther Akua Gyamfi (Executive Secretary, National Council on Persons with Disability, Ghana)
13:25 – 14:45 – 6TH PANEL: EMPOWERING YOUTH & WOMEN FOR ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES ALONG THE OIL & GAS VALUE CHAIN
Facilitator:
- Nafi Chinery (Ghana Country Manager, NRGI)
Speakers:
- Ms. Ikal Angelei (Executive Director, Friends of Lake Turkana, Kenya)
- Mr. Nader Khalifa (Snr. Petroleum Economist, Ministerial Executive Office, Ministry of Energy & Mining, Sudan)
- Prof. Adriano Nuvungah (Executive Director, Centre for Democratic Development, Mozambique)
- Ms. Fourera Sotty Maiga (Vice Coordinator, Women In Mining of West Africa-WIMONA)
14:45 – 15:00 – PRESENTATION OF COMMUNIQUÉ FOR DISCUSSION & ADOPTION
- Ms. Jo Ann Sackey (Senior Policy Analyst, ACEP)
15:00 – 15:10 – CONCLUDING REMARKS & CLOSING OF SUMMIT BY CHAIRPERSON
- Ms. Rosalind Kainyah, MBE (Managing Director, Kina Advisory Limited