|
|
|
Dr Xolile P. Guma
Deputy Governor
South African Reserve Bank,
South Africa
Professor Njuguna Ndung’u
Governor
Central Bank of Kenya, Kenya
Dr Cecilia Ibru
Managing Director and CEO, Oceanic Bank,
Nigeria
Dr Désiré Vencatachellum
Principal Research Economist
African Development Bank, Tunisia
Dr Yang Kaisheng
Chief Executive Officer
Industrial and Commercial
Bank of China (ICBC), China
|
|
Conference:
Day 1
8th July 2008 8am-5:30pm
Day 2
9th July 2008 8am-5:30pm
Workshops:
Pre-conference workshop
Measuring operational risk for banks and financial institutions:
7th July 2008 8am-5pm
Post-conference workshop
Islamic finance and investment banking in Africa
10th July 2008 8am-5pm
› Full conference programme
› Add this to my calendar
|
|
Level 3 Contributer
Certified by
kbongabee
Verification Agency (Pty) Ltd
|
|
|
|
Programme
|
conference day one, Tuesday 8 July
|
8am | Registration and welcome refreshments
| 8.30am | Opening remarks by chairperson
Anver Versi, Editor
African Banker, United Kingdom
| | CENTRAL BANK PERSPECTIVES AND VISIONARY
OUTLOOK FOR AFRICAN BANKING |
| 9am | Keynote address: Capital flows and macroeconomic
management in the African banking sector
- A new surge of capital inflows
- Implications of capital flows on macroeconomic management:
diaspora flows; portfolio flows; official flows and FDI flows
- The impact of macroeconomic management on domestic
consumption; domestic non-tradeable goods sector; fiscal
side – Dutch disease phenomenon; exchange rate
management and domestic investment
Professor Njuguna Ndung’u, Governor
Central Bank of Kenya, Kenya
| 9.30am | Keynote address: Banking in Africa and its future outlook
- The role of central banks and major banks in regional integration
- Latest trends in the African region
- Experiences and lessons learnt
Dr Xolile P. Guma, Deputy Governor
South African Reserve Bank, South Africa
| 10.15am | Morning refreshments
| 10.45am | Keynote address: Southern African banking – what are the
most recent trends and opportunities
- Developing banking in Southern Africa – corporate governance, technology, risk management, mergers & acquisitions
- How has recent regulation shaped the banking landscape in different countries?
- Latest in supervision/surveillance in Southern African banking
| 11.15am | Keynote address: Banking sector revolution in Nigeria and
its impact on the African financial landscape
- The banking sector reform in Nigeria – the journey so far
- True international African banks – Nigerian banks’ expansion into West Africa and internationally
- Opportunities and challenges; future outlook and way forward
Babatunde Lemo, Deputy Governor
Central Bank of Nigeria, Nigeria
| 11.45am | Roadmap to Africa’s macro-economic and banking integration
- The African Central Bank (ACB) and a common currency for Africa: vision, benefits and roadmap
- Boosting trade, infrastructure development, transport networks and economic diversification
Mshiyeni Belle, Head – International Relations
South African Reserve Bank, South Africa
| 12.15pm | Exclusive Central Bank forum: The African Central
Bank (ACB) and a common currency for Africa
- African integration; a practical approach – where to from here?
- Expanding existing monetary zones and regional economic integration before continental integration: status and progress: SADC, COMESA, ECCAS, ECOWAS, CEN-SAD
- Overview of the role of central banks and major banks in macroeconomic convergence, regional and continental integration: Legal framework, payment systems, banking supervision
Moderator:
Mshiyeni Belle, Head – International Relations
South African Reserve Bank, South Africa
Panelists:
Professor Njuguna Ndung’u, Governor
Central Bank of Kenya, Kenya
Dr M.P. Senaoana, Governor
Central Bank of Lesotho, Kingdom of Lesotho
Babatunde Lemo, Deputy Governor
Central Bank of Nigeria, Nigeria
Dr Xolile P. Guma, Deputy Governor
South African Reserve Bank, South Africa
| 1pm | Networking luncheon
| | CAPITALISING ON GLOBAL BANKING DYNAMICS TO
TRANSFORM AFRICA INTO A WORLD-CLASS PLAYER |
| 2.15pm | The global economic outlook and its implications for the
African economy and banking in Africa
- African economic outlook and access to developed markets
- Harnessing Africa’s capital markets for economic development
- How can Africa benefit from the current global economic and banking dynamics?
Dr Désiré Vencatachellum, Principal Research Economist
African Development Bank, Tunisia
| 2.45pm | Keynote address: China’s role in African banking and
development
- Major banking developments in China/other emerging markets
- Trade and infrastructure – China partnering with Africa for sustainable development
- Challenges and issues
Dr Yang Kaisheng, Chief Executive Officer
Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), China
| 3.15pm | Speed-networking and afternoon
refreshments
| | UNLEASHING AFRICAN GROWTH POTENTIAL |
| 3.45pm | Panel discussion: All roads lead to Africa?
- Africa on the global spotlight – implications for economic development, trade, international finance and banking
- How to ensure mutual beneficial partnerships between Africa, the East and the West?
- Local versus international banks – friends or foes?
- Chinese banks and other international financiers: implications for competition
Moderator:
Quinton Zunga, Head – Debt Capital Markets
Merrill Lynch, Sub-Saharan Africa, South Africa
Panelists:
Dr Yang Kaisheng, Chief Executive Officer
Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), China
Dr Duarte Pitta Ferraz, Managing Director and Member of the
Corporate and Commercial Banking Committee
Millennium bcp, Portugal
Dr Hespina Rukato, Deputy Chief Executive Officer
NEPAD Secretariat, South Africa
Vijay Jasuja, Chief Executive Officer
State Bank of India, India
| 4.30pm | Trade, infrastructure and other developmental initiatives –
the backbone of African development
- The African Development Bank, Regional Development Banks, the Pan-African Infrastructure Fund, African Finance Corporation, NEPAD – Can Africa make a meaningful contribution to financing its own growth and development?
Dr Hespina Rukato, Deputy Chief Executive
NEPAD Secretariat, South Africa
| 5pm | Debt capital markets – bridging the funding gap?
- The role of debt capital markets in promoting trade, infrastructure and other developmental initiatives
- How to balance corporate profit motive and developmental objectives?
- Where do debt capital market objectives meet with those of regional economic bodies, NEPAD and the AU
Quinton Zunga, Head – Debt Capital Markets
Merrill Lynch – Sub-Saharan Africa, South Africa
| 5.30pm | Closing remarks from chairperson and close of day one
| |
conference day two, Wednesday 9 July
|
8am | Morning refreshments
| 8.25am | Opening remarks by chairperson
Anver Versi, Editor
African Banker, United Kingdom
| |
WHAT ARE THE HOTTEST, UNTAPPED OPPORTUNITIES
IN THE MAJOR BANKING REGIONS OF GREATER AFRICA? |
| 8.30am | Regional panel discussion: North and West Africa
- What are the hottest trends and opportunities in North and West Africa
- The entry of foreign banks – is this a significant phenomenon in North and West Africa?
- Islamic Banking – how far is and what can rest of Africa learn from the North and West African experience?
- How far are the indigenous banks compared to their foreign peers?
- How has recent regulation shaped the banking landscape in different countries?
Moderator:
Isaac Fokuo, Principal
Botho Advisory Group LLP, USA and Ghana
Panelists:
Dr Désiré Vencatachellum, Principal Research Economist
African Development Bank, Tunisia
Dr Cecilia Ibru, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer
Oceanic Bank, Nigeria (Winner of the Best Banker at the
African Banker Awards 2007)
Albert Mmegwa, Managing Director
Intercontinental Bank, Ghana
Tayo Aderinokun, Chief Executive Officer
Guaranty Trust Bank, Nigeria
| 9.15am | Regional panel discussion: East and Southern Africa
Revamping banking in east and southern Africa
What are the hottest trends and developments?
Developing banking in East and Southern Africa
How has recent regulation shaped the banking landscape in different countries?
A mergers and acquisitions update
Islamic banking and private banking
East and Southern Africa – looking East, West, South or forward?
Moderator:
Ziyaad Mohamed, Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Islamic Finance Institute of Southern Africa
Panelists:
Stephen Ssendikaddiwa-Mwebe, Business Continuity and Risk Management Officer, Central Bank of Uganda, Uganda
H. Bomani, Managing Director
Kenya Commercial Bank, Tanzania
Anthony Withers, Group Executive: Banking
Mauritius Commercial Bank, Mauritius
Addisu Haba, Managing Director
Construction & Business Bank, Ethiopia
RP Gupta, Country Officer
Bank of Baroda, Botswana
| 10am | Morning refreshments
| | IGNITING REVOLUTIONS IN AFRICAN BANKING |
| 10.30am | Case study: Revamping human capital to take African banking to the next level
- Human resources development in banking – where is Africa?
- Challenges of a first world banking sector serving the needs of a developing economy
- Overcoming challenges and way forward
Max Makhubalo, Chief Executive Officer
BANK SETA (The Banking Sector Education and Training Authority), South Africa
| 11am | Case study: A Nigerian success story – women leadership
in African banking
- Transformation and the increasing role of women in banking in Africa and globally
- Unique women initiatives and successes – What can the African banking industry learn?
- What have been the challenges and opportunities for women in banking in the different African countries?
- What does the future hold for women and how can other stakeholders assist?
Dr Cecilia Ibru, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer
Oceanic Bank, Nigeria (Winner of the Best Banker at the
African Banker Awards 2007)
| 11.30am | U Turn: Things that keep you awake at
night
You have voted for these topics and the speakers. Your chosen speakers will now offer you real-time, spontaneous solutions and commentary on the issues that keep you awake at night. Bring your questions to this discussion
| 12.15pm | Morning session closing remarks from chairperson and
introduction of breakaway streams for the afternoon
| 12.30pm | Networking luncheon
| |
Stream A
|
| BANKING THE UNBANKED: REACHING
NEW FRONTIERS IN AFRICAN BANKING |
| 1.55pm | Opening remarks by chairperson
| 2pm | Keynote international case study: The
India experience – reaching new
frontiers in micro-finance/mass banking
- Attracting cash based businesses into mainstream banking
- SME banking products
- The future of banking in greater Africa?
Udaia Kumar, Managing Director
SHARE Microfin Limited, India
| 2.30pm | Banking the un-banked in Africa
- Accessing the most remote parts of Africa with innovative products
- Bringing cash back into the mainstream banking system
- Formalising the informal SME sector
- Micro and SME lending potential in greater Africa
Dr James Mwangi, Chief Executive
Officer, Equity Bank, Kenya
| 3pm | Case study: A Pan-African micro-lending
success story
- Lessons learnt in different African banking nations?
- Key success factors in banking the unbanked and what to look out for?
- Tailor-made products and services for banking the un-banked
- Micro-finance 2020 – What does the future hold?
Dave van Niekerk, Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer, Blue Financial
Services, South Africa
| 3.30pm | Afternoon refreshments
| 3.45pm | Case study: An Asia micro-lending
success story – lessons learnt
- Overall banking strategy and key drivers for appetite for banking the un-banked
- Short-term personal finance, insurance and cell-phone based products
- Structured housing finance
- IT infrastructure, risk management systems, human capital
Sitaram Rao, Director
SKS Microfinance, India
| 4.15pm | Panel discussion: Using mobile money
in understanding how to deal with
banking the un-banked
- Latest trends in micro-finance
- Jump starting African banking onto global stage with innovations in mobile banking
- How to use technology to reach Africa’s back of beyond
- Mobile banking – the future of banking in greater Africa?
- Competition and cooperation in banking the un-banked
- A success story of mobile banking
Dave Parratt, Director, MTN Mobile
Banking, Africa and South Africa
Peter Hinton, Chief Executive Officer
Hinton Consulting,
United Kingdom
Aleksander Kaland, Deputy Managing
Director, Opportunity Bank, Malawi
| 5pm | Close of conference
| |
Stream B
|
| BANKING THE UNBANKED: REACHING
NEW FRONTIERS IN AFRICAN BANKING |
| 1.55pm | Opening remarks by chairperson
| 2pm | Excellence in retail banking – tailor-made
operations for unique service delivery
- Using branch networks to deliver the ultimate service / increase market share
- Implementing cutting-edge credit risk management and sophisticated technology in retail banking to improve customer service
- Innovations in retail banking and customer services
Jacob Moyo Ajekigbe, MD, First Bank, Nigeria
| 2.30pm | Innovative product development and
pricing in retail banking
- Current trends influencing pricing
- Exploring the various pricing models in diverse markets
- Paving the road ahead for relevant product development
Bryan McLachlan, Head of Investment
and Transactional Products, Nedbank,
South Africa
| 3pm | Performance management of risk in
Africa banking
- New horizons in market risk management
- Interest rate, currency, country and liquidity risk – where do we stand?
Stephen Ssendikaddiwa-Mwebe,
Business Continuity and Risk Management
Officer, Central Bank of Uganda
| 3.30pm | Afternoon refreshments
| 3.45pm | Human capital risk – re-evaluating your
people to minimise risks
- Role of risk management vs role of people
- Increased focus on operational risk management challenges and opportunities unique to Africa
- Regulation and its impact on risk management – looking beyond Basel II
- How risk management can add value?
- A new risk management agenda: re-evaluation of the risk managers role, performance and organisation of risk management in financial institutions
Charles Mavimbela, Head of Operational
Risk, Teba Bank, South Africa
| 4.15pm | Panel discussion: New horizons in retail
banking and risk management in Africa
- Risk management in Africa following the US Sub-prime turmoil and a bleak global inflation and interest rate outlook
- Credit risk management in Africa
- Managing interest rate, currency, country and liquidity risk
- Operational risk management through Basel II: Crossing over to full compliance – Is Africa already?
Mark Wiessing, Managing Director,
Zambia National Commercial Bank
Stephen Ssendikaddiwa-Mwebe,
Business Continuity and Risk Management,
Central Bank of Uganda
Charles Mavimbela, Head of Operational
Risk, Teba Bank, South Africa
| 5pm | Close of conference
| |
Stream C
|
| PAYMENT TRANSFORMATION IN AFRICA |
| 1.55pm | Opening remarks by chairperson
| 2pm | Clearing in the inter-bank space
- What are the fundamental components of an acceptable inter-bank clearing and settlement infrastructure?
- How do many countries in Africa shapeup and what is being done to improve the situation?
- Role of SWIFT and expectations
Arthur Cousins, Director – Strategy and
Product Development, Corporate and
Investment Banking, Standard Bank,
South Africa, Board Director, SWIFT
South Africa
| 2.30pm | New developments in access to and
utilisation of SWIFT
- More institutions – wider community
- Domestic, regional and intl usage
- Connectivity alternatives
- Type of information that can be transported over SWIFT
Edward Leach, Head of Africa, South
Europe and Middle East Region
S.W.I.F.T, South Africa
| 3pm | Taking payments and remittances to
the next level
- Managing new dimensions in the African payment landscape
- Managing risks, overnight exposures, foreign exchange risk, third party payment service providers, access to national payment system, bank charges
- Payment innovations – competitive and operational implications for banks
- Competition in the remittance business
- Key success factors in building and sustaining a remittance business
Teodora de Castro, Head of Global
Transaction Banking - Financial Institutions
and Institutional Custody, Millennium
bcp, Portugal
| 3.30pm | Afternoon refreshments
| 3.45pm | Panel discussion: The future of
payments and transactions in Africa
- Taking payments and remittances to the next level
- Payments and transactions 2020 – what does the future hold?
- Co-operation and competition in the payments and transactional space
- How can Africa catch-up with the leading Global banking nations?
Arthur Cousins, Director – Strategy and
Product Development, Corporate and
Investment Banking, Standard Bank,
South Africa, Member of the SWIFT
Board, South Africa
Chippy Wood, Head – Commercial
Division, BANKSERV, South Africa
Teodora de Castro, Head of Global
Transaction Banking - Financial Institutions
and Institutional Custody, Millennium
bcp, Portugal
Edward Leach, Head of Africa, South
Europe and Middle East Region
S.W.I.F.T, South Africa
| 5pm | Close of conference
| |
masterclass I
|
9am | Managing and measuring operational risk for banks and financial institutions – employment and skills development
Monday, 7 July 2008 Registration for the masterclass will be at 08:30; the masterclass will commence at 09:00 and conclude at 17:00.
Objective
How does a bank or any financial institution determine losses caused by lack of human resource skills or irrelevancy of skills?
This masterclass will discuss the appropriate, relevant and integrated approach that a bank or financial institution needs to take, that is,
merging the technical skills and relevant soft skills with the required regulatory and risk aspects of the job. The masterclass will also identify such skills required and help develop these skills.
- Agenda
- Overview of operational risk as per Basel II
- The positioning of employment and skills development in the operational risk arena
- How to tackle the risk of employment decisions (risk mitigation)
- Skills development interventions: what will work better? (Risk mitigation)
- How are losses in the staff arena determined?
- Measurement of HR operational risk.
- Retention of key staff and succession in terms of operational risk
- What resources are required to mitigate such risk?
Who should attend
- HR Manager
- Training Manager
- Department Head
About your masterclass presenter
Dawn Pretorius is Director of Adzuri Corporate
Development
| |
masterclass II
|
9am | Islamic finance and investment banking in Africa – what are the challenges and where are the opportunities?
Thursday, 10 July 2008
Registration for the masterclass will be at 08:30; the masterclass will commence at 09:00 and conclude at 17:00.
Objective
The masterclass will look at the current developments in Africa banking and finance and discuss the financial instruments used. The masterclass will revisit the principles of Islamic finance, the religious background and legal foundations of Islamic finance, discuss successful case studies and opportunities in Africa.
Agenda
- Understanding the new wave of Islamic finance and investment banking globally
- Overview of Islamic finance and investment banking in Africa and its impact on your organisation
- Founding principles of Islamic finance and investment banking
- Differences between Islamic and conventional banking
- Islamic banking product development
- Risk management and corporate governance in Islamic Banks – global and African perspectives
- Success stories
- Challenges facing Islamic finance and investment banking
- Way forward
Who should attend
- Chief Executive Officer / Managing Director
- Product Development Specialist
- Head of Business Development
- Head of Wealth Management
- Head of Private Banking
- Fund / Asset / Portfolio Manager
About your masterclass presenter
Ziyaad Mahomed is the founder and CEO of Islamic Finance Institute of Southern Africa (IFISA)..
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
