Day 2 - 13 June
* Session timings, topics and speakers subject to change
09:30-10:00 | Keynote - Time for Delivery - Bridging the Implementation Development Gap
Dalila Gonçalves
Director, Africa Region
UNOPS
Ms. Gonçalves joined UNOPS in 2021 as Deputy Director for the Africa Region and became Acting Director for the Africa Region in November 2022. Prior to joining UNOPS, she held several managerial roles in the private sector in Africa, including Aggreko in Southern and Central Africa, SGS in Angola, and Bureau Veritas in Angola and Mozambique. Ms. Gonçalves holds a Bachelor of Engineering in Industrial Engineering from Beira Interior University, Portugal.
10:00-11:00 | Addressing the East African food and hunger crisis – How can we deliver aid more efficiently and build regional resilience?
Tesfatsion Woldetsadik
Regional Program Director
Action Against Hunger
John Mukuka
ACTESA Chief Executive Officer
COMESA
Odd Eirik Arnesen
Special Envoy for Food Security in Africa
Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Abiola Afolayan
Co-Director, Policy and Research Institute
Bread for the World
11:00-11:30 | Coffee Break
11:30-12:30 | Practical examples & proven effectiveness of multisectoral interventions for improved WASH services and nutrition outcomes
John Otieno Otieno
Regional Advocacy Officer
Action Against Hunger HEARO
Jeff Gidaguyi Wadulo
Programme and Policy Advisor
Civil Society Budget Advocacy Group [CSBAG]
Joyce Akandu
Infant and Young Child (IYCF) Technical Coordinator
Save the Children South Sudan
Rineke van Dam
Regional Humanitarian Coordinator for the Horn of Africa
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands
12:30-14:00 | Lunch & Networking Break
14:00-14:30 | Keynote – The role of multilateral banks in addressing humanitarian needs and fostering regional resilience for the most vulnerable communities - Nnenna Nwabufo, Director General, East Africa Region, African Development Bank Group
Nnenna Nwabufo
Director General, East Africa Region
African Development Bank Group
As Director General, Nnenna is responsible for leading and advancing the Bank Group’s strategic objective of achieving significant and transformational developmental impact in thirteen countries in East Africa by ensuring operational efficiency, effectiveness and an overall healthy portfolio in the region. Specifically, she leads high-level dialogues at country and regional levels and across Bank sector complexes as well as oversee the full implementation and integration of all aspects of the Bank's work in the region. She also spearheads regional business development and investment; and fosters resource mobilization efforts across the countries in the region to ensure focused growth of the Bank’s sovereign and non-sovereign operations. In addition, as the Bank representative in the region, she is tasked with building strong partnerships with countries, regional economic communities, and other development partners.
14:30-15:30 Mitigating Aid Diversion in East Africa - Collaborative Solutions for Effective Humanitarian Assistance
15:30-16:30 | Investing in refugee-led humanitarian responses – A case study from the Sudan response
Michael Kiprop Kendagor
Emergency Response and Disaster Risk Reduction Manager
Church World Service Africa
Hadiya Abdelrahman
Head of Community Outreach Department
St. Andrews Refugee Services (StARS)
Abubakarr Jalloh
Assistant Representative (Programme)
UNHCR Sudan
Andhira Kara
Research Consultant
Refugee Studies Centre (RSC)
16:30-17:30 | Localisation – Dissecting the success stories of facilitating a better emergency response
Richard Mulandi
Director, Integrated Programmes (Global Support Office)
ForAfrika
Rineke van Dam
Regional Humanitarian Coordinator for the Horn of Africa
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands
Tobijo Denis S. Moses
Technical Director
The Rescue Initiative-South Sudan (TRI-SS)
Mary Okumu
Senior Director & Head – Technical Unit
ForAfrika
Nelson Owange
Director of Programs
Mercy Corps
17:30 | Conference close