Place Bab Jdid, Boulevard Al Yarmouk, Marrakech, Morocco
Active conversations surrounding Africa's potential for clean technology and sustainable development. This exclusive gathering of policy makers, business leaders, and tech experts will discuss pressing issues related to sustainable development and how Africa and the rest of the world can evolve across SDGs. The SDG track at GITEX AFRICA provides a unique opportunity to connect with like-minded professionals, share insights, and explore innovative solutions to address the most pressing global challenges.
Thursday 01 June
14:00 - 15:00
President
USA
International Society of Precision Agriculture
Investment Director
Factor(e) Ventures
Advisor – Scaling digital Agriculture Innovations though Start-ups (SAIS)
Germany
GIZ
Senior Anchor & Producer
Kenya
CNBC Africa
15:00 - 16:00
Head of Service Development & Innovation
UK
UK Civil Service
Co-Founder & CTO
Rural Inclusion
Director General
Ministry of Agriculture, Maritime Fishing, Rural Development and Water and Forests
Investment Manager
Cote d'Ivoire
Oikocredit
Regional Directorr, CMEA
UAE
ESRI
Building a content distribution network to empower over 20,000 rural agents in fifteen countries to train 2,000,000 small scale farmers by 2028
16:00 - 17:00
Global Cities Alliance, MEA Chairman
Morocco
IEEE
CEO
IRESEN
Director of Development
ONEE (National Electricity and Water Office)
17:00 - 18:00
Country Director
GIZ Morocco
For over 25 years, Dr. Petersen as been a cooperation and leadership leader with credited work in research, advocacy, programme implementation and senior management in public and private sector organisations.
Dr. Petersen holds a master degree in Agricultural Science and a Phd in Environmental Economics.
He held several senior leadership positions as head of Climate program in GIZ HQ, Germany from 2006 to 2011, Country Director in GIZ Mozambique from 2011 to 2014, Director of Water, Energy and Transport Division in GIZ HQ from 2014 to 2018. Since 2018, he is the Country Director at GIZ Morocco.
GITEX AFRICA has charted complimentary shuttle buses on 30th May and 31th May 2023 every hour, on the hour between 12 noon and 10pm.
The bus will transfer from Casablanca Airport to Marrakech Central Bus Station. There are also private transfer buses which offer the same connection between the two cities.
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