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1. High Level Side Event at the Third International Conference on Financing for Development
“Leveraging pension funds for financing infrastructure development in Africa”
Co-organised by OSAA and OECD
15 July 2015, 3:30-6:00pm - Africa Hall, Economic Commission for Africa, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
PROGRAMME
Opening Session
3:30-4:05pm Welcome remarks:
 Mr. Maged Abdelaziz, Under-Secretary-General and Special Adviser on Africa
(OSAA)
 Mr. Angel Gurría, OECD Secretary-General
 Mr. Carlos Lopes, Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary, Economic
Commission for Africa
 Dr. Ibrahim Assane Mayaki, CEO of The NEPAD Agency
 Dr. Elham M.A. Ibrahim, African Union Commissioner for Infrastructure
Keynote address: His Excellency, Mr. Macky Sall, President of the Republic of
Senegal and Chair of the NEPAD Heads of State and Government Orientation
Committee (HSGOC) (TBC)
Moderator:
Mr. Maged
Abdelaziz, Under-
Secretary-General
and Special Adviser
on Africa
Ministerial Segment
4:05-4:20pm  Statement by Mr. Vincent Seretse, Minister of Trade and Industry of Botswana Moderator:
Mr. Maged
Abdelaziz
High Level Policy Dialogue
4:20-4:40pm  Statement by Mr. Erik Solheim, Chair of the OECD Development Assistance
Committee
 Statement by Ambassador Lisa Kubiske, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for
International Finance and Development, USA
 Statement by Ms. Olajobi Makinwa, Chief, Anti-Corruption & Transparency and
Africa, United Nations Global Compact
Moderator:
Mr. Maged
Abdelaziz
High Level Expert Dialogue
4:40-5:00pm  Statement by Dr. Renosi Mokate, Chair of the Board of Trustees and
Chairperson of the Investment Committee, Government Employee Pension Fund,
South Africa
 Statement by Ms. Chinelo Anohu-Amazu, Managing Director, PenCom, Nigeria
Moderator:
Mr. Maged
Abdelaziz
5:00-6:00pm Q&A and interactive discussion