IsDB Group Private Sector Forum

Panelists

H.E. Dr. Mohamed Maeet

Minister of Finance

Dr. Nada Massoud

Economic Advisor

Mr. Ayman Soliman

Chief Executive Officer

Dr. Mohamed Faried

Chairman

Moderators

Mr. Mamoun Sobeih

President

The Covid-19 pandemic has revealed the importance of international trade to respond to shocks that the world has not been prepared to face. The crisis has caused visible economic damage and reversed many hard-won gains in reducing poverty, with an additional 97 million people pushed into poverty in 2020 alone, according to a study by the World Bank. Had trade not been one of the channels available to mitigate the crisis, this number could have been even worse.

Trade has historically been a remarkable economic development tool. However, its strength is being tested by today’s geopolitical events. The WTO recently forecasted global trade growth could be reduced by half from 4.7% to up to 2.4% this year and identified some of the main transmission channels as being food and energy supply chains. OIC member countries will be some of the most affected.

The Panel Discussion will attempt to seek rigorous contributions to opportunities offered in these areas. Among countries in the various sub-regions, initiatives to further promote trade and investment across borders—the African Continental Free Trade Area, the CIS Free Trade Area, and the Pan-Arab Free Trade Area—can help create an environment conducive to sustainable growth. From a wider perspective, these arrangements enable integration in global value chains (GVCs). Besides, trade’s crosscutting effects in the economy with significant linkages to other sectors can enable social inclusion through supporting SMEs—the backbone of many economies—to take advantage of the opportunities presented by global value chains. Finally, the role of trade through the lenses of transitioning to greener
economies and mitigating the effects of climate change can create new sources of growth.

Panelists

Eng. Hani Salem Sonbol

Chief Executive Officer

Prof. Benedict Oramah

President

Eng. Mohamed El-Sewedy

Chairman

Mr. Mohamed Kassem

Chairman

Mr. Husen Amru Mohamed Rashad

Chief Executive Officer

Moderators

Mr. Adel Mahrouky

Correspondent

Institutional investors, such as pension funds and insurance companies, and Global Asset Managers – are key participants in financial markets, holding more than USD 100 trillion of assets at the end-2019. Most of these assets are invested in bonds and equities. The investments of institutional investors are usually regulated through quantitative investment limits – relatively common for pension funds – or a more principle-based approach, such as for insurance companies in many countries. While the pre-COVID-19 annual financing gap for the SDGs was estimated to amount to USD 2.5 trillion (UNCTAD, 2020) for developing countries, it increased by 50% in 2020 and reached USD 3.7 trillion. Reducing the financing gap for the SDGs requires shifting financial resources toward sustainable development, including from the private sector, as well as greater alignment of all the investment chain with the SDGs. Institutional investors can help by shifting only 3.7% of their assets towards sustainable activities in developing countries would be sufficient to fill the USD 3.7 trillion gap.

The session aims to discuss obstacles preventing global asset managers and institutional investors from increasing their contributions to sustainable development in IsDB MCs, despite the rise of the sustainable investment and ESG agenda worldwide. The event will discuss the catalytic role that MDBs can play as well as the regulatory and financial/capital market development measures that need to be taken to mobilize institutional investor resources.

Key Issues to be addressed:

Increased Allocation by Investments Institutions towards Climate Action/Sustainable Investing
Should Investors Rebalance Portfolios in line with Rising
Inflation?
Role of Global Asset/Fund Managers to support MDBs Efforts to Address SDGs

Speakers

H.E. Dr. Muhammad Sulaiman Al Jasser

Chairman

The global economy was hit hard by the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The World Bank has estimated that the global economy will slow down from 5.5 per cent in 2021 to 4.4 per cent in 2022, down to 3.2 per cent in 2023. The slow down would be caused by the impact of COVID-19, rise in debt, inflation and income inequality which could jeopardize the global economy further.

In this context, The Halal economy is estimated to grow to US$3.2 Trillion by 2024. It is an industry that is quite diverse with products ranging from foods and beverages, pharmaceuticals, tourism, cosmetics, media etc.

To highlight the potential of the halal industry and the opportunities available, the Global Practice and Partnership Directorate of the Islamic Development Bank would organize a side event, during the Private Sector Forum in Egypt, on the side-lines of the IsDB Group Annual Meeting.

The side event will bring renowned industry players, intellectuals, development experts and leading executives in the halal industry to brainstorm and suggest a ‘call to action’ on how to further rejuvenate the halal industry, create more economic opportunities and awareness of the untapped potential offered by the halal economy.

Speakers

Dr. Mansur Muhtar

Vice-President (Operations)

Mr. Hanisofian Alias

Chief Industry Development Officer

Mr. Mohamed Abida

Head, Kuala Lumpur Centre of Excellence

Panelists

Mr. Amer Bukvic

Acting Director General, Global Practice and

Mr. Amel Kovacevic

Chief Executive Officer

Ms. Yvonne Maffei

Founder

Dr. Angitto Abimanyu

Chairman

Mr. Tomás Guerrero

Director

Moderators

Dr. Muhammad Jameel Yusha’u

Lead Strategic Coordinator, Operations Complex

The emerged fintech–based development generates digital ecosystems that accelerate access to finance, and expand and monetize digital footprints.  Financial inclusion is well served by the digital revolution that added new ways of expanding the inclusion of the ‘legible’ into generators of financial assets.

ICD plays a leading role, especially in the post-covid-19 era, in promoting cross-borders innovations and financial services that accelerate the financial recovery of targeted individuals and SMEs via efficient and fast deployments of emerging trends brought by FinTech key players in sectors such as the “digitization”, “Open Banking”, “Blockchain”, and “Big Data”, “Cloud services”, and “NeoBanks”.

Highlighting challenges and opportunities that ensure the Resilience and Sustainability of these FinTech solutions beyond recovery is what this event will address and discuss with experts from both: regulators and service providers.

Efficient FINTECH solutions are key to the development agenda and are a key factor for all member countries.  Learning from each other’s experiences will strengthen the sustainability beyond the recovery.

Speakers

Mr. Ayman Amin Sejiny

Chief Executive Officer

H.E. Dr. Rania Al-Mashat

Minister of International Cooperation

Panelists

Mr. Maged Shawky Sourial

Chairman and Managing Partner

Mr. Hossam Ezz

Chief Executive Officer

Mr. Ahmed Hammouda

Co-Founder

Ms. Nelly Mahmoud

Chief Communication Officer and Head of Youth

Mr. Sharjil Ahmed

Co-Founder & CEO

Moderators

Eng. Hamza A. Alsaktawi

Head of Innovation and Knowledge Management

There is a pressing global need to address climate change, which remains very high on international agendas amid other geopolitical issues and the pandemic. Private sector development is one of the main pillars of the IsDB President’s five-year programme (P5P), and embedding the commercial opportunities and helping corporates and banks make a material difference to support positive climate outcomes is something that can be facilitated by risk mitigation tools.

Egypt has a bold Vision2030 agenda that has sustainability at its heart. It also has the responsibility of hosting COP27 in November in which water poverty, protection of coastal areas, development of sustainable cities and waste management, and other sustainability-related issues will be discussed. Under the Glasgow Pact from COP26, countries have agreed to pledge further carbon cuts with the aim of reaching the 1.5°C goals as set out in the Paris Agreement. All OIC members face similar challenges. This session will highlight how CPRI can underpin infrastructure projects that can improve the environment and social outcomes, with a particular focus on Climate Action.

Private Sector Forum participants will share their related experiences, success stories, and best practices and explore investment and trade opportunities. This is a unique platform to network and establish business relations and partnerships with other leading representatives and counterparts from the business community, banks, development partners, and governments.

Panelists

Dr. Dalia Abdel Kader

Chief Sustainability Officer

Mr. Andre Permana

Director of Business

Mr. Sanjeev Gupta

Executive Director, Financial Services

Mrs. Manal Hassan

Director of Group Sustainability

Moderators

Mr. Sylvain Merlen

Deputy Resident Representative

The world is facing unprecedented pressures from the global pandemic, geopolitical conflict and the ongoing pressure of climate change, all of which continue to blight global supply chains and increase price pressures. This important discourse on the private sector’s level of engagement both with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and Egypt Vision 2030 must be balanced and assessed to ensure that the private sector maximises its full potential as an agent of change and galvanises action for development and investment to reflect the reality of a changing world.

The roundtable session aims to redefine the role and value of the private sector in both the development and FDI agenda and empower private sector stakeholders to prioritise trade and investment to bolster beleaguered supply chains amid the pandemic and geopolitical challenges and also be mindful of SDGs, take bolder actions and catalyse the participation of others.

Speakers

Mr. Oussama Kaissi

Chief Executive Officer

Eng. Hani Salem Sonbol

Chief Executive Officer

Mr. Ayman Amin Sejiny

Chief Executive Officer

Eng. Ahmed El Sewedy

President & CEO

Moderators

Dr. Nada Massoud

Economic Advisor

The increasing use of renewable energy sources holds out promising opportunities for combating global warming. Wind and solar energy are dependent on weather conditions. So the main difficulty at present lies in managing the difficult balance between electricity generation that is now more variable and demand that fluctuates with consumer behaviour, and the increasing use of electric vehicles and new technologies. Storage offers both a way to save surplus energy for future use and a source of additional power when demand exceeds production, and hence acts as an essential enabler of the energy transition.

Hydrogen and fuel cell technologies also have significant potential to enable this transition to a clean, low-carbon energy system. Hydrogen is making rapid advances in energy transition. However, the pathways it is going to take for the future is yet unclear. There are ongoing critical discussions on the investments regarding blue and green hydrogen with technical, economical, geographical, regulatory and environmental factors influencing the decision making.

Within the side event, a distinguished expert panel of speakers will include key stakeholders from PPP unit, private sector, development financial institution as well as legal and technical consultants to leverage their collective wisdom and experience in the three areas critical for green transition: technology, finance and policy. The panelists will share their experience and lessons learned from implementing PPPs in the energy sector, highlight the recent developments and advances in the green energy sector, and discuss the steps required to fast track PPP projects to advance the clean energy agenda within the developing and emerging markets.

The key sub-topics will be as follows:

Needs and expectations of various stakeholders for successful PPP projects: Measures required to encourage private sector financing in a country’s transition towards cleaner energy
Looking beyond the conventional renewables: Recent developments and bankability considerations in unlocking potential of new emerging technologies to fast-track the green energy transition
Islamic financing to enable the green energy transition: Application of Islamic financing in PPP projects and its harmonized co-existence with conventional financing

Panelists

EGYPT – Mr. Atter Ezzat Mohamed Hannoura

Director PPP Central Unit

Mr. Nicolas Thévenot

Managing Director & Head, Corporate Banking

Mr. Mohamed Berrada

Manager, Project Finance

Mr. Mohammed Atif

Area Manager – Middle East and Africa, Energy Systems

Mr. Mohamed Hamra-Krouha

Partner

Moderators

Mr. Ziad Hayek

Vice Chair/President/Ex-Secretary General

Products such as Ijarah, Musharakah and Sukuk have often been used in developed Islamic economies to fund public-private partnership projects successfully. However, the private sector may consider other untraditional modes of financing, such as Crowdfunding. Can debt crowdfunding be a reliable source for SMEs? How often do the corporates rely on trade-based financing like Murabahah? Are we witnessing a rise of Islamic finance solutions based on participatory modes for funding? Is the over-reliance of the private sector on bilateral loans justifiable? Should the private sector consider other modes of financing, such as sukuk? Can Islamic project finance serve the financing needs of infrastructure development projects?

Learn more about Ijarah, Musharakah and Sukuk and their applications in today’s world from the expert speakers who will be joining from various facets of Islamic Finance.

Speakers

Mr. Ayman Amin Sejiny

Chief Executive Officer

H.E. Dr. Perry Warjiyo

Governor

Panelists

Dr. Abdulkader Thomas

Chief Executive Officer

Mr. Walid Al-Murshed

Head

Ms. Eman Wahby

General Partner

Mr. Ikbal Daredia

Advisor to CEO

Moderators

Ms. Cornelia Meyer

Business Consultant

Digitisation has been brought to the fore on many agendas amid the global pandemic, and while certain areas of investment in digital progress have been stalled, others have advanced and highlighted by physical dislocations of the pandemic. The digitisation agenda is twofold – digitisation of physical processes and of finance to support supply chains. The importance of digitising trade and commerce is paramount – not least because it can help improve supply chain management, vital in a time of geopolitical change, and also it can be used to improve transparency and combat bad practices. Digitisation of the global trade ecosystem has long been a goal, but there have been tangible developments in the region, not least the adoption by some players, such as Abu Dhabi of new enabling umbrella legislation (UNCITRAL’s MLETR), which shows progress in digitising physical trade, vital in the modern economy.

In this session, we will have experts, discuss the transforming landscape of Finance and Investment.

Speakers

Mr. Oussama Kaissi

Chief Executive Officer

Dr. Sharif Farouk

Chairperson

Panelists

Mr. Mohamad Kateeb

President, Middle East & Africa and

Mr. Osama Bukhari

Chief Executive Officer

Dr. Rasha Negm

Assistant Sub-governor – FinTech and Innovation

Mr. Emeka Onyia

Senior Manager, Innovation and Product Development

Mr. Ahmed Mansour

Executive Secretary General

Moderators

Mr. Rafiuddin Shikoh

Chief Executive Officer

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About The Event

About The Event

Previous Private Sector Forums

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Highlights on IsDB Group Private Sector Forum

Agenda

Opening Remarks & CEOs Session: Repositioning the Development Priorities for the Private Sector

Registration

Opening Ceremony

Official Launch Video

CEOs Session: Repositioning the Development Priorities for the Private Sector

Different Modes of Financing for Private Sector Projects

Networking Coffee Break

Digital Transformation in Support of Finance and Investment

Presentation Session 1: E- Finance Investment

Catalyzing Growth through Green Finance, Path to Resilience and Sustainability

E- Finance Investment & Catalyzing Growth through Green Finance, Path to Resilience and Sustainability

Official Inauguration by the Guest of Honor

Close of IsDB Group Private Sector Forum – Day 1

Dialogue with H.E. the Prime Minister of the Arab Republic of Egypt (Sinaa Hall)

Towards Balanced Recovery: The Role of Economic and Investment Zones in Achieving Resilience and Sustainability

Evolving Trade Towards Regional Cooperation, Sustainability and Inclusivity

Credit and Political Risk Insurance in Facilitating Climate Action

Networking Coffee Break

Beyond Recovery: the Resilience and Sustainability of the Emerging Fintech Solutions

Award Ceremony – FinLit Egypt

Accelerating the Green Energy Transition through PPPs

Presentation Session 2

Private Sector Forum Press Conference

Arab Organization for Industrialization, Egypt & Climate Mitigation Finance, Means and Tools to mitigate with the New Climate Targets of Carbon Print

Close of IsDB Group Private Sector Forum – Day 2

Rejuvenating Halal Industry, Creating Economic Opportunities

Country Presentations – PPP Project Pipeline

Presentation: Ministry of Public Business Sector

Country Presentation: investment mapping of Egypt, priorities, and opportunities – GAFI

Presentation No 4

Networking Coffee Break

Sustainable Investing in IsDB Member Countries: Mobilizing Institutional Investors and Global Asset Managers for Financing Sustainable Development in IsDB MCs – Opportunities and Challenges

Increased Allocation by Investments Institutions towards Climate Action/Sustainable Investing

Should Investors Rebalance Portfolios in line with Rising Inflation?

Role of Global Asset/Fund Managers to support MDBs Efforts to Address SDGs

Signing of Projects and Financing Agreements

SMEs/FinTech Presentations

Close of IsDB Group Private Sector Forum – Day 3

Target Audience

Launching

New Initiatives

in OIC Member Countries

Digital Country Presentations

Made In…Series

Startups Virtual Pitch Competition

IsDB Group Private Sector Entities Support to Overcome COVID-19 in Member Countries

IsDB Group Private Sector Forum (PSF 2022) Functions

Official Inauguration

Panel Discussions

Side Exhibitions

Country Presentations

Networking B2B and B2G

Trade and Investment Roundtables

Investors & Partners Lounge

SMEs/FinTech Presentations

Signing of Projects and Financing Agreements

High-level Networking Reception

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