AGENDA
Here's what we have in store for you at this year's Fi Africa!
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Innovative ingredients & Healthy ingredients
Time
Topic
Speaker
Affiliation
11:00 - 11:30
Ingredients Tech
Beshoy Safawat
Quality and food safety Director at Smiley's food industry & Smiley's Bakery
11:30 - 12:00
Innova’s Top 10 Trends for the F&B industry
Anatolis Vozinis
Business Development manager - Innova Market Insights
12:00 - 12:45
Food Safety & Ingredients
Prof. Dr. h.c. Huub Lelieveld
Founder of the European Hygienic Engineering and Design Group (EHEDG)
12:45 - 13:15
Lean Manufacturing in food industry
Ahmed Hussein
African Accreditation Operation Manager at HSA group
13:15 - 13:45
Understanding Functional ingredients and the functional foods consumer in Africa
Emily Ann Smith
Content and Editorial Executive at FMCG Gurus
13:45 - 14:15
Recent and Future Trends in Food Safety Management
Mohamed Mohamady
Managing director at TAKAMOL consulting
14:15 - 14:45
Food Safety cultures within Factories
Aya Amer, Ahmed Sakr & Mohamed Wahby
Regional Quality Lead for MEA, Manager Quality and food safety - Middle East Africa & QFS leader at Mars
14:45 - 15:15
Food Safety Culture Transformation in Egypt
Soud Zaki, John C.Hughes, Dr. Mohamed Abdelfadeel & Mahmoud Basyouny
Quality Product Development VP at Beyti, the Senior Manager, Client Support EMEA at AIB international, Director of The General Department of Factories Control at the National Food Safety Authority (NFSA) & Executive director of the Chamber of Food Industries CFI
15:15 - 15:45
High Quality Cassava Flour and other cassava products from Ghana; a new paradigm in the Global consumer market.
Prof. Charles Tortoe
Chairman of the Cassava Value Chains Strategic Committee (VCSC)
15:45 - 16:15
How the trajectory in Plant Based WILL follow a different path than Western markets
Sanjay Sethi, Stephen Macken
& Leanna Noel Mix
Executive director of PBFIA , Business Development Director, Meat EUM & Director of Marketing, Middle East at Kerry
16:15 - 16:45
Break
16:45 - 17:15
An insight into the vegan food industry
Mrs Passant Fouad & Amr Bishara
External communications director & Marketing director - Juhayna
17:15 - 18:30
MEA market overview and how to position Egypt to source plant protein in the world market
Sanjay Sethi & Khaled Abdelhamid
Executive director of PBFIA & Customer Innovation Manager for Egypt & Levant at Cargill
African markets overview & Africa's current role worldwide
Time
10:30 - 11:00
Topic
The role of the Egyptian Organization for Standardization and Quality in the field of food manufacturing and "Codex"
Speaker
Hanan Fouad Hamed
Affiliation
Head of food standardisation department, EOS
11:00 - 11:30
Food Safety & Quality infrastructure & standards development in Africa
Dr. Ashraf Elzoheiry
ZDC Consulting Managing Director
11:30 - 12:00
Leveraging the Africa Continental Free Trade Area to achieve Food Security in Africa
Rose Ronoh
Economist and Founder of TradeSmart Consult Ltd
12:00 - 12:30
Role of Innovation for Providing Health through Food for Africa
Radwa Bahgat
Marketing Director for Essential Dairy & Plant Based at Danone Egypt
12:30 - 13:00
Transformational leadership in Food business Organizations
Amira Mousa
Sustainability Consultant at B Corp Certificate
13:00 - 13:30
A glimpse on food in the african market
Prof Adewale Olusegun Obadina
Professor of food safety and biotechnology, department of food science and technology, at the federal university of agriculture Nigeria
13:30 - 14:00
TCCIA Roles in Facilitating Trade and Investments with Tanzania
Edmund Mkwawa
Acting president of Tanzania Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture(TCCIA)
14:00 - 14:30
Supply Chain most recent Challenges
Adham Salem
Group Supply Chain & Procurement Director at Wadi Group
14:30 - 15:00
Growth & opportunities in Food Investments in Africa
Mostafa Nabil
Managing Partner at SME Consulting
15:00 - 15:30
Opportunities and challenges of forming and sustaining food science and technology associations in Africa
Dr .George Ooko Abong
President Food Science & Technology Platform of Kenya
15:30 - 16:00
Development of the Food and Beverage Industry in Africa
Dr Bola Osinowo
Vice President- NIFST
16:00 - 16:30
The Egyptian ingredients manufacturing market and the uprising investment opportunities
Ashraf EL Gazayerli
Chairman Chamber of Food Industries - Executive Board Member Unilever Mashreq
16:30 - 17:00
MSMEDA's role in growing starutups in the food manufacturing industry
Ahmed El kenany
Senior Manager - Industrial Projects Department and Technological Support - Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises Development Agency ( MSMEDA)
17:00 - 17:30
Macroeconomy's effect on the food sector
Mohamed Youssef
Chairman & CEO Dcode Economic & Financial Consulting
17:30 - 18:00
Financial opportunities and funding investments
Hoda Sabry
Financing & Banking Expert - EBRD GEFF
18:00 - 18:30
Evolution of food sector trade , and avenue to growth
Heba El Nasharty
Chief strategy and knowledge Officer at Misr Investment & Export Development Co. S.A.E
Women Networking Breakfast 10:00 - 14:00
More information here.
Addressing the food security issue
Time
14:15 - 14:45
Topic
The role of technology in reducing food waste and the economic benefit of it
Speaker
Menna Shahin
Affiliation
Founder of Tekeya App
14:45 - 15:15
How can supply chain solutions help in food security
Dr. Mohamed ElBanna
Supply chain & Logistics Partner – SME Consulting
15:15 - 15:45
Fighting Food Waste -What's in it for me?
Randa Habib
Principal Consultant- RAPID Consultancy
15:45 - 16:15
How are food manufacturers connected to the nutrition programs
Mohamed Elkaramany
Director Egyptian Food Bank Growth Lab
16:15 - 16:45
How food safety & quality standards contribute to food security and sustainability in Africa
Christine L Blackledge
Consultant and Founder of AgraAfrica
16:45 - 17:15
Food safety role when adressing food security
Atef Idriss
CEO MEFOSA
