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

11:00 - 11:30

Topic

 Opening Ceremony and formal speeches

Speaker

Affiliation

11:30 - 12:00

 Ingredients Tech

 Beshoy Safawat

Quality and food safety Director at Smiley's food industry & Smiley's Bakery

12:00 - 12:30

A guide to Circular Food Manufacturing

 Ahmed Hussein

Operation Manager  HSA group / Lean Manufacturing

12:30 - 13:00

How to the fight wheat crisis and increase the production of cereal crops: Regenerative Food production through biodynamic agriculture methods

Dalia Samy

(TCB)

Chamber of cereals industry

13:00 - 13:30

The power of alternative ingredients for Healthy Products

Adel Ismail

Quality, R&D and Regulatory Affair Director at Hero Middle East & Africa

13:30 - 14:00

Understanding Functional ingredients and the functional foods consumer in Africa

Will Cowling

FMCG Gurus

14:00 - 14:30

Application of Modern Technologies for Functional Foods

Mohamed Mohamady

Director of Assessment and Quality Assurance - Egyptian Government Excellence Award - Ministry of Planning and Economic Development Managing director at TAKAMOL consulting

14:30 - 15:00

Food Safety cultures within Factories

Ahmed Sakr

Manager Quality and food safety - Middle East Africa at Mars

15:00 - 15:30

Break

15:30 - 16:00

Growth opportunities and winning strategies when entering a new market

Sanjay Sethi

Plant based food indsutry association (India)

16:00 - 16:30

Plant based protein to replace animal protein 

Dr.Mohamed Abdelgawad

Tiba Startch & Glucose

16:30 - 17:00

Rising Plant Based Foods: Getting Ready to Cater to the $100 Billion Export Opportunity

Sanjay Sethi

Plant based food indsutry association (India)

17:00 - 17:30

The ecofriendly aspect of plant-based manufacturing

Ahmed Gharib

(TBC)

Head of R&D Americana

17:30 - 18:00

Plant based meat

(TBC)

(TBC)


African markets overview & Africa's current role worldwide

Time

11:00 - 11:30

Topic

Africa, the new food map for F&B manufacturing

Speaker

(TBC)

Affiliation

(TBC)

11:30 - 12:00

Leveraging the Africa Continental Free Trade Area to achieve Food Security in Africa

 Rose Ronoh 

Trade Economist

12:00 - 12:30

Food Safety & Quality infrastructure & standards development in Africa

 Dr. Ashraf Elzoheiry

ZDC Consulting Manging Director  \ Food Safety Culture

12:30 - 13:00

Transformational leadership in Food business Organizations 

 Amira Mousa

Sustainability Consultant at B Corp Certificate

13:00 - 13:30

The Growth of Dairy Market in Africa 

Amgad ElKady

Executive General Manager. Organization Food and Agro Industries Technology Center (FAITC),Technology and industrial Innovation Centers (TIC),Ministry of Trade and Industry – Egypt.

13:30 - 14:00

The Growth of the African seasoning and spices market 

(TBC)

(TBC)

14:00 - 14:30

Supply Chain

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 SME consulting

15:00 - 15:30

Break

15:30 - 16:00

Macroeconomy's effect on the food sector 

Mohamed Youssef

Chairman & CEO Dcode Economic & Financial Consulting

16:00 - 16:30

Financial opportunities and funding investments 

Hoda Sabry

Financing & Banking Expert - EBRD GEFF

16:30 - 17:00

Evolution of food sector trade , and avenue to growth 

Tamer Mosalam

Chief Executive Officer & Board MemberMisr Investment & Export Development Co. S.A.ESubsidery of Egyptian Banks Consortio 

17:00 - 17:30

Intra Country trade : Egypt F&B exports 

Mamdouh Issa

(TBC)

Women Networking Lunch 10:30 - 14:00

Addressing the food security issue

Time

14:30 - 15:00

Topic

How can supply chain solutions help in food security

Speaker

Dr. Mohamed ElBanna

Affiliation

New Suez Canal Marine Logistics Managing Partner

15:00 - 15:30

The rise of food prices in Africa: How to stabilize food prices

(TBC)

(TBC)

15:30 - 16:00

How are food manufcaturers connected to the nutirition programs

Mohamed Elkaramany

Director Egyptian Food Bank Growth Lab

16:00 - 17:00

Food safety role when adressing food security

Atef Idriss

CEO MEFOSA