| 10.15 – 12.00 | Leadership Debate: Mind the Digital Gap. Funding an inclusive digital society – from infrastructure to data - This High level Debate will examine the various investments opportunities and funding challenges in deploying ICT networks, providing access and supporting the development of new services and applications to bolster access to knowledge in the digital world and reduce the digital gap.
- How to address the investment gap and sustain the development of the knowledge society?
- Setting favorable conditions for investment in ICTs to flourish, whose responsibility is it? Who are the investors today?
- What are the new strategies for industry players?
- Market consolidation from infrastructure to content
- Financial inclusion: defining a gender inclusive approach to investment and funding in the digital world
- What are the policy and regulatory requirements to secure funding in all layers? What can regulators do?
- How can international cooperation facilitate investment and funding?
Interactive panel discussion
Panelists: - Mr Lin Mombo, President of the Regulatory Board, ARCEP, Gabon and GSR-15 Chair - Mr Bocar Ba, Chief Executive Officer, Samena Telecommunications Council
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15.45 – 17.00 | Session 2 - Mobile payment debate: an empowering tool- This debate will see panelists share their views on mobile money and financial inclusion.
- How to reduce the costs of digital transactions and mobile payments?
- Why is mobile money important for consumers?
Financial inclusion through mobile
services
- Domestic and international payments, cooperation between telecom and banking regulators (central banks) and the need for international cooperation
- What standards are available to secure transactions?
- What is the role of consumers? Mobile payment, an empowering tool for women?
Interactive panel discussion
Panelists:
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