Moderator: Ms. Anne-Rachel Inne, Regional Director, Regional Office for Africa, ITU

Welc​ome Remarks:

• ​​​Ms. Anne-Rachel Inne, Regional Director, Regional Office for Africa, ITU ​​
• ​H.E. Julia Niblett, Australian Ambassador to Ethiopia, Non-resident Ambassador to Djibouti, Non-resident Ambassador-designate to Central African Republic, South Sudan, and Representative to the African Union, UNECA and IGAD
• ​Mr. Karl Song, Vice President, Corporate Communications Department, Huawei ​Opening Opening ​Remarks: H.E. Dr. Belete Molla, Minister of Innovation and Technology, Ethiopia

​Launch of the 15 Research Reports and ITU Publication “Build Back Better with Broadband: Research stories from the frontline

• Group Photo

• Keynote: Mr. Cowin Cao, Deputy CEO of Huawei Ethiopia​​
  

ITU/UNESCO Broadband Commission Working Group on Smartphone Access

• Mr. Matthew Harrison-Harvey, Chief External Affairs and Regulatory Officer, Safaricom
  

ITU/World Bank Open Data Initiative

• Mr. Sameer Sharma, Senior Advisor, ITU
• Ms. Alice Munyua, Senior Director, Africa Mradi, Mozilla Corporation
  

​Introduction to Connect2Recover and research competition

• Professor Ahmad Reza Sharafat, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Tarbiat Modares University, I. R Iran
• Mr. Sameer Sharma, Senior Advisor, ITU​