TENTATIVE PROGRAM

DAY 1 (13TH AUGUST 2015)

TIME
08:00 - 09:45 AM
10:00 - 10:05 AM
10:05 - 10:15 AM

ACTIVITY
ARRIVAL, REGISTRATION & TEA
REMARKS
ARRIVAL OF THE GUEST OF
HONOUR

10:15 - 10:20 AM NATIONAL ANTHEM

10:20 10:30 AM INTRODUCTORY REMARKS AND
ORIENTATION OF THE WHOLE
EVENT
10:30 10:35 AM REMARKS ON BEHALF OF COORGANISERS
10:35 - 10:45 AM

WELCOMING REMARKS

10:45 - 11:15 AM

KEYNOTE ADDRESS

11:15 - 11:25 AM

GROUP PHOTO AND EXHIBITION

BOOTHS
DEPARTURE OF THE GUEST OF
HONOUR

11:25 - 11:35 AM
11:35 -11:55 AM
11:55 - 12:00 PM

TEA/COFFEE BREAK
RECAP

12:00 - 13:00 PM

SESSION 1: Tanzanias
transformation: Business
environment, Skills for
competitiveness and export trade
Filling skills gaps in large, medium,
and small enterprises in Tanzania

SPEAKER
All
MC
H.E. Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete,
President of the United Republic of
Tanzania
MC
Ambassador Liberata Mulamula,
Permanent Secretary, Ministry of
Foreign Affairs
H.E Filiberto Ceriani Sebregondi,
Ambassador of EU in Tanzania
(Head of EC Delegation)
Hon. Bernard K. Membe, Minister
for Foreign Affairs and International
Cooperation
H.E Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete,
President of The United Republic of
Tanzania
MC
H.E. Dr. Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete
President of the United Republic Of
Tanzania
All
MC
SPEAKERS
Mr. Ali Mufuruki, CEOs Roundtable,
Mr. Richard Miles, Representative of
US Chamber of Commerce in
Tanzania;
Ms. Virginia Blasser, Deputy US
Ambassador to Tanzania;
Dr. Silencer Mapuranga, Trade and
Industrial Development Economist,
ITC Region of Africa;

13:00 - 14:00 PM

LUNCH BREAK & EXHIBITION

BOOTHS

Moderator: Ambassador Joseph

Sokoine, Director of Department of
Europe and Americas, MoFAIC
All

14:00 - 15:30 PM

SESSION 2: The Experiences of

Partnership and Building
Relationship between the Diaspora
and Local SMEs versus the
Financing of SMEs in Tanzania

SPEAKERS
Dr. Consolatha Ishebabi, Director of
SMEs, Ministry of Industry and
Trade;
SMEs Rep: Modesta MahigaMbughuni; Managing Director of
Professional Approach Group
Banking Perspective: Azania Bank,
Peoples Bank of Zanzibar (PBZ);
Moderator: Mr. Raymond Mbilinyi,
Executive Secretary of Tanzania
National Business Council (TNBC)

15:30 - 16:00 PM
16:00 - 17:30 PM

COFFEE AND EXHIBITION

BOOTHS
SESSION 3: Tanzanias economic
transformation: Local content,
supply chains, and probable
prospects for SMEs in Tanzania

SPEAKERS
Mr. Mohamed Jafari, Zanzibar
Business Council (ZBC)
Diaspora Rep: Mr. Prince Katega,
Diaspora Birmingham UK;
Mr. Godfrey Simbeye, Tanzania
Private Sector Foundation (TPSF)
Mr. Jumanne Sagini, Permanent
Secretary, TAMISEMI

17:30 18:00 PM
18:00 - 21:00 PM

RECAP & CLOSING REMARKS

COCKTAIL

Moderator: Ambassador Celestine

Mushy, Director of the Department
of Multilateral Cooperation
MC
ALL

DAY 2 (14TH AUGUST 2016)

TIME
08:00 - 08:30 AM
08:30 - 08:45 AM

ACTIVITY
ARRIVAL & TEA/COFFEE
INTRODUCTORY REMARKS

09:00 - 10:00 AM

SESSION 1: The Industrial

Revolution of Tanzania: Identifying
the Roles and Responsibility of
Diaspora in the Growth of Tanzania
SMEs

All
Ambassador Liberata Mulamula,
Permanent Secretary, Ministry of
Foreign Affairs
SPEAKERS
H.E Lu Youqing, Chinese
Ambassador to Tanzania,

Eng. Omari Bakari, Director

General, Small Industries
Development Organisation (SIDO),
Mrs. Bengi Issa, Executive
Secretary, National Economic
Empowerment Council (NEEC)
Moderator: Ambassador Mbelwa
Kairuki, Director of the Department
of Asia and Australasia

10:00 - 11:00 AM

SESSION 2: Opportunities in
Tanzania; From Investment to
Employment

SPEAKERS:
Tanzania Investment Centre (TIC);
Mr. Salum Nasor, Zanzibar
Investment Promotion Authority
(ZIPA);
National Housing Corporation (NHC),
Ms. Zawadia Nanyaro, Director of
Investment Promotion and
Facilitation, Export Processing Zone's
Authority (EPZA)

11:00 - 11:30 AM

SESSION 3: Showcasing success:

Tanzania Diaspora success stories
on re-establishing in Tanzania

Moderator: Ms. Rosemary Jairo,

Acting Director, Department of
Diaspora
SPEAKERS
Mr. Slim Slim, CEO Green Park
Village (T) Ltd, Bagamoyo, Tanzania
Dr. James Mataragio, MD,
Tanzania Petroleum Development
Corporation (TPDC),
Ms. Hafsa Mbamba, Tourism Sector
- Zanzibar

11:30 - 12:00 PM
12:30 - 13:30 PM

13:30 -14:00 PM
14:00 - 14:15 PM

COFFEE BREAK AND EXHIBITION

BOOTHS
SESSION 4: SMEs and diasporas
interactive session: Playing to
respective strengths, exploring
partnerships, building
relationshipsSpeed networking
CLOSING SPEECH

Moderator: Hassan Hafidh, Former

Diaspora, Co-ordinator of Diaspora,
Presidents Office, Zanzibar
All
Facilitator:
Mr. Chukwu-Emeka Chikezie, ITC
Consultant:
H.E. Dr. Ali Mohamed Shein,
President of Zanzibar

GROUP PHOTO (Guest of Honour,

Organizer, Diaspora Leaders and
Diaspora themselves)

MC

07:25- 07:35 PM

ARRIVAL OF THE GUEST OF

HONOUR

Hon. Mizengo Peter Pinda (MP),

Prime Minister
The United Republic Of Tanzania

07:35 - 07:45 PM
07:45 - 08:00 PM

ENTERTAINMENT
REMARKS

All
Hon. Mizengo Peter Pinda (MP),
Prime Minister
The United Republic Of Tanzania

14:15 - 15:15 PM
GALA DINNER

DAY 3: 15th August 2015: Proposed trip to Zanzibar

For registration and details of the conference visit http://www.tzdiaspora.org