Agenda

Topic: Women-Led SMEs – Catalyst for Scaling Impact in Ghana

Moderator: Percival Ofori  Ampomah, General Manager, Venture Capital Trust Fund

Speaker:

• Barbara Gansah, CEO, Zinari Capital Ltd
• Amma Lartey,  CEO,  Impact Investing Ghana
• SME

Nigeria/Ghana Impact Investment Ecosystem Landscape Study

Partner Dinner: The Future of African Impact Capital

Audience: IIGh strategic partners

Opportunities for Businesses to meet with Impact Funds

• Registration & Welcome Coffee

• Cultural Troupe

• Amma Lartey, CEO, Impact Investing Ghana
• Alex Asiedu, Board Chair of Impact Investing Ghana
• Michael Abbey, Esq., CEO, Venture Capital Trust Fund
• Barnabe Ndarishikanye, Counsellor, Global Affairs Canada
• H.E. Rune Skinnebach, European Union Ambassador

Theme: Capital mobilisation – Mobilizing domestic capital at scale, what does it take?

Moderator: Shirley Somuah, Partner at CardinalStone Capital Advisers (CCA)

Speakers:

• Peter Bawuah,  CIO and MD of Axis Wealth.
• Hamdiya Ismaila – CEO, Savanna Impact Advisors
• Amma Lartey – CEO, IIGh
• Kofi Fynn, Petra

Presentation: Ghana Ecosystem Mapping and Market Sizing Research Report

Speaker: Dr. Benedict Yiyugsah, Senior Knowledge and Policy Officer, IIGh

Theme: Unlock, Invest, Grow: Local Capital Solutions for MSMEs

Moderator: Representative from UNCDF

Speakers:

• Representative from RCO/Representative from 24-hour economy office (TBC)
• Representative from the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) (TBC)
• Representative from Expertise France (TBC)
• MSME selected

Breakout session 2

Theme: Gender Lens investing

Plenary 3: Women at the center of growth: turning gender finance into economic power in Ghana

Moderator: Tony Anderson, Project Manager – Ghana Investment Support Program

Speakers:

• Mirabelle Moreaux, Team Lead – Ghana Investment Support Program
• Nathalie Ebo-Ngogue, Partner – OpenCapital Advisory
• Catherine Krobo Edusei, CEO – Eden Tree
• Freda Donkor, Founder & CEO – Fh dépôt
• Barbara Gansah, CEO, Zinari Capital Ltd

Breakout session 1  – Happening in the deal room hall

Theme: Inclusive financing

Moderator: Obed Ollenu, Investment Associate, IIGh

Investor connect:

To efficiently match high-potential businesses with interested investors by enabling concise, structured pitches and real-time expressions of investment interest, thereby accelerating post-session engagement and capital-raising opportunities.

Breakout session 2

Theme: Inclusive financing

Panel discussion: Why Access to finance is a challenge for agribusinesses, especially women- and youth-led in Ghana

Moderator: Dr. Zakaria Issahaku, Regional Business Value Creation Lead – MEDA West and Central Africa

Speakers:

• George Ayarik, Head, Partnership and Business Development -Vision Fund Micro Credit
• John Scicchitano, Managing Director of Pangaea
• Prof. Sanatu Mustapha Alidu, CEO – Dinmbone Farm Gate
• Eric Akurugu, Snr. Small Business and Financial Services Officer – MEDA GROW2 Project

Breakout session 3

Panel discussion: The Impact of Government Intervention Vs SMEs’ Outcomes.

Moderator: Percival Ofori  Ampomah, General Manager, Venture Capital Trust Fund

Speakers:

• Hon. Kojo Oppong Nkrumah,  Parliamentary Select committee on Finance /Economic and Development & Member of Parliament for Ofoase Ayirebi
• Mr. Louis Kwame Amo, Chief Economics Officer and the Director of Financial Sector Division at the Ministry of Finance
• Mad. Deborah Akyemfra, Securities and Exchange Commission – Deputy Director General, Legal
• Mrs. Phelomina Dsane, GEA – Director, Policy Planning, Research, Monitoring & Evaluation
• John Kwame Menash Zigah, DBG – Deputy CEO, Operations

Breakout session 4

Theme: Financial Sector Development

Panel discussion: Reforming Banking and Microfinance : Mobilising Local Capital to Strengthen Inclusive Finance

Moderator: Yaw Osei Tutu, Partnership Manager IIGh** (ask Hamdiya)

Speakers:

• Kwabena Boamah – Managing Director, Stanbic Investment Management Services
• Sena Dake – Immediate Past President, Institute of Chartered Accountants Ghana
• Anthony Annan – CEO, Impact Advisors Capital
• Prof. Eric Osei-Assibey, Chief Economist – DBG
• Gordon Dery – ARB Apex bank
• GHAMFIN

Breakout session 5

Theme: Climate financing

Panel discussion:  Turning Carbon into Capital: How African SMEs Can Leverage Carbon Markets to Accelerate Growth

Moderator: Ismaila Wiafe, CEO of Greenspace Energy Solutions & ICVCM Expert

Speakers:

• Representative from the Ghana Carbon Market Office (or a designee)
• Dr. Glenn Kwabena Gyimah, General Manager, Jospong Group Green Transition Office
• Pauline Koelbl, CEO, ShEquity (Gender Smart)
• John Akuoko-Tawiah, KPMG, Africa Head and Associate Director – Sustainable Finance

Closing panel to share the highlights of the day, the key learnings and actions to follow up on

one person from each session

Closing remarks:

• Mirabelle Moreaux, Board Vice Chair, IIGh

• Entertainment
• Networking Cocktails