CALENDAR Big Tech
09:45 – 10:00
Why Build Closer Ties Between India and Africa Now? — From Complementarity to Co-Creation
Parminder Vir, OBE
Championing the Ingenuity and Creativity of Entrepreneurs Reimagining Africa | Catalyzing a Movement for Africa’s Growth 📈
10:00 – 10:30
Africa & the Global South: The New Global Geography of Innovation
Delphin Barankanira
Agentic AI Partner Strategy Lead | GenAI Ambassador, EMEA — Google
10:30 – 11:00
Official Inauguration
Sofiene Hemissi
Minister of Communications Technology
SKANDER Haddar
CEO of TPM Events, Organizer of BIGTECH Africa
11:15 – 12:15
From the India AI Impact Summit to Africa: Building a Shared Agenda for AI Sovereignty
Alioune Sall
Former Minister of Communications, Telecommunications, and the Digital Economy
12:15 – 12:45
Transform Without Changing Everything: The BizTech Manifesto for Propelling the Company Forward While Preserving Its DNA
12:45 – 13:45
Frugal AI: How India and Africa Are Charting a Different Path of Innovation.
Moderator
Parminder Vir, OBE
Championing the Ingenuity and Creativity of Entrepreneurs Reimagining Africa | Catalyzing a Movement for Africa’s Growth 📈
Speakers
Serish Venkata Gandikota
Co-Founder and Co-Lead of the Frugal AI Hub — Cambridge Judge Business School
13:50 – 14:10
Health 5.0 in Africa: From Technological Dependence to Strategic Control
Clémentine Langlois
Founder & President - SKEPSOS
14:15 – 15:15
Generative AI vs. Industrial DeepTech: Where Should Capital Really Flow, and Who Is Funding the Path to Market?
11:15 – 12:00
Robotics and AI in Healthcare, Agriculture, the Creative Industries, Cybersecurity, and Education — What Opportunities for "Hybrid Africa"? Workshop
Amit Kumar Pandey
Robotics and AI scientist and innovator, president of Socients AI and Robotics
12:00 – 12:45
Robotics and AI (use cases) Invited Talks—On technical and real-world solutions and use cases
12:45 – 13:30
Robotics and AI
13:30 – 14:30
Advanced Air Mobility and the Integration of Drone Systems into Urban, Suburban, and Rural Environments.
Moderator
Issam Bouzid
International expert in aviation safety and air navigation
14:30 – 15:30
BizTech Transformation: Why Some Companies Succeed… and Others Fail
Moderator
Feriel Chouchene
University professor and ATFP instructor
15:30 – 16:15
Executive Sessions: Among Peers, Without Suppliers (Closed Sessions)
16:15 – 17:00
Executive Sessions: Among Peers, Without Suppliers (Closed Sessions)
11:15 – 12:00
Cathagène Panel: Health Tech
12:00 – 12:45
Use Case: Banking - Credit Scoring with AI
12:45 – 13:30
Democratizing Autonomous Cybersecurity
Adel Amri
Founder and CTO | Architecting Secure Agent-Based AI and Autonomous Systems
13:30 – 14:15
«Why African Tech Doesn't Need More Innovation, but a Better Go-to-Market Strategy"
14:15 – 15:00
Searchinform Workshop
09:00 – 17:00
Data/AI Project Scope Definition & Management
Training
10:00 – 12:00
Vs & Startups
12:00 – 13:00
North and South — The Trilateral Alliance: When the North Serves the South–South Agenda
13:00 – 13:20
From Shanghai to Africa: WAICO's 10 founding countries take action
13:20 – 14:05
AI in Fintech: Between External Attacks and Internal Controls, Who's Really in Charge?
14:30 – 15:30
Applied DeepTech: Can African Healthcare and Agriculture Skip Straight to Cutting-Edge Innovation?
10:00 – 11:00
Diaspora 3.0: The digital diaspora that never left but has already built everything
11:00 – 12:00
The CIO Confronts the Reality of AI: What Shadow IT Reveals
12:00 – 12:45
Microfinance 2.0: Can AI, digital identity, and integrated credit replace traditional trust?
12:45 – 13:45
Smart & Resilient Cities: Governance and Financing for the Cities of Tomorrow …
Moderator
Borhene Dhaouadi
Architect and Consultant in Urban Planning & Mobility; Smart & Resilient Cities; Urban PPP Projects
Speakers
Atef Majdoub
President of the IGPPP
Jean Christophe Bonnois
Chief Executive Officer — SALN
13:45 – 14:30
RTCA Panel
14:30 – 15:15
South-South Agritech: From Field to Market
15:15 – 16:00
Esprit Workshop
16:00 – 16:30
Awards Ceremony, TAIS
10:00 – 10:45
USEFUL AI - Not Just Hype, but Results
10:45 – 11:30
From Decentralized Solar Power to a Viable Business Model
11:30 – 12:15
Digital Healthcare: The Indian Experience and What Africa Can Learn From It
12:15 – 12:45
AI-Native Security Operations
13:30 – 14:15
Borhen Workshop
09:00 – 13:00
AI Agents for Businesses
Adel Amri
Founder and CTO | Architecting Secure Agent-Based AI and Autonomous Systems
14:00 – 18:00
AI & CYBERSECURITY: From Offensive AI to Defensive AI
Youssef Laarouchi
Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), Ph.D., HDR. — Expert in strategic cybersecurity, speaker, and executive mentor