Simulation Roundtable
- 12 June 2026
UN Conference Centre, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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📅 Date: Friday, 12 June 2026
⏰ Time: 12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. (EAT)
The Simulation Roundtable is ADIF’s highly interactive, scenario-based engagement mechanism for policy design and implementation, where stakeholders collectively test the operational feasibility of policy prototypes and best-practice solutions. It forces discussions to move beyond recommendations and create realistic implementation pathways that clarify governance structures, financing frameworks, institutional responsibilities, and delivery sequencing.
Moderator: Karima Bounemra Ben Soltane, Director of IDEP, UNECA
Representatives
- Mr Eric Armel N’doumba, Telecommunications Advisor to the Minister and Coordinator of the African Center for Research in Artificial Intelligence, Gov Rep
- Chema Triki, Managing Director of Growth Teams (Think Tank Rep)
- Professor Banji Oyelaran- Oyeyinka, Development Economist and Industrialisation & Technology Policy Expert, at Open University and Former Special Advisor on Industrialisation AfDB (DFI Rep)
Wan Nor Aida Binti Wan Azmi, Joint Managing Director & Partner, PEMANDU (Private Sector Rep)
Speakers
Moderators
Main Event Sessions
Thematic Solution Session: Creative Industries and Job Creation
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Thematic Solution Session: From Extraction to Jobs: Building Youth-Centred Green Mineral Value Chains in Africa
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Thematic Solution Session: Promoting High-Growth Youth Entrepreneurship for Job Creation
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Thematic Solution Session: Unlocking Regional Value Chains: Empowering Youth-Led Enterprises to Thrive under the AfCFTA
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Thematic Solution Session: AI and Jobs in Africa: Opportunity or Disruption?
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Thematic Solution Session: Skills Development, Education and Workforce Preparedness
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Thematic Solution Session: Industries of the Future – Transformative & Labour-Intensive Sectors
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Simulation Roundtable
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