05:00PM - 05:15PM

Opening: Cátia Batista, Scientific Director of NOVAFRICA

Professor Cátia Batista is Associate Professor of Economics at the Nova SBE, where she is also Founder and Scientific Director of the NOVAFRICA Knowledge Center. Her research work centers on international migration and remittance flows, financial inclusion, entrepreneurship, technology adoption, education and policy evaluation, having taught at the University of Chicago, University of Oxford, Trinity College Dublin, and Notre Dame University.

She is currently a Research Fellow at the international research centers CReAM (London, UK), IZA (Bonn, Germany) and JPAL Europe (Paris, France). Previously, Cátia worked at the International Monetary Fund and at the Portuguese Catholic University, and consulted for the World Bank and the International Growth Center.

She holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the Department of Economics of the University of Chicago.

05:15PM - 05:30PM

Keynote Speaker: Stephen Karingi, Director Regional Integration and Trade Division of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)

Dr. Karingi is Director of the Regional Integration and Trade Division of the Economic Commission for Africa. Prior to joining the United Nations, Mr. Karingi was a Senior Analyst and the Head of Macroeconomics Division in the Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA). Before KIPPRA he served as a Lecturer of Economics at Egerton University.

Dr. Karingi was a recipient of the Zolt-Gilburne Visiting Fellowship of the International Tax Programme of the Harvard Law School in 2001 and the winner of the 2013 Alan A. Powell Award in recognition of his contribution to Global Economic Analysis issues from an African perspective. Today, he is a member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of African Trade. Dr. Karingi also served as a member of the High Level Board of Experts on the Future of Global Trade Governance, and is presently serving in the High Level Group on Trade that analyses EU-Africa relations.

Paco Moreno, Founder and President of ADS (Acción, Desarollo Sostenibilidad) ONG

ADS - Acción, Desarrollo y Sostenibilidad is an ONG focused in development based in Spain and founded in 2005, working in green cooperation projects since 2007 in Ethiopia, with the aim of improving and extending access to basic services in impoverished areas.

Prior to creating ADS, Paco Moreno worked as a legal adviser, having also given numerous lectures in universities such as the IE University, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Universidad Francisco de Vitoria, Universidad de Almería y Universitat Jaume I. Likewise, he was also motivational speaker at the youth values congress LQDVI.

Paco is a Doctor of Law (J.D.) Financial and Tax Law from Universidad de Granada.

Topic of discussion: Creation of service hubs in rural Africa.

Jessica Matavele, Changemaker Lab Local Manager in Girl MOVE Academy

"What if we could break the cycles of poverty that limit the future of millions of young girls and women in Mozambique?"

Girl MOVE presents itself as an academy that envisages to educate and prepare women to become leaders, by adopting innovative and cutting-edge models of teaching that bolster more inclusive ways of thinking and acting. The academy centers its activities in empowering women via mentorship and impactful sharing between generations, harvesting their talent to expedite their careers as advocates of gender equality.

Prior to joining Girl MOVE, Jessica did an internship at Brisa, in the context of 2020 Exchange Lab promoted by Girl Move Academy, contributing to a project that aims to reduce greenhouse gases emission through a process of decarbonization. She has a BSc in Engineering and Management of Petroleum Resources by Universidade Técnica de Moçambique.

Topic of discussion: How to help women to be more independent in such a way that indirectly reduces poverty?

Tijan L. Bah, Resident Fellow at the Navarra Center for International Development

Resident Fellow at the Navarra Center for International Development, having obtained his Ph.D. in Economics at Nova School of Business and Economics and Universite Paris 1 Pantheon Sorbonne, within the European Doctorate Degree in Economics Erasmus Mundus Framework.

His main research interests include development and migration economics, while also delving into labour economics and policy evaluation. He has a track record in research related to information and irregular migration using randomized controlled trials and lab-in-the field experiments.

Topic of discussion: Role of migration and remittances in promoting economic development.

Moderation: Vítor Cavalcante, Research Assistant at NOVAFRICA

Our first moderator, Vítor, is a graduate of the Master's in Economics at Nova SBE. He is deeply passionate about development economics topics, having worked as a research assistant for NOVAFRICA in Gambia in the Summer of 2019, in a project related to illegal migration. Likewise, he is currently a research assistant for a NOVAFRICA project, while also working as a research assistant at Insper and at the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano in projects focused on development economics in Brazil and Sierra Leone, respectively.

His main research interests are international migration and early-childhood development.

William K. Kingi, Mombasa County Deputy Governor, Kenya

A Human Resource Management expert, holds a PhD and MSc in Human Resource Management (JKUAT). Dr. William Kingi is also Chairperson of Jumuia ya Kaunti za Pwani (JKP) Secretariat, which coordinates the activities of JKP, a regional economic block formation of Kenya’s six coastal counties (Mombasa, Kwale, Kilifi, Lamu, Tana River & Taita Taveta).

Prior to becoming the Deputy Governor, Dr. Kingi was the Dean of the School of Business and Senior Lecturer of Human Resource Management at the Technical University of Mombasa, while also having served in various Administrative and Management positions.

Topic of discussion: Informal and casual employment: is it productive? Can the government step in?

Duarte Pinto, CEO Sumol + Compal

President of the Executive Committee (CEO) at SUMOL + COMPAL since 2009. Before that date he held board and management roles in different companies at the Sumol Group (1999-2008). Previously, he was Administrative and Finance Manager at Compaq Computer Portugal (1997-1999) and Digital Equipment Portugal (1996-1997), as well as Finance Manager at Pepsi-Cola International (1994-1996) .

He holds a BSc in Business Administration (1983 - 1988) from Universidade Católica Portuguesa, an MBA in International Management at the same university (1992-1994) and a Graduate Diploma in Business Management from INDEG/ISCTE (2004 - 2005).

Topic of discussion: The importance of local production in developing markets: everybody wins?

Fahiz Baba Yara, Nova SBE Finance PhD student

A PhD candidate in Finance studying at NOVA School of Business and Economics. His research interests are connected to Return Predictability, Applied Machine Learning, and Financial Econometrics. He has a particular focus on the question of whether or not portfolios that leverage our improved ability to estimate future returns are priced by existing asset pricing models.

Fahiz Baba Yara will join The Kelley School of Business at Indiana University in July 2021 as an Acting Assistant Professor.

Topic of discussion: Capital Markets in Africa.

Moderation: Matilde Grácio, PhD Candidate at Nova SBE and Researcher at NOVAFRICA

Our second moderator, Matilde, is a PhD candidate at Nova SBE, and as a researcher she is affiliated with the NOVAFRICA Knowledge Center. Her field of work comprises development economics, behavioral economics and political economy, focusing her research work on voter information and turnout, conflict and inequality.

She is a Teaching Assistant at Nova SBE for both undergraduate and graduate courses, such as Calculus I, Development Economics and Policy Evaluation. Matilde completed both her Bachelor's and Master's in Economics at Nova SBE.

07:00PM - 07:15PM

Closing: Elsa de Morais Sarmento and Paul Herman

Book Presentation: The Global Handbook of Impact Investing: Solving Global Problems Via Smarter Capital Markets Towards A More Sustainable Society”, edited by Elsa de Morais Sarmento and Paul Herman, Wiley (2021), with foreword by Justin Rockefeller.