Simulation Roundtable

Date: Friday, 12 June 2026

Time: 12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. (EAT)

Venue: Room CR2, UN Conference Centre, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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)