Nairobi Mobility Summit
Urban Mobility Summit - Nairobi
Moving towards a Smart City
Moving towards a Smart City
The Urban Mobility Summit-Nairobi 2019 is a side event of Nairobi Innovation Week 2019. The event will feature prominent keynote speakers, industry experts in the mobility space, mobility partners and service providers as well as other local and international mobility enthusiasts.
The summit seeks to provide insights on providing an enabling environment to fuel the growth of smart cities. It will also mark the consummation of the acceleration process and graduation of the first cohort of startups from the TUMI Startup Accelerator.
In line with the theme of Nairobi Innovation Week which is “Innovation and Kenya Big Four agenda”, the summit seeks to provide insight on providing an enabling environment to fuel the growth of smart cities. Promoting innovation and use of data in Mobility immensely contributes to infrastructural development, a requisite to achieving the Kenya Big four agenda.
The summit will also mark the consummation of the acceleration process and graduation of the first cohort of startups from the TUMI Startup Accelerator.
Key Highlights
Uber Movement Launch
Data and Smart Cities
TUMI Accelerator
TUMI Mobility Startups
Featured Speakers
Isaac Awuondo
Cezanne Maherali
Stephanie Holzwarth
Tonny Omwansa
Constant Cap
Katie Hill
TUMI Startups
Programme Highlights
TIME
ACTIVITY
MODERATOR
08:30 am – 09:00 am
Registration
NIW
09:00 am – 09:10 am
Welcome remarks and Introduction to TUMI Accelerator
Dr. Tonny Omwansa, Director C4DLab and Lead, TUMI Accelerator
09:10 am – 09:20 am
Opening remarks – University of Nairobi
Prof. Benard Aduda, Principal, College of Biological and Physical Sciences, University of Nairobi
Dr. Tonny Omwansa
09:20 am – 09:30 am
Keynote Address
Martin Eshiwani, Director of Roads, Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure
Prof. Benard Aduda
09:30 am – 09:40 am
Sustainable Urban Mobility – A Global Framework
Andre Dzikus, Coordinator,Urban Basic Services Branch,UN Habitat
Dr. Tonny Omwansa
09:40 am – 10:20 am
Introduction to Uber Movement
Cezanne Maherali, Head of Policy
Dr. Tonny Omwansa
10:20 am – 11:05 am
Panel discussion: power of data to deliver smart cities
● Chris Kost, Africa Programme Director, ITDP
● Constant Cap, Naipolitans
● Prof Bitange Ndemo
● Philip Thigo, Technical Advisor, Deputy President’s Office, Open Government Partnership
Prof Winnie Mitullah
11:05 am – 11:40 am
Coffee break and engagement with Exhibitions
Dr. Tonny Omwansa
11:40 am – 12:25 pm
Decongesting Nairobi: how is the Government planning for the future
Eng Francis Gitau, CEO NAMATA
Edwins Mukabana
12:25 pm – 13:45 pm
Lunch break and engagement with Exhibitions
13:45 pm – 14:00 pm
Keynote speech
Isaac Awuondo, Group Managing Director, Commercial Bank of Africa
Dr. Tonny Omwansa
14:00 pm – 14:35 pm
Panel discussion: Private Sector’s role in enhancing mobility in cities
● Jonas Tesfu – CEO & Co-founder, Pangea accelerator
● Juha Suojanen – CEO & Founder, Nopia Electric Ride
● Lisa Conibear – Business Manager, Shell Foundation
● Ted Ogonda – CISCO
Stefanie Holzwarth
14:35 pm – 15:30 pm
TUMI Startup Accelerator Pitch Session
An nisa taxi, Twende app,Ubabi Vanpooling, Myride Africa, Obaigo delivery network, Auto track E.A. Ltd, Get boda, Safiri express
Gladys Gatiba
15:30 pm – 15:50 pm
TUMI Advisory remarks and celebrating startups
Katie Hill, Liquid Telecom
Debashish Bhattacharjee,Lead Urban Mobility Unit, UN-Habitat
Katie Hill
15:50 pm – 16:00 pm
Closing Remarks
Dr. Tonny Omwansa
16:00 pm –
Engagement with Exhibitions, Guests leave at own pleasure
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