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Let’s grow together

5th Meeting of International forum Italy-Africa strategic plan “Piano Mattei”

2 december 2025
Università degli Studi LINK | Antica biblioteca
9:30

Roundtable digital cluster of the Mattei Plan

 

9:30 WELCOME GREETINGS

Carlo Alberto GIUSTI
Rector of Link Campus University

Vincenzo VALENTI
General Secretary ISMAA

 

INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION IN A NEW GEOPOLITICAL LANDSCAPE

Moderator: Michele PIGLIUCCI
Professor of Political and Economic Geography, Link Campus University

Nosipho Nausa-Jean JEZILE
Ambassador of the Republic of South Africa to Tanzania

Giuseppe Seán COPPOLA
Ambassador of Italy to Tanzania (remote)

Pietro SEBASTIANI
Ambassador & Director of Lumsa University African Center (LUAC)

Jean-Leonard TOUADI
Member of ISMAA board

 

STRENGTHENING ACADEMIC AND SCIENTIFIC COOPERATION TO ADVANCE AI DEVELOPMENT

Moderator: Matteo MOSTARDA
PhD Candidate & Adjunct Professor, Link Campus University

Edmund EKUADZI
Dean International Programme Office of the Kwame Nkrumah Universityof Science and Technology (remote)

Fitsum Assamnew ANDARGIE
Director of Resonance AI for Development Lab of the Addis Ababa University (remote)

Thomas KIVEVELE
Director of Research & Innovation Department of the Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology

Gordon Abeiku MENSAH
PhD Researcher and Teaching Assistant, Università Bocconi

 

PRIVATE SECTOR USE CASES & PROPOSALS FOR GROWTH IN STRATEGIC INDUSTRIES

Moderator: Pietro TREBISONDA
Founder Holistikai & Director of the AI for Africa | ENIA

Franco MARTINO
International Business Development Manager Almawave & CEO TVEyes Language Technology s.r.l.

Emilio MINNITI
Business Development Manager Local Government and Healthcare, Fastweb & Vodafone  

Daniele MENNUTI
Manager Government & Public for Space Sector, BIP Consulting

 

INCLUSIVE AI: UNLOCKING LOCAL POTENTIAL THROUGH AFRICAN LANGUAGES AND TECH TALENTS

Meraf VILLANI
Project Officer IDIAF, Treccani & Associate Researcher on Sub-Saharan Africa Affairs, Luiss School of Government

Crosby Tashie HUNDA
Senior Project Manager, We Think Code (remote)

 

KEYNOTE SPEECH: PRESENTING THE 9th ITALIA AFRICA BUSINESS WEEK (IAWB)

Cleophas Adrien DIOMA
Executive Chairman of the Italia Africa Business Week (IABW)

 

DEBATE AND CONCLUSION

 

13:00 Light lunch

 

 

Online: https://meet.goto.com/BIBLIOTECA_RM_LCU