Somali 2nd National ID Conference/ Shirwaynaha 2aad ee Aqoonsiga Qaranka Soomaaliyeed

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Keynote 1: Digital ID as a Driver of National Transformation

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Abdi Mohamed Jama Wayel, Minister of Interior, Galmudug

Amb. Francesca Di Mauro, EU Ambassador to Somalia

Arrival, Registration and Morning Coffee

Arrival, Registration and Morning Coffee

Chair: H.E. Hamza Abdi Barre, Prime Minister, FRS Participants: World Bank, UN Agencies, Embassies, Development Partners, Private Sector.

Dr. Abdinassir Sagar, PhD Fellow at Maastricht University

Dr. Joseph Atick, Executive Chairman, ID4Africa

H.E. Ali Yusuf Ali, Minister of Interior

H.E. Amb. El Hadji Ibrahima Diene, Special Representative, AU

Lieutenant General Muhammad Munir Afsar, Chairman, NADRA (Pakistan)

Mohamed Juni, Director of Operations, NIRA Moderator: NIRA

Mr. Abdirahman Said Ahmed, Deputy DG, NIRA

Mr. Abdiwali Ali Abdulle, Director General, NIRA

Mr. Hideki Matsunaga, World Bank Country Manager

Mr. James Swan, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Somalia

Mr. Osman Moallim Shatah, Chairperson of Somali Civil Society

Ms. Mehnaz Safavian, Practice Manager, Digital Development, Eastern & Southern Africa, World Bank

NIRA Representative

Panelists: 1. Fardosa Abdullahi, Baxnaano Project Coordinator, MoLSA 2. Mohamud Mo’allim, SoDMA Commissioner 3. Ms. Prestage Murima, IOM-Somalia Deputy Chief of Mission 4. Ms. Allison Oman, WFP Officer-in-Charge 5. Mr. Abdullahi Nur Osman, CEO, Hormud Salam Foundation Moderator: Mrs. Fadumo Mohamed, Strategic Advisor & Chief Programs Coordinator, MOIFAR

Panelists: 1. Mahdi Abdikarim Daud, Executive Director, MFRPG, CBS 2. Dr. Ahmed Khadar Abdi, CEO, Somali Bankers Association 3. Ismail Mohamud, CEO, Somali Microfinance Association 4. Mohamed M. Mohamed, Director, Enterprise Services & Digital Use Cases, NIRA. 5. Abdullahi Egal, Head of Alternate Banking Channels, Dahabshil Bank International Moderator: Hassan Mudane, Operations Advisor, NIRA

Panelists: 1. Mohamed Isak, DG of EAC Affairs, MFA 2. Dr. Abdisalam H. Omar (Hadliye), EAC Parliament Member 3. Markus Topp, Senior Representative, UNHCR 4. Mohamed Karshe, IGAD Head of Mission to the FGS 5. Mr. Abdirahman Said Ahmed, Deputy DG of NIRA. Moderator: Abdirizak Warsame Abdulle, Vice President, Jamhuriya University of Science & Technology

Panelists: 1. Mr. Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi, Governor & Chairman of the Central Bank of Somalia 2. Dr. Abdullahi Abdi Omar, DG of Basic Education, Ministry of Education. 3. Mr. Sulaiman S. Umar, Director General, Ministry of Finance 4. DG Ibrahim Ahmed, Ministry of Commerce & Industry. Moderator: Mahad Wasuge, Director of Somali Public Agenda (SPA)

Panelists: 1. Mr. Mahdi Abdullahi, DG, Ministry of Communications & Technology 2. DG Mohamed Nur Ali, DPA 3. Dr. Isaac Ochieng, DG, eCitizen Kenya 4. Amjad Bhatti, Chief Technical Specialist, UNDP Moderator: Ms. Rahma Hassan, Digital ID Project Manager, UNDP

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24/11/2025

25/11/2025

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