Technology Webinar
Wednesday, January 17, 2024
10 am EST
This will be the first in a series of technology webinars, with a broad focus that will cover subjects ranging from Trading Systems, Treasury Management Systems, Last Mile Delivery, leveraging other technical capabilities etc. One of the sessions will set out to cover strategic considerations of senior management within an NGO around innovation and the intention is also to consider the use of technology in practical implementations on the ground in some very difficult countries.
For this first session, the planned agenda items to be covered are as follows:
Overview of the planned webinars on Technology (Kathryn Powers)
A large Donors perspective on 2024/25 programming, plus the use of technology in the delivery
What challenges face NGOs and what type of solutions are they looking for (a large US NGO)
Challenges for Financial Service Providers and some solutions being developed (Crown Agents Bank)
Working with local partners to deliver Last Mile solutions, including governments, banks, NGOs, Merchants, Mobile Network Operators (Paycode Founder)
Raising the bar on technology solutions for International Development Organisations (Paycode CEO)
Presenters and Panelists:
Presenter: Eric Boa, Head, Country Financial Management Strengthening & Innovation, The Global Fund
Panellists: Tia Simmons, Catholic Relief Services; Nkosi Moyo, Head of Global Payments & Mobile Sales, Crown Agents Bank; Gabe Ruhan, CEO Paycode; Ralph Pecker, Founder Paycode
Panel Chairperson: David Pitts, Consultant, Crown Agents Bank & Paycode
Pre-reads from the Panelists and Presenter are attached below:
Results Report 2023 (The Global Fund)
Digital Payments for True Financial Inclusion (Paycode)
Last Mile Payments (Crown Agents)
The webinar is free to join. The webinar shall be interactive with virtual attendees having the opportunity to ask questions or make comments. Please submit your questions or comments to info@treasurersroundtable.org and/or ask during the webinar.