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Overview

International Business Leaders’ Conference 2006 is designed as an interactive session that will help spur potential business leaders and future entrepreneurs into action for greater productivity.

The conference has been professionally packaged to carter for the general interest of all participants as resource persons have been drawn from all walks of life.

Breakout sessions will provide specific information from experts on how to lay the groundwork for making capital and credit available in developing countries, build relationships with key partners, leverage financial opportunities, and use financial resources for national development.

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Objectives

  • To promote linkages among African and Foreign businesses, governments, and educational institutions to facilitate the development of economic partnerships and a healthy and appropriately trained work force.
  • To promote accelerated development of fair trade and technology transfer that will transform the continent.
  • To expand opportunities for small-scale enterprises to become a force in global markets.

Who should Attend & Why
The conference is designed for bankers, young entrepreneurs, economic and housing development specialists, attorneys, industrialists, Importers and Exporters, Business Consultants, and resource staff.

General Sessions and workshops each day will address issues and opportunities for financial service providers, sourcing foreign funds and project structuring. The contacts at the event will help in linking potential business partners.

 

Speakers

Dr Ngozi Okonjo–Iweala, Former Foreign Affairs Minister, Nigeria

Mr Larry Drake - President Cocacola Africa

Mr. James Smith, Shell UK Country Chairman

Mr Andrew Bainbridge - MD Barclays Africa

Hon. Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila, Finance Minister, Namibia*
 
Mr. Bisi Ogunjobi, Former Vice President, African Development Bank, Tunisia

Ms. Amanda Ellis, IFC Washington, USA

Dr. Erastus Akingbola, CEO, Intercontinental Bank, Nigeria

Dr Linah Mohohlo,Governor, Central Bank, Botswana*

Mrs. Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Vice President, South Africa*

Professor Turner Isoun, Minister Science and Technology, Nigeria

Mr. Strive Masiyiwa, Founder/CEO Econet Wireless 

Prof. Mike Oquaye, Minister of Communications, Ghana

Mr. Victor Politis, President, PRI New York

Mr. Michael Klein, Vice President World Bank, Europe*

Mr. Trevor Manuel, Finance Minister South Africa*

Baroness Lynda Chalker, Chairman, Africa Matters UK*

 Not confirmed yet*

 

 Workshops

Micro finance
Project finance
Stock exchange
Oil and gas
Transparency in the extractive industries
Role of the press in promoting investment in the emerging market
IT/ telecommunication
Communication/ crises
Managing stress in leadership position
Enterprising woman
International trade
SEED - UNEP
Shell African Network
Agric/ agro allied
Innovation/Technology
Intellectual property
Strategies and Tonic for today’s business
Governance and Social Responsibility 
Legal issues in Business

Venue

The conference will take place at the Holiday Inn London - Regents Park/Intercontinental Hotels, Carburton Street, London W1W 5EE, UK.

Dates

October 19 & 20, 2006

CONFERENCE PROGRAMME

To be announced soon

 

 

 

Sponsors and Supporters

Barclays Bank

Shell Petroleum Development Company, Nigeria

NEPAD

Virgin Nigeria

London Africa Club

The Export-Import Bank of China (China Eximbank)

 

Media/Partners

ReConnect Africa

Africa Recruit

Find a job in Africa

 

 

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