February 5th 2013
- The Royal Garden Hotel, Kensington
A STRATEGIC EVENT FOR INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS LEADERS
The Economist Events gathered a unique audience of 180 delegates, comprising leading figures from business, banking, government, media and consultancies, for the 2013 Africa Summit on February 6th 2013.
The Africa Summit was a special one-day examination of the world’s new economic engine. And had in attendance influential leaders and experts defining Africa’s future.
Following a ministerial welcome by Mark Simmonds, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, President Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia followed up on her recent meeting with Prime Minister David Cameron and shared her belief that Africa is on schedule to reach the 2015 UN Millennium Development Goals thanks to unfaltering growth across the continent.
Discussions explored the latest commercial opportunities across the continent, looking beyond just growth figures but also the truth behind the realities of investing and operating in the region.
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The Africa Summit 2013 brochure| 08.00 | REGISTRATION & REFRESHMENTS |
| 08.50 | CHAIR'S INTRODUCTION Daniel Franklin, Executive Director, The Economist |
| 08.55 | MINISTERIAL WELCOME Mark Simmonds, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office |
| PART I: TODAY'S LEADERS BUILDING TOMORROW'S INSTITUTIONS |
| 09.05 | KEYNOTE POLICY ADDRESS AFRICA UNCHAINED:A strategy for turning the corner Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, President, Republic of Liberia (speaking via videolink) |
| 10.00 | GOVERNANCE AND BUSINESS IN AFRICA: An interview with Mo Ibrahim Mo Ibrahim, Chairman, Mo Ibrahim Foundation Interviewed by Daniel Franklin, Executive Editor, The Economist |
| 10.45 | NETWORKING AND REFRESHMENT BREAK |
| PART II: INVESTING IN AFRICA - Uncovering the African growth story Session moderated by Komla Dumor, Senior Broadcast Journalist and Presenter, Focus on Africa, BBC World News |
| 11.15 | WHAT'S THE STRATEGY FOR ACHIEVING LONG-TERM, SUSTAINABLE INVESTMENT? Obiageli Ezekwesili, Senior Advisor, Africa Economic Development Policy, Open Society Foundations |
| 11.35 | HOW BADLY HAS THE FINANCIAL CRISIS HIT AFRICA? |
| 11.55 | HOW IS THE INTRA-AFRICAN FDI SHAPING THE CONTINENT? Richard Sezibera, Secretary General, East African Community |
| 12.15 | THE FUTURE OF FINANCE IN AFRICA - Thoughts from the next generation Ladi Balogun, Group Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, First City Monument Bank |
| 12.35 | PANEL DISCUSSION - Critical Success Factors for the Future of African Investment, Finance and Integration Obiageli Ezekwesili, Senior Advisor, Africa Economic Development Policy, Open Society Foundations Richard Sezibera, Secretary General, East African Community Ladi Balogun, Group Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, First City Monument Bank Moderated by: Komla Dumor, Senior Broadcast Journalist and Presenter, Focus on Africa, BBC World News |
| 12.50 | LUNCH |
| PART III: THE REAL AFRICAN MIDDLE CLASS - Understanding the African middle class and consumer Session moderated by Komla Dumor, Senior Broadcast Journalist and Presenter, Focus on Africa, BBC World News |
| 13.50 | THE AFRICAN MIDDLE CLASS: What does it mean and what are the growth dynamics? Charles Robertson, Global Chief Economist, Renaissance Capital |
| 14.10 | WHO IS THE AFRICAN CONSUMER? Nick Blazquez, President, Africa, Diageo |
| 14.30 | HOW WILL MIDDLE CLASS CONSUMER SOCIETIES EVOLVE ACROSS THE CONTINENT? Strive Masiyiwa, Founder and Chairman, Econet Wireless |
| 14.50 | PANEL DISCUSSION - Realising the opportunities with the African middle class Charles Robertson, Global Chief Economist, Renaissance Capital Nick Blazquez, President, Africa, Diageo Strive Masiyiwa, Founder and Chairman, Econet Wireless |
| 15.05 | NETWORKING AND REFRESHMENT BREAK |
| PART IV: THE NEXT GENERATION: Innovation and Entrepreneurs Session moderated by Becky Anderson, Anchor, Connect the World, CNN International |
| 15.25 | GETTING AFRICA TO INNOVATE Herman Chinery-Hesse, Chairman, SOFTtribe Ranveer Chauhan, Managing Director, Regional Head and Global Head Plam, Olam |
| 16.05 | ASPIRATIONS FOR AFRICA: A Discussion with the African Leadership Academy Frank Aswani, Director of Strategy, Afrian Leadership Academy And two students from the African Leadership Academy: Joshua Oluwasanumi Oyenuga and Priscilla Takonduwa Semphere |
| 16.45 | CHAIR'S CLOSING REMARKS |
| 16.50 | CLOSE OF SUMMIT |
The Africa Summit 2013 will be held on February 5th 2013 at the Royal Garden Hotel, 2-24 Kensington High Street, London, W8 4PT
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Daniel Franklin, Executive Editor, The Economist
Daniel Franklin has been Executive Editor of The Economist since 2006, when he also became Editor-in-Chief of Economist.com.
Mark Simmonds, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office
The minister responsible for developing strategic relations with Africa will provide a welcoming introduction to the speakers and delegates.
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, President, Republic of Liberia - Via Skype
President Johnson-Sirleaf has recently been tasked with formulating the UN’s global development goals for 2015. During this special session she will give a 20 minutes speech followed by an interview by a senior editor at The Economist.
Mo Ibrahim, Chairman, Mo Ibrahim Foundation
Mo Ibrahim, one of Africa’s most influential and successful entrepreneurs, discusses how to do business in Africa. Mo will be sharing his thoughts on the future of innovation and investment into the continent.
Komla Dumor, Senior Broadcast Journalist & Presenter Focus on Africa, BBC World News
Komla will moderate the session on uncovering the African growth story and will bring a relevant journalistic view on our discussions, as presenter on Focus on Africa at the BBC World News.
Obiageli Ezekwesili, Senior Advisor, Africa Economic Development Policy, Open Society Foundations
Join Obiageli to hear a strategy for encouraging sustainable, long-term investment into the continent. Until recently she was the President of the World Bank for the Africa Region. She now works for George Soros’ Open Society Foundations.
Richard Sezibera, Secretary General, East African Community
Dr. Sezibera will examine the future of investment and trade flows among African neighbours as Secretary General of Africa's largest and most promising regional trade organisations that includes Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda.
Ladi Balogun, Group Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, First City Monument Bank
Ladi has over 18 years' experience in commercial and investment banking in Europe, the United States and Africa, and has previously worked for Citibank New York and Morgan Grenfell and Co. He brings insight to this panel.
Charles Robertson, Global Chief Economist, Renaissance Capital
Charles Robertson joins our 'frontier financial centre' session to discuss where the future of capital markets investment is.
Nick Blazquez, President, Africa, Diageo
With over eight years experience of building business in Africa, Nick has witnessed significant change in the habits, preferences and attitudes of different African customers. Hear his views on building business models and serving them.
Strive Masiyiwa, Founder and Chairman, Econet Wireless Holdings
Voted in Forbes magazine as one of Africa’s top entrepreneurs and Zimbabwe’s richest man, Mr Masiyiwa made his name building a telecoms empire from scratch. He will uncover how businesses need to adapt to the unique characteristics of Africa.
Becky Anderson, Anchor, Connect the World, CNN International
Becky has extensive business journalism experience including posts with the UK’s ITN, CNBC Europe and Bloomberg.
Herman Chinery-Hesse, Chairman, Softtribe
Famously described as “the Bill Gates of Africa”, Herman has risen as one of Africa’s most successful software developers. Herman will give his insights on the state of innovation in Africa and how technology can widen opportunities.
Ranveer Chauhan, Managing Director, Regional Head and Global Head Palm, Olam
Ranveer is the Global Head of the Palm business in addition to overseeing Olam’s operations in West, East and South Africa.
Frank Aswani, Vice-president and Director of Strategic African Relations, African Leadership Academy
Frank Aswani leads ALA’s Fundraising, Careers and Internship program, Network Development and Global partnerships.
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- Quality of discussion and thought-leadership in the region
- New ideas and non-dogmatic interpretation
- Interactive formats—a mixture of panel sessions, keynote presentations, debates and interviews with senior policy-makers and influential thinkers
- High-calibre audience
AND AN EVENT THAT WILL ANSWER SOME OF THE MOST PRESSING QUESTIONS FACING OVER 150 INVESTORS, SENIOR BUSINESS LEADERS AND DECISION-MAKERS.
We will target senior executives from FTSE 350, Fortune 500 and EuroTop 500 companies. Also mid-corporates from all sectors in particular: Infrastructure and financial services (especially private equity), agriculture, healthcare, information and communications technology, fmcg & retail, energy, automotive, manufacturing.
- C-Suite executives and board-level executives (including CEO, CFO, CIO, CTO, CMO, COO)
- MDs & senior directors within companies with specific responsibility for:
- Strategy & business development
- Country managers
- International corporate development
- Finance
- Mergers & acquisitions
- Investment
- Research and development
- Projects and operations
- Product development/commercial development
- Policymakers and heads of key stake-holding bodies
- Economists and city Analysts
- Members of the media
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CNN International is the world’s leading global 24-hour news network. Launched in 1985, its output comprises CNN’s trademark breaking news, business reports, sports coverage, current affairs and analysis, alongside documentaries and feature programming. The network now has bureaux in 45 major cities across the globe, with a network of over 1000 broadcast affiliates worldwide.
Official public relations partner:
For information visit www.gongcommunications.com |
Supporting publications:
For more than a decade, African Energy has been the definitive publication analysing and breaking news on the continent’s energy industries. African Energy has a strong focus on the people and personalities shaping the continent’s energy future, as well as a firm understanding of the political risk issues that concern established operators, new entrants and financial sector investors.
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Supporting organisations
The Events Directory for African Conferences, Exhibitiions, Trade Shows and Business Events.
How we made it in Africa (www.howwemadeitinafrica.com), launched in April 2010, is an intelligent online publication that gives readers unique insight into Africa’s business environment. The publication is aimed at African business people as well as foreign investors with an interest in the continent.
The Cambridge Africa Business Network (CABN) is a Cambridge alumni and student led initiative to promote networking and dialogue about business in Africa in Cambridge. |
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