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Upcoming Events
Nile Basin Oil and Gas Summit
23rd - 24th April, Kampala, Uganda
Website coming soon
African Banker Awards 2012
30th May, Arusha, Tanzania
This year's ceremony is heading home to Africa to take place during the African Development Bank meetings
2nd Africa Debt Capital Markets Summit
2nd July, London, UK
Website coming soon
African Business Awards 2012
3rd July, London, UK
Website coming soon
Africa Urban Infrastructure and Real Estate Summit
Cape Town, South Africa
Building the cities of tomorrow
This event will take place later on in the year. A date will be announced in due course
Past Events
The African Banker Awards 2011
23rd September 2011, Washington DC
The African Banker Awards is a landmark annual event for African banking that takes place during the IMF/World Bank meetings.
The African Business Awards 2011
22nd June 2011, London
Now in its fourth year, the African Business Awards is the key annual event for the African business world and its accolades are much sought after by Africa's leading companies and entrepreneurs.
The Africa - Debt Capital Markets Summit
21st June 2011, London
Spurred by strong growth and good economic fundamentals, African governments, parastatals and private enterprises are increasingly turning to financial markets to fund investments and expansion plans. And with European debt looking seemingly unattractive, and interest rates in the West at historic lows, African debt has become an appealing alternative for investors.
4th COMESA Investment Forum
March 2011, Madinat Jumeirah, Dubai, UAE
The 4th COMESA Investment Forum will bring together policy makers, business leaders and senior managers from some of the most successful companies in Africa to unveil new projects and highlight the business potential and opportunities within the 19 COMESA member states.
African Banker Awards 2010
Washington DC, October
The 2010 African Banker Awards will take place in Washington DC, USA in October. The 2010 Entry Process is now open. You can download the entry forms in English and French here. This African Banker Awards is designed to recognise excellence in banking and finance in Africa and reward the people and financial institutions that are making a difference on the continent. Participants of the African Banker Awards included representatives from the leading African banks and financial institutions, international investment banks and private eq uity groups working in Africa, executives from intergovernmental organisations as well as African government officials and diplomats. For more information please click here.
African Business Awards 2010
London, 21 June
The African Business Awards celebrated excellence and best practices in African business and recognised those who have driven Africa's rapidly transforming economy. Over the last decade, Africa's economic growth has propelled the continent to centre stage in the world of business and investment. The African Business Awards highlighted the outstanding achievement of these hardworking individuals and leading companies who have carried out this dramatic transformation. More information can be found here.
African Development Bank
Business Breakfast Briefing
5 May 2010,
Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
Over 130 African and international business leader came together to listen to experts from the Private
Sector Operations of the African Development Bank to discuss Investment Opportunities in Africa, their outlook and growth strategies for Africa and the bank’s role as a facilitator for finance and investment.
The briefing was an invaluable opportunity for business leaders and media representatives to meet the AfDB team and hear their views first hand.
COMESA Investment Forum
12 – 13 April 2010
Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt
This top-level two-day forum offered the opportunity to update knowledge of COMESA’s business environment and investment climate. The event was specifically designed to promote dialogue and action between investors, business leaders and senior policy makers, to create the necessary framework and drive investment opportunities and growth in COMESA and Africa. It was a unique platform for over 500 industry leaders to network and engage one-on-one with Ministers from the 19 member states. More…
To download the COMESA Conference Report please click here.
African Banker - ATM Security Forum Nigeria, 26 March 2010
The rapid expansion of Nigeria’s ATM deployment has exposed the country to increasing risks of ATM fraud. The ATM Security Forum 2010 assessed these risks and looked at ways fraud can be prevented. The forum unified buyers, sellers and policy makers in Africa’s most populous nation. Delegates were drawn from Nigeria’s banking community to hear from leading experts and learn from case studies to help maximize ATM security and minimize risk, for the benefit of their customers. More…
African Banker Awards 2009
Istanbul, 6 October
Africa’s top bankers, ministers of finance, governors of central banks and industry leaders came together on the 6th of October at the Four Seasons Hotel in Istanbul, Turkey, to recognize the continent’s successes in banking at an unforgettable awards ceremony and gala dinner. Bankers from Nigeria, Morocco, Kenya, Angola, South Africa, Togo, Ghana, Mali and Chad, representing North, South, East, West and Central Africa, were amongst the nominees of this year’s African Banker Awards making this truly a pan- African gathering of champions. More
African Business Awards 2009, 6 July, Grosvenor House Hotel, London
At an awards ceremony organised by African Business magazine and the Commonwealth Business Council (CBC), President Paul Kagame together with African government officials and top leaders from all regions of Africa celebrated the achievements of prominent businessmen and women driving growth and development in the Continent. For more information please click here.
SkillsInvest Forum
200 policymakers, industry leaders and academics took part in the first SkillsInvest forum at Dubai knowledge Village on the 11th June 2009.