The 2011 Forum will focus on the theme “Accelerating African investment”, linking Tanzania, the East African Community, Africa and the World. The Forum provides a platform to bring investors and projects together to showcase new opportunities, enhance African trade and investment, and to build new business partnerships. The focus will be on promoting linkages between African economic clusters as a means to attract new investment.

A special feature of the Forum will be the large scale participation of African investment promotion agencies, which will showcase projects to international investment banks and financial institutions. The Forum also includes a Project Journal to be distributed to interested parties.
 

The Forum will feature specific discussion on key topics including:

• Investment Flows Post Global Financial Crisis
• Promoting “Green Growth” and Sustainable Development
• Strengthening Infrastructure
• Supporting SME Growth

Why Attend?

• The networking opportunity of the year
• Investment opportunity leading to an increase in business
• Focus on emerging market trends in Africa and the Commonwealth

Who will be there

• Chairmen, Board Members, CEOs, MDs, CFOs of leading global companies
• Heads of Government and Ministers
• High level representatives of multinational agencies
• Thought Leaders

Project Journal

• The AIF 2010 Journal featured over 250 projects from 7 African Countries
• The Total Value of the Project book was estimated to be over $1 Billion
• CBC arranged over 100 one-to-one business meetings between project holders and potential investors and partners and at AIF 2010

Ishmael Yamson, Chair, Standard Chartered Ghana; Pascal Dozie, Chair, CBC; Hon. Hage Geingob, Minister of Trade and Industry, Namibia; HE Faure Gnassingbe, President, Togo; Aigboje Aig‐Imoukhuede, Group Managing Director, Access Bank; HE John Atta Mills, President, Ghana; Dr. Ngozi Okonjo‐Iweala, Managing Director, World Bank; HE Hifikepunye Pohamba, President, Namibia; Mohan Kaul, Director General, CBC; Hon. Felix Mutati, Minister of Commerce, Trade and Industry, Zambia