700 Decision-Makers to Attend Africa CEO Forum 2014

7 March 2014
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African Development Bank (Abidjan)
press release

The second Africa CEO Forum, organized by Groupe Jeune Afrique in partnership with the African Development Bank (AfDB), will take place from March 17-19, 2014 in Geneva.

Offering a solid framework for exchange between the major players of the African private sector, this key event will bring together more than 700 African and international CEOs, financiers and business leaders.

Since its creation in 2012, the Africa CEO Forum has sought to bring leading English- and French-speaking economic players closer together and has aimed to:

  • Facilitate local exchange on development;
  • Promote public-private dialogue to build a foundation which would encourage growth of new activities;
  • Enhance and support African entrepreneurship.

The leading figures who will attend the event include: Donald Kaberuka, President of the African Development Bank; Mo Ibrahim, President of the Mo Ibrahim Foundation; Strive Masiyiwa, Chairman of Econet Wireless; Bob Collymore, CEO of Safaricom; Ashish Thakkar, CEO of Mara Group; Emmanuel Faber, Delegate Director of Danone; Abdeslam Ahizoune, CEO of Maroc Telecom; Kola Karim, CEO of Shoreline Energy International; as well as Tewolde Gebremariam, CEO of Ethiopian Airlines.

Africa's competitiveness enhancement, the place for African companies in major construction projects, the Africapitalism paradigm, and the digital revolution are among the core themes that will be presented in the plenary conferences. In addition, eight knowledge sessions will attempt to address more concretely the trends in company management and strategies to encourage its growth: agribusiness, extractive industries, capital partnerships, etc.

About the Africa CEO Forum

Developed in partnership with the African Development Bank, Africa CEO Forum is an event organized by Groupe Jeune Afrique, publisher of Jeune Afrique and The Africa Report, and Rainbow Unlimited, a Swiss company specialized in planning economic promotion events and manager of the SABC (Swiss African Business Circle). For more information: http://theafricaceoforum.com.

Follow the forum on the social media:

Twitter: @africaceoforum

LinkedIn: The Africa CEO Forum group

Media Contacts:

Lotfi Madani, Chief Communications Officer, African Development Bank, Mobile +216 987 02237

Fatou Tandiang, +33 1 44 30 19 96

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