PARTICIPATION AT THE CONFERENCE

The theme for the one day conference is: “ Expanding trade and investment relationships between Africa and the UK.” The core of participation at the conference will comprise individual award winners and representatives of enterprise/institutional winners, all of whom are automatically eligible to attend the conference. The organizers, based on the recommendations of their research consultants will also invite selected key stakeholders with regards to trade and investment between Africa and the UK. They will include representatives of multilateral and sovereign institutions charged with responsibility for promoting facilitating and regulating trade and investment between the two regions, public policy makers and implementing agencies as well as business support service providers and identified major trading enterprises, manufacturers and entrepreneurs/investors.

CONFERENCE FORMAT

The conference will be held over a full working day, starting at 8.30 am local time and ending at 4.00pm with a one hour lunch break. Awardees are required to attend physically in person while other invited participants have the option of attending in person or by zoom. However the organizers will actively encourage in-person attendance since it provides the participants with a unique opportunity to network with potential trade counterparties, investment partners and other value chain participants.

The conference will provide a keynote address and four expert presentations each of which will be followed by a question and answer session and group discussions.

The programme will be as follows:

• Registration of participants
• Welcome address by CEO of TBE Media Group
• Keynote Address: Representative of the UK Chamber of Commerce and Industry
• 1st presentation: Trends in trade & investment between Africa and the UK – executive of the International Business Council
• Q&A
• Group discussions
• 2nd presentation: Emergent trade and investment opportunities between Africa and the UK – Representative of the UK Ministry of Trade
• Q&A
• Group discussions
• Lunch
• 3rd presentation: The regulatory framework for trade and investment between Africa and the UK – executive of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement Secretariat
• Q&A
• Group discussions
• 4th presentation: Financing options for trade and investment between Africa and the EU – executive of Afreximbank