Entrepreneurship & Leadership in Africa Conference (UK 2011)

Date : Saturday 09 July 2011, 09:00 - 18:30
Venue: St Anne's College ,Oxford University, 56 Woodstock Road, Oxford.

Agenda
NB: This agenda is currently being developed and subject to change
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09:00    Arrival & Registration
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10:00    Welcome 

• Mario Joseph Konyan, Programme officer, Windle Trust International

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10:10   Opening speech

• Jamie Simmonds, CEO of ACCESS Bank

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10:45   SESSION 1: UNLOCKING AFRICA ECONOMIC POTENTIAL: “Opportunities, Risks and Challenges”

• Moderator: Afua Osei, Client Director, Judge Business School, University of Cambridge
• Dr Ahmed Al-shahi, Oxford University .
• Mariéme Jamme, Co-Founder of Africa Gathering and a Social entrepreneur
• John Battersby, UK Country Manager, International Marketing Council of South Africa 

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12:15   Coffee & Tea Break
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12:30   SESSION 2: CREATING BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH INNOVATION & ENTREPRENEURSHIP

• Moderator: Afua Osei, Client Director, Judge Business School, University of Cambridge
• Dr Christian Busch, London School of Economics (LSE), Co-founder of Sandbox live and advisor for NACUE.
• Samantha Callender, Business Co-ordinator at Business Council for Africa West and Southern. 

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14:00   Lunch Break
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15:00   SESSION 3: BRIDGING THE GAP: Investment & Opportunities in Africa

• Dr Jonathan Lawley, Southern Africa Consultant to the Business Council for Africa

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15:15   REBRANDING AFRICA: What Africa has to offer and economic potentiality

• Moderator: Yemisi Mokuolu, Managing Director, Hatch events Ltd 
• Dale Fickett, Founder of Soquent & former Accenture Consultant
• Wiiilam So, Chief Advisor for China Unicom operations Ltd and Director of Powerhouse Ltd.  
• Zain Latif, CEO of TLG Capital (tbc)

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16:45   Coffee & Tea Break
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17:00   SESSION 4: ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN AFRICA: “Africa’s destiny lies in African hands”

• Moderator: Yemisi Mokuolu, Managing Director, Hatch events Ltd
• Dr Nicolas Sireau, Senior advisor, Solar Aid International
• Kojo Bonti Amoako, Managing Director of Bonti Consulting & Bonti Media Group
• Richard Gilbert, Director for Business Action for Africa. (tbc)

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18:00  CLOSING REMARK

• Gibril Faal, Director of GK Partners & Chairman of African Foundation for Development (AFFORD).

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18:30  EVENING WINE RECEPTION






Who will be attending:

• Commercial & development banks
• Investment and business promotion facilitators, agencies and trade associations
• Private sector businesses seeking strategic partners
• Project Managers / Developers
• International organisations
• Government officials
• CEOs/Managing Directors from all sectors of activity
• Research institutes and business schools

Venue Location:
University of Oxford | Tsuzuki Theatre  |  St Anne's College  | 56 Woodstock Road  | OXFORD, OX2 6HS. 

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