While there is an Economic slowdown globally, capital is flowing into sub-Saharan Africa in an unprecedented scale. The economies are currently experiencing robust growth, reinforced by an increasing interest from international investors. While investing in the region has its own share of pains and gains, two major factors that have endeared investors to the region are Natural Resources and presence of a huge market. Research indicates that the recent Privatization and De-regulation exercise, incentives offered by the government and improvement in the macro-economic environment are strong incentives for foreign investments.

Therefore, Jacob Fleming is proud to announce its Investing in sub-Saharan Africa Forum, scheduled on 28- 29 October 2009, in Abuja- Nigeria. The event will identify where the opportunities lie and provide a platform for investors, financers & government officials to augment African trade and investment, and to build new business partnerships. The focus of the Forum will be on strengthening linkages between economies in order to promote new investment.

Extensively researched with industry professionals around the region, the event will convene more than 80 senior decision makers representing the international banking, finance, investment, telecom, real estate, and key Oil & Gas, Petrochemical ,Utilities and Infrastructure sectors discussing and studying the investments opportunities form all angles and find realistic solutions through key note presentations, case studies and scenario based problem solving, like: how to facilitate smooth flow of money by expanding the capital markets, what challenges the regional & foreign investors are facing when it comes to investments, how to leverage the existing investments opportunities, what financing options are available for investors, discover the investments opportunities in oil & gas, power sectors, telecom, banks & financial institutions, real estate, infrastructure, mine & minerals sector.

Rudinov Vincent, Senior Conference Producer at Jacob Fleming and responsible for this event quotes "Jacob Fleming conferences bring in high level senior industry people who are carefully selected and invited so that the relevance of topics are ensured and business opportunities exists for all involved. The strongest point of our events has been format of conference which allows good interaction between the participants. Moreover the events being non vendor driven never fail to provide the attendees, a true knowledge sharing experience.”

Therefore, as the conference builds an open dialogue with the region’s key market participants, we encourage you to join this foremost gathering to stay ahead of the curve and build strong industry relationships.


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About Jacob Fleming
Jacob Fleming Group, one of the world's leading business intelligence companies that provide business-to-business conferences, consultancy services and market research. Jacob Fleming Group offices in Bratislava (Slovakia), Prague (Czech Republic), Budapest (Hungary), Barcelona (Spain), Dubai (UAE) and Cleveland (USA), specialize in organizing prestigious international conferences for Europe and GCC region that provide groundbreaking strategies and proven technical expertise in business functional areas and vertical markets, which include the real estate, energy, finance, media, pharmaceutical and telecom sectors.