{"id":5532,"date":"2017-01-09T12:05:04","date_gmt":"2017-01-09T12:05:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/?p=5532"},"modified":"2017-01-24T12:15:11","modified_gmt":"2017-01-24T12:15:11","slug":"5th-edition-of-africa-business-forum-set-for-addis-ababa-in-march","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/5th-edition-of-africa-business-forum-set-for-addis-ababa-in-march\/","title":{"rendered":"5th edition of &#8216;Africa Business Forum&#8217; set for Addis Ababa in March"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>The panel topics at the 5th Africa Business Forum represent the areas of Finance &amp; Capital Investment, ICT, Agriculture &amp; Mining, Power &amp; Energy, Consumer Goods &amp; General Trade, Logistics &amp; Aviation, Infrastructure, Tourism, Hospitality &amp; Real Estate, Manufacturing and all related industries.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The 5th edition of the Africa Business Forum in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia will be held for the Second time in Ethiopia on the 1st of March 2017 in the 5 star Sheraton Hotel, under the Patronage of Sheikh Mohammed Al Amoudi, one of the largest investors in Africa, Forbes ranked billionaire and Ethiopia&#8217;s biggest employer.<br \/>\nPrior to the conference, the Africa Business ForumB2B Investment Meeting will be held on the 25th January 2017 at the Dubai World Trade Center Tower, to welcome potential investors to Africa.<\/p>\n<p>Since its creation in 2014, The Africa Business Forum has become one of the most important bi-annual gatherings in Africa and the Middle East. Africa Business Forum presents an invaluable opportunity for investors to connect with clients from across industries and from around the world. An opportunity to maximize market share by building connections with African customers and partners.<br \/>\nThe conference will host distinguished panelists and speakers, including ambassadors, high government officials, business leaders, investors and CEOs. Keynote speakers and conference panelists include:<br \/>\n\u2022 Fitsum Arega \u2013 Director General of the Ethiopian Investment Commission \u2013 Ethiopia Government.<br \/>\n\u2022 Belachew Fikre, PhD \u2013 Deputy Commissioner \u2013 Ethiopian Investment Commission &#8211; Ethiopia Government.<br \/>\n\u2022 Yohannes Tilahun &#8211; Former CEO to General Electric (Ethiopia) and Adviser to the commissioner at Ethiopian Investment Commission.<br \/>\n\u2022 Zemedeneh Negatu Country Managing Partner for EY (Ernest &amp; Young) Ethiopia, and among \u201cThe Top 15 CEOs of Africa to watch in 2015\u02ee by the London-based African Business magazine.<br \/>\n\u2022 Johnny Muteba \u2013 CEO, Pan African Chamber of Commerce.<br \/>\n\u2022 Craig Bridgman \u2013 Former Global Head of Investment Banking for Clarkson Capital Markets, currently Executive Chairman of East Africa Oil Field Services and Founder of Adamantine Energy and who sits on a number of advisory boards.<br \/>\n\u2022 Seyoum Bereded \u2013 CEO Consopia Consulting Services and President of the ICT Association of Ethiopia. And many others.<br \/>\n\u201cWe are very excited about the level of enthusiasm we have received from speakers, sponsors and attendees for this unique conference,\u201d said Rashed Ahmed, founder and Chairman of Africa Business Forum. \u201cWe look forward to bringing together the many business leaders and offering international companies considerable opportunities to enter and become successful in one of the fastest growing economies in the world. The 5th Africa Business Forum in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia is an incredible convening center for global stakeholders and an opportunity to share perspectives on the issues facing global business and beyond.\u201d said Rashed Ahmed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The panel topics at the 5th Africa Business Forum represent the areas of Finance &amp; Capital Investment, ICT, Agriculture &amp; Mining, Power &amp; Energy, Consumer Goods &amp; General Trade, Logistics &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/5th-edition-of-africa-business-forum-set-for-addis-ababa-in-march\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":5533,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[11],"tags":[53,4979,5717,94,5720,5718,5719,5722,5723,742,809,886,5721,1106,1130,1440,5501,1574,2065,5502,3956,4991],"class_list":["post-5532","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-top-news","tag-adamantine-energy","tag-addis-ababa","tag-africa-business-forum","tag-agriculture","tag-aviation","tag-capital-investment","tag-consumer-goods","tag-craig-bridgman","tag-east-africa-oil-field-services","tag-energy","tag-ethiopia","tag-finance","tag-hospitality","tag-ict","tag-infrastructure","tag-logistics","tag-manufacturing","tag-mining","tag-power","tag-real-estate","tag-tourism","tag-trade","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Africa-Business-Forum.jpg?fit=1024%2C682&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5JWkQ-1re","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1634,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/the-first-africa-climate-resilient-infrastructure-summit-set-for-november\/","url_meta":{"origin":5532,"position":0},"title":"The first Africa Climate Resilient Infrastructure Summit set for November","author":"Samuel Kamau Mbote","date":"August 18, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"[twitter-follow screen_name='oilnewskenya'] The African Union Commission (AUC) will on the 17th \u2013 19th November 2014 co-host the Africa Climate Resilient Infrastructure Summit (ACRIS) in Ethiopia that will catalyze action to deal with the challenge across the industry sectors including ICT, Energy, Water, food security, agriculture and transport infrastructure. 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