THEME: " POWER TO AFRICA"

'Providing Business solutions and partnership for development in power generation with focus on energy efficiency and increased renewable for accelerated growth in Africa.

The event will be a pragmatic business-to-business meeting with African companies talking to other international companies face-to-face. Based on advance information from questionnaires the right companies are matched together under one roof saving time and endless correspondence.

The event

Put together as a group by Typha Cenia UK Ltd and BrasmexBrasil comprising other companies promoting businesses based on the principle of networking and business synergy focusing principally on Africa, with the aspiration to be successful as a forum creating where businesses can find what they are looking for to expand, get sponsorship, investment, access to international market, partnership and other resources including expertise, technology and skills.
The forum is where international companies can get business leads and network with other companies in Africa. To find out which companies are involved in tenders or are winning contracts and need consultants or other skills.
Where international companies can sponsor proposals or projects with potentials and make the proposals or projects become a business success. International companies will be able to use our resources to make doing business in Africa easier.

Africa Business and Development Forum Group consist of the Research Division, Business Division, Government and International Organizations Division, Secretariat and Development Division. These five divisions shall coordinate the work of the Group.

The programme

The programme is a 3-day Business-to-Business Forum involving international companies and African companies with a focus on Africa. Meetings will be in Breakout Sessions, Networking Lunches and Panel Sessions.
The Forum will feature:
Workshops; Breakout Sessions; and Matchmaking Programme for B2B
The aim will be to bring public and private sector from Africa to meet with other companies from around the world in a friendly business environment with the strong objective of promoting development, facilitating the adoption of proposals from African companies, stimulating access to international markets and expanding partnership opportunities.
Promoting and encouraging initiative that will have beneficial effect on the expansion of existing business, the creation of new business, supporting business with skills and technology.
Creating partnership and helping to add value to Africa's businesses through innovative international ideas and know-how. The programme will facilitate business growth while bringing all aspects of international business to the forefront of African business needs.

The objectives

  • Assist Africa businesses get technical or financial partners.
  • Find new homes for international skills and technology in Africa businesses.
  • Provide a platform for Africa bsuinesses to make their case for partnership, present their proposals and get backing from the interested parties.
  • To help build international coalition of businesses to improve technology, businesses and service delivery in Africa.
  • Bring Africa businesses in contact with companies that can support their businesses with new technology, better business process and increased productivity.
  • Build a profile on ways to develop businesses in Africa based on feedbacks from the Forum

The topics

  • ‘How to Increase Trade between South America and Africa with a focus on Brazil and Nigeria.’
  • ‘Investment opportunities in Africa for South American companies.’
  • ‘The Energy Mix and how to develop Africa’s environmentally friendly energy supply infrastructure.’
  • ‘Exploring franchising as the new business growth strategy for Africa.’
  • ‘Banking reforms in Nigeria and how it influences the West Africa banking Sector.’
  • ‘Climate change in Africa and how it can translate to business opportunities in Africa – A Brazilian perspective.’
  • ‘Exporting to Africa from Brazil – challenges and how to manage it.’
  • ‘Export opportunities in West Africa – Nigeria and Ghana as examples.’
  • ‘Tourism in Africa for economic development and empowerment of local     communities.’
  • ‘Africa - Investment in Capital market and other safe investments – the facts.’
  • ‘Agriculture as the new engine of growth – the Brazilian experience.’
  • ‘How to build the small scale manufacturing sector using cost effective technology – lessons we can learn from Brazil.’
  • ‘Which cost effective alternative energy to Oil for Africa – A good look at Solar  Energy.’
  • ‘Maritime management and transportation – small boats for passenger     transportation, haulage, maintenance, repair, savage and maritime safety – a  look at partnership with Brazilian companies.

The sessions

  1. Agro-allied and Import/export
  2. Manufacturing and technology
  3. Energy (Oil, Gas, Power, Green Energy)
  4. Tourism, International Financial Services and Investors.

African Business will need to come to the Forum with:

  1. Proposals for Franchise Opportunity
  2. Feasibility
  3. Projects
  4. Market
  5. Businesses that needs skills, technology, sponsorship and partnership.

We want to present Africa businesses to the world in the shape of their potentials, resources, proposals, and existing projects under one roof in the forum. The other global companies will come to the Forum looking to partner, invest, and introduce technology and skills to these potentials and businesses

 

The sponsors