Inaugural World Retail Congress Africa in November

Speakers

• Christopher Gilmour, retail analyst, ABSA
  
• David Kneale, CEO, Clicks Group
  
• Herman Mashaba, chairman, Free Market Foundation
  
• Luke McKend, country manager South Africa, Google
  
• Michael Yates, MD South Africa, Procter & Gamble
  
• Paula Disberry, group director planning & e-commerce, Woolworths
  
• Susanne Ackerman, chairman, Pick n Pay
  
• Therese Gearheart, president (South Africa), Coca-Cola
  
• Yaw Nsarkoh, MD - East & South Africa, Unilever, Kenya

Agenda highlights

Here are just five of the 40+ sessions over the two Congress days:

• Addressing the informal vs. formal retail economy. Financing retail development and roll-out - domestic financing, BRICS and the West
  
• Identifying sustainable growth markets - market insight and retailer CEO case studies from Kenya, Nigeria, Angola, South Africa, Egypt
  
• Online consumers - Introducing the online, mobile, connected African consumer and new retail opportunities
  
• Entering African retail successfully - business models (JV, franchise, acquisition) and market conditions for launch and expansion
  
• Delivering best practice operational excellence and supply chain management to exceed customer expectations

For media registration, email publication, name, job title, email, number and country to Rio Matlhaku az.oc.oirpa@oir. To view the programme, go to www.worldretailcongressafrica.com/programme.