Economic Forum hits Cape Town in March

Global Pacific & Partners' 5th forum examines Africa's natural resources directions in manufacturing and leading industries with insights on corporate Africa's portfolio and investment strategies and the economic state of play in Western, Eastern, Maghreb-North Africa, Southern Africa and South Africa.

In addition, speakers will focus on the performance and policies of African governments, state-owned firms, great powers in Africa and the newly-emerging foreign state players (China, India, Russia, Brazil and the Middle East) which are shaping the African commercial geopolitics, geographies and changing state relationships in the 21st century.

Other events

On Monday 7 March, Dr Duncan Clarke, a leading strategist on Africa, will hold the second Sub-Saharan Africa business briefing, 'Africa as Never Seen Before' on strategies for business and investment across the continent, with unique insights in 750-plus images, on the prospects, potential, future and economic outlook for Africa. As chairman & CEO of Global Pacific & Partners, he is the current president of the African Institute of Petroleum and has advised corporates, governments and national oil companies in Africa, Asia, Russia, China, Europe, US and Latin America.

The event will showcase two films made on Africa at the AEF-2011 meeting. Born in Soweto (1994), an historic documentary portrayal of life and times in Soweto, depicting the issues and poverty that then applied and Africa: Crude Continent: Quest for Africa's Oil Prize, made by CNBC-Africa, based on the book by Clarke, published by Profile Books (London) in 2010.

Confirmed AEF-2011 Speakers:

• Professor Tony Hawkins, Graduate School of Business, University of Zimbabwe
  
• Sola Adepetun, partner Adepetun Caxton-Martins Agbor & Segun, Nigeria
  
• Dianna Games, CEO Africa @Work and Hon CEO, South Africa-Nigeria Chamber of Commerce, South Africa
  
• Derek Engelbrecht, director, Ernst & Young, Johannesburg
  
• Jorge Maia, head: Research & Information, Industrial Development Corporation, South Africa
  
• Agostinho Pereira de Miranda, chairman, Miranda Correia Amendoeira & Associates, Portugal
  
• Dr Lyal White, director, Centre for Dynamic Markets, GIBS Business School
  
• Brenda Horne, chief executive, Maputo Corridor Logistics Initiative, South Africa
  
• Paul Eardley-Taylor, head of Energy, Utilities & Infrastructure, Africa & South Africa, Standard Bank
  
• Charles Okeahalam, MD & CEO, AGH Capital, Nigeria
  
• Peter Copely, transport specialist, Development Bank of Southern Africa
  
• Tore Horvei director, Norconsult Africa
  
• Ambassador Roger Ballard-Tremeer, chief executive, South Africa-Angola Chamber of Commerce
  
• Godwin Sweto, vice president, Corporate Strategy & Planning, PetroSA, South Africa
  
• Professor Philip Lloyd, Cape Peninsula Institute of Technology, Cape Town
  
• David Donaldson, senior manager, Infrastructure, International Finance Corporation, South Africa
  
• Brian Herlihy, chief executive, SEACOM, US
  
• Paul Runge, MD, Africa Project Access, South Africa
  
• Bill Egbe, president, Coca-Cola Company SA & President Pan African Initiatives
  
• Dr John Luscombe, purchase CEO, Agricultural Business Chamber, South Africa
  
• Jordaan Fouche, investment analyst, Earth Resources Investment Group
  
• Jacob Segman, chairman & group MD, Kenol/Kobil, Nairobi, Kenya
  
• John Langhus, commercial director, Forest Exploration International (SA) (Pty) Ltd
  
• Dr Matlotleng Matlou, chief executive, Africa Institute, Pretoria
  
• Mthozami Xiphu, CEO, Petroleum Agency South Africa
  
• Thembani Bukula, regulatory member, National Energy Regulator SA, Pretoria
  
• Eric Scholtz, COO, CIC Energy Corporation, Botswana
  
• Colin Coleman, MD, Goldman Sachs International, South Africa
  
• Dr Terence Macnamee, deputy director, The Brenthurst Foundation, Johannesburg
  
• Dr Jakkie Cilliers, executive director, Institute of Security Studies, South Africa
  
• Jean-Jacques Cornish, Radio 702

For more information, go to www.africa-economic-forum.com