Africa leadership retreat
Against the backdrop of the world's greatest sporting event, South Africa will be host to a meeting between civil society and some of the greatest political and business minds from Africa and the World.
The attendants will gather to discover, address, and create strategic investment and partnership opportunities, within the sectors of Oil, Gas and Mining, Infrastructure, Energy, Telecoms and Manufacturing, Agribusiness and Tourism, Banking and Financial Institutions, Investment Climate and Foreign Direct Investment, and Branding Africa.
The ALR will be held over eight days, at venues in Cape Town, Durban and Johannesburg.
Confirmed luminaries include Graça Machel; Hon. Olusegun Obasanjo, former Nigerian President; Paulo Gomes, Former Board Member of the World Bank Group; Jerry Rawlings, former Ghanaian President; Mohamed Ibrahim, founder of Celtel (Formerly known as Celtel), the continent's largest cellular network operator; Sir Sam Jonah, former president of Anglo Gold Ashanti, and Moctar Fall Former Vice Chairman of JP Morgan Chase Emerging Markets.
ALR is an opportunity to set new benchmarks for the sustainable expansion of the African continent, and effect positive change for its people and for generations to come. In a joint brainstorming effort with civil society, the Thought Leaders will propose recommendations contributing to setting up a vision for 2020. This will lead to a report proposing a leapfrog approach to accelerate the emergence of the continent. Indeed, Africa's blank canvass makes it best placed to leapfrog old economies with legacy technologies, sustainable alternatives, renewable energy and new thinking process. Subsequent to the event, the Africa 2020 proposed vision will be brought to public consultation. ALR is not just another event; it is the beginning of the Africa 2.0 movement!
The inaugural African Leadership Retreat (ALR) will take Place from the 4th to the 13th of July 2010.
The outcomes will be sustainable with an ultimate goal to benefit many on the continent, not just a few. "We are acting to change, not speaking about change. Let's build a better Africa for all" says Mamadou Kwidjim Toure, Founder of ALR
Date: 04 July 2010 to 13 July 2010Venue: Cape Town, Durban and Johannesburg