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SUMMARY:Canada Africa Business Summit 2014
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Photos of Canada-Africa Business Summit 2014″ font_container=”tag:h2|text_align:center” google_fonts=”font_family:Open%20Sans%3A300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C600%2C600italic%2C700%2C700italic%2C800%2C800italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” link=”url:http%3A%2F%2F198.46.81.194%2F~ccafri5%2Fmedias%2Fcanada-africa-business-summit-2014%2F|title:Click%20Here|target:%20_blank”][vc_images_carousel images=”2274\,655\,656\,637\,600\,479″ img_size=”400×400″ onclick=”custom_link” custom_links_target=”_blank” speed=”3000″ autoplay=”yes” animation=”animate-when-visible” min_items=”1″ max_items=”3″ custom_links=”https://ccafrica.ca/medias/canada-africa-business-summit-2014/”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Summit Highlights ” font_container=”tag:h2|text_align:center” google_fonts=”font_family:Open%20Sans%3A300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C600%2C600italic%2C700%2C700italic%2C800%2C800italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_video link=”https://youtu.be/pisSo-ZPGaY”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_accordion][vc_accordion_tab title=”Sessions & Workshops” icon=”info-circled” icon_closed=”plus-squared”][vc_column_text]Over 25 sessions and workshops within five different sectors will be available for attendees to choose from. These informative sessions will feature the industry’s top speakers and panelists discussing the current challenges and opportunities influencing the Canada- Africa investment climate.[/vc_column_text][/vc_accordion_tab][vc_accordion_tab title=”Success Stories Sessions” icon=”info-circled” icon_closed=”plus-squared”][vc_column_text]The “Success Stories” sessions will be a small group\, facilitated round table discussion in which participants can exchange with their peers and industry experts on the issues that are essential to successful investing stories across the continent. Participate in these sessions to gather tricks and know-how to achieve a successful project in Africa[/vc_column_text][/vc_accordion_tab][vc_accordion_tab title=”Networking Opportunities ” icon=”info-circled” icon_closed=”plus-squared”][vc_column_text] \n\nSummit Expo: The Expo offers participants the unique opportunity to directly interact with leading Canadian and African corporations and organizations wishing to further develop their investments\, sales and purchases in Africa.\nFlash Focus Presentations: Learn more about select CCAfrica member companies and partners and their services/products through these special 15-minute presentations given during Networking Breaks and meals in the Summit EXPO Hall.\nB2B Networking Center: The B2B Networking Center provides all Summit participants with an online tool through which they can view their fellow attendee profiles and setup private meetings during the conference in order to forge new partnerships and grow their networks. The Networking Center is available online and at the B2B Networking Center counter with the Summit EXPO.\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_accordion_tab][vc_accordion_tab title=”Doing Business in Africa” icon=”info-circled” icon_closed=”plus-squared”][vc_column_text]The 2014 Canada Africa Business Summit will also feature two-hour “Doing Business in Africa” sessions as an integral part of the conference program. These forums are organized and run by the host country and give companies from around the glob the opportunity to gain insight on how to enter or expand in the market of the highlighted country. Attendees will have the opportunity to learn about business opportunities\, governmental policies and private sector success stories from high-level government officials and representatives from the host country. Attendees will also network other businesses interested in the highlighted country\, meet face to face with country policy makers and business representatives and build potential partnerships for the future. \nBeing a host of a “Doing Business” Forum includes a dedicated two-hour time slot in the Summit program\, planning/coordination assistance\, marketing\, audio/visual and administrative services. Forum slots are limited and are available to interested countries on a first-come\, first-served basis.[/vc_column_text][/vc_accordion_tab][vc_accordion_tab title=”Trade & Exhibition ” icon=”info-circled” icon_closed=”plus-squared”][vc_column_text]Trade and Exhibition Booths: The Canada-Africa Business Summit EXPO provides a unique opportunity for companies to directly promote their brand\, products and services. The EXPO is a premier event within the Summit\, offering participants the unique opportunity to directly interact with leading Canadian and African corporations wishing to further develop their investments\, sales and purchases in Africa.[/vc_column_text][/vc_accordion_tab][vc_accordion_tab title=”Special Events ” icon=”info-circled” icon_closed=”plus-squared”][vc_column_text]Welcome Reception: The Summit will kick-off with a welcome reception. Attendees will network with colleagues and make new connections while enjoying food\, drinks and entertainment.[/vc_column_text][/vc_accordion_tab][/vc_accordion][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Sponsors” font_container=”tag:h2|text_align:center” google_fonts=”font_family:Open%20Sans%3A300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C600%2C600italic%2C700%2C700italic%2C800%2C800italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”2359″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_accordion][vc_accordion_tab title=”In Partnership With” icon=”info-circled” icon_closed=”plus-squared”][vc_column_text] \n\nAfrican Development Band\nDepartment of Foreign Affairs\, Trade & Development Canada\nWorld Bank Group\n\n  \n.[/vc_column_text][/vc_accordion_tab][vc_accordion_tab title=”Supporting Partners” icon=”info-circled” icon_closed=”plus-squared”][vc_column_text] \n\nBlaze Energy Ltd.\nCanadian Commercial Corporation (CCC)\nThe Canadian Institute of Mining\, Metallurgy and Petroleum\nCIMA International\nManitoba Hydro\nTrade Facilitation Office Canada (TFO Canada)\n\n  \n.[/vc_column_text][/vc_accordion_tab][vc_accordion_tab title=”Gold Sponsors ” icon=”info-circled” icon_closed=”plus-squared”][vc_column_text] \n\nBarrick Gold\nEthiopian Airlines\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_accordion_tab][vc_accordion_tab title=”Silver Sponsors” icon=”info-circled” icon_closed=”plus-squared”][vc_column_text] \n\nOando Oil\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_accordion_tab][vc_accordion_tab title=”Bronze Sponsors” icon=”info-circled” icon_closed=”plus-squared”][vc_column_text] \n\nAfreximbank\nBombardier\nCPCS\nGoodman Merchant Capital\nMcCarthy Tetrault\nOntario Canada\nSNC Lavalin\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_accordion_tab][vc_accordion_tab title=”Travel Partners” icon=”info-circled” icon_closed=”plus-squared”][vc_column_text] \n\nEthiopian Airlines\nLufthansa Airlines\nAustrian Airlines\nBrussels Airlines\nGerman Wings\nSwiss International  Airlines\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_accordion_tab][vc_accordion_tab title=”Media Partners” icon=”info-circled” icon_closed=”plus-squared”][vc_column_text] \n\nAfriqueExpansion\nAfrica Trade\nThe Africa Report\nThe Rising Africa\nJeune Afrique\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_accordion_tab][/vc_accordion][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Speakers & Presentations” font_container=”tag:h2|text_align:center” google_fonts=”font_family:Open%20Sans%3A300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C600%2C600italic%2C700%2C700italic%2C800%2C800italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_tabs][vc_tab icon=”0″ title=”Speakers” tab_id=”97ddb500-efc7-7″][vc_accordion active_tab=”false” collapsible=”yes”][vc_accordion_tab title=”Full List of Speakers (A-D)” icon=”minus-squared” icon_closed=”plus-squared”][vc_column_text font_size=”12″]Sameer Ada \nSales Director\, Africa Sales \nBombardier \n  \nH.E. Ousmane Mey Alamine \nMinister of Finance\, \nRepublic of Cameroon \n  \nMr. Pierre Alarie \nVice-President \nBusinesss Development and Sales\, \nCanadian Commercial Corporation (CCC) \n  \nMr.Edoh Kossi Amenounve \nPresident and CEO\, \nBourse Regionale des Valeurs Mobilieres (BRVM) \n  \nMr.Fitsum Arega \nDirector\, \nInvestment Agency \nFederal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia \n  \nH.E. Luc Magloire Mbarga Atangana \nMinister of Trade\, \nRepublic of Cameroon \n  \nThomas Barlow  \nPartner\, \nFasken Martineau \n  \nMr. David Baron \nPresident & CEO\, \nCowater \n  \nLucien Bradet \nFormer President & CEO\, \nCanadian Council on Africa \n  \nMr. Pierre Boivin  \nPartner\, \nMcCarthy Tetrault \n  \nMr. Paul Brennan \nVice President\, \nColleges and Institutes Canada \n  \nMr. Stephen Burega  \nPresident & CEO\, \nRakai Resources \n  \nPerry Calderwood \nHigh Commissioner of Canada to Nigeria \n  \nMr. Jean Charest \nFormer Premier\, Quebec \nPartner\, McCarthy Tetrault \n  \nMelissa Cook \nFounder and Managing Director\, \nAfrica Sunrise Partners LLC \n  \nMr. Amadou Daffe \nCo-Founder\, \nCoders4Africa \n  \nMr. Sani Dangote  \nPresident\, \nDangote Group \n  \nMr. Shankar Deverajan  \nFounder & CEO\, \nSu Mitra Inc \n  \nH.E. Emmanuel Nganou Djoumessi \nMinister of Economy\, Planning and Regional Development \nRepublic of Cameroon \n  \n  \nMrs. Laura Dorling van der Oord \nAdvisor \nOffice of the Executive Director for Canada\, Ireland and the Caribbean \nThe World Bank Group \n  \nMr. Fernando dos Santos  \nDirector General\, \nAfrican Regional Intellectual Property Organization \n  \nMr. Kenroy Dowers \nManaging Director\,Corporate M&A and Development Group\, \nAtlas Mara[/vc_column_text][/vc_accordion_tab][vc_accordion_tab title=”Full List of Speakers (E-L)” icon=”minus-squared” icon_closed=”plus-squared”][vc_column_text font_size=”12″]Christophe Eken  \nChairman of the Consular Chamber\, \nCameroon Chamber of Commerce \n  \nHon. Ed Fast \nMinister of International Trade \nCanada \n  \nJohn Ffooks \nPartner \nJohn W Ffooks & Co \n  \nLise Filiatrault  \nActing Assistant Deputy Minister \nAfrica Branch \nDepartment of Foreign Affairs\, Commerce and Development \nMari-Jose Fortin\, \nDirector \nColleges and Institutes Canada \n  \nNicholas Fortin \nDirector of Business Development \nEmergensys \n  \nAnde Fotso \nPresident \nGICAM Cameroon \n  \nMr David Fulton \nHead USA & Canada Relations \nInternational Finance Corporation (IFC) \n  \nMr. Jean Gauthier  \nPresident & CEO \nCanadian Council on Africa \n  \nMr. Tewolde Gebremariam  \nCEO \nEhtiopian Airlines \n  \nCalixtus Gentry  \nSecretary of State of the Ministry of Industries \nMines & Technological Development\, Cameroon \n  \nRoger Gervais \nGeneral Manager \nSDV Logisitics \n  \nH.E. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus \nMinister of Foreign Affairs \nFederal Democratic Republic of Ethipoia \n  \nMr. Malcolm Gilroy \nMarkets Consultant \nMalcolm Gilroy Global \n  \nMr. Ned Goodman \nChairman\, Dundee Corporation \nPresident & CEO\, Goodman Merchant Capital \n  \nMr. Aboubaker Omar Hadi  \nChairman \nDjibouti Ports & Free Zones Authority \n  \nMr. Stephen Hayes  \nPresident & CEO \nCorporate Council on Africa (CCA) \n  \nMr. Amadou Hott  \nCEO \nFonsis \n  \nMr. Nwachukwu Remigius Ihejieto \nManager\, Business Development \nAfrican Export-Import Bank \n  \nDaye Kaba  \nPartner\, Fasken Martinea \n  \nMr. Francois Kaniki \nChairman\, Bollore Africa Logistics \n  \nMr. Nola Kianza  \nFounder & Director \nCanadian Council on Africa \n  \nMr. Peter Kieran  \nPresident \nCPCS \n  \nMr. Basile Kouamen \nFormer Factory Manager \nNestle Nigeria PLC \n  \nH.E. Basile Atangana  \nMinister of Water\, Resources and Energy \nRepublic of Cameroon \n  \nMrs. Huguette Labelle \nChair of the Board \nTransparency International \n  \nBenoit LaSalle \nPresident & CEO \nWindiga Energy Inc[/vc_column_text][/vc_accordion_tab][vc_accordion_tab title=”Full List of Speakers (O-T)” icon=”minus-squared” icon_closed=”plus-squared”][vc_column_text font_size=”12″]Hon. Don Oliver \nSenator \nCanada \n  \nJames Abiodun Olotu  \nChief Executive Officer\, Managing Director & Director \nNiger Delta Power Holding Company Limited \n  \nH.E. Youssouf Ouedraogo \nSpecial Advisor to the President \nAfrican Development Bank (AfDB) \n  \nMr. Emmanuel Etoundi Oyono \nDirector General \nAutonomous Port of Doula \n  \nHon. Christian Paradis  \nMinister of International Development & Minister for La Francophonie \nCanada \n  \nMark Romoff \nPresident & CEO \nThe Canadian Council for Public-Private Partnerships \n  \nMr. Jamal Saghir \nSenior Regional Advisor\, Africa Region \nThe World Bank Group \n  \nH.E. Tolessa Shagi \nMinister of Mines\, \nFederal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia \n  \nStephen Shefsky  \nPresident & CEO \nJames Bay Resources \n  \nMr. Mark Sitter  \nDirector Corporate Affairs\, \nSheritt International \n  \nPierre Tankam  \nGeneral Manager \nCameroon Civil Aviation Authority \n  \nH.E. Alemayehu Tegenu  \nMinister of Water\, Irrigation and Energy \nFederal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia \n  \nMr. Wale Tinubu  \nCEO \nOando PLC[/vc_column_text][/vc_accordion_tab][vc_accordion_tab title=”Full List of Speakers (U-Z)” icon=”minus-squared” icon_closed=”plus-squared”][vc_column_text font_size=”12″]Mr. Uzo Udemba  \nChairman & President \nUdemba Group \n  \nDavid Usher  \nAmbassador to the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia \nCanada \n  \nMr. Jean Vavrek \nExecutive Director \nCanadian Institute of Mining\, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM) \n  \nMr. David Wheeler  \nPresident \nCape Breton University \n  \nTodd Winterhault  \nGroup Vice President\, \nInternational Business Development \nExport Development Canada \n  \nMr. Martin Zablocki \nPresident & CEO \nCanadian Commercial Corporation (CCC) \n  \nMr. Thierry Zomahoun \nPresident & Chief Executive Officer \nAfrican Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS)[/vc_column_text][/vc_accordion_tab][/vc_accordion][/vc_tab][vc_tab icon=”0″ title=”Presentations” tab_id=”8dabdfa5-5ddf-6″][vc_accordion active_tab=”false”][vc_accordion_tab title=”Presentations (A-D)” icon=”minus-squared” icon_closed=”plus-squared”][vc_column_text]Mr. Pierre Alarie \nVice-President Business Development and Sales \nCanadian Commercial Corporation (CCC) \nPresentation  \n  \nMs. Melissa Cook \nFounder and Managing Director \nAfrican Sunrise Partners LLC \nPresentation \nMr. Amadou Daffe \nCo-Founder \nCoders4Africa \nPresentation \nMr. Sani Dangote  \nVice President\, \nDangote Group \nPresentation \nMr. Kenroy Dowers \nManaging Director\, Corporate\, M&A and Development Group \nAtlas Mara \nPresentation \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_accordion_tab][vc_accordion_tab title=”Presentations (E-N)” icon=”minus-squared” icon_closed=”plus-squared”][vc_column_text]Mr. Nicholas Fortin  \nDirector\, Business Development \nEmergensys \nPresentation  \n  \nMr. Aboubaker Omar Hadi \nChairman \nDjibouti Ports & Free Zones Authority \nPresentation \n  \nMr. Daye Kaba  \nPartner \nFasken Martineau \nPresentation \n  \nMr. Basile Kouamen \nFormer Factory Manager\, \nNestle Nigeria PLC \nPresentation \n  \nMr. Benoit LaSalle  \nPresident & CEO \nWindiga Energy \nPresentation \n  \nMr. Ed Mills \nPresident & CEO \nBlaze Energy \nPresentation  \nMr. Brian Mitchell \nExecutive Director \nTFO Canada \nPresentation  \nMr. Zemendeneh Negatu \nManaging Partner (Ethiopia) \nErnst & Young LLP \nPresentation[/vc_column_text][/vc_accordion_tab][vc_accordion_tab title=”Presentations (O-Z)” icon=”minus-squared” icon_closed=”plus-squared”][vc_column_text]Mr. Mark Sitter \nDirector Corporate Affairs \nSherritt International \nPresentation \n  \n  \nMr. David Wheeler \nPresident \nCape Breton University \nPresentation \n  \n  \nMr. Maritn Zablocki \nPresident & CEO \nCanadian Commercial Corporation (CCC) \nPresentation [/vc_column_text][/vc_accordion_tab][/vc_accordion][/vc_tab][/vc_tabs][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Keynote Speakers” font_container=”tag:h2|text_align:center” google_fonts=”font_family:Open%20Sans%3A300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C600%2C600italic%2C700%2C700italic%2C800%2C800italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_video link=”https://youtu.be/kNBGiEVYzrs” title=”Minister Ed Fast”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_video link=”https://youtu.be/hr8tmjQDZ9s” title=”Minister Christian Paradis”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_video link=”https://youtu.be/-mZyWC8WE04″ title=”Jamal Saghir”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”—> See More Keynote Speakers” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:18|text_align:right|color:%23dd3333″ 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URL:https://ccafrica.ca/event/canada-africa-business-summit-2014-2/
LOCATION:100 Front Street West \, Toronto\, M5J 1E3\, Canada
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CATEGORIES:Business Summit
ORGANIZER;CN="CCAfrica":MAILTO:leonie.perron@ccafrica.ca
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