CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS:

Welcome and Introduction:   9:00 A.M.

Stephen Hayes, President, The Corporate Council on Africa  (Bio.)
Stanley Fischer, Vice Chairman, Citigroup, President, Citigroup International (Bio.)

Workshop - Investment Opportunities:   9:30 A.M.

David Bridgman, Program Manager, MIGA - Moderator
Frank Kennedy, Chairman, CCA Financing Task Force (Bio.)
Henry Steingass, Regional Director for Africa & Middle East, US Trade and Development Agency (Bio.)

Project Developers for the following:   9:30 A.M.

Mozambique’s Mphanda Uncua Hydropower Project - UTIP
The Northern Corridor Pipeline of Central East Africa - Ministry of Republic of Uganda
Cabinda Port Project - Goodworks International

Workshop - Assessing African Equity Capital Markets:   11:00 A.M.

Dr. Ndi Okereke-Onyiuke, Chairperson, African Stock Exchanges Association & Director General, Nigeria Stock Exchange
Sunil Benimadhu, Chief Executive Officer, The Stock Exchange of Mauritius Ltd. (Bio.)
Colin Coleman, Managing Director, Goldman Sachs International, South Africa  (Bio.)
Christopher Morin, Senior Vice President Europe, Middle East and Africa, New York Stock Exchange, Inc. (Bio.)

Plenary Lunch:   12:30 P.M. 

Key note speaker:
Walter Kansteiner III, Principal, Scowcroft Group and Former Assistant Secretary for African Affairs, U.S. Department State Department  (Bio.)

 Workshop - Trade Finance:   2:00 P.M.

Dele Babade, Director & Head, Sub-Saharan Africa Division, Corporate Finance, Citigroup (Bio.)
Benjamin M. Akuete, Vice President, M&T Bank  (Bio.)
John Richter, Regional Director, Africa, Asia, & Middle East, Export-Import Bank of the United States  (Bio.)

Workshop - Debt Markets:   2:00 P.M.

Nicholas Howard, Senior Investment Advisor, Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund, Standard Bank (Bio.)
Mansour Kane, Regional Manager, Africa, Middle East, North Africa & Asia, Multilateral Investment  Guarantee Agency

Workshop - Equity Investments:  2:00 P.M.

Edward Jaycox, Chief Executive Officer, Emerging Markets Partnership – Moderator (Bio.)
Tom Barry, Chief Executive Officer, Zephyr Management, L.P. Part I (Bio.)
Tom Barry, Chief Executive Officer, Zephyr Management, L.P. Part II
Sam Jonah, Chief Executive Officer, Ashanti Goldfields Corporation  (Bio.)
Mohamed Ibrahim, Chairman & Founder, Celtel International  Services, BV  
Ngalaah Chuphi, Partner, Ethos Private Equity
Wendy Peter Abt, Founder & CEO, WPA (Bio.)
Thomas Gibian, Managing Director, Emerging Markets Partnership (Bio.)

 

CONFERENCE OBJECTIVES:

• Attract foreign direct investment to Africa.
• Highlight key viable financing opportunities in Africa
• Provide a platform for financiers to meet sponsors of projects in Africa

HIGHLIGHTS:

• Explore best practices for investing in Africa
• Analyze current trends in accessing liquidity through African capital markets
• Review effective mechanisms for public and private debt flows to Africa
• Examine case studies of high yield equity investments in Africa
• See how sovereign credit ratings are assigned to African nations
• Learn about risk mitigation programs offered by the U.S. government and multi-lateral institutions

TARGET AUDIENCE:

• U.S. financial institutions operating in Africa and other institutions interested in expanding operations in Africa
• Investment and commercial banks, equity fund managers, brokerage houses, private insurance and asset management companies
• Businesses involved in infrastructure, manufacturing, financial services, trade and related activities
• Representatives of U.S. and African governments and multi-lateral institutions, including the United Nations, World Bank Group and African regional integration groupings (e.g., NEPAD, AU, COMESA, SADC, CEMAC, WAEMU, ECOWAS)

ONE-ON-ONE MEETINGS;

• Individually scheduled meetings with project managers and developers

DATE & LOCATION
       February 26, 2004
          Citigroup Building
          388 Greenwich Street
          New York, New York

CCA FINANCING TASK FORCE INCLUDES REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE FOLLOWING ORGANIZATIONS: 

• Citigroup
• UNDP
• MIGA
• Export-Import Bank of the United States of America
• Overseas Private Investment Corporation
• United States Treasury Department
• HSBC Equator Bank
• Bank of New York
• M & T Bank
• United Bank of Africa
• UBS International Inc.
• Databank Ltd.
• Doley Securities
• Emerging Markets Partnership
• Modern Africa Fund Managers
• Zephyr Management, L.P.
• Merrill Lynch
• Africa Millennium Fund
• Structured Credit International Corporation
• LiquidAfrica Holdings
• O’Melveny & Myers, LLP
• LeBoeuf, Lamb, Green & MacRae
• Ngarurih Investment Group
• AfricaGlobal Group
• eStandards Forum

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