PRESS RELEASE
APO (African Press Organization) Invited As VIP Guest
DUBAI, UAE, September 30, 2014/ — APO (African Press Organization) (www.apo-opa.com) has been invited as VIP Guest to attend the second Africa Global Business Forum (www.africaglobalbusinessforum.com),
the region’s leading international trade and investment Forum on
Africa, to take place at the Atlantis The Palm, Dubai on 1st and 2nd
October 2014.
Photo: http://www.photos.apo-opa.com/index.php?level=picture&id=782 (Nicolas Pompigne-Mognard, Founder and CEO of APO (African Press Organization)
Organised by
Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry with content developed by The
Economist Events and under the patronage of H.H. Sheikh Mohammed bin
Rashid Al Maktoum, UAE Vice-President and Prime Minister and Ruler of
Dubai, the forum will explore new business partnerships and
opportunities arising between Africa and Dubai.
The 2nd Africa
Global Business Forum 2014 is by invitation only and will assemble
high-level decision makers on the global business scene, including
African Heads of State, Ministers, prominent CEOs operating globally,
heads of private banks, sovereign wealth funds and private equity firms.
International
speakers include: H.E. Paul Kagame, President of Rwanda; H.E. Armando
Guebuza, President of Republic of Mozambique; H.E. Amama Mbabazi, Prime
Minister of Uganda; Donald Kaberuka, President, African Development Bank
Group.
Emirati speakers
include H.H. Sheikh Ahmed Bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Chairman and CEO,
Emirates Airline and Group; H.E. Reem Al Hashimy, UAE Minister of State
and Managing Director, Dubai Expo 2020; H.E. Sultan Al Mansoori, UAE
Minister of Economy ,H.E. Mohammed I. Al Shaibani, Executive Director
and Chief Executive Officer of Investment Corporation of Dubai (ICD),
H.E Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem, Chairman, DP and many more.
In its strategy
of expanding into the African continent, Dubai has become a major
trading partner for the region as the emirate’s non-oil trade with the
continent increased by 141%, up from AED 37.9 billion in 2008 to AED
91.3 billion ($25 billion) in 2013.
According to a
Dubai Chamber statistics, African companies operating in Dubai have seen
a percentage growth of 171% from the period from 2008 to mid-2014.
Contact:
Aïssatou Diallo
About APO
APO (African Press Organization) (http://www.apo-opa.com) is the sole press release newswire in Africa and is a global leader in media relations relating to Africa.
With offices in Senegal,
Switzerland, Dubai, Hong Kong, India and Seychelles, APO owns a media
database containing over 100,000 contacts and is the main online
community for Africa-related news.
It offers a
complete range of services, including press release distribution and
monitoring, online press conferences, interactive webcasts, media
interactions, strategic advice, public diplomacy, government relations
and events promotion. To find out more, please visit http://www.apo-opa.com.
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