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tgais 3 The Global African Investment Summit “For the good of Africa I will never be tired of being involved, of being active and of doing my best.”

His Excellency Former President, Republic of , Chairman of The Global African Investment Summit

Transforming Africa’s economies for global competitiveness Previous heads of government include:

His Excellency His Excellency John Dramani Mahama Matata Ponyo Mapon President, Republic of Ghana President, Democratic Republic of the Congo

His Excellency Her Excellency Yoweri Kaguta Museveni Ellen Sirleaf Johnson President, Republic of President, Republic of Liberia

His Excellency His Excellency Peter Mutharika President, Republic of President, Republic of Malawi

His Excellency His Excellency Dr Hage Geingob President, Republic of President, Republic of Namibia

His Excellency His Excellency Xavier Duval President, Republic of Prime Minister, Mauritius tgais 4 The Global African Investment Summit 1,500 investors attend the summit who have a combined net investment pool of $425 billion USD looking to be deployed in Africa.

Aliko Dangote Cherie Blair QC Founder, Dangote Group Chair, Omnia Strategy

Jim Ovia Mark Simmonds Chairman, Zenith Bank Non-Executive Director African Potash

Folorunsho Alakija Diane Noble Vice Chair, Famfa Oil Limited CEO, CDC Group

His Excellency Jingdong Hua Akinwunmi Ambode Vice President and Treasurer, Lagos State Governor International Finance Corporation

Baroness Lynda Chalker Chairman, Africa Matters Limited

It’s more than a summit. Run annually in the The Global African Investment Summit is first week of December, The Global African a business platform run with the patronage Investment Summit is a 365-day-a-year and support of multiple African Heads of investment programme giving investors State as well as the business elite of Africa. access to the most bankable public and In three days the summit will deliver more private sector projects from Cairo to Cape access to finance than any other platform Town, whilst also attracting the international for Africa. business elite looking to transact and deploy funds in Africa.

The event has connected over 1,500 investors to the African public and private sector and continues to deliver tangible results in the form of deployed investment, letters of intent and MoUs from investors to Governments. tgais 5 The Global African Investment Summit The World’s meeting place for Africa

In 2015, The Global African 8 Presidents supporting the summit Investment Summit delivered in with their patronage and attendance. excess of 1,500 investors in control of $425Billion USD. This presents a safe Over 30 Africa ministers have attended and trusted environment. Backed by the summit since its conception. multiple heads of state and with the support of the Government of the Over 12 projects have been agreed United Kingdom, The Global African with governments in hydro-power, Investment Summit is the premier agriculture, housing, roads as a result Africa centric investment platform of the summit. for the continent. 1,350 investors attended the summit looking to deploy funding.

Over 200 projects in the public and private sector have supported investors with project origination.

Over 18 countries have been represented at the summit from the continent.

Over 600 investors have been directly engaged with the African public and private sector as a result of the summit. tgais 6 The Global African Investment Summit Testimonials Day 1

His Excellency Joel Segal Prime Minister of Benin Partner and Chair of Africa Business Group, PwC “Our main economic potential is to serve the region starting with “There are very few opportunities Nigeria. Africa is growing faster to have a number of key ministers, than any other region in terms who really represent the of reforms. What we are doing has government side and set the tone yet to be achieved by anybody.” for the opportunities as well as the challenges in Africa. Then to also have a whole range of corporate’s Rob Hersov who are looking to invest, to Chairman and CEO support and be aligned with those Invest Africa agendas. I think TGAIS allows you to put those two together in “It’s fundamental, relationships are a pretty unique way.” everything, so meeting other people who are doing business in Africa, you share ideas and find ways to Lord Anthony St John work together. It’s a great two days.” Chairman, Strand Hanson

“I think this African summit is Eytan Stibbe ideally positioned just after CHOGM, Founding Partner, so we have a mix of politicians, Vital Capital Fund leaders and businessmen and it’s come at a very appropriate time.” “We invest in other developing countries with the intention to bring their knowledge and operations into Srivathsan Venkataramani Africa, such as renewable energy, Managing Director of Africa and sewage and waste water treatment.” Middle East, Olam International

“The key thing about this summit Diane Noble is Africa has a lot of potential and CEO, CDC Group a lot of opportunities. But the missing link is the financing, how “Africa is a very important market do you find the right people, who for CDC, so having a voice at a have ideas? This is the one forum forum where there is a cross section that links entrepreneurs, various of entrepreneurs, government business ideas and Africa with the officials, regulators and other financial community, and that is financiers as well, is a way of something unique.” sharing our messages and also hearing what is important to them.” Bob Collymore CEO, Safaricom Chris Antonopoulos CEO, Lekela Power “This event brings the real decision makers into contact with each “Everybody who is important in the other: the policy makers, a whole African sphere, is altogether in one range of Ministers and Heads of venue and that of course brings a lot State, CEO’s, people running capital of efficiency.” markets, and of course investors.” tgais 7 The Global African Investment Summit Testimonials Day 2

His Excellency Arnold Ekpe Olusegun Obasanjo Vice Chairman at ADC African Former President, Development Corp Republic of Nigeria “In order to create an environment “I see TGAIS as an opportunity where a large number of Africans to mobilise investment and can commune to the employment correct the misperception and the market and have employment, misrepresentation about Africa.” then Africa can begin to catch up with the rest of the world. You need infrastructure and power, those are Dr. Carlos Lopes the real areas of focus.” Executive Secretary,

“Africa is going through a very Geoffrey White interesting period of growth, CEO, Agility Africa but everybody knows that this growth is still not enough to dispel “This has become, over time, the misperceptions about the continent go to conference globally, looking and each time there is headwind at Africa and its challenges. This immediately the narrative changes conference has got the right balance: back to the negative. So we need what are the challenges, but also conferences like this to put out highlighting the opportunities and the real story about Africa’s the good news as well.” transformation.”

Paul Sinclair Mark Simmonds Event Director, The Global Non-Executive Director African Investment Summit African Potash

“We understood that we could look “There is a real appetite in the to achieve, to make a social and investor community to look at economic difference, although we’re investing in a whole range of not economists, by simply bringing economic sectors in the African the money to the continent. Being in continent. But it is a vast and a diaspora myself, you always have complex geographical area a natural draw to home. I’ve got and there is not necessarily a a passion for Ghana, a passion for detailed enough understanding the continent, a passion to see my of the challenges as well as the people succeed.” opportunities that exist in Africa.”

Baroness Lynda Chalker Scott Mackin Chairman, Africa Matters Limited Managing Partner and Co-President, Denham Capital “This year the summit is bringing in new potential investors, who “It is amazing how this summit has are very active in London to get to come out of nowhere and been able know a lot more about the countries to attract a good combination of of Africa, what they can offer and business, government, social and where they can really have good strong personnel. It’s unparalleled returns for their investments.” in being able to do that.” tgais 8 The Global African Investment Summit

Why do investors attend? Why do African governments attend? 70% 661 of investors attended the Project owners from the African summit to develop relationships public and private sector came to conclude in investment. to the event to source new finance and investors. 101 investors said they expect to 87% transact and invest in projects of the government officials from the 2 day summit. attending the summit said they are satisfied their objectives 270 were met. investors attended the summit to source specific 985 government projects. project owners and investors met potential investors/co-investors 475 at this year’s summit. investors attended purely to meet government officials 877 to deploy funding. investors attended the summit to network and do deals with project 1,120 owners, The summit is not a talk said TGAIS is an appropriate shop, it’s a deal making platform. platform for project origination. Over 65% of the investors said they would travel to Africa to conclude deals on the back of the summit participation.

The value of The Global African Whether you are looking to solve ongoing Investment Summit is built on its network. pressures to source international standard The summit has fast become the meeting projects, raise capital from end investors point of the international business elite or simply access international finance as well as African Heads of State. It is for African projects, The Global African a summit where projects are presented Investment Summit unlocks the continent and investment deployed. to the world. tgais 9 The Global African Investment Summit “I hope for tertiary processing eventually, Africa can no longer be the exporter of primary commodities. We need to increase the level of manufacturing to sustain our economic growth. We need to integrate, together as 15 West African countries we have a market of 350Million people. It is important for Africa to open trade and investment across the sub region.”

His Excellency John Dramani Mahama President of Ghana

The Summit brings together not only world leaders, but also the largest cross section of:

Banks Previous sponsors include: Sovereign wealth funds World class speakers Pension funds Operators Family offices Ultra-high net worth individuals Private equity funds Insurance companies Multilateral banks Operators

Previous speakers include:

Rt Hon Philip Hammond Aliko Dangote Secretary of State for Foreign CEO, Dangote Group and Commonwealth Affairs

Jim Ovia John Snow Chairman, Zenith Bank CEO, Cerebus Capital Management

Youssef Boutros Ghali Bob Collymore Former Chairman, IMF CEO, Safaricom

Matt Lilley Diane Noble CEO, Prudential Africa CEO, CDC Group

Solomon Asamoah Vice President, African Development Bank tgais 10 The Global African Investment Summit The Global African Investment Summit is committed to change across the continent. We are very aware that the dialogue and commentary on Africa is a trodden path. That is why we focus the event on tangible outcomes and take away. The event delivers access to and transaction on projects that investors would not otherwise have had. The core sectors that investors look to deploy are agriculture, banking, consumer goods, infrastructure and power, mining, oil and gas, and ICT.

Harnessing Africa`s huge Agriculture consumer market and value addition

It is forecast that 200 million Africans The African agribusiness sector requires will have entered the consumer markets investment to drive commercial farming, by the end of 2015. The opportunity to mechanisation and processed product harness regional trade and a growing middle through value addition. Governments are income population only strengthens the increasingly looking for FDI to support the ambition of governments to partner and agribusiness sector with high-quality seeds, source investment in the power sector for international standard fertiliser, and robust industrialisation, logistics and transport and reliable irrigation systems. The Global to nurture regional trade and value addition African Investment Summit continues to to create local brands, stimulate employment drive investment into the Blue Economy and drive middle income economies. and the agribusiness as a whole. tgais 11 The Global African Investment Summit

Mining Africa`s huge mineral potential

Africa is home to the world’s most sought after resources including platinum, uranium, gold, silver, bauxite and of course diamonds. The challenge the continent faces is the perception of political instability and of course the 60-70% drop in commodity prices that hit the industry in late 2008 and early 2009. With huge demand on capex to successfully develop and export minerals the Finance and Banking mining sector remains a beacon of hope for national revenue generation as well as sector Although it is forecast that the banking riddled with challenges for the investment sector will experience lower growth across community. The Global African Investment the continent the summit continues Summit successfully presents the most to present some of the most attractive compelling public and private sector mining opportunities in the Africa finance sector. projects seeking international operators and Fintech technology and banking reforms project finance. from Cairo to Cape Town have given way to a huge investment opportunity in banking being presented at the summit in both The Hydrocarbon commercial and retail banking. sector

The African oil and gas boom has seen Infrastructure and power production play a far more significant role in global hydrocarbon supply and demand. Powering Africa and regionally connecting Mammoth Gas finds offshore in the Rovuma its markets remains the continents greatest Basin has seen a scramble for producers in challenge. Investment into Africa`s Mozambique and Tanzania whilst Chad, infrastructure sector remains in deficit and Sudan offer huge opportunities yet the increase in investment continues in the near future. to grow. Whilst we have seen FDI being allocated in infrastructure and power it As international oil companies continue to remains imperative that the deficit must develop new concessions and acreage across be closed. Starting with power and moving the continent through new licensing rounds, onto transport and logistics, The Global farm outs and mergers and acquisitions, African Investment Summit presents the so The Global African Investment Summit most compelling projects on the continent highlights the most prestigious upstream to investors. and downstream projects. Find out more about sponsoring, participating and attending The Global African Investment Summit. Contact:

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