The
Build Africa Forum announces the participation of President Vicente
Fox, Governor Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, & Professor Xavier Sala-I-Martin
at the Global Forum On Infrastructure in Africa
The two day forum on infrastructure in Africa will be held on February 5-7, 2014, in Brazzaville, Congo
BRAZZAVILLE, Republic of the Congo, January 14, 2014/ -- The BUILD Africa Forum is pleased to announce the participation of global leaders during the
two day forum on infrastructure in Africa, to be held under the High Patronage of Denis Sassou N’Guesso, President of the Republic of the Congo, on February 5-7, 2014, in Brazzaville, Congo.
500
leading policy-makers, investors, developers, and infrastructure
operators will gather in Brazzaville. The Forum will include global
players like Robert Gumede, Founder and Owner of Guma Group (South
Africa); Otavio Azvedo, President of Andrade Gutierrez (Brazil); Mario
Pezzini, Director of the OECD Development Center (France), Tas
Anvaripour, Director of AfDB’s Africa50 fund (Tunisia), Tewolde
Gebremariam, CEO of Ethiopian Airlines (Ethiopia); and Cesare Trevisani,
CEO of the Trevi Group (Italy), among many others.
The
BUILD Africa Forum is delighted announce the participation of key
speakers, who will share their experience in policy-making and speak to
the power of infrastructure as a tool for growth and economic and social
development.
President Vicente Fox, Former President of Mexico, 2000-2006.
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President Fox is a visionary leader with a deep understanding of the
economic and social challenges facing emerging economies, President Fox
is one of the world’s most important voices on the contemporary
geo-political landscape and the role of business in the developing
world.
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President Fox will share his experience in developing Mexico’s economy
and industry and offer insights into the challenges and opportunities
facing emerging economies.
Governor Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria.
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Governor Sanusi was appointed Governor of the Nigerian Central Bank on
the 3rd of June 2009. Less than 2 months after his appointment, Sanusi
led Central Bank’s rescue Afribank, Intercontinental Bank, Union Bank,
Oceanic Bank and Finbank. He has been recognised as Central Bank
Governor of the Year for Africa. In 2011, TIME magazine recognized
Sanusi as one of the 100 most influential people of year.
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Governor Sanusi will offer insight into the possibility of an
infrastructure bubble in Africa, considering whether it poses a real
threat to the continent or is simply a groundless concern.
Dr.
Xavier Sala-i-Martin, Professor of Economics at Columbia University,
New York, USA & Chief Economic Advisor of the Center for Global
Competitiveness and Performance at the World Economic Forum in Davos,
Switzerland.
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Professor Sala-i-Martin’s has spent his career teaching, researching
world economics, and consulting with governments and international
financial institutions. Besides his activities as Professor in the
world’s most prestigious academic institutions (Columbia University,
Yale University, Harvard University), he regularly advises the World
Bank and the International Monetary Fund.
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At the BUILD Africa Forum, Professor Sala-i-Martin will share his views
on Africa’s economic environment, and investment climate, and offer
decision makers wishing to do business in Africa insights on
competitiveness and innovation.
The BUILD Africa Forum
is organized in partnership with the AfDB’s Africa50 Fund and The World
Bank. To view the full programme and list of global experts speaking at
the forum, please visit: http://www.buildafricaforum.com
Distributed by APO (African Press Organization) on behalf of BUILD Africa Forum.
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