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The Africa Business Breakfasts
Gordon Brown (above) spoke at a breakfast in June 2011. He is flanked by Lord Malloch Brown (chair of the RAS) and HE Peter Allan Kallaaghe High Commissioner of Tanzania The Africa Business Breakfasts are a series of early morning gatherings for senior executives of companies, policy makers, officials, representatives of NGOs and think tanks, and other experts.
Hosted by the Royal African Society, they provide an opportunity to deepen understanding of economic and social development and commercial issues in Africa and discuss what companies can and should do to maximise the contribution of business to socio-economic development in African countries.
Chaired by Lord Malloch Brown, Chairman of the RAS, the breakfasts are by invitation only and usually off-the-record. They also provide a forum for business leaders to meet and talk informally with colleagues as well as policy makers, opinion formers and stakeholders from outside the business sector.
The Africa Business Breakfasts are sponsored by CDC which provides private equity funding for companies in Africa, and held at the Simpson's in the Strand, 100 Strand, London WC2R.
The Africa Business Breakfasts are by invite only. Due to the popularity of the breakfasts the RAS prioritises invitations to its corporate members. To find out more about corporate membership please email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or access our membership page.
Reports from previous breakfasts Making Unilever Africa great again, with Frank Braeken, Executive Vice President, Unilever Africa. Trade: the future of African growth and development, with Lord Green, Minister for Trade & Investment Minister. Can Africa harness its resources for development?, with Paul Collier, Director of the Centre for the Study of African Economies, Oxford University, 1st November, 2011. Infrastructure and Real Estate in Africa, with Stephen O'Brien, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for International Development, panel discussion with Mark Holtzman (Vice Chairman Barclays Capital), Arnold Meyer (Head of Real Estate, Africa, Renaissance Group) and Alykan Nathoo (Partner, Helio Investment Group), 8 Sept. 2011. 'Distance is no justification for being less concerned,' with Gordon Brown MP. Transforming African health: a market based approach, with Ira Magaziner CEO, Clinton Health Access Initiative, 17 June 2011 Why we went to Africa, with Stephen Jennings CEO, Renaissance Capital, 11 May, 2011
What's better: trade or aid?, with Peter Mandelson, Former Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, 17 Feb, 2011 South Africa: the route to growth, with Praveen Gordhan, Minister of Fincance, South Africa, 26 November 2010 "A sweeter future for Africa?" - Prospects for the Sub Saharan African sugar industry, with George Weston, Group Chief Executive, Associated British Foods plc, 5 Oct 2010 Africa: Speculation or solid investment, with Marcus Agius, Barclays Group Chairman, 21 Sept 2010 Africa, the investment destination beyond Asia, with Jens Schleuniger, Fund Management, Equities EMEA (DWS Investment GmbH), 5 May 2010 Is Africa's Trade Changing?, with Jean-Louis Ekra, President of Afreximbank, 25 February 2010 World Recession: It's Effects on Africa, with Razia Khan, Standard Chartered regional head of Research, Africa, 21 July 2009 Making Public-Private Partnerships for Development work in Africa: Some Perspectives from the Gates Foundation, with Mark Suzman, Director of Policy and Advocacy the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, 3rd July 2009 Africa: The Market Solution, with Dambisa Moyo, author of Dead Aid, 24 March 2009 New Politics for South Africa, with Mosiuoa Lekota, President, Congress of the People (COPE), 27 February 2009 Sustaining Success in Times of Turmoil, with Antoinette Sayeh, Africa Director, IMF, 6 February 2009 Peter Sands, Group Chief Executive, Standard Chartered, 10 September 2008 How Small and Medium Enterprises can drive Africa's economies, with Omari Issa, CEO of the Investment Climate Facility for Africa, 29 May 2008 Investing in South Africa: Opportunities and Challenges of the Next Decade, with Jacob Zuma, President of the ANC, 24 April 2008
Managing Africa's Commodity Boom: Consensus, Confusion and Controversy, with Dr Donald Keberuka, President, African Development Bank, 14 December 2007 Africa and a Global Deal on Climate Change, with Sir Nicholas Stern, IG Patel Professor of Economics and Government, Leader of Stern Review, 7 November 2007 Sourcing for Sustainable Development, with Justin King, Chief Executive, Sainsbury's, 17 October 2007 Africa: the Next Chapter, with Rt. Hon. Lord Malloch-Brown, Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 17 September 2007 The Investment Climate Facility, with Niall FitzGerald KBE, Chairman of the Reuters Group, November 21st, 2006
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