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PROGRAMME: CRYSTAL BALL AFRICA 2020

TIME TOPIC
  THURSDAY, JANUARY 16, 2020
07:30 Registration
08:45 – 08:50 Welcome remarks
08:50 – 09:00 Opening remarks
09:00 – 09:15 Message from Lead Sponsor
09:15 – 09:45 Keynote Address: “Getting Ready for the Start of Trade”
09:45 – 10:00 Remarks by Guest of Honour
10:00 – 10:40 The Emerging Mega Market under the AfCFTA and the Trillion Dollar Private Sector Investment Framework
10:40 – 11:00 COFFEE BREAK
11:00 – 12:00 Financing continental trade, mega investments and signature AfCFTA projects
12:00 – 13:00 The emerging opportunities in Africa’s value addition and industrialization agenda
13:00 – 14:00 LUNCH BREAK
BREAKOUT SESSIONS – PARALLEL SESSION 1 (A), (B), (C) &(D)
14:00 – 14:45

SESSION 1(A)

Leveraging the AfCFTA rules of origin for increased exports

 

14:00 – 14:45

SESSION 1(B)

The role of Local and Foreign investors and the rise of Special economic zones
14:00 – 14:45

SESSION 1(C)

Standardization: under the AfCFTA what are the new standards that a business must know
14:00 – 14:45

SESSION 1(D)

The role of SMEs in the Africa value and supply chain under the AfCFTA

 

  PARALLEL SESSION 2 (A), (B), (C) &(D)
14:45 – 15:30
SESSION 2(A )
14:45 – 15:00

15:00 – 15:30

 

 

Invest in Africa (IIA) – SME supply chain platform

The proposed payment platform and currency of payments under the AfCFTA

14:45 – 15:30

SESSION 2(B)

Trade compliance and the dispute resolution mechanisms under the AfCFTA

 

14:45 – 15:30

SESSION 2(C)

Using innovation to build industrialization culture in Africa

 

14:45 – 15:30

SESSION 2(D)

Agriculture as a catalyst for industrialization and growth in agribusiness for the AfCFTA

 

15:30 – 16:00 COFFEE BREAK
  PLENARY SESSION
16:00 – 16:30 Developing the business and private sector aspects into the country strategy – key issues businesses should note
16:30 – 17:00 The professional services market under the AfCFTA
17:00 – 17:30 Inside the Crystal Ball – 2019 – Africa business in the midst of global events 2020

 

17:30 CLOSING PARTY
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