SSCG Africa Events Connecting Businesses, Entrepreneurs and Investors with Opportunities in Africa

Supporting our clients to acquire new

market insights, establish and strengthen

business networks and partnerships. We connect and bring together the most influential and exciting minds from

entrepreneurship, corporate, governments, innovation communities and social

development to discuss and debate economy challenges and preferable

solutions for Africa.

To maximise the benefits for participants, we structure our events in a format

that allows them to acquire new insights, strategies, tools and learn available

business opportunities.

Economic Growth, Entrepreneurship, SME

Competitiveness & Though Leadership 1. Nigeria Economic Growth Conference, 19 November 2014, Abuja

2. Kenya Enterprise Growth Conference, 25 - 26 March 2015, Nairobi

3. Shaping Our Future Conference, 30 - 31 March 2015, Lusaka

4. SSCG West Africa Economic Growth Conference, 06 - 07 May 2015,

Abuja

5. SSCG Africa Annual Economic & Entrepreneurship Conference,

10 - 11 June 2015, Oxford

6. SSCG East Africa Economic Growth Conference, 15 -16 September

2015, Nairobi

7. SSCG Southern Africa Economic & Entrepreneurship Conference,

09 - 10 December 2015, Lusaka

Key areas of discussion:

• Fostering economic growth & prosperity

• Macro and micro economic environment

• Harnessing financial deepening

• Re-basing African countries GDP: Opportunities and challenges

• Pro-business environment: Policies, Security and institutions

• Driving growth through skilled labour market and jobs

• Accelerating private sector development

• Sustainable & inclusive businesses

• Social entrepreneurship and women in business

• Developing open talent economy

• Driving SME value and growth

• Boosting industry productivity and competitiveness

• Creating jobs and growth opportunities

• Accelerating entrepreneurship and innovation

• Nurturing innovation and technology driven businesses

• Harnessing sustainable and inclusive businesses

• Unlocking opportunities through innovation and entrepreneurship

• Fostering thought leadership and corporate entrepreneurship

• Supporting the youth to create better future

• Driving Diaspora entrepreneurship and remittances to Africa

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Trade and Investment in Africa • UK – Africa Annual Trade & Investment Conference,

18 - 19 February 2015, London

• EU – Africa Annual Trade & Investment Conference,

05 - 06 August 2015, Brussels

• SSCG Annual Southern Africa Trade And Investment Conference,

09 - 10 September 2015, Lusaka

Key areas to be addressed:

• Understanding African market, economic characteristics and business

environment

• Local content laws and regulatory policies

• Market entry and penetration: Navigating challenges and market

complexities

• Investment opportunities in mining, energy, Oil and Gas

• Strengthening trade linkages and ties

• Boosting intra regional trade

• Driving UK investment into Africa: FDIs and remittances

• Investment opportunities in Technology, Media and Telecoms (TMT)

• Boosting organisations growth: Capital, operation and client Positions

• Investment opportunities in financial, consumer and business services

• Fostering sustainable growth: Effective management of Partnerships (4Ps),

M&A, JVs and shared services

• Investment opportunities in infrastructure, real estate, agriculture

• Diaspora remittances and investment

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Investment and Financial Sector

Development 1. Boosting African Investment and Financial Sector Conference, 02 -

03 December 2015, Nairobi

2. Boosting African Investment and Financial Sector Conference, 09 -

10 March 2016, Lusaka

Key areas to be addressed:

• Economic and financial market growth outlook

• Strengthening African equity and capital market

• Growth opportunities in insurance and pension industry

• Strengthening microfinance sector growth

• Financial deepening: Boosting financial institutions and services

• Access to capital: Issue of collateral and Bank guarantee

• Commodity exchange, pricing and trading

• Banking : Trade finance and transactions

• Future of government bonds

• Investment: M&A, derivatives and equity securities, and

FICC services (fixed income instruments, currencies and

commodities)

• Financial innovation and risks: Mobile money , M-banking,

data and cyber security

• Strengthening African stock exchange

• Institutional investment: PE, VCs, Angel Investors, Hedge Funds, Pension

Funds and Asset Managers

• Diaspora remittances

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Energy, Oil & Gas 1. Africa Energy, Oil & Gas Conference, 11-12 November 2015,

London

2. Africa Energy, Oil & Gas Conference, 17-18 February 2016,

Nairobi

Key topics for discussion:

• Oil and Gas industry landscape: Exploration, Development

and Production(EDP) market and growth

• Offshore and onshore E&P investment opportunities

• Energy finance: Market, asset, pricing, demand and supply

• Energy diversification: Alternative and renewable energy, solar,

geothermal and hydro power

• Strengthening energy, Oil and Gas institutions, NOCs and IOCs

• Sustainability, HSE, risks, Social Responsibility and environment

• Key drivers for effective operations: Technologies, talent and digital oilfield

data

• Energy law reform: Compliance, policies and local content Laws

• Boosting energy industry growth: Partnerships, M&A, PSAs, JVs and PSCs

• Industry diversification and alternative energy: Green, Solar, Wind,

Geothermal and Hydro

• Strengthening petroleum industry technologies, talent and professionalism

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Innovation, Data and Telecoms, Media and

Technology (TMT) 1. Africa Innovation, Technology and Information Management

Conference, 19 - 20 August 2015, Lagos, Nigeria

Key areas for discussion:

• Information and data governance

• Managing technologically mediated information

• Cyber security management

• Strengthening IT and telecoms industry

• Africa internet connection and networks

• Financial innovation: M-banking and mobile money

• Online merchandising and payments

• Electronic payments and transfer for businesses

• Financial reporting, online payment security and forensics

• Investment opportunities in technology driven businesses

• Innovation and creative industries financing

• e-government and e-procurement

• Business model innovation

• Cloud sourcing

• Disruptive innovation

• Digital data security and management

• e-recruitment, e-skills, e-marketing and digital media marketing

• Data mining and Business Intelligence (BI)

• Agri-business innovation and technologies

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About SSCG

• A global network of management consulting and advisory firms.

• Provide innovative and market beating solutions, insights, enterprise

growth solutions, advisory and consultancy services.

• Support organisations and individuals seeking to explore and

engage in business activities in Africa.

• We have a strong footprint and experience across Sub-Saharan

Africa.

• We have built and sustain our reputation as the best firm to work

with by ensuring that our people, our clients and our communities

achieve their full potential.

• We operate as a global integrated firm, with one methodology across

all our geographical areas. We have structured our business to

ensure and enable us to mobilize our people quickly, and allocate

them to projects in the right place, at the right time.

For further information or to discuss your organisation tailored needs,

contact our advisory team at:

E: Info@s-scg.com

W: www.s-scg.com