Day One: Wednesday 25th September Venue: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Loretánské nám. 5, Prague 1 General Moderator: Michala Hergetová Moderated by: Michal Mejstřík, Chairman of ICC Czech Republic, Member of National Economic Council of Czech Government 08:30 - 10:30 PANEL I.A: EMERGING AFRICA Opening Dignitaries- Tomas Dub, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic
- Přemysl Sobotka, First Vice-President of the Senate of the Parliament of the Czech Republic
- Milan Hovorka, Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of the Czech Republic
- Jaroslava Beneš Špalková, Deputy Minister of Agriculture of the Czech Republic
- Milan Urban, Shadow Minister of Industry and Trade of the Czech Republic
- Mirek Topolanek, Former Prime Minister of the Czech Republic
- Radek Špicar, Vice-President responsible for economic policy and competitiveness, Confederation of Industry of the Czech Republic
- Godknows Igali, Deputy Minister of Power in Nigeria
- H.E. Mrs. Christine Nkulikiyinka, Ambassador of the Republic of Rwanda
Trade and Investment Cooperation, Financing Trade between the Czech Republic and African Countries: Potential and Challenges - Michal Mejstřík, Chairman of ICC Czech Republic, Member of National Economic Council of Czech Government
- Zdeněk Drábek, External Adviser for WTO
- Michal Nebeský, Managing Director Czech Republic & Slovakia, Citibank Europe plc
- Jan Muehlfeit, Chairman of Microsoft Europe, Microsoft Ltd.
PANEL I.B: International Development Cooperation programmeSupporting African Opportunities 10:30 – 11:00 11:00 - 13:00 PANEL II: GOVERNMENT INITIATIVES AND BUSINESS PROSPECTS IN AFRICA Overview of Economic Development on the African Continent, Capacity BuildingAnalytical Mapping of Competences and Opportunities for Development and Role of the Czech Embassies Abroad
- Ivan Jukl, Chief Director of Economic Section, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Michal Minčev, Deputy Director in Department of Multilateral Economic Relations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Czech Export Bank – project financing of investment opportunities, cooperation with MFA- Petr Križan, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Czech Export Bank a.s.
Success Story 13:00 - 14:00 Buffett Lunch 14:00 - 15:00 PANEL III: DOING BUSINESS IN AFRICA, KEY SECTORS FOR CZECH TRADE AND INVESTMENT Sponsor of this panel: VEBA, a.s. Agribusiness, Water Treatment, Medical, Textile etc. Opportunities in African CountriesPresentations by Czech companies/institutions from agribusiness/water/medical/textile etc. sector- Josef Novák, Chief Executive Officer , VEBA a.s. and Siaka Koné, Representative of VEBA, a.s. in Mali
- Jiří Plecitý, Regional Sales Manager - Middle East and Africa, LINET s.r.o.
- Marek Jechumtál, Regional Sales Manager, JUTA a.s.
- Jiří Belinger, Chief Executive Officer, VARI a.s.
15:00 - 16:00 PANEL IV: DOING BUSINESS IN AFRICA, KEY SECTORS FOR CZECH TRADE AND INVESTMENT Sponsor of this Panel: B.G.M. export, a.s.
Energy, Oil, Gas, Machinery and Engineering Projects and Opportunities in African CountriesPresentations by Czech companies/institutions from energy/machinery sector- Milan Máša, Business Director, Czech Blades s.r.o.
- Štefan Paluba, Member of the Supervisory Board, Vítkovice a.s.
- Ladislav Adamec, Chairman of the Board B.G.M. export a.s
- Vilém Růžička, Chairman of the South African - Czech Chamber of Commerce
16:00 - 16:30 Coffee Break 16:30 – 18:00 PANEL V: FINANCING TRADE IN AFRICAN REGION Moderated by: Eva Anderová, Deputy Minister of Finance of the Czech Republic (Section International Relations and Financial Policies) Financing Trade and Projects in Africa- Rudolf Putz, Deputy Director, Financial Institutions, Head Trade Facilitation Programme, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
- Stefan Koeberle, Director, Operations Risk Management, The World Bank
- Jose Morte Molina, Division Manager - Credit Risk Management, African Development Bank
- Yusuf Khan, Africa Trade Head, Citibank Europe plc
Legal Terms for Financing Trade in AfricaClosing remarks 18:00 - 20:00 Reception
| Day Two: Thursday 26th September Venue: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Loretánské nám. 5, Prague 1 09:00 - 11:30 PANEL I: CONDITIONS OF DOING BUSINESS in AFRICA, MATCHMAKING, MEETINGS, NETWORKING..
RWANDA- H. E. Mrs. Christine Nkulikiyinka, Ambassador of the Republic of Rwanda
- Jacques Nshimyumukiza, Consultant
TANZANIA - Dunstan Mrutu, Past Vice-Chairman of TPA, Tanzania Ports Authority
ANGOLA - Dr. José Gama Sala, Senior Technician, National Agency for Private Investments
- Samuel Panzo, Czech-Angolan Chamber of Commerce
ETHIOPIA - General Gebretsadkan Gebretensae, RAYA Brewery s.c.
- Winta Yohannes, RAYA Brewery s.c
- Dewitt Gebre-Egziabher, RAYA Brewery s.c
- Fikru Gebretsadik, Managing Director, Enquye Import Export
- Abenet Debebe Ayele, Business Development Executive, Enquye Import Export
NIGERIA - Mohammed Dahiru, Chairman, Nigeria-Czech Trade and Investment Council
Except of 5 Roundtables there was an opportunity to discuss FINANCING in Afrika with Mr. Yusuf Khan, Africa Head Trade from Citibank Europe plc.
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