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Presentación de "The Africa Investment Report 2015"
Casa África, in its work to support the internationalisation of Spanish companies, disseminates the African economic reality through its activities. To acquaint Spanish society in general, and companies in particular, about the opportunities offered by the African markets, Casa África organises presentations of studies, articles and reports published by organisations and other international actors.
Such is the case with the Africa Investment Report 2015,a report produced jointly by This is Africa and fDi intelligence, two Financial Times services whose representatives will participate in this presentation provided by Casa África and that will take place on 3rd December at the headquarters of the CEOE in Madrid (C/. Diego de León, 50
This report provides a detailed overview on topics such as macroeconomic trends, the largest companies that invest in Africa (either by capital or by number of projects) and the main sectors of investment.
To talk about all this, the report will be presented by:
- Adrienne Klasa, editor of This is Africa. She has a particular interest in the relationship between politics, business and international current affairs in Sub-Saharan Africa, where she has worked. Her articles have been published not only in the Financial Times but also in the Guardian, Forbes, Slate and Foreign Policy, among others.
- Glenn Barklie, Chief Economist and Director of the Benchmarking service of IDF intelligence. He has nearly 10 years of experience in FDI and comparison of markets. He is responsible for IDF Benchmark, online tool of data and analysis of more than 800 places in the world in 65 different sectors, and Analyse Africa, a new database with 4,500 macroeconomic indicators relating to African countries.
The programme planned for this seminar is the one listed below:
- 12.00 p.m Opening carried out by:
- David Alva, Chairman of the Committee for the Countries of Sub-Saharan Africa of CEOE
- Luis Padron, Casa África's Director General
- 12.20 p.m. Presentation of the report The Africa Investment Report 2015 carried out by:
- Adrienne Klasa, Editor of This is Africa, a Financial Times publication
- Glenn Barklie, Director of the Benchmarking service of IDF intelligence.
- 1.00 p.m. Questions and debate
- 1.30 p.m. End of the conference
Attendance is free but for capacity reasons please confirm to Carolina Ortiz by phone on 91 566 34 48 or by sending an email to cortiz@ceoe.es before the 1st December.