Future-Sat Africa is Extensia’s inaugural satellite summit in partnership with the Global VSAT Forum. Future-Sat Africa 2016 will focus on satellite playing an essential role in Africa’s future digital communications strategy and how it integrates with the continent’s wider communications mix.
Attendees will include Policy Makers, Regulators and Major ICT End Users from the Military, Oil and Gas, Education, Telecoms and other sectors, across Africa together with a select number of Satellite and Wireless service and infrastructure solution providers, brokers, vendors, consultants and investors who can support key business requirements.
The Economic Commission for Africa (Office for North Africa and African Center for Trade Policies) is organizing, on 27-29 October 2016 the 10th International Colloquium of Rabat, under the theme: “Trade, Investment and Sustainable Development.” This event is being organized in partnership with the WTO Chair of the Mohammed VI University of Rabat and the Laboratory for Applied Development Economics (LEAD – Toulon University).
Participants will analyze the stakes of multilateral trade negotiations in relation with climate change and sustainable development. They will also examine the international commitment of developing countries in accordance with their social and economic needs.
Organizers will dedicate an additional day (29 October) to a seminar for doctoral studies, with the participation of young researchers working on themes related to the colloquium or countries from the Mediterranean region.
The Africa Investment Funds and Asset Management (AIFAM Forum) convenes regional capital owners (pensions, sovereign funds, insurers, central banks etc.), fund managers, and investment professionals from the continent to meet with institutional investors and other stakeholders who are interested in opportunities on the continent. The meeting is an invitation-only session on developing viable financial products/structures that can increase the availability of capital to invest in the continent’s infrastructure, deepen capital markets innovation and mainstream investing alternative asset classes.