1. Africa Investment Forum 2011
“Accelerating East African Investment and
Accessing an african Market of a Billion People”
17th - 19th April 2011
Mlimani City Conference Centre
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
www.cbcglobal.org

2. CBC is pleased to announce its flagship Africa Investment Forum will be held in Dar es Salaam on
17th - 19th April in partnership with the Government of Tanzania and the East African Community.
There is no doubt that the global economic crisis has taken its toll on all our economies. However,
over the past decade, for the large majority of our countries, improvements have led to strong
economic growth, averaging 5-7% in many African countries. We are now seeing improved relationships, where
the private and public sector have been working together in a positive way for example through private public
partnerships for infrastructure development. We are proud to be associated with these achievements.
The 2011 Forum will focus on the theme “Accelerating East African investment”, linking Tanzania, the East
African Community, Africa and the World. The Forum provides a platform to bring investors and
projects together to showcase new opportunities, enhance African trade and investment, and to build
new business partnerships. The focus will be on promoting linkages between African economic clusters as a
means to attract new investment.
We look forward to meeting you at the Africa Investment Forum.
Dr Mohan Kaul
Message from Dr Mohan Kaul, Director General
Commonwealth Business Council
The East African Community (EAC) Secretariat is pleased to invite you to participate in the Africa
Investment Forum 2011.
The purpose of the Forum is to promote investment in the East African Community which will
contribute to the creation of wealth, jobs and improved living standards for the people.
The EAC has come of age. Through its Customs Union and the Common Market, the region is well poised to be
a hub for higher rates of investments and trade exchanges. The EAC region offers unique opportunities for
investments in a wide spectrum of economic and social sectors.
I look forward to welcoming you to the Africa Investment Forum in Dar es Salaam.
Amb. Juma V. Mwapachu
Message from Ambassador Juma Mwapachu
Secretary General, East African Community
The Tanzania Investment Centre (TIC) is delighted to invite you to take part in the Africa
Investment Forum 2011.
The Forum provides a platform to discuss investment opportunities in the region and the
continent; focusing on Tanzania, the East African countries and specific sectors of interest for
the development of the economies.
A special feature of the Forum will be the large scale participation of African investment promotion
agencies, which will showcase projects to international investment banks and financial institutions. The
Forum also includes a Project Journal, to be distributed to interested parties, with a mix of projects that
present opportunities for new business, investment and joint ventures between national and international
businesses.
I look forward to meeting you in Dar es Salaam at the Africa Investment Forum .
Eng. Emmanuel Ole Naiko
Message from Engineer Emmanuel Ole-Naiko
Executive Director, Tanzania Investment Centre

3. I am delighted to announce that Tanzania will be hosting the 9th Africa Investment Forum
in Dar es Salaam from 17th to 19th April 2011 in partnership with the Commonwealth
Business Council and the East African Community (EAC).
The Forum will provide a unique opportunity: an open dialogue with the EAC Heads of
State, to explore and discuss investment opportunities. The Forum presents a platform for
investors and project partners to discuss public private partnerships, and facilitate
business partnerships to support Africa’s economic growth. It will bring together business
and government leaders from Africa, Europe, North America and Asia. Speakers will
include Heads of Government, Ministers and senior officials, as well as Chairs and Chief
Executives of businesses, investment fund managers and other industry leaders.
This year’s theme “Accelerating East African Investment” will focus on the opportunity to
access growing markets in a continent of one billion people, and especially in the East
African Market of 130 Million people. The Forum will bring together the private sector,
international community and governments to work towards building a bigger African
internal market driven by new investments. The Forum will also offer networking
opportunities and the space to discuss business opportunities in key sectors like
Agriculture, Infrastructure, Services including Banking and Financial services, Tourism,
Education, Health, Mining, SMEs, Manufacturing, ICT, Energy, Oil and Gas.
I urge you to make every effort to participate in this important event, and look forward to
welcoming you to Dar es Salaam.
HE Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete
Invitation from HE Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete
President of the United Republic of Tanzania

4. Day One - 17th April
14.00 - 17.00 Registration at the Movenpick Hotel
Day Two - 18th April
09.00 - 10.30 Opening Ceremony: “Accelerating East African Investment”
Master of Ceremony: Eng Emmanuel Ole-Naiko, Executive Director, Tanzania Investment Centre
Welcome Remarks: Dr Mohan Kaul, Director General, Commonwealth Business Council
Introductory Note: HE Pierre Nkurunziza, President of the Republic of Burundi and Chairperson of
the EAC Summit of Heads of State
Keynote Address: HE Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete, President of the United Republic of Tanzania
Guests of Honour: Heads of State from the East African Community (EAC)
Amb Juma Mwapachu, Secretary General, East African Community (EAC)
10.30 - 11.30 Interactive Dialogue with the EAC Heads of State : Key Issues for Doing Business in the EAC
Chair: Dr Mohan Kaul, Director General, Commonwealth Business Council
11.30 - 12.00 Networking Refreshment Break
12.00 - 13.30 Presidential Country Roundtables with Business Leaders
Burundi Led by: HE Pierre Nkurunziza, President of the Republic of Burundi
Kenya Led by: HE Mwai Kibaki, President of the Republic of Kenya
Rwanda Led by: HE Paul Kagame, President of the Republic of Rwanda
Tanzania Led by: HE Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete, President of the United Republic of Tanzania
Uganda Led by: HE Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, President of the Republic of Uganda
13.30 - 15.00 Networking Lunch
15.00 - 16.30 Plenary 1: Enhancing Regional Investment & Trade: COMESA - EAC - SADC Tripartite
The global economic crisis is giving Africa the opportunity to promote regional integration, trade and
investment, to strengthen its economic growth, attract new investment, develop an integrated market
and reduce vulnerability. This will result in free flow of people, goods, services and capital. This plenary will
focus on the importance of economic integration and growth strategies, looking at the institutions and
intergovernmental organizations of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA),
East Africa (EAC) and Southern Africa (SADC)
16.30 - 17.00 Networking Refreshment Break
17.00 - 18.30 Plenary 2: Public-Private Partnership for Infrastructure Development: Energy, Rail and
Transport, Communications, and Housing and Construction
Africa needs to become more competitive and the realisation of its productive potential lies in the
improvement of its infrastructure. Good infrastructure plays a leading role in economic development,
growth of the private sector and trade. PPPs offer the opportunity to design, build, finance and operate
infrastructure facilities that so far have been provided by the public sector. This session will look into ways
to attract private sector investment; successful examples of PPPs and development prospects.
18.30 - 21.30 Reception and Gala Dinner
Guests of Honour: Heads of State from the East African Community (EAC)
Forum Programme

5. Day Three - 19th April
09.00 - 10.30 Plenary 3: Improving Access to Finance: Capital Markets, Banking and Financial Services
for Business
Africa is the fastest growing region in the world with a billion people market. Despite that it remains
over-looked in terms of investment flows. This plenary will examine the role of private equity, capital
markets and investment funds in Africa’s growth; presenting success stories and the way forward to
ensure sustainable and continuous investment growth in Africa.
10.30 - 11.00 Networking Refreshment Break
11.00 - 12.30 Business Roundtables:
Session 1: Agribusiness and Food Security
Session 2: Tourism
Session 3: Energy, Oil, Gas and Sustainable Development
Session 4: Health and Education
Session 5: Transport and Logistics
12.30 - 14.00 Networking Lunch
14.00 - 15.30 Business Roundtables:
Session 6: Entrepreneurship, SME Development and Microfinance
Session 7: Mining and Minerals
Session 8: Manufacturing, Research and Development
Session 9: BPO / ICT
Session 10: Women and Business
15.30 - 16.00 Networking Refreshment Break
16.00 - 16.30 Concluding Session
Forum Communiqué
Presided over by: Rt Hon Mizengo Pinda, Prime Minister of the United Republic of Tanzania
Forum Programme

6. The Forum will feature a project portfolio of
investment proposals that are looking for funding,
equity or business partners in the region. The Project
Exchange Centre will enable participants to meet
with potential investors, investment bankers, and
potential knowledge partners to present their
projects.
Project summaries will be available in advance to
interested investors and partners, and project holders
will be available for one-to-one meetings.
Projects will be organised by country and sector and
include business plans with identified requirements in
terms of investment required, technical and knowledge based requirements.
For potential Investors, this is an opportunity to
establish strong partnerships and explore
investment opportunities in key sectors such as
ICT, financial services, tourism, Infrastructure, agri-
culture and manufacturing and the environment.
The Centre will bring together entrepreneurs
looking to access finance and new markets,
Investors and companies looking for new markets
or projects, and companies looking for external
markets and knowledge partnerships to improve
their competitiveness.
B2B Forum activities will include:
• A project exchange lounge for meetings between project holders and potential investors/
partners
• A project book and online webpage with summaries of projects and short profiles of
potential partners/investors
• A webpage with documents which is linked to the home page of CBC and the sponsor
• The opportunity to present country or sector strategies in breakout sessions of the Forum
Doing Business at the Africa Investment Forum
AIF Project Journal 2010
• The AIF 2010 Journal featured over 250 projects from 7
African Countries
• The Total Value of the Project book was estimated to be
over $1 Billion
• CBC arranged over 100 one-to-one business meetings
between project holders and potential investors and
partners and at AIF 2010
Network with Hundreds of likeminded
business leaders at AIF 2011
CBC will facilitate business to business
meetings at the Forum

7. Previous AIF Speakers
HE Jacob Zuma
President of South Africa
HE Abdoulaye Wade
President of Senegal
Pascal Dozie
Chair, Diamond Group
Advisory Board & CBC
Lord Cairns CVO CBE
Chairman
Zain Africa
Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
Managing Director
World Bank
Colin Coleman
Chief Executive Officer
Goldman Sachs
South Africa
Hon. Felix Mutati, MP
Min. of Commerce,
Trade & Industry
Republic of Zambia
Kofi Bucknor
Managing Partner
Kingdom Zephyr African
Management
Mr Aig-Imoukhuede
Group MD
Access Bank
Kuseni Dlamini
Chief Executive Officer
Anglo American
South Africa
Hon. Hanna Tetteh
Min. of Trade & Industry
Republic of Ghana
Robert Blackburn
Senior Vice President
SNC Lavalin
Hon M. Mohieldien
Minister of Investment
Arab Republic of Egypt
Blake Mosley-Lefatola
Chief Executive
GEDA
Rodney MacAlister
Managing Director
Africa Middle Market
Fund
HE Olusegun Obasanjo
President of Nigeria
Ishmael Yamson
Chairman
Standard Chartered,
Ghana
Vuyo Kahla
Group Executive- Office of the
Group Chief Executive
Transnet
South Africa
Cyril Ramaphosa,
Chair, Shanduka Group
& CBC Board Member
Cyril Ramaphosa,
Chair, Shanduka Group
& CBC Board Member
Maria Ramos
Group Chief Executive
ABSA Group

8. For more information please contact:
Commonwealth Business Council
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Programme correct at the time of print. The Commonwealth Business Council reserves the right to amend the programme at any time.
Commonwealth Business Council
The Commonwealth Business Council (CBC) was established in 1997 with a direct
mandate from Heads of Commonwealth Governments to promote trade and
investment amongst 54 member nations and increase economic linkages with
non-member countries.
CBC’s goal is to achieve economic empowerment for shared global prosperity
through the enhancement of private sector contribution to social and economic
development.
For more information please visit www.cbcglobal.org
East African Community
The East African Community (EAC) is the regional intergovernmental organisation
of the Republics of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania, Republic of
Rwanda and Republic of Burundi with its headquarters in Arusha, Tanzania.
The Treaty for Establishment of the East African Community was signed on 30
November 1999 and entered into force on 7 July 2000 following its ratification by
the original three Partner States – Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania. The Republic of
Rwanda and the Republic of Burundi acceded to the EAC Treaty on 18 June 2007
and became full Members of the Community with effect from 1 July 2007.
For more information please visit www.eac.int
Tanzania Investment Centre
Tanzania Investment Centre (TIC) is the primary agency of Government to
coordinate, encourage, promote and facilitate investment in Tanzania and to
advise the Government on investment related matters.
TIC is the focal point for investors. It is the first point of call for potential investors; it is
a “one stop facilitative centre for all investors”.
For more information please visit www.tic.co.tz