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SUMMARY:3rd Annual Leadership Symposium - A business plan for Africa - Addis Ababa\, Ethiopia
DESCRIPTION:\n\n\n\n\nEvent Context : Mo Ibrahim Governance Week\n\n After a successful and memorable gathering in Dakar in 2012\, The Mo Ibrahim Foundation\, African Media Leaders Forum\, Femmes Africa Solidarite & Africa 2.0 Foundation launched a yearly global gathering called “The Governance Week”.\n\n The Theme Driven by Africa 2.0 this year is “ A Business Plan for Africa”. Event Rationale\n\n \t  To hypothesize Africa as a business and create a business plan for the running of Africa inc.\n \t  To set goals \,targets\, time frame\, monitoring and evaluation mechanisms and plan initiatives inline with the continents Strengths – Weaknesses – Opportunities – Threats (SWOT Analysis).\n \t  To ponder Africa as a Big Conglomerate and break it down per region\, business segments and product lines.\n \t  To Present an intermediary report (A business plan for Africa) to African leaders at a side event during the African union summit (January 2014) in partnership with the Olusegun Obasanjo Foundation.\n \t  To formulate a Final report that will be presented during the Official closing ceremony of the African Union 50th Anniversary in May 2014.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWorkshops Thematic & Topics\n\n Why does Africa need a Business Plan ?\n\n \t  For a new pragmatic African consciousness and African Renaissance.\n \t  To Design & Execute an Action Plan & Social Contract towards a prosperous and inspiring Africa by mobilizing the private sector\, Government and Civil Society. Africa Inc : Assessing and upgrading our unique differentiators.\n\n\n \t  Counting our blessings is nice\, but how do we transform them into efficient competitive advantage?\n \t  From the Rise of African Consumer to the “Rise of African Producer”\, Paving the way for industrialization driven by local\, regional & global Champions. Market analysis & Competitive landscape.\n\n\n \t  Where should Africa fit in the global economy over the next decade?\n \t  Considering the global context\, shouldn’t Africans be our primary customers?\n \t  What strategies should corporates and nations adopt\, how should they execute them?\n \t  Strategic Alliances & Partnerships: BRICS\, OECD\, Intra-African Trade? All of the above? What’s the right mix? Mergers\, Acquisitions? Joint Ventures? Human Resource Management: Recruiting & Nurturing the necessary Talents for Africa Inc.\n\n\n \t  Continental Leadership & Executive Management Teams locally for a Performance & Accountability driven culture.\n \t  Nurturing\, attracting and keeping the best talents to deliver the best performance for all subsidiaries .\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBranding and Marketing Strategy for Africa Inc. (our people\, our products\, our story):\n\n \t  “Made In Africa ”\, Unique Branding for unique products (The right marketing mix\, Price\, Positioning\, Packaging\, Promotion). Case study on a list of strategic product categories.\n \t  The Role of the Media (Session in partnership with African Media Leaders Forum).\n \t  Living our Brand and Values: The Role of African population\, from Afro-pessimism to Afri- CAN-DO Attitude... Financial Forecasts and Fund raising Plan for Africa Inc.\n\n Source of funds\n \tMaximizing our Cash Flow Forecasts = [Internally Generated Cash (exports) – (imports)+ (tax collected)) + Investments = Foreign Direct Investments + Local (incl. intra-African) Investments).\n \tThe Role of Banks and other Financial Institutions : pumping the growth.\n \tLeveraging on Local & International Capital Markets without falling into over-indebtedness. Use of funds\n \tSectors/industries Prioritisation Matrix : How to start with limited capital. Key Success factors\n \t Committed Leadership (Government + local and international Business) .\n \t Governance & Accountability.\n \t Infrastructure\, Infrastructure\, Infrastructure (The 25 Infra projects that can transform Africa).  The rise of a Knowledge Based Society.\n \t Systematic Adoption & Leveraging on Technology to leapfrog.\n \t Peace\, Security\, Youth employment\, Women Empowerment.\n \t Pan-Africanism & African-do attitude.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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