COMESA, EAC Heads of states to attend a Joint Summit in Kigali

The global finance community is set to decend on Kigali to meet Heads of State, Ministers and the local private sector to invest Billions of USD. US, UK, EU and Asian investors are confirmed to attend the Global African Investment Summit in Kigali on the 5th and 6th September to discuss funding and participation in projects in sectors such as Energy, Real Estate, Agribusiness, Infrastructure and much more.

Heads of State to attend the Summit : H.E. Paul Kagame, President, Republic of Rwanda • H.E. Yoweri Museveni, President, Republic of Uganda • H.E. Dr John Pombe Magufuli, President, United Republic of Tanzania & Chairman, EAC (invited) • H.E. Ato Hailemariam Desalegn, Prime Minister, Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia & Chairman, COMESA (invited).

H.E. Seretse Khama Ian Khama, President, Republic of Botswana & Chairman, SADC (invited) “This event is unprecedented” commented Paul Sinclair, Director of the Summit.

“Never before have we seen such appetite to invest in one region and never before has there been such a high volume, high level business delegation confirmed to attend and actually deploy funds” Mr Sinclair went on to add.

This year’s event will showcase projects such as: • Construction of new Msalto airport – Tanzania •

Establishment of Chigumula Industrial Park – Malawi • Creation of IT/BPO PARK – Uganda •

Investment in the Nansanga Farming Block – Zambia And with over 1,000 international investors set to attend, the region is at fever pitch to access the global finance on offer.

Spaces are now extremely limited and the project roundtables above are selling out.

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