The business stands open for the whole day for networking and matchmaking
Dutch Business:

* Telenor Communications Services
* Free Energy Europe
* Ruttchen Trucks B.V
* AMCA Hydraulic Fluid Power
* Netherlands Water Partnership
* Celtel www.celtel.nl
* Moneytrans
* ERM Nederland
* Kleyn Trucks
* ViVi Cosmetics
* Xela Promotions
* Dutch Organizations:
* Yente www.yenyte.org
* EVD www.evd.nl
* FMO www.fmo.nl
* NABC www.nabc.nl
* NCDO www.ncdo.nl
* SANEC www.sanec.nl
*Chamber of Commerce Rotterdam
African Business:
* Kee institute, Burkina Faso
* Oil and Gas Free Zone Authority, Nigeria
* Trade delegation from Liberia
* Trade delegation from Cameroon
* Trade delegation from Rwanda
* Trade delegation from Ghana
* Embassy of Uganda
* Embassy of Tunisia / Tunisian Trade Promotion Office
* Embassy of Kenya
* Embassy of Nigeria
* Embassy of Namibia
* Embassy of South Africa

SPEED-DATING MEETING         (7) 
SPEED-DATING MEETING         (8)
SPEED-DATING MEETING         (9)

QUICK Scan of your BUSINESS PLAN  (3)
Business advises from senior financial, trade, and investment experts. Developing good business plan (Dutch, African, Diaspora Business Starters)

Experts:           EZ/EVD/PSOM/PESP, FMO, BUZA, NWP, PUM 

Forum  4
Branding Africa for Business
Africa as a continent has an image problem – ranging from poverty, disasters, conflicts, HIV/AIDS, to lack of democratic governance, corruption, etc. All these issues traditionally brand the image of Africa negatively and directly influence Africa as continent, and in different degrees influence ability of each individual Africa country to succeed in both international trade in Africa, and in Global trade and investment. This session is both interactive and informative, and will deal with the following issues;

• How to brand Africa as continent for successful global trade and investment
• How to brand individual countries, based on their strong business opportunities and incentives (with cases)
• Major constraints – with respect to Africa as continent and with respect to individual countries, and how to overcome them

This session is recommended to Dutch businesses, African businesses from Africa, Design experts, African Diaspora enterprises, and Dutch public sector organisations dealing with African countries, NGOS, African professionals in the Netherlands

Experts: (African Ambassadors): Ms. Mirjam Blaak (Charge d’ Affairs, Uganda), Ms. Hlengiwe Mkhize (South Africa), Ms. Karimi Mugambi Mworia (Kenya), Ms. Mme Hamida M'rabet Labidi (Tunisia), Ms. Mary N. Lar (Nigeria).
Expert: Mr. Soule Issiaka - RadioNetherlands Broadcast, Cotonou Rep of Benin
Facilitator: Mr. Andre Dellevoet, Royal Dutch Embassy, Uganda

Expert: African Ambassadors
Ms. Mirjam Blaak(Uganda), Ms. Hlengiwe Mkhize(South Africa),  Ms. Karimi Mugambi Mworia(Kenya), Ms. Emna Chtioui-Aouig(Tunisia), Ms. Mary N. Lar(Nigeria), Ms. Maria Manuela dos Santos Lucas(Mozambique)

Expert: Mr. Soule Issiaka, Radio Netherlands Wereldomroep Cotonou Benin Republic (accepted invitation)
Facilitator: Mr. Andre Dellevoet, The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The Hague (accepted invitation)

Forum  5

"Energy Development. And Access to Energy Services to the poor in Africa

• The Role of Dutch and African Businesses
• The Role of African National Energy Companies
• The problems which Dutch and African businesses encounter – corruption, changing rules, no permits, no reliable partners, cultural issues
• Best Practice experience of how ‘’solar projects’’ have been successful in Africa (e.g. NUON with Dutch government funding)
• If you want to invest in energy projects in Africa, what guarantees can government offer you?

Energy is important for national economic growth and as the basis for enterprise development. Energy deeply influences poor people's lives. It is central to practically all aspects of human welfare, including access to water, agricultural productivity, health care, education, job creation and environmental sustainability. Yet, millions of households in developing countries still lack access to safe and reliable energy. To meet future energy demands, a new wave of investments in the energy sector in Africa is needed, both in energy utilities and in non-conventional energy supply chains. There is a great need for new projects and innovative business models that can be worked out in partnerships between African and Dutch businesses, and with the public sector that is very keen to support such developments. These issues will be discussed with Dutch and African entrepreneurs with large experience energy enterprise projects in African countries (Ghana, Tanzania, South Africa), China, Sri Lanka, (ii) senior energy expert with large experience as advisor in Dutch and multilateral donor and private sectors projects in Africa, Asia, South America, Europe

Experts: Frank van der Vleuten (Solar Orange)
Expert: Peter van Poortvliet EVD (www.evd.nl)
Facilitation: Mr. Thierry Sanders NCDO, (www.businessindevelopment.nl) the Johannesburg Energy & Poverty Platform (www.jepp.info) and Dutch African Enterprise FAIR 2006

PRESENTATION (Company)   4

Agro-business & Micro-Credits

• Business opportunities in Africa
•  Access to FMO investment tool, subsidies, partners, opportunities

Expert: Mr. Ben Zwinkels (FMO)  (www.fmo.nl)
Expert: Mr. Jacob vd Vis, KvK Rotterdam

PRESENTATION  (Company)   5
The Clean Development Carbon Mechanism (CDM) Opportunities for Africa; The Carbon market is a booming business. It has impact on almost all sectors of the economy. The Clean Development Mechanism is one of the market mechanisms of the Kyoto Protocol. It offers developers of sustainable and renewable energy projects in Africa the chance to obtain additional long-term incomes through sales of a new product, the so called greenhouse gas emission reduction certificates (CERs). Countries and companies with reduction obligations, such as the Netherlands and many Netherlands companies participating in the European Emission Trading can purchase the CERs to meet part of their obligations in a cost-effective way. Compared to Latin America and Asia, Africa has made the least use of the this mechanism until now.  

Expert: Lucy Naydenova, CDM Policy Maker Ministry of Environment, The Hague  (www.vrom.nl);

SPEED-DATING MEETING         (10) 
SPEED-DATING MEETING         (11)
SPEED-DATING MEETING         (12)

QUICK Scan of your BUSINESS PLAN   (4)
Business advises from senior financial, trade, investment experts. Developing good business plan (Dutch, African, Diaspora Business Starters)

Experts: EZ/EVD/PSOM/PESP, FMO, BUZA, NWP, PUM

PRESENTATION  (Company) 6
Linking African  & Dutch Businesses with ICT & Telecommunication  

Communication is the key to success for setting up businesses. Communication between people is considered the most important aspect because business is communication between people. In the developed countries people have access to information, data and video services to support them in business, whereas people in developing countries do not have access to these communication tools. This session will explain how satellite communication can be a solution to international communication needs in countries with poor or even missing infrastructure.

Experts: Michel Rieken, Laurens Nijhuis and Edwin Haak. TELENOR (www.telenor.nl)

PRESENTATION  (Company) 7  
Diaspora Investment in Africa
The best way to invest in Diaspora remittance in Africa.

Experts: Ms. Modupe Akidele , Programme Manager - Diaspora Investments
AfricaRecruit. www.africadiaspora.com , www.findajobinafrica.com, www.africarecruit.com

PRESENTATION (Company) 8
Business & Everyday Life Issues (culture, customs & traditions, laws, religion,  etc);

Experts: African Ambassadors at the Hague / Brussels
Facilitating:  Ms. Mirjam Blaak, Deputy Head of Mission Uganda Embassy Belgium/The Netherlands

COUNTRY PRESENTATIONS

Drinks followed by
Fair GRAND Reception  & Cultural Shows  - with African Embassies (Hague & Brussels), African Diaspora Organisations, and others  Fair GRAND Reception  & Cultural Shows  - with African Embassies (Hague & Brussels), African Diaspora Organisations, and others 
Mr. Arthur Arnold, CEO FMO (to be confirmed)
Mr. CEO Kvk Rotterdam (to be confirmed)

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