The Corporate Council on Africa & the United States Export-Import Bank's “Increasing Capital Flows to Africa Conference” is set to develop profitable investment and productive partnerships.

The workshops cover the following topics:-

• Assessing African Equity Capital Markets
• Debt Markets
• Credit Ratings
• Structured Trade and Project Finance
• SMEs and Financing
• Agribusiness Financing
• Equity Markets
• House Finance Models
• Black Economic Empowerment & Investing in South Africa
• Strategic Partnerships and Alliances - Financing Mergers
  & Acquisition between Foreign and African Companies
• Good Governance
• Financing IT in Africa
• Highlighting specific investment projects

Justin Chinyanta, CEO of the Loita Group has been invited to speak on SME's and Financing at 11am on 30th September, 2004. The panel is represented by a number of well-known parties from prestigious organizations such as Mima Nedelcovych of CDC; Paul Christensen of Shore Capital and Roy Ross of Standard Bank. The panel will highlight existing financial banking services offered to small and medium businesses including: working capital financing; medium-term financing; and technical assistance via intermediaries. Financing requirements, as well as impediments to obtaining finance will be examined and illustrated.    

For more information on this event, please see the website: http://www.africacncl.org