TUNIS, Tunisia, September 27, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The eighth African Economic Conference (http://www.afdb.org/en/aec) will take place in Johannesburg, South Africa, from October 28-30, 2013 under the theme “Regional Integration in Africa”. The conference is organized each year by the African Development Bank (AfDB) (http://www.afdb.org), the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
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This year’s African Economic Conference will bring together top policy-makers, heads of state, leading researchers and experienced development practitioners from Africa and around the world to discuss issues arising from African countries’ efforts to pool resources and integrate their economies for the development of their regional and individual economies. The conference will examine the efforts being made in different sectors and areas, including finance, road transport, power pools, water resource management, fiscal convergence and labour mobility. Discussions will focus on issues specific to middle-income countries and those peculiar to fragile states. The 2013 AEC will also be discussing the constraints effective integration faces – the poorly developed network of regional infrastructure, especially in transport, energy and communications, and the unsuitable array of legal, institutional and regulatory frameworks, all of which cannot be ignored. Finally, delegates will look into solutions to facilitate regional integration.
The AEC will also provide a unique forum for in-depth presentations of policy-oriented research by both established academics and emerging talents from the continent. The conference will be opened by Jacob Zuma, President of South Africa; Helen Clark, Administrator of UNDP; Donald Kaberuka, President of the African Development Bank; and Abdalla Hamdok, Deputy Executive Secretary of ECA.
Registration is now open. Registration will be essential for entry, please register online http://www.afdb.org/en/aec/online-registration/ before Tuesday, 15 October 2013.*
What:
8th African Economic Conference
When:
Monday, October 28 – Wednesday, October 30, 2013
Where:
Montecasino Entertainment Complex, Johannesburg, South Africa
Who:
Opening: Jacob Zuma, President of South Africa
Helen Clark, Administrator, UNDP
Donald Kaberuka, President of the African Development Bank
Abdalla Hamdok, Deputy Executive Secretary, ECA
For media information, please contact:
AfDB: Olivia Ndong Obiang, o.ndong-obiang@afdb.org, tel. +216 95 99 97 70
ECA: Mercy Wambui, mwambui@uneca.org, tel. +251 92 10 14 767
UNDP: Nicolas Douillet, nicolas.douillet@undp.org, tel. +1 212 906 5937
2013 African Economic Conference website: http://www.afdb.org/en/aec/
* Due to the limited space available, no late registrations will be allowed. Once the maximum media delegate participation has been reached, registration will be closed.
For any queries on registrations, please contact:
AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK
Ms. Lynette Mwaikinda
African Development Bank
Tel +216 71 10 18 20
E-mail : aec@afdb.org
AEC EVENT ORGANISERS
Ntokozo Ndlovu
Stoned Pebble Consulting – Events
Tel: + 27 (0) 11 791 0231
Mobile: + 27 (0) 72 017 8396
Email: ntokozo@stonedpebble.co.za
Distributed by the African Press Organization on behalf of the African Development Bank (AfDB).
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