The Commonwealth Business Council (CBC) is pleased to announce its flagship Africa Investment Forum (AIF) will be held on 8th-10th February in Accra, Ghana in partnership with the Government of Ghana.
 
The core theme of the 2010 forum will be “Accelerating Intra African Trade and investment,”. The Forum provides a platform to bring investors and projects together to enhance African trade and investment, and to build new business partnerships. The focus will be on strengthening linkages between African economies as a means to promote new investment.
 
In addition to showcasing African investment opportunities and intra regional trade, the Forum will feature specific discussion on key topics including:   

• Africa in the New Global Economy
• Addressing the Infrastructure Gap
• Oil and Gas Development: Planning for an Effective Energy Mix
• Water Resource Management: Addressing the Challenge
• Telecoms and Services: New Business Opportunities/ BPO
• Investing in Agriculture and Improving Food Security
• Micro Finance and New Financial Instruments
• Enabling Growth: Improving the Investment Climate
• Promoting Trade: New Strategies for Africa

A special feature of the Forum will be the large scale participation of African investment promotion agencies from West, East, Central and Southern Africa, which will showcase projects to international investment banks and financial institutions. The Forum also includes a Pre-forum Call for Projects and a Project Journal to be distributed to interested parties, and project finance clinic.