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Dubai Chamber Announces Sponsors, Partners for Global Business Forum on Africa 2017

The Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry has revealed the checklist of enrollers and supporting partners for the 4th Global Business Forum on Africa, which will be hosted on November 1-2, 2017, in Dubai's Madinat Jumeirah.

Held under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE, Ruler of Dubai, this year's Forum bears the theme "Next Generation Africa" and has gotten considerable support from major companies and organizations in the UAE and abroad. The Forum lends itself across diverse subjects and comprehensive arguments to discover lasting solutions, discover funding chances, urge investment collaborations and check out development prospects and challenges.

The list of sponsors and companions includes: Dubai Islamic Bank (DIB) as gold sponsor, and Criterion Bank - South Africa, Invest Africa and Hamdan Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum International Photographic Award (HIPA) as supporting partners.

Dubai Media Incorporated was announced as broadcast partner, while the listing of media companions includes a variety of leading local, regional and global media entities.

His Excellency Hamad Buamim, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Dubai Chamber, claimed: "We appreciate the great interest in the fourth edition of the Global Business Forum on Africa and the initiatives our companions have applied to guarantee the success of the occasion. Their assistance is ensured to have a significant effect on our goal to advertise Dubai as a global center for entrepreneurship, which, in turn, additional promotes the Forum as a suitable platform for checking out Africa's future financial economic prospects.

The fourth Global Business Forum on Africa, the largest event of its kind in the region, is expected to attract 1,000 high-level participants, consisting of government and business decision-makers, African presidents, ministers and dignitaries, prominent Chief executive officers, heads of personal financial institutions, sovereign riches funds, private equity companies, government authorities, magnate, and entrepreneurs.

The event is part of the Dubai Chamber's Global Business Forum collection, which concentrates on Africa, the Republic of Independent States (CIS), and Latin America. The series has actually hosted 10 heads of state, 74 priests and dignitaries, 5,400 executives, and a host of decision makers from 65 countries to this date.

Dubai Chamber is collaborating with the Financial expert Group to develop the content of the forum. The previous Global Business Forum on Africa in Dubai attracted more than 1,000 individuals, while more than 100 bilateral financial investment meetings were held throughout the event.

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