The second edition of the annual Africa 2017, a high-level forum offering participants an unparalleled platform for promoting trade and investment within Africa, will take place on December 7-9, in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, the organizers announced yesterday. This year’s event will kick-off with a Young Entrepreneurs Day (YED), which will bring together emerging and established entrepreneurs, business mentors, startup hubs, angel investors and venture capital firms to share ideas, network and help drive further the “business ideas of tomorrow”. The three-day conference will discuss key issues like policy reforms to improve business and investment climate, among others.

• The forum will attract business leaders and policy-makers from across Africa and worldwide, including Heads of State, the statement
• The forum seeks to stimulate investments into the continent and especially cross-border investments.
• This forum will enhance the economic and cultural integration of Africa and to spur investment into what is still one of the fastest growing regions in the world.
• The forum will be an unparalleled occasion to gather the architects of Africa’s future and drive further the transformative investment projects of tomorrow

 Source: New Times