Event Features Themes & Schedule Participants Related Articles Press Releases Event Paper Statement   Conference Venues   Speakers Abboud bin Nasir Al-Mehiny Producer, Saudi T.V., Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Abdulaziz Al-Jazar Businessman, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Abdulaziz Sager Chairman, Gulf Research Center, Dubai Abdulaziz bin Saleh Al-Namla Department of Cooperation and Military Aid, Ministry of Defense and Aviation, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Abdulaziz Mohammad Al-Sudais Director of the Directorate of Bilateral Cooperation, Ministry of Transport, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Abdullah Al-Arabi Businessman, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Abdullah Alhamoudi Deputy Minister for Foreign Trade, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Abdullah Baabood Director of the Gulf Research Center in Cambridge Centre of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies University of Cambridge Abdullah Bakhashab Businessman, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Abdullah A. Al Bazi President, Abdullah A. Al Bazi Group, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Abdullah bin Abdulwahab Al-Nafisa Director-General of External Affairs, Ministry of Trade and Industry, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Abdullah bin Ibrahim Al-Hasan Minister Plenipotentiary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Abdullah Fahad Al Hazza General manager, Nassir Hazza& Brothers Co. Ltd, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Abdullah Faisal Al-Suwaiket Vice President, Faisal Al - Suwaiket Group of Companies, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Abdullah Khalifa Al-Shayji Professor of International Relations and Chairman of the American Studies unit, Kuwait University, Kuwait Abdullah Nasir Al-Shehri Director General, Foreign Affairs at the Council of Saudi Chambers, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Abdullah S. Al Faiz Member of (SSABC), Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Adel Almandeel Businessman, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Aguinaldo Baptista 3rd Secretary, Embassy of the Republic of Angola, United Arab Emirates Ahmad Al-Khatib Businessman, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Ahmad Al-Kureidis Businessman, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Ahmad Al-Suwaidan Businessman, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Ahmad bin Abbas Al-lift Director-General of the General Directorate of International Cooperation, For Specifications and Standards, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Ali Al-Zayed Businessman, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Ali Abdulaziz Al-Hudeisi Chief Economist, Ministry of Finance, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Ali Ahmed Saleh Consul General, Consulate General of the United Republic of Tanzania to Dubai and Northern Emirates, United Arab Emirates Ali bin Ahmad Al-Butti Al Eman House, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Ali bin Qasim Al-Qahtani Assistant Undersecretary for the development of the workforce, Ministry of Health, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Amb. John Davies Ambassador of South Africa to Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Amb. Karim Ebrahim Al Shakar Ambassador-at-Large, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Kingdom of Bahrain Amb. Martin Slabber Director for Gulf States, Department of Foreign Affairs, South Africa Amiena Bayat Lecturer, University of the Western Cape, South Africa Amour Ngandu Sales Director Gecamines, Democratic Republic of Congo Anne-Sophie Ducreux Head of Office, French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, France Antonio Fernando Minister of Industry and Trade, Ministry of Industry and Trade, Republic of Mozambique Antonio Vicente Marques Managing Partner, AVM Adogados / AVM Law Attorneys, Angola Bekheit bin Mohammad Al-Zahrani Secretary of the Undersecretary for Foreign Trade, Ministry of Trade and Industry, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Benjamin Aduli Vice Chairman, Africa Capital & Business Support Limited, Nigeria Bernard Loriol CEO/CIO, Best Asset Class AG, Switzerland Berouk Mesfin Senior Researcher, Institute for Security Studies, South Africa Bila Teza Ministry of Economy, Democratic Republic of Congo Branci Sid Ali Minister Counsellor, Embassy of Algeria, South Africa Christian Koch Director of International Studies, Gulf Research Center Christina Teichmann Konrad- Adenauer-Stiftung, South Africa Claude Moity Clariden Leu Switzerland Clifford S. Maribe Director, Department of Public, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Bostwana Craig W. Nelson Associate Editor, The National Newspaper, United Arab Emirates Danilo Nala General Director of the Special Economic Zones Office, GAZEDA - Ministry of Planning and Development, Mozambique Dar’an bin Abdullah Dar’an Reporter, Saudi News Agency, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Daryl Hudson Department of Trade and Industry, South Africa Debbie Sharwood Bureau Chief, CNBC Africa, South Africa Denis Bauchard Advisor to the Director General, Agence Française de Développement, France Deonnette de Ridder CEO, Realcor Cape, South Africa Derrick Bongani Mbindwane CEO, Platfields Limited, South Africa Dongo Nketa Administrator, Gecamines, Democratic Republic of Congo Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu Secretary General, Organisation of the Islamic Conference Eldred De Klerk Principal Associate, AFRICA-Analysis, South Africa Emannule Ole Naiko Director, Tanzania Investment Center, Tanzania Erik Holst-Roness CEO, TeleGlobal, United Kingdom Fahad Salah Al Sultan Secretary General, Council of Saudi Chambers, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Fahd Al-Thanyan Businessman, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Faisal bin Lafi Al-Mutairi Researcher in Legal Affairs, Ministry of Interior Affairs, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Faisal bin Zayed Al-Mohana Administration Assistant at the Minister’s Office, Ministry of Trade and Industry, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Faouzi Mestiri Office Manager to the Executive President, KAB Holding L.T.D, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Fatima Al-Shamsi Secretary General, United Arab Emirates University, United Arab Emirates Fatma M. Said Director, Bank – Julius Baer Middle East, United Arab Emirates Fawaz bin Abdullah Al-Shehri Saudi News Agency, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Felismino Costa Ministry of Agriculture, Angola Fihir Jameel Abu Ateeg Assistant Director General, Al Sager Group Holding, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Firdows Badroodien Journalist, Islamic Media Agency, South Africa Flora Musonda Director for Trade,East African Community Secretariat, Tanzania François Davoine Advisor, Omnium Investments International, South Africa Gary Alfonso Chief Operating Officer, CNBC Africa, South Africa Georges Barakat Marketing Director, Zaya LLC, United Arab Emirates Gilles Genre-Grandpierre Director, Centre d’études financières économiques et bancaires, Agence Française de Développement, France Gilles Peltier Advisor to the Director General, Agence Francaise pour le Developpement, France Given Magweemang Managing Director, The Parliament Post, South Africa Gunter Mulack Director, German Orient-Institute; Ambassador - retired, Berlin H.E. Abdullah Bin Ahmad Zaynal Ali Reza Minister of Commerce, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia H.E. Abdullah Bin Ahmed Al-Saleh Director General, Ministry of Foreign Trade, United Arab Emirates H.E. Amb. Juma Volter Mwapachu Secretary General, East Africa Community H.E. Bashir Issa Al-Shirawi Ambassador, Embassy of Qatar, South Africa H.E. Dr. Erieka Bennett Head of Mission, AU Diaspora African Forum, Ghana H.E. Hasan Bader Al-Oqab Ambassador of Kuwait to South Africa, Embassy of the State of Kuwait, South Africa H.E. Hussein Said Khatib Ambassador of Tanzania to Oman, Embassy of Tanzania, Oman H.E. Ismail Obaid Al Ali Ambassador, Embassy of the UAE, South Africa H.E. Jaime Aguilnado Chairman, National Agency for Private Investment, Angola H.E. Mohamed bin Mahmoud Al-Ali Ambassador, Embassy of Saudi Arabia, South Africa H.E. Mohamed Bin Obaid Al-Mazroui Assistant Secretary-General for Economic Affairs, Gulf Cooperation Council, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia H.E. Rui Jorge Carneiro Manguiera Ambassador of Angola to the United Arab Emirates , Embassy of Angola, United Arab Emirates H.R.H. Turky bin Saud Al Saud Vice-President of Research Institutes, King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Hamad Al-Sheik Dean of King Abdullah Research and Consulting Institute, King Saud University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Hamad bin Abdullah Al-Ammar Director, Technology Department at Al Yamama Trading Company, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Hassan Asiri Businessman, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Henry Jabbo-Obbo Chef De Cabinet, East Africa Community, Tanzania HH Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Minister, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, United Arab Emirates Hischam El-Agamy Executive Director, IMD -International Institute for Management Development, Switzerland Hiske Verder Director New Markets, TeleGlobal, United Kingdom Hon. Phandu T.C. Skelemani Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Botswana Ibrahim bin Abdullah Al Hebeish Assistant Director-General for Public Relations, Ministry of Trade and Industry, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Ibrahim bin Saleh Al-Humaidan Customs Authority, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Ibrahim Mohammed Alhudaithi Chairman of the Board, Madaen Star Group, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Ihron Lester Rensburg Vice Chancellor, University of Johannesburg, South Africa Ilunkamba Ilunga Executive Secretary, COPIREP, Democratic Republic of Congo Jakkie Cilliers Director, Institute for Security Studies, South Africa Jamila J Abubakar Assistant Professor of International Studies, American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates Joel Kesler Executive Business Development, Anooraq Resources Corporation, South Africa John Sfakianakis Chief Economist, Banque Saudi Fransi, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Jonathan Clark CFO, Tharisa Minerals (Pty) Ltd, South Africa Jose Antonio Matsinha Consul General, Consulate General of Mozambique, Jose Correia Cabral Ministry of Agriculture, Angola Jose Maria Zita Ministry Of Foraign Affairs and Cooperation, Mozambique Joshua Hattingh Operations Director, Platfields Limited, South Africa Keiichiro Komatsu Advisor to Sojitz Corportation, Komatsu Research and Advisory, United Arab Emirates Keith Reid Senior Partner, GKA Bayete, South Africa Khalid Al-Khater Director, GCC Secretariat, International Relations Department, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Khalid bin Saleh Al-Saloom Saudi T.V, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Khalid Ismael Akbar Saudi Trade attaché in Turkey, Ministry of Trade and Industry, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Khalil Mansour Al-Affra Administrative Coordinator, Council of Saudi Chambers, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Ladislaus Matindi East African Community Secretariat, Tanzania Lomponda Chouna Ministry of Economy, Democratic Republic of Congo Loucas Pouroulis Chairman, Kameni Limited, South Africa Mahdi Osman Embassy of the State of Kuwait, South Africa Mahomed Rafique Jusob Mahomed Director, Investment Promotion Center, Mozambique Manfred Dietrich Vice Chairman of Scientific Advisory Board on Health, German Ministry of Defense Manuel Matews Caterca Embassy of Angola, United Arab Emirates Marie Bos Gulf-Africa Research Program Moderator, Gulf Research Center, United Arab Emirates Mary Nagu Minister, Ministry of Industry, Trade and Marketing, Tanzania Mia-Christine Wilken Department of Foreign Affairs, South Africa Mis’ab Al-Muhaidib Businessman, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Mohammad Al-Quwaiz Businessman, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Mohammad A. Al Audah General Manager, Al Audah Group of Est's, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Mohammad bin Abdulaziz Al-Jebeiri Director of Joint Agreements and Committees, Ministry of Higher Education, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Mohammad bin Ahmad Busaeed Executive Director, Ghabat Al Computer Institute, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Mohammad bin Hamad Al-Oqaily Director of the Center for the Production of Veterinary vaccines, Ministry of Agriculture, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Mohmmad A. Sherbini Chairman of Sherbini Group, Sherbini Group of Education, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Muhammad Al Muhammad Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Embassy of the State of Kuwait Mushama Ndjene Ministry of Economy, Democratic Republic of Congo Mustafa Alani Director, Security and Defence Department, Gulf Research Center, Dubai Nabeel Adel Al Helmi Ministry of Communication and Information Technology, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Nabil Al-Muhaidib Businessman, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Natheer Brown Principal Associate, AFRICA-Analysis, South Africa Nicolau L. Sululo Economic and Trade Counsellor, High Commission of the Republic of Mozambique, South Africa Nivine Ashmawi Secretary General, Egyptian Fund for Technical Cooperation with Africa, Egypt Odete da Graça Semião Board and Assistant of the CPI Director, Investment Promoting Center, Mozambique Olivier Kambala Representative, South Alternatives Research & Empowerment, South Africa Paul Fortin CEO, GECAMINES, Democratic Republic of Congo Peter Croll Director, Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC), Germany Philip Kotze President & CEO,Anooraq Resources Corporation, South Africa Rashid Abdulaziz Al-Hussan Owner and President, Al-Hussan Group of Companies, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Richard Kabemba Kibombo General Secretary, Gecamines, Democratic Republic of Congo Roger Latchman Managing Director, PKF BEE Solutions Ltd., South Africa Saeed bin Jubran Al-Qahtani Member, Saudi-South African Business Council, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Said Omar Moussa President, Chamber of Commerce, Chairman, COMESA Business Council, Djibouti Said Shaib Mussa Minister Counsellor, Embassy of Tanzania, Oman Salah Al Habib CEO, AfriGold Resources, South Africa Salah Al-Mutairi Embassy of the State of Kuwait, South Africa Saleh Bin Mohamed Al-Namlah Undersecretary of Culture and Information Ministry for Foreign Media, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Sambé Lo International Development, Les Afriques, France Samer Ibrahim Kurdi Deputy General Manager, Sunbulah Group, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Sanaa Petersen Founder & CEO, Islamic Media Agency, South Africa Saud Al-Abdulhadi Senior Specialist, Saudi Fund for Development, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Shafieq Daniels Senior Partner, GKA Bayete, South Africa Shakeel Meer Divisional Executive: Industrial Sectors, Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa Ltd (IDC), South Africa Shuhei Inoue President, Sojitz Corporation, Dubai Stefan Kruger Executive Director, GKA Bayete, South Africa Stephanie Nieuwoudt Journalist, Inter Press Service, South Africa Sulaiman bin Mohammad Al-Zibn Director-General of the General Authority for Chemical Safety and Toxic Waste, Authority of Meteorology and Environment Protection, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Sultan Al-Safer Chairman, Al Sharbini Group for Education, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Sultan Khalid Al-Turki Chief Operating Officer, Al Nahla Group of Companies, Jeddah-Saudi Arabia Sultan Mohammad Al-Hudeithi Board Member, Madaen Star Group, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Sultan N. Al Saqer Managing director, DHS Arabia, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Taha bin Asa’d Taha Al-Sharif Assistant Director General of External Trade, Ministry of Trade and Industry, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Talal bin Ahmad Al-Amer Secretary, Ministry of Trade and Industry, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Talia Sanhewe Reporter, CNBC Africa, South Africa Tamir Al-Jard Economic Researcher, Saudi Fund for Development, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Tariq Abdulhadi Al-Qahtani Member, Saudi-South African Business Council, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Vicente Soares Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Angola Walid Hussain Attar Arabia Director of the Economics Directorate, Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Wealth, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Ward Bemong KAB Holding L.T.D, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Wendy Luhabe Chairperson, International - Marketing Council, South Africa Willem Coetzee Senior Partner, GKA Bayete, South Africa Yonus Ibrahim Abu Teir Directorate of Foreign Trade, Ministry of Trade and Industry, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Zamil Abdullah Al-Zamil Chairman, Zamil Offshore Services Co.Ltd, and Zamil Operations & Maintenance Co. 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