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What’s on in March and April? Check out our listing of events and activities.
The following is a listing of events taking place in the UK and overseas in January and February 2015. For further information, please contact the organisers directly.

PLEASE NOTE: ReConnect Africa accepts no responsibility for any of the events listed and/or any dealings with the event organisers.
 
2-3 March - Diversifying MENA Economies: Growth, Opportunity and Employment, Chatham House, London

Strategies to increase economic diversification in the MENA region, policy case studies of energy-importing versus energy-exporting countries, and measures to stimulate private sector growth and employment opportunities for young people, will be among the topics to be discussed by the region’s policy-makers, business community and economic experts.

Register for this event >

 
3 March – MineAfrica, Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel, Canada

 

Participate in the biggest African Mining event in North America - The Canada-Southern Africa Chamber of Business 16th Annual African Mining Breakfast and MineAfrica’s 13th Annual Investing in African Mining seminar with Premier Sponsor SGS

Our 2015 opening breakfast speaker is South African Minister of Mineral Resources Ngoako Ramathlodi and our keynote speaker is Paul Brink, Senior Vice President, Business Development, Franco-Nevada Corporation.

This sell-out event draws 385 participants and features 20 presenters including project updates by public and private mining companies, country overviews by African mining ministers and technical presentations on doing business in Africa's mining industry by expert advisors. Click here to read the report on our 2014 program with links to the program, presentations, media coverage and photo galleries.

2015 sponsors include Premier Sponsor SGS, Corporate Sponsor Fasken Martineau and Sponsors DRA, Falcon Drilling and the Mineral Resource Analyst Group (MRAG). For more information on sponsoring or presenting at the breakfast and seminar download the Participation Packages brochure and contact Wayne Floreani. Register to attend as a delegate.

 
7, 18-28 March - Boi Boi is Dead, West Yorkshire & Watford,

A new play by Zodwa Nyoni Directed by Lucian Msamati

Afro-Jazz sensation, father and playboy, Boi Boi is dead.... but will never be forgotten...

14th Feb - 7th March 2015

West Yorkshire Playhouse

18th Feb - 28th March 2015

Watford Palace Theatre

Left to pick up the pieces after her lover's death, Miriam's grief is interrupted when his ex-wife and brother show up to stake their claim on both name and property. The family is thrown into further turmoil when the secret Miriam shared with Boi Boi threatens to destroy her and all that she loved.

Zodwa Nyoni's first full length play is a funny and striking exploration of family, loss and the future of a new generation.

Directed by Lucian Msamati (Game of Thrones) and features a powerful cast; Joseph Adelakun, Jack Benjamin, Lynette Clarke, Andrew French, Debbie Korley and Angela Wynter.

 
7 March – International Women’s Day Celebration, Luton, Beds.

Calling all nationalities! A day of celebration, in the form of motivational speakers, demonstrations, comedy, dance, mini fashion show, delicious food, exhibitors, raffle and much more.

What an amazing line up of guests! .....

  • Des O'Connor,
  • Dr Diahanne Rhiney,
  • Helen Tucker,
  • Mark Clarke,
  • Pauline Giles,
  • Denise & Flo Positive Image Projects,
  • Luton All Womens' Centre ,
  • Olive Hickmott,
  • Leah Salmon,
  • Lady Lyrics,
  • VA Bella Beauty.. mini fashion show. ooh and the list goes on.... See you there...

Men also welcome!

Don't miss out. Tickets £10 adults, £3 children under 16/senior citizens.

For more information contact: Email: info@womentalk.org.uk Website: www.womentalk.org.uk Adult Tickets £10 | Senior Citizens/Children Tickets £3 (16 years and under)

 
10-11 March – Customer Experience World, Johannesburg, South Africa

Customer Experience World, returns to Johannesburg on the 10thand 11th of March 2015 for its 4th year. Many of the leaders in customer experience from South Africa and around the globe will be speaking including: British Telecom, Hirsh’s, MTN, Kulula Airline, Amazon, and many more.

Following the theme: Customer Experience 2.0: The Next Chapter of Customer Experience Innovation, the event will present a mix of excellent speakers, interactive sessions and practical next steps on how to engage your colleagues and customers to create an experience that matters to your organisation. Don’t miss CEW Johannesburg 2015 for the opportunity to hear about the latest in customer experience, share your story and learn from peers.

The Chairman for the 2015 event will be Jeremy Maggs, TV (recognised for hosting ‘Who wants to be a millionaire’) and Radio host, Journalist raconteur, will surely create a lively event. So phone a friend and let them know Customer Experience World is returning to Johannesburg.

Location: The Maslow Hotel, Sandton, Johannesburg, South Africa

For more information and to book tickets visit www.focusgroupevents.com

 
10 March - CIPD Recruitment Conference, London

 

Join us at the conference and workshop (10-11 March 2015) for practical advice on recruiting and retaining the best talent.

The one-day conference features practical case-studies from companies that have successfully developed and applied innovative strategies to attract and retain the right talent.

This interactive one-day workshop will show you how to integrate classic and new recruitment strategies in your organisation to target the right talent pools and attract the people that will enable your company to succeed. Get expert advice from John Lewis Partnership, NHS Employers, UKFast, Thales and more.

Book for the conference, the workshop or both! Tickets purchased before 22 December benefit from an early booking discount and CIPD members also save money on tickets.

For information and to Book your place today

 
10 March – FT African Infrastructure Financing and Development, London

 

The Financial Times is proud to present the FT African Infrastructure Summit - Financing and Development to be held in London on 10 March 2015.

Africa’s continuing economic and social development is encouraging investors to expand their portfolios in the continent. However, there remains a pressing need for greater investment in infrastructure, especially power. The continent is attracting billions of dollars in finance from corporations, multi-lateral organisations, pension funds and private equity firms; funds which have the potential to enhance Africa’s productivity and transform the lives of its citizens.

Confirmed speakers include:

Francisco H G Ferreira, Chief Economist, Africa Region, The World Bank

HH Sheikh Maktoum Hasher Al Maktoum

James Kynge, Emerging Markets Editor, Financial Times

Diana Noble, Chief Executive Officer, CDC Group

Nonnie Wanjihia, Director, East Africa Venture Capital Association

Jonathan Wheatley, Deputy Emerging Markets Editor, Financial Times

For more information and to register, please visit the website: www.ft-live.com/africaninfrastructure

 
11-13 March – African Marketing in Banking and Finance, Johannesburg, South Africa

 

The objective of this event is to create marketing strategies for financial institutions in order to compete and survive in the tough market they engage in. This 3-day conference is a must attend for all marketing professionals in the banking and finance industries, including banks, asset management companies, credit unions, insurance companies, security companies, capital management companies and trust companies.

  • Gain insights into what leading financial marketers are doing in the Africa continent!
  • Meet valuable peers and network with leading industry professionals
  • The most up-to-date relevant content

This summit is a must attend for all marketing professionals in banking and finance industries, including banks, funds, credit unions, insurance companies, security companies, capital management companies, trust companies. Job titles will include CEO/CMOs, VPs, Directors and managers.

For further details and to register:

http://salvoglobal.com/Marketing-in-Banking-and-Finance-Industry-Conference/

 
11-14 March – ConMach 2015, Lagos, Nigeria

It is the very best way to make your products known and therefore demanded consistently in the promising markets by exhibiting at the right fair which is the most efficient, effective and successful activity available. ConMach 2015 brings the exporters in a room with so many African potential customers actively looking for suppliers and gives the companies the chance to have hundreds of one-on-one meetings in such a short period of time. ConMach is organized for those who want to expand their business and find importers/distributors in Africa.

There is a huge opportunity for Construction Machinery business in Nigeria in view of the growing population and the fact that Nigeria is hub of trade in West Africa. Thus, ConMach is a good opportunity to promote existing brands, introduce new ones, acquire new distributors /import buyers and most importantly obtain useful feedbacks for further product development, all under one roof.

As globalization impacts international standards of commercial success, more than ever, exploring for opportunities in ignored markets, have become very strategic. A good step would be to start with participating and showcasing at ConMach 2015, the only specialized Construction Machinery event in West Africa.

ConMach2015 host sponsor is the Federal Ministry of Science & Technology Nigeria.

For further information:http://www.conmachnigeria.com

 
11-12 March - The Annual IPM HR Directors Summit, Johannesburg

This Summit is not being designed as a talk shop. It will stretch and challenge your thinking and provoke you into action. This event is for leaders who want to redirect their energies and the public discourse towards securing positive outcomes

It is about absorbing experiences and insights, exercising our own curiosity through questioning, debating with peers about the things that keep us awake at night, sharing what wakes us up in the morning and makes us excited for the day ahead. But crucially, it is also about creating new conceptual frameworks that can be translated into practical actions. The theme for the Summit is thus: ‘Creating action frameworks for Southern African human capital challenges’

The programme will tackle topical issues for action frameworks:

  • beneficial and sustained results in an agitated employee relations context
  • implementing technological advancements into our organisations
  • building resilience and maximizing opportunities to develop in volatile times
  • business relationships of the 21 Century
  • social closure and its impact on leadership development and talent management in South Africa.

Joining you throughout the day will be influencers such as Prof. Rasoava Rijamampianina, Prof. Stella Nkomo, Jonathan Goldberg, Prof Chris Landsberg, Marlinie Ramsamy, Lee Naik, Gill Hofmeyer, Errol Nembhard. We will also benefit from specialist facilitators at the event.

For registration call Patricia or Lavern @ 011 716 7504 /08. Alternatively fax completed registration to 086 568 3831 or email patricia@ipm.co.za/ lavern@ipm.co.za

 
12 March – Art and Existence Talks Series - The Rise and Development of Black Print Culture Victoria and Albert Museum

Clore Study Room, British Galleries, Level 2, 14.30-16.00

Art and Existence: African and Asian Diaspora Explored, a new set of Thursday afternoon informal talks led by external practitioners and specialists in their field, who through art, design, media and technology, unpack the cultural and social landscape, exploring race and representation, often provocative, sometimes challenging assumptions and perceptions of Africans and Asians and their Diaspora.

Using the work of Joel Augustus Rogers (1880 – 1966) as a case study, examine the role of the journalist, political activist, artist, and publisher in countering racist stereotypes, by creating a black led perspective on print media, collected on people from the African Diaspora within books, newspapers, hand bills and pamphlets.

Talk will be led by Patrick Vernon, Founder of Every Generation Media

 
13 March – The LBS Women in Business Conference, London

What is a successful career? How do we build one while balancing other aspirations? How can we thrive as leaders and create partnerships that support our career choices? Showcasing real women leaders with real success stories, the Women in Business Conference is the annual flagship women's event at London Business School. The conference is a unique opportunity to learn from, connect with and inspire one another.

The theme this year is 'Redefining Success'. The goal of this year’s conference is to expand the conversation about equality in the workplace by recognising that career success means something different to everyone. As we continue to tackle the advancement of women in business, we need to move beyond the "us vs. them" mentality and encourage partnership – between men and women and amongst women – in order to support the diverse choices that women and men are making about their work lives today.

You can register online now for the conference.

 
16-17 March - African Extractives: New Actors and Alliances to Overcome Enduring Challenges, Chatham House, London

This conference will explore the technological, demographic and democratic changes affecting Africa’s extractive industries. Speakers include Rahul Dhir, chief executive officer of Delonex Energy; Alexandra Gillies, head of governance at the Natural Resource Governance Institute, and Ana Palacio, minister of foreign affairs, Spain (2002-4), and member of Spain's Council of State.

Register for this event >

 
16 March – London’s Skilled Future, City Hall, London

London is described as a “World City” and has a population greater than Scotland and Wales combined. Over 25% of the UK’s wealth is generated in the Capital and its local economy is the same size as Sweden. London is also renowned for its strength in the arts and thriving cultural diversity, and is home to more millionaires than anywhere else in the world.

However London has its fair share of challenges…. its population is estimated at 8.4 million and is increasing by over 100,000 people per year and although statistics hint that unemployment rates are improving faster than elsewhere in the UK, a third of Londoners are described as living in poverty.

The London’s Skilled Future conference will examine some of the specific and unique labour market issues that London based employers are challenged with, and how innovations in the HR and people management fields can help shape and support local government agendas.

Speakers include:

Rt Hon David Lammy, MP for Tottenham

Jenny Jones, Green Party / London Assembly / House of Lords

Kitty Ussher, Managing Director Tooley Street Research and former Labour Party politician

Peter Cheese, Chief Executive, Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development

Charlotte Alldritt, Secretary to the RSA City Growth Commission

Mark Beatson, Chief Economist, CIPD

Ben Wilmott, Head of Public Policy, CIPD

Gerwin Davies, Public Policy Advisor, CIPD

Katerina Rudiger, Head of Skills and Policy Campaigns, CIPD

Book online now

 
19 March - TMT M&A Forum 2015, London

Join the leading Telecom, Media and Technology executives (CEOs, CSOs Heads of M&A and CFOs), Investment Bankers, Investors, and Professional Advisers from across the world at this unique leadership and strategy event, at Millennium Hotel Mayfair, London on March 19, 2015.

Key themes for the conference Telecoms M&A

Who will drive the next wave of consolidation, and disposals?
Cable and Telecom Strategy Round Tables

Infrastructure Ownership

Realising value from towers and other assets;
Network Sharing Models; Investing in 4G and Next Generation Networks

Convergence and Media

Delivering content and leveraging the network.
Who will profit from multimedia services and content?

Future of TMT

Investing in Innovation and Adjacent Markets.
How technology is driving transactions from the cloud to M2M

Financing

Accessing debt and equity capital.
Structuring significant deals, the return of Private Equity, LBOs and IPOs

Regulation and Risk

How government policy and regulation can facilitate competition, innovation and growth

For further information and to register:

http://www.tmtfinance.com/merger

 
19-21 March – The Education Show 2015, Birmingham, UK

 

The Education Show always aims to provide you with the knowledge and tools you need to adapt to the ever changing education landscape and this year’s show is set to be better than ever.

  • Get answers with free CPD accredited sessions, seminars, workshops and live demos
  • Discover the latest cutting edge products to help your education establishment tackle today's classroom challenges
  • Meet with peers to share ideas and experience

Our expert led Learning Through Technology workshops will help you to utilise technology as a teaching tool. These hands on interactive sessions will cater for all levels of user, from complete beginners to the more advanced, so bring along your own device and join in!

Get your free ticket
 

 

23-25 March - The Certified Talent EconomistProgram, Lagos, Nigeria

The Certified Talent EconomistProgram has been designed to help senior HR practitioners improve their strategic orientation. It also provides them with specific tools and techniques needed for talent strategy formulation and execution. Based on the bestselling book, Talent Economics (Kogan Page, 2012), which has been described as a game changing perspective on talent management; this program focuses on mastery of the analysis frameworks and talent management tools designed specifically for a 21st century workforce.

The program involves 3 days of classroom work, includes prescribed reading before the program, and application support after the program. The aim of the program is to coach each participant through one cycle of talent diagnosis, strategy formulation and leadership engagement.

http://salvoglobal.com/certified-talent-economist-program/

 
23-25 March – Pan-African AgriBusiness Forum 2015, Kinshasa, DRC

 

Boosting the Role of the Private Sector in Agriculture

The AgriBusiness Forum 2015 is the largest annual pan-African platform that:

  • Enables Public-Private dialogue, a key ingredient to ensure that trade barriers are reduced and that national and regional demands/requirements are met
  • Promotes business opportunities
  • Promotes access to finance, technology and best practices; essential components to establish an inclusive agri-food value chain and to create long-term cohesion between the larger agricultural players and the SME sector
  • Furthers the inclusion of SMEs in the value chain to strengthen the private sector’s role throughout the continent.

African countries are turning to agriculture as the main source of employment and income generation with the continent's leaders proactively establishing conducive environments to encourage investments and business.

Join us this coming March (23-25) at the AgriBusiness Forum 2015 and be part of the largest agribusiness forum together with: entrepreneurs, financiers, donors, industrialists, researchers, government officials, international organisations and NGOs.

 

>>> To view in detail the topics to be discussed, please click here.

>>> To view the list of speakers on the subject, please click here.

 
24-25 March – Power & Electricity World Africa 2015, Sandton, Johannesburg, South Africa

Right now, the attention is on building power generation capacity, upgrading infrastructure, increasing energy efficiency, facilitating investment, raising funding and exploring alternative energy sources.

Power and Electricity World Africa is the leading marketplace and ideas exchange for African power producers, large energy users and governments hungry for innovative solutions.

If you provide these solutions, you should be at the Power & Electricity World Africa 2015, contact Wayne Harris now for more information! Call +27 (0) 11 516 4055 or email: wayne.harris@terrapinn.com.

 
25-27 March - Powering East Africa, Nairobi, Kenya

Powering East Africa will welcome ministers from Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Ethiopia and Zambia as well as the leading utility and regulatory companies from the region to focus on what is needed to unlock investment in transmission for regional growth and development.

Breaking the Transmission Barrier

Power transmission is a crucial lifeline for East Africa - it is through this that power generation and industrialisation will flow.

Currently, 4 out of 5 East Africans are living without access to electricity. The social, economic and political implications of this are vast. Overall system losses in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania are way above the global average of 10 per cent- a situation that has left the power utilities Kenya Power, Umeme and TANESCO, grappling with spiralling operating costs that are passed on to consumers, making power more expensive in the region.

The potential for cross border trade, increased GDPs, job creation, infrastructural development and rural electrification will energise provincial East Africa, changing lives and putting the region on the map. Without transmission, generated power will simply go to waste.

This meeting is vital to discussing action points in unlocking the current deadlock and opening up transmission for investment. It will also unite financiers, donor organisations, power developers and regional governments in a closed meeting to examine what crucial first steps must be taken to solving the transmission crisis.

Download the Powering East Africa flyer for more information

 
To March 2015 -African Odysseys - Films by and about the people of Africa, BFI, London

The BFI’s African Odysseys programme kicks off with the hilarious science fiction drama Destination: Planet Negro! followed later in the season by Home Again, a gripping drama that follows the plight of three different deportees as they struggle to survive in Kingston, JA.

Talks include The Invasion of Benin, where the Pan-Africanist scholar Dr Ama Biney will provide a context to the screening of Invasion 1897, plus 50 Years of Struggle, a richly illustrated Q&A with educationalist and campaigner Gus John and the Guardian columnist Gary Younge.

 
To 28 March - El Anatsui, October Gallery, London

El Anatsui’s sculptural experiments with media and form have challenged the definition of sculpture itself. In particular, his metal wall-hangings have received international acclaim. Throughout a distinguished forty-year career as both an artist and teacher, El Anatsui has addressed a wide range of social, political and historical concerns and embraced an equally diverse range of media and processes. In 2013, one of his largest metal wall-hangings to utilize his bottle-top technique, TSIATSIA – searching for connection, adorned the façade of Burlington House. Created to coincide with the Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition 2013, this remarkable work won the prestigious Charles Wollaston Award.

The exhibition will focus on a range of intricate metal sculptures. October Gallery has worked with El Anatsui since 1993, during which time, his work has received worldwide recognition. These magnificent sculptures have been collected by major international museums, including the British Museum, London; the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York and the Centre Pompidou, Paris, amongst others. Over the last two decades, the works have increased in size, enhancing the external walls of museums and galleries around the world.

These larger external installations include: Ozone Layer and Yam Mound on the Old National Gallery of Berlin (2010); Broken Bridge I, on the Musée Galliera, Paris (2012) and Broken Bridge II on the High Line, New York. In 2013, the Brooklyn Museum, New York, exhibited a major solo exhibition, Gravity and Grace: Monumental Works by El Anatsui.

http://www.octobergallery.co.uk/exhibitions/2015els/

 
April 2015
To April 2015 – South Africa at 20 – The Freedom Tour, UK

 

2014 marked the 20th anniversary of democracy and freedom in South Africa. To commemorate this landmark date, South Africa at 20: The Freedom Tour, a season of South African cinema, will take place until April 2015 at venues across the UK.

The arts – including music, film, theatre, literature and visual arts – have played a pivotal role in the anti-apartheid struggle and the important role of creative expression in South Africa continues today. South African films are increasingly gaining world-wide recognition. Recent high-profile successes include the Academy Awards nominated Yesterday (2004), Academy Awards winner Tsotsi (2005), sci-fi feature and Academy Awards nominated District 9 (2009), and Cannes nominated Beauty (2012). South Africa at 20: The Freedom Tour will open up the diversity, creative innovation and technical brilliance of South African cinema to UK audiences.

The film tour is a collaboration between the five African film festivals in the UK: Africa in Motion (AiM) Film Festival in Scotland, Film Africa in London, Afrika Eye in Bristol, Watch-Africa in Wales, and the Cambridge African Film Festival (CAFF). The tour will host a total of 120 screenings throughout the season, across 40 different locations. The films are complemented by an extensive educational and outreach programme, including workshops and discussions, school and pop-up screenings.

For information and to book: http://safilmtour.uk

 
8-9 April – 5th MobileMoneyExpo, Lagos, Nigeria

 

The future of cash in Africa will not be about cash or physical representations of value. The future of cash will be the compelling digital form that is shaping how Africans transact in some regions already, breaking down barriers across income groups leveraging on applications available via ubiquitous devices such as mobile phones and cards.

Many Africans are still trapped in the cash economy which limits their opportunity to trade, guard against risk and build a better future.

The 5th MobileMoneyExpo delivers two full days of top executives networking, cutting edge content from dynamic presentations and engaging discussions designed to address developments, challenges, opportunities and success stories within the digital financial services ecosystem around Africa.

Join us to: Develop deeper understanding of the evolving digital financial services space and provide insights that will guide regulators, policy makers, government, businesses and investment decisions in the emerging digital financial services ecosystem across Africa.

For further details: www.mobilemoneyexpo.com

 
14-15 April - 7th Africa CemenTrade Summit, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

 

CMT's 7th Africa CemenTrade Summit will be held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on 14-15 April, 2015. The industry-acclaimed summit spotlights on "Transformation in Africa's Cement Market & Spotlight on High Growth Region!"

Key Program Highlights include:

  • Cement consumption, market dynamics & trade flow
  • Infrastructure & construction investment in the next 5 years
  • Cement & grinding plant investment & expansion plans in Sub-Sahara Africa, East & North Africa
  • Recovery of West Africa's market impacted by Ebola
  • Securing of Electric power & alternative fuel options
  • Innovations in cement industry to address high production & construction cost
  • Ready-mix concrete & aggregate markets outlook

You may view the event details here:

http://www.cmtevents.com/eventschedule.aspx?ev=150417&

 
15-17 April – World Travel Market Africa 2015, Cape Town, South Africa

W TM Africa 2015, the leading business-to-business tourism event in Africa, has added an array of new International exhibitors, including destination hot-spot Abu Dhabi and a number of major players from the hotel, travel technology, cruise and airline sectors.

The new exhibitors at WTM Africa 2015 – which will take place at the Cape Town International Convention Centre from 15th-17th April – signed up following glowing publicity and positive feedback that resulted from the hugely successful inaugural WTM Africa last year.

As a direct result of last year’s success, this year’s event has been expanded from two to three days, and the exhibition floor space will be 50% bigger, thanks to increased interest from companies around the world.

WTM Africa 2014 saw almost 4,000 industry professionals negotiate deals worth $314 million (£189 million) – and the sheer diversity of the new exhibitors joining this time around gives great confidence that those figures will easily be surpassed. WTM Africa is part of the WTM Portfolio which also includes World Travel Market, Arabian Travel Market and WTM Latin America.

 
16-18 April – Agritech Expo 2015, Zambia

 

The launch of Agritech Expo 2014 was a landmark event for Zambia’s agriculture and the Zambian National Farmers Union.

Agritech Expo created for the first time a business-to-business platform for agricultural professionals, from small scale farmers to commercial enterprises, to engage and conduct business with some of the world’s leading suppliers to the agricultural industry. From live crop trials and machinery demonstrations, to technical and practical workshops for emerging farmers and VIP business lounges for commercial players, Agritech Expo is simply the only business event servicing the needs of the entire agri-value chain in Zambia and it’s neighbouring countries.

Agritech Expo offers visitors a unique opportunity to meet some of the world's leading agricultural companies, network with fellow agricultural professionals as well as government and union officials, gain take-home knowledge and skills from the free-to-attend technical workshops, and make informed decision on new products and expensive in the region.

This meeting is vital to discussing action points in unlocking the current deadlock and opening up transmission for investment. It will also unite financiers, donor organisations, power developers and regional governments in a closed meeting to examine what crucial first steps must be taken to solving the transmission crisis.

Download the Powering East Africa flyer for more information

 
22-24 April – 2nd Premier East Africa HR Conference, Nairobi

Sign up today for this year’s top HR conference in East Africa!

The 2nd Premier East Africa HR Conference will take place at Villa Rosa Kempinski, Nairobi, from 22nd - 24th April, 2015.

Speakers and facilitators will be established HR directors from blue chip organizations within the East African region and international HR experts who will be addressing HR struggles, give practical tips on matters pertaining HR and even will not avoid controversial discussions about the HR function.

This is a must attend conference for all HR practitioners!

Look for yourself and download the brochure:

http://www.hrboosters.com/downloads/

 
24 April – Fashion Africa Conference 2015, Rich Mix, London

On Friday 24th April 2015 strategically held on Fashion Revolution Day, Social Enterprise Africa Fashion Guide will for the first time host a full day conference event! Held in London where the conferences started in 2011, and consisting of a panel discussion with international industry leaders - our Fashion Africa Conference 2015 is titled An African Revolution. The seminar event will act as a means to discuss and promote the full supply chain of African Fashion Design, Textiles, and Manufacturing and thus communicate this to a larger, global audience through media.

For the opportunity to listen to the best industry leaders in African fashion in London, together in one place then you cannot miss this event! REGISTER TODAY!

Are you are a fashion retailer, fashion designer, student or fashion business who is interested in sourcing and/or producing in Africa? Do you have a strong, active interest in sustainability and ethical business practice? Then don't miss this conference.

The event will be centred around the areas of these sub-topics Sustainability, African Fashion Manufacturing, Responsible Sourcing, Africa’s Retail Market and the new target consumer market.

The 2015 Fashion Africa conference will act as a vehicle to create a social forum for all those attending to talk openly and share ideas, information and expertise, to raise awareness and elevate the perception of design from the continent This event is a must attend event where there will be a mix of press, brands and industry influencers and insiders with a mutual involvement and/or vested interest in elevating African trade, design and production, and who want to be part of the wider solution to raise Africa as a trailblazer in quality design and production.

We are presenting 6 PANEL DISCUSSIONS over 3 ROOMS over 1 DAY!

PRICE: £35 EARLY BOOKING FEE (full price £49 after March 31st!) - includes tea, coffee and biscuits

BOOK FAST as places are strictly limited!

Register at: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/fashion-africa-conference-2015-london-an-african-revolution-tickets-15333903117?ref=estw

 
27-29 April – Power & Energy Africa 2015, Nairobi

 

The fourth edition of Power & Energy Africa is an imposing demonstration of its importance for the successful development of power and energy sector in Kenya. The expectations with the first show were not only fulfilled, but clearly surpassed.

The 4th Power & Energy Africa is being held from the 27th to the 29th of April, 2015 at Kenya's prime international venue; the Kenyatta International Conference Centre in Nairobi.

Exhibiting at the largest power event in the industry will allow you to showcase your products and services to the industry's largest gathering of qualified decision-makers.

Trade visitors from all over East & Central African countries are being invited directly and in collaboration with several regional trade bodies in Kenya, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Uganda, Somalia, Mozambique & Congo. Though Kenya by itself is one of the biggest markets in Africa, major emphasis is being laid upon attracting traders and importers from neighbouring countries.

http://www.expogr.com/kenyaenergy/index.php

 
30 April – 10 May – 24th Annual Saint Lucia Jazz and Arts Festival, St Lucia

The annual Saint Lucia Jazz and Arts Festival, now in its 24th year, raises the c urtain on April 30 with a line-up of performers who blends island culture, famed musical talent and diverse music genres.

nternationally renowned performers taking center stage this year include singer/songwriter Robin Thicke , two-time Grammy winner Jon Secada, Jamaican reggae musician and actor Jimmy Cliff, Latin sensation Timbalive, American rapper Flo Rida, acclaimed Paris-based pianist Alain Jean Marie and two-time Grammy nominee Joey DeFranceso featuring Grant Stewart.

The 11-day festival kicks off on April 30 and runs through May 10 featuring hundreds of musical performances and art showcases throughout the island. Locations span from Saint Lucia’s iconic Pigeon Island National Park, where main stage events will kick-off on Friday, May 8, to various other venues island wide.

Presented by the Saint Lucia Tourist Board, the festival continues to attract some of the most recognizable and sought after names in the music business and has become a magnet for visitors from the U.S., according to Theophilus. Completing the line-up is a string of other local entertainers, together with more than 100 local artisans, who will perform at jazz venues island wide throughout the festival.

 
Permanent - London, Sugar & Slavery, London

Visit the only permanent exhibition to examine London’s involvement in transatlantic slavery in this thought-provoking new gallery, London, Sugar & Slavery that challenges long-held beliefs that abolition was initiated by politicians. Be touched by the real objects, personal stories and vibrant art and music that have left their legacy on the capital today.

Museum of London Docklands
No1 Warehouse,
West India Quay,
London E14 4AL
http://www.museumindocklands.org.uk/English/EventsExhibitions/Special/LSS
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