TIEC presents 'Let's Talk Africa'. This event will showcase the opportunities available in Africa and encourage Graduates as well as students in Diaspora to add value to the continent .Let's Talk Africa is:

For more information contact TIEC: info@tiec.co.uk

This event is your definitive opportunity to hear from pioneers behind Africa's most innovative mobile money programmes. Whether you are a mobile network operator, a bank or a microfinance institution, MMT Africa features both strategic and technical content that will enable you to optimise your mobile money offering.

Sessions include Safaricom detail how strategic partnerships will allow you to create a joined up and far reaching payments infrastructure, Zain outline how they established their borderless mobile money infrastructure, MTN compare mobile money experiences in East and West Africa and Orange Money discuss the differences between launching in a competitive market compared to markets where you have first mover advantage.

With regulatory conditions a consistent barrier to entry in many regional markets, MMT Africa hands you a not-to-be-missed interactive panel containing policy makers and influencers from the Central Banks of Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Ghana and Zambia, who will define exactly how mobile money regulatory frameworks are drafted and exactly what you can do to aid the process.

Plus, in a world first, Safaricom are opening the doors to M-PESA with a unique site visit that will hand attendees the chance to see how mobile money has developed in Kenya. In addition, the Grameen Foundation will take you on visits to a selection of microfinance institutions that will offer you a tangible insight into the impact that mobile money can have on the lives of micro-entrepreneurs in rural Africa. For more information: MMT Africa 2010.

REwind - a Cantata for Voice, Tape & Testimony combines vocal soloists, chorus, and string octet with stunning projected images to celebrate the human spirit in South Africa that rose above the horror and evil of the deeds that were committed in the name of Apartheid.

Composer Philip Miller has endeavoured to express in music the South African spirit as it manifested itself during the Truth and Reconciliation Commission hearings that began in East London, South Africa in 1996. The songs in REwind, which mix operatic and traditional South African styles, are built around actual testimonies and weave recorded audio samples from the hearings into the music. The physical environment, designed by Gerhard Marx, creates a visual context that illuminates the full power of the cantata. Through the use of ingeniously animated projections of photographs and text the testimonies literally take form, enveloping the chorus on stage. And as the words and images settle onto the everyday world, the spaces between the victim and transgressor, those who deliver testimony and those who listen, merge.

REwind is a work with no real parallel: both an extraordinary piece of music and digital art and a historical document with tremendous topical relevance. Above all, it is a commemoration of the dignity of those victims who suffered under the regime.

'An enduring masterpiece of diverse choral musical, cultural and oral traditions.' (The Star, South Africa)

www.southbankcentre.co.uk/find/music/gigs-contemporary/tickets/
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London Business School's Africa Club is delighted to invite you to Africa Day 2010 - Africa Evolves: Next Steps for Development. The 9th annual Africa Day conference will take place on Saturday, 8 May 2010 at the London Business School.

Africa Day will focus on the success factors necessary for accelerating socio-economic development in Africa and bring together leaders in business, government and civil society to inspire transformation on the continent.

Panel topics include: Developing a Culture of Expansion in Entrepreneurship, Technology and Infrastructure: Building a Platform for Economic Growth, Outlook for African Capital Markets in the Global Environment and Agribusiness: Turning Challenges into Opportunities.

For further information and to register: http://africaday2010.eventbrite.com/?ref=ebtn

The OAA'83 Year Group, organisers and hosts of this year's OAA (UK) Annual Fundraising Dinner Dance are currently working very hard to make the event, on Saturday 8th May 2010, at Kensington Hall, a resounding fundraising success. Our aim is to raise at least £10,000 for the school from this event.

Given the current crisis at the school caused by the breakdown of its sewage system, there is now even more reason for Akoras to rally together and BE ONE to save our dearest Alma Mater from literally ending up in the sewers!!! Tickets for this event are now on sale at £60.00 - please visit www.oaa83.com for more information.

The link to the event on Facebook is: www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=171628482675

In tough economic times, organisations will look to their learning and development departments to contribute real value in building and retaining talent in the workforce. L&D departments need to respond to this challenge by adopting new approaches and developing new skill sets themselves. Also, the wide loss of jobs during the previous year has forced people to 'reinvent' & 'redefine' their professional capability. They are constantly looking for new skills or polishing existing skills to increase their competency and to make themselves more marketable. Hence, it is of utmost importance to global learning executives to provide a competent learning environment within the organisations.

The driving force behind SALVO Global Learning Academy 2010 conference is to help learning executives connect real-world corporate academy practices with leading-edge strategies to solve their current corporate learning challenges.

Global Learning Academy 2010 will showcase interactive and stimulating sessions, helping you to realize the need to restructure and revive your organisational learning & development functions post-crisis; providing tools and techniques to creatively blend working, learning and giving. GLA'10 is a unique platform to learn, network, discuss and debate fresh and innovative learning ideas with our esteemed faculty of speakers. Only the best speakers will be featured in this programme!

For further details to register and attend:  www.glaconference.com

The Eastern Africa Energy Conference 2010, scheduled for Nairobi, is part of our worldwide suite of senior management events in/on Africa that we have conducted annually for over 16 years, and is endorsed by the Ministry of Energy, Kenya and the National Oil Corporation of Kenya.

It showcases the regional oil/gas and energy game in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, DRC, Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia, Seychelles, Madagascar and Mocambique, and focuses on the corporate players (private and state entities) that are shaping the fast-moving dynamics one of the Continent's rapidly growing energy markets - upstream, midstream, downstream, and in gas/power, CBM/CTL, as well as in renewables and biofuels.

Themes covered include: Government policies, state interventions in the oil/energy market, state oil/energy companies, private energy investments and interests, corporate portfolio and strategies, new entrants, competition and regulation, inter-fuel issues, product pricing, taxation and the financing of non-hydrocarbon ventures, plus critical issues impacting the Eastern African future.

On the first evening of the Eastern Africa Energy Conference we will host our 31st PetroAfricanus Dinner, with Guest Speaker: Jeff Hume, Managing Director, Upstream Petroleum Consultants.

Inside the week is a special and unique 3rd Petroleum Industry Fundamentals Industry Training Workshop presented by Dr Duncan Clarke, the world's leading authority on African oil and gas and global national oil companies, as well as the author of the widely-acclaimed Crude Continent; The Struggle for Africa's Oil Prize

For further details and to register: www.petro21.com/events/index.cfm?id=502

"The Extractive Industries & Long Term Sustainable Development".

MINEPEC NIGER 2010 will consist of three days of plenary sessions, technical workshops, exhibitions as well as visits to key Nigerien mining and petroleum sites.

This international mining and petroleum conference is the first of its kind to be organised in Niger. It will gather international investors, mining and petroleum experts, directors of financial institutions, Nigerien decision makers, development partners and donors, as well as the other key actors and partners in the mining and petroleum industry.

MINEPEC NIGER is expected be one of the largest Mining and Petroleum forums organised on the African continent. Its aim is to promote the Niger Mining and Petroleum sectors and set up a better contribution of these industries to the country's social and economic development.

The event will provide an excellent opportunity for all participants to discover Niger, its mining resources, investment opportunities, as well as discussing the questions of the developing Niger's mining and petroleum resources and tackling environmental issues. E-mail: minepec@ametrade.org

The Rwanda Investment Forum will be the first large scale investor event organised in the country since Rwanda became the 54th Member of the Commonwealth at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Trinidad last November. The Forum will be organised by the Commonwealth Business Council in partnership with the Rwanda Development Board and with the collaboration of the International Private Sector.

Two years ago the East African International Business Forum, the first event CBC had organised in the country, drew over 500 leaders from business and government, including 250 delegates from over 30 countries outside the East African region. This year's Forum aims to build on Rwanda's expanding network of relationships created by joining the Commonwealth, and its reputation for stability and good economic management. Its purpose is to enhance foreign direct investment by communicating national development goals and by bringing international investors and operators face-to-face with Rwandan project holders and entrepreneurs to discuss new economic and investment opportunities.

The forum will focus on business opportunities in the following sectors:

In addition there will be One to One meetings and a Project Centre for discussing actual projects; as well as possible Site Visits for those with an interest on the final day of the conference.  www.mbendi.com/cbc/events/e6i9.htm

Chris Ofili's intensely coloured and intricately ornamented paintings are on show at Tate Britain in a major survey of the artist's career that brings together over 45 paintings, as well as pencil drawings and watercolours from the mid 1990s to today. One of the most acclaimed British painters of his generation, Ofili won the Turner Prize in 1998 and represented Great Britain at the 50th Venice Biennale in 2003.

Ofili has built an international reputation with his works that bridge the sacred and the profane, popular culture and beliefs. His exuberant paintings are renowned for their rich layering and inventive use of media, including balls of elephant dung that punctuate the canvas and support them at their base, as well as glitter, resin, map pins and magazine cut-outs.

Ofili's early works draw on a wide range of influences, from Zimbabwean cave painting to blaxploitation movies, fusing comic book heroes and icons of funk and hip-hop. For the first time, these celebrated paintings are presented alongside current developments in his practice following his move to Trinidad in 2005. While adopting a simplified colour palette and pared-down forms, his recent works continue to draw on diverse sources of inspiration, and are full of references to sensual and Biblical themes as well as explore Trinidad's landscape and mythology.  www.tate.org.uk/britain/exhibitions/chrisofili/default.shtm

MIS Training Institute is delighted to announce the inaugural ICT Security Africa 2010. Be a part of this internationally established event series which is coming to Africa for the first time. The international speaker panel, made up of information security directors from leading organisations from Africa and the rest of the world, is ready to answer your most pressing questions. Case studies and high profile keynotes will probe the security and audit of Information Communications & Technology. The focus is on your role, the challenges you face, solutions and realities.

Take part in practitioner-led sessions providing pragmatic and cost-effective solutions. ICT Security Africa Summit 2010 offers a curriculum of hard-hitting topics that will help you avoid the dangers facing your systems and information security strategy. Your time and money are precious. MIS' ICT Security Africa Summit 2010 will offer you a carefully orchestrated agenda full of practical advice to navigate the minefields that threaten information security - and ultimately your job. Whether you need to know how to prevent data leakage, the best free tools to conduct an effective ICT audit, the security hazards of cloud computing, or latest privacy laws, this summit will offer you no-nonsense direction and timely insights.

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May celebrates films made post 1994 when a new society emerged, opening up opportunities for previously excluded black students to study film. Films include shorts and documentaries made in the last few years.

The BFI presents an overview of cinema during South Africa's apartheid era - some of the films are propaganda for the ideology and some are furiously opposed to it, while some are merely reflections of life at a particular time, in a particular country. Explore this confused wilderness of mirrors where race, gender, ideology, Puritanism, lust, guilt and revolt all have a part to play.

A two part season that presents films made both during and post South Africa's apartheid era that evidence the confused wilderness of mirrors where race, gender, ideology, etc. played a part.

www.bfi.org.uk/whatson/bfi_southbank/film_programme/
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The Christian Resources Exhibition is now being the UK's biggest and most successful exhibition for equipping and resourcing Churches and Christian ministries.

Twenty-five years from its launch, CRE continues to be the UK's largest and most successful Christian exhibition with events being held across the United Kingdom. From leading charities and companies to smaller independent organisations, all have benefitted enormously from the contacts they have established at CRE over the years. CRE enjoys both regular and new visitors to the exhibitions which is one of the reasons it is such a successful event for those who exhibit.

The visitor numbers at the Sandown Park, Esher exhibition. 11 – 14 May 2010, are expected to exceed 13,000 with over 400 stands.

www.creonline.co.uk/page.asp?pageid=10

The Africa gas & LNG market is growing exponentially with increasing energy demand as well as many new discoveries being made in various countries within the continent. Where is the new market demand for gas and LNG within and outside Africa? What are the driving forces for such demand? How have the regulatory and legal frameworks in Africa been involving? What measures can the regulators take further to ensure sustainable market development? What are the proven gas commercialization practices? How can private sector take advantage of these market and regulatory movement? What are the new challenges and opportunities faced in the gas industry after the recent world economic meltdown? What are the considerations to make when constructing key infrastructure projects for gas development to reach more revenue and build better partner relations? What are the financing solutions that suit your projects most? How is best to negotiate successful sales, purchase, joint operation, concession, storage & transportation agreements? What are the gas & LNG pricing trends and how will they affect your business? What are the best gas transportation and distribution practice? What are the key differences and their commercial impact between projects onshore and offshore? How to effectively manage the risks involved in gas and LNG development? How are the upcoming new projects in Africa going on and how do they impact the market? What new technology breakthroughs you can leverage for your business advantage? Where will Africa stand in the global and domestic gas & LNG market in the next 5 years?

Mark your calendar on the 27th - 28th July 2010 and come join us in Johannesburg to discuss and learn about the best strategies, approaches, techniques and innovations in the fast developing Africa gas & LNG market. You will hear in-depth insights shared by a panel of top notch experts from major domestic and international energy companies, government & regulatory bodies and expert consultants in this field. You will also have the opportunity to network with and learn from your peers from various backgrounds with valuable experience. Don't miss out on this most updated and exciting Africa Gas & LNG Summit! www.neo-edge.com/africagasandlngsummit2010.

Wind Power Africa 2010 is the premier international event on wind energy in Africa hosted by the African Wind Energy Association in partnership with other African and international organisations. A powerful networking platform, the event will bring together key African and international stakeholders from the public and private sectors with the aim to unlock Africa's wind energy potential.

The opportunities for wind power in Africa and South Africa in particular are immense due to a favourable investment climate offering profitable feed-in tariffs for wind energy, tremendous CDM project potential, ideal natural conditions as well as increasing energy demand and capacity shortages in growing economies. Wind Power Africa 2010 will examine the current and future wind energy markets in Africa and highlight attractive business opportunities, with in depth analysis and country case studies.

Wind Power Africa 2010 will take place from 12-14 May 2010 at the Cape Town International Convention Centre in Cape Town, South Africa featuring a high-profile Conference & Renewable Energy Exhibition, Site Visits, a Networking Cocktail, Gala Dinner and Spouses Programme over the 3-day period.

For more information about the event and how to participate, please visit our website www.windenergyafrica.com or contact: Denise Spaull T: +27 (0) 21 689 7881 E: denise@windenergyafrica.com

This Conference will bring together experts, business leaders, professionals and representatives from prominent organisations based in the UK and internationally. Delegates will obtain up-to-date information on the topics discussed, acquire business tips, obtain relevant literature, take part in an interactive Q & A session and share key concerns on all topics discussed.

The panel of speakers include Mrs Joke Adefulire - Hon Commissioner for Women's Affairs, Lagos State, Nigeria – The role of women in leadership and economic development, Ms Debbie Ariyo - Founder of AFRUCA, a UK-based Charity, Africans Unite Against Child Abuse promoting the rights and welfare of African children. – The challenges of running a non-governmental organisation. Mrs Bimpe Nkontchou - A Solicitor and senior partner at Addie & Co, a leading London Law firm specialising in corporate and commercial law. Expanding your business internationally: A legal perspective, Anber Raz - An advocate of women's rights - Equality Now, an International Human Rights Organisation based in London. - Women's rights: Overcoming the barriers and Councillor Elisabeth Tinuke Davies - A Councillor, London Borough of Waltham Forest, President of Nigerian Social Workers & Chair of Nigerian Association of Councillors - Women in leadership: A Political perspective.

www.clubtickets.com/gb/2010-05/14/paceworking-leadership-business-conference

The IPM together with Deloitte are hosting a 2 day highly practical HR Business Partner Master Class again in May 2010. This programme is targeted at seasoned HR practitioners and will provide practical insights, models and tools based on Deloitte's global methods and tools applied to practical South African examples. The session will be very interactive and will encourage best practice sharing between participants. In the 2 days you will gain insight into:

- Positioning HR effectively with line executives

- Aligning your HR strategy with business strategy and effectively engaging stakeholders around the strategy and its execution

- Best in class HR strategy tools and templates

- Best practices and lessons learnt around the high impact Human Capital processes; performance management, talent management and reward

- The role technology can play in optimising your HR effectiveness

- Employee engagement and retention practices that work

- Key change management models and tools applied to real scenarios

You will leave the session with a strong sense of what business expects of HR and tools to effectively position HR and develop effective strategies, frameworks and practices to deliver on this expectation. The session will be led by Gillian Hofmeyr, Gareth Evans and Sandra van Wyk. Please email Patricia@ipm.co.za and request a registration form.

What if comedy was a sport? Who will represent South Africa at the World Cup of Funny? Enter Bafunny Bafunny – South Africa's star-studded comedy team featuring the 8 funniest stand-up comedians from the 2010 World Cup host country, including the likes of Mark Lottering, Barry Hilton and Trevor Noah.

'We wanted to bring a bit of the magic that has been generated here in South Africa to London and unify all supporters and fans by celebrating comedy that highlights the diversity of our beautiful country and embraces the patriotism that the 2010 soccer fever has generated. To do so in the most beautiful theatre in the world is a dream come true for us, and every member of the company', says Sam Hendrikse, the producer of Bafunny Bafunny and CEO of Hunta Live.

The one-night-only show, featuring the best in South African stand-up will keep the sport parody alive throughout the 'match' with comedians starring as 'players', a 'coach', a 'referee' and big screens with live commentators keeping the fans entertained during 'half time'.

Bafunny: a South African word for explaining something that is so uncontrollably, snortingly, rib-ticklingly, funny, that there are no words to describe it. Not to be confused with Bafana Bafana, the South African national football team.

www.royalalberthall.com/tickets/bafunny-bafunny/default.aspx

Please join us at the 12th annual London South African Wine Auction at Vinopolis in central London on Thursday 20th May. Enjoy top quality wines from some of the best wine estates in South Africa and have the chance to discuss the wine with the winemakers at the event.

We have carefully selected international award winning wines and joining you at your table for a three course dinner with a South African flavour will be international rugby stars, Laureus Sports Ambassadors and award winning wine makers and representatives from more than 30 South African wine estates.

Your successful auction bid will secure some of the best wines in South African and also go a long way to supporting the chosen charities; Jan Kriel School in Cape Town and the Starfish Great Hearts Foundation. There are 30 lots of wine on auction; most of which are not available on the open market and have been kindly donated by the farms. They have also all received a rating of 4+ stars on the John Platter rating system.

In addition, a selection of Laureus Sports Awards Ambassadors, top wine makers and international sports stars and will be seated at each table. Your bid will help support the Jan Kriel School for children with learning barriers and the Starfish Great Hearts Foundation.   www.saracens.com/news/view.php?Id=5817

MD Entertainment invites all lovers of African culture to a unique, fun and enlightening showcase event over one long weekend. THE AFRICA WEEKENDER 2010!. 3 days and 3 nights at the All Weather Resort in Camber Sands, East Sussex(Just over an hour away from London!)

Leading UK based promoters, event organisers and network groups of African culture collaborate to bring you a showcase of activities night and day!

Activities include Workshops (Cooking, Dancing, Language, Make up, Business, etc), Children play areas, Arts and Crafts stalls, Fashion displays, Sports and fitness programmes (indoor pool included), Leading African Films, Creative Artists exhibitions, Charities and Social awareness presentations, African massage sessions and sandy beach relaxation. Night time activities include leading performance acts, fashion show, comedians and dance troops plus your favourite DJs playing an eclectic mix of urban, afrobeats, and music from the Motherland! For more info visit WWW.MDENTERTAINMENT.ORG

The Africa Festival has been taking place for 21 years and it has become Europe's biggest festival for African music and culture. Over the last 21 years more than 1,600,000 visitors form Germany and other foreign countries have come to Wuerzburg's Mainwiesen to witness the cultural wealth of Africa and to participate in Africa's zest for life.

Because of its great success in Germany, the Africa Festival has now found a few copiers of varying quality. To avoid confusion, the name and logo are now licensed. The dancing figures with the name Africa Festival will not only now, but also in the future be a guarantee of a high quality in music and background program.

We'd like to thank our visitors cordially here who stood by us on sunny and rainy days and who have made it possible that this festival has always been a peaceful and lively togetherness.

http://www.africafestival.org/

Following the tremendous success of our 1st Human Capital Management Conference – Innovating HR Strategies in Tough Times, Fleming Gulf is proud to host the 2nd Annual Human Capital Management Forum scheduled for 24th -26th May 2010 in Abu Dhabi, UAE.

The recent past has seen a shift in regional HR Policy and Strategies with more and more companies focusing on consolidating their workforce and developing the talent and skill set of their existing employees. Employee Motivation and Engagement continue to be important HR functions given that inspired employees are more efficient and dedicated to their work. These and several other key issues will be on the agenda for discussion at the 2nd Annual Human Capital Management Forum. Key Regional and International HR Leaders from Banking and Finance, Commerce, Telecommunications, Healthcare, Aviation, General Trading and various other sectors will come together at this event to present, discuss and participate in the 2nd edition of this highly successful Fleming Gulf Conference.

In the face of the global economic slowdown, whether your organization is either thinking about or has initiated layoffs, downsizing, rightsizing, staff cuts, or managed redundancy, for the first time in the history, it is human capital that is linked to the success of organizations. The quality of people and the competencies of the future will be critical factors in corporate vitality and survival of organizations.

People's Challenge Africa 2010 will provide you with a platform to strategize and sail through the troubled times securing your assets of human capital. The conference will aim at exploiting and addressing short-term imbalances and build strong foundations for long-term prospects.

For further details and to book: www.fleminggulf.com/conferences/
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It is a free event organised by community development and anthropology students at London Metropolitan University. Speakers include Dr Tamsin Bradley Senior Lecturer in Anthropology 'Gender and Religion in Developing Societies' Azar Sheibani, Head of the Refugee Advice and Guidance Unit 'Work with Refugee Women in the UK' and Representatives of Diaspora Organisations.

The event will be chaired by Professor John Gabriel, Head of Department of Applied Social Sciences. Venue: Women's Library - Old Castle Street - London E1 7NT – Nearest Tube Aldgate East. Opportunity for discussion following talks. Light refreshments & networking 6-7pm.

Please RSVP to dasslectures@londonmet.ac.uk or register at www.londonmet.ac.uk/depts/dass/events/booking-form.cfm

As the market begins to recover the spotlight is firmly on HR and its ability to engage with the wider organisation and drive business strategy.

Join us at the conference and discover how you can align and integrate the HR function within the business and deliver key skills, behaviours and capabilities to achieve long-term organisational success. This conference addresses the key challenges of building HR capability on both an individual and departmental level. Share the experience of leading HR directors and those redefining the role of HR to deliver improved organisational performance and sustained commercial success.

Join us at the conference to understand how HR enables the business to build long-term value, develop an organisational culture that drives organisational performance, explore the requirements and skills needed by future-fit HR leaders and discover how to measure the impact of HR capability on business performance.

www.cipd.co.uk/cande/building-capability/default.htm

The 5th eLearning Africa will take place from May 26th–28th, 2010 in Lusaka, Zambia, under the patronage of the Zambian Minister of Education, the Honourable Ms Dora Siliya. The pan-African conference, organised by ICWE GmbH, focuses on information and communication technologies (ICTs) for development, education and training in Africa. Serving as a pan-African platform, eLearning Africa links a network of decision makers from governments and administrations with universities, schools, governmental and private training providers, industry and important partners in development cooperation. Each year, a different country serves as the venue.

At the 2009 event, 1350 education professionals from 83 countries convened in the Senegalese capital Dakar in May. The conference took place under the patronage of Maître Abdoulaye Wade, the President of Senegal.

eLearning Africa, 5th International Conference on ICT for Development, Education and Training, Mulungushi International Conference Center, Lusaka, Zambia. Organisers: ICWE GmbH, www.icwe.net Contact: ICWE GmbH, info@elearning-africa.com, www.eLearning-africa.com   Tel.: +49 (0)30 310 18 18-0

'Growing SMEs' is an Investment Market Place offering a unique opportunity to 75 entrepreneurs from developing countries to meet and pitch their business plans to 100+ investors interested in financing companies in emerging markets.

Participate in the unique Investment Market Place "Growing SMEs: It's time to invest! which will take place in The Hague coming June 2, 2010. Some 75+ SME entrepreneurs from all parts of the globe will pitch their companies to one of the largest groups of SME-focused institutional and angel investors ever to converge.

The objectives of "Growing SMEs: It's time to invest!" are to match entrepreneurs and financers, mobilize capital, and showcase an emerging asset class for investors. The ultimate result sought is to improve incomes and economic stability in the developing world. For a detailed programme of events, please click here.

"Growing SMEs; It's time to invest", is expected to bring together more than 800 attendants, among which specialists and practitioners active in the SME Finance sector, as well as 75+ entrepreneurs and 100+ investors.

The objectives of "Growing SMEs: It's time to invest!" Market Place are to match entrepreneurs and financers, mobilize capital, and showcase an emerging asset class for investors. The ultimate result sought is to improve incomes and economic stability in the developing world. For a detailed programme of events, please click here.

"Growing SMEs; It's time to invest", is expected to bring together more than 800 attendants, among which specialists and practitioners active in the SME Finance sector, as well as 75+ entrepreneurs and 100+ investors.

In order to ensure the event is a success and all potential investors are involved, we rely on all available networks to bring the right people together.

www.bidnetwork.org  E: communications@bidnetwork.org

T: +31 20 7555 010 F: +31 84 83 000 22

Impact through Diversity is shaping up to be the diversity event of the year. This event, a joint conference run by NBP and WLN supported by Protocol National, is aimed at encouraging more BME professionals and women into senior leadership roles and supporting principals and governors who are keen to recruit leaders from the full pool of talent.

Lord Herman Ouseley will deliver the keynote speech and will be joined by a host of inspiring leaders and principals from across the learning and skills sector. Seminars and workshop sessions will cover practical skills, knowledge updating and diversity policy. Find out more at www.impactthroughdiversity.co.uk

Global Pacific & Partners will host its 2nd Western Africa Energy 2010 Conference, over 2nd – 4th June 2010 at the La Palm Royal Hotel, Accra, Ghana, bringing together key Super-Majors, Independents, Government and National Oil Company and Energy Sector senior executives to interface, network and negotiate deals.

It showcases the regional oil/gas and energy game in Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Cote d'Ivoire, DRC Congo, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sao Tome & Principe, Togo, and focuses on the corporate players (private and state entities) that are shaping the fast-moving dynamics one of the Continent's rapidly growing energy markets - upstream, midstream, downstream, and in gas/power, as well as in renewables and biofuels.

Themes covered include: Government policies, state interventions in the oil/energy market, state oil/energy companies, private energy investments and interests, corporate portfolio and strategies, new entrants, competition and regulation, inter-fuel issues, product pricing, taxation and the financing of non-hydrocarbon ventures, plus critical issues impacting the Western African Energy future.

www.petro21.com/events/?id=505&CFID=1550535&CFTOKEN=16419497

Ghana with its well established mining industry lies at the very heart of the burgeoning West African mining scene. It is a networking node for the solid minerals development aspirations of the Nigerian Government, for exploration and mine development in Mali and Senegal, it's a supply depot for companies operating in Burkina Faso and Niger, it's a base for aerial survey companies. In short, the very life blood of the West African mining industry pumps through Ghana.

Mining stimulates the industrialisation of West Africa, is the biggest user of electricity in the sub-region and creates construction and infrastructural demand.

E Commerce Expo North will take place at the Manchester United Football Club. It is the Northern showcase for everything that's new in this vibrant market. Entrance to the exhibition and conference is free.

E Commerce Expo North will help you to

Meet over 50 Exhibiting Companies

Check out the latest products and solutions from the best in the industry including, Adobe, Brandbank, Channel Advisor, Click and Buy, EmailVision, Exact Abacus, GFK Etilize, FactFinder, Iocea, Koko Digital, Maginus, Sanderson, Shopzilla, and many more.

To register for FREE attendance to the exhibition and conference click here

The Forum aims to strengthen identified businesses, investments and entrepreneurial networks, address the pros and cons of business and investments from Europe, China And African Diasporas to Africa, core concerns of Diaspora inclusion, economic development, migration governance such as policy, legal framework and operational systems, as well as developing strategies that will allow Diasporas to be part of the African, European and Chinese triangle development structures.

Registration and related documents will be available on our website at: www.ayf.de/documents/documents.html

The annual Careers in Africa Summit, London connects high calibre graduates and professionals seeking outstanding career opportunities with the world's top companies operating across Africa. Careers in Africa, London Summits have seen over 50 companies successfully hire hundreds of talented African graduates and professionals into their businesses since 2002.

Through this flagship event, we have helped over 3,000 professionals develop their careers across Africa with some of the world's leading employers.

www.globalcareercompany.com/content/content_736.html

The Nigeria International Investors Forum coincides with the 50th year of Nigerian Nationhood. Over the last 10 years Nigeria has witnessed sustained economic and democratic development; however the nation still faces significant challenges including bridging the infrastructure gap, revitalise agriculture and manufacturing, and rebalancing the dependence on oil.

This International Investor Forum will focus on how the private sector can partner with government in support of the national objective of becoming a top 20 global economy and in the delivery of Millennium Development Goals for the benefit of all Nigerians.

The Forum is will profile national investment strategy and focus on practical investment and business opportunities, as well as public private partnerships in the following sectors:

www.mbendi.com/cbc/events/e6ia.htm