This essential guide for Young African Diaspora Entrepreneurs who are interested in developing their own businesses, linking their UK connections and insights into the exciting opportunities across Africa.

The one day certificated course at SOAS, University of London, will include presentations and workshops from successful, expert and inspirational speakers to help maximise your potential and turn your business dreams into reality in 2013. Sources of funding, one page business planning- is it possible? Avoiding the bear traps, social enterprise - is it for me?

Certificated Training Course. For further information please contact cas@soas.ac.uk

Fee: £25 including lunch and refreshments. Organiser: Centre of African Studies, in partnership with HABA (Horn of Africa Business Association)

Contact Tel: 020 7898 4370

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Make the right technology choices and prove your bankability to guarantee your CSP share of the South African IPP market

Back for 2013 attending CSP Today South Africa will guarantee you forge the right technology partnerships and prove your bankability to take your share of the remaining 800MW of CSP allocation in South Africa's REIPPP. Over the two days we will cover every aspect of how to win bids in future rounds and develop a successful project, including:

This is the only event dedicated exclusively to the South African CSP industry that will bring together leading local and international experts to help you overcome the key financial and technological roadblocks that will guarantee the future growth of your business.

For further information and to register: http://www.csptoday.com/southafrica/index.php

IS IT AFRICA'S TIME FOR CHANGE?

Are we right to speak of an Africa renaissance?

What is the reality behind the African growth story?

And how are Africa's future leaders looking to shape the continent?

As the world's attention turn to this continent, it's never been more important for investors, business leaders and policy-makers to gain a true understanding of what is powering the world's upcoming economic engine.

TOP SPEAKERS FOR THIS EVENT INCLUDE:

Join over 150 high-level individuals defining Africa's future

By exploring promising growth sectors and exposing the risks and rewards of building business across across the continent, The Africa Summit will seek to help you understand this vast market.

The 3rd MobileMoneyAfrica's Annual event will take place on 6th - 7th February 2013 at the Lagos Oriental Hotel,Lagos - Nigeria with the theme 'Promoting interoperability': Unlocking the growth of mobilemoney. Full details at www.mobilemoneyexpo.com.

As a leading continental event in the mobilemoney ecosystem calendar, the two day summit brings all stakeholders from technology, application providers, financial institutions, micro finance, regulators, agency network and mobile network operators together to deliberate on issues in the ecosystem in Africa and proffer solutions to industry challenges.

The 2013 event is packed with workshops and sessions by leading subject matter experts to keep you up to date with mobile financial services developments across Africa.

This event will also host the inaugural mobile money Kalahari awards, given to organizations that have made significant contribution to the mobile financial sector and are poised to make considerable market impact in the future. The inaugural Kalahari awards are dedicated to acknowledging creativity, commitment and excellence in the mobile financial services across Africa.

Register here.

The GETHealth Summit aims to bridge the health workforce gap in developing countries through new partnerships between innovators in Global Health Education and Information Technology.

The Summit will bring together leaders in health, education and IT to discuss and develop initiatives designed to empower providers in the most resource-limited communities in the world.

For further information including registration, please go to:
 http://www.gethealthsummit.org/

The CTO’s 8th Annual Digital Broadcasting Switchover Forum 2013 will once again bring together senior policy makers, broadcasters, telecoms services providers, industry solution providers and other stakeholders within the digital broadcasting space in Africa and beyond to define the next steps to help deliver Africa’s digital broadcasting programmes.

The state play of digital broadcasting in Africa is such that of the 54 countries, only one i.e. Mauritius, has successfully finalized its switchover, four countries seem to be on track, ten are at pilot stage, and just about 29 are still planning the transition.

This state of affairs suggests that the broadcasting industry still needs access to credible sources of information and knowledge that will help them contribute to the development of digital broadcasting in their various jurisdictions.  The 8th edition will focus on:

For more information on the event please visit   www.events.cto.int/DBSF_2013

DEALS, EXITS & FUNDRAISING – A Review of 2012 & Future Outlook

The seminar will review 2012 deal making & fundraising, and look at expected investment trends in 2013

Confirmed speakers:

MORE SPEAKERS TO BE CONFIRMED

KEY TOPICS

To register: http://www.privateequityafrica.com/events/

After a successful inaugural event which took place in Johannesburg eleven months ago, The Solar Future South Africa will be heading back to the Rainbow Nation on 12 February 2013.

The conference "The Solar Future: South Africa" focus will be on competitive solar energy solutions that do not require government incentives or the REIPP programme. This unique high-level conference, expected to attract top-level management executives, will provide a platform to discuss the new demand dynamics of solar PV in SA.

Learn how:

Website: www.thesolarfuture.co.za

Enhance your business skills and capabilities as HR professionals, and explore how you can build strategy that will guide your organisation through challenge.

Strategic HR approaches are changing and the economic environment is transforming the expectations of employers and colleagues. The CIPD’s HR Business Partner Event will help you to meet these challenges by building your specific skills and keep you abreast of industry changes, ensuring you stay relevant, agile and innovative.

The conference will:

You will take away:

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The Congress will be an Executive Level Retreat in which participants will review Evolving Trends in HRM that could change their paradigm on leading people at work. It would provide an opportunity to acquire skills to maximize competencies and become a more knowledgeable contributor in the organization. Besides networking opportunities, the conference offers unique in-depth approaches to understanding important workplace issues that affect an organization's viability in today's fast-paced business environment.

The Congress will host a pre-congress “3rd Compensation & Rewards Summit” and Post-Congress “Open Innovation".

Theme: THE FUTURE OF WORK

Sub Themes:

www.worldhrdcongress.com

The Africa Energy Indaba 2013 will be held from the 19th - 21st February 2013, at the Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa. The conference continues to grow and has become the foremost forum for debating and exchanging solutions to Africa's energy challenges and focuses on: African power suppliers; alternative and renewable energies; oil and gas; the legal and regulatory framework, and investment opportunities in African energy projects, to name a few. The exhibition has become a significant market-place for African and international stakeholders doing business in Africa's energy sector.

The Africa Energy Indaba, adopted by the World Energy Council (WEC) as the African regional event of the WEC, receives global recognition as the foremost event for energy professionals from across the globe and is rapidly gaining momentum as the energy business forum in Africa.

Presented by the South African National Energy Association (SANEA) in association with the World Energy Council, the forum has achieved the highest level of endorsement and support and as such is without doubt the leading energy event in Africa.

For more information on the Africa Energy Indaba visit www.energyindaba.co.za

The Bahamas International Investment & Business Forum will highlight the key advantages The Bahamas, and Grand Bahama in particular, will have in capitalising on the expansion of the Panama Canal, which is due to be completed in 2014. The event will also showcase The Bahamas as a global investment destination of choice with a wide range of opportunities across a number of key sectors.

Speakers Include:

Held under the theme ‘At the Crossroads of 21st Century Trade and Investment,’ the Forum will be organised by the Government of The Bahamas, the Commonwealth Business Council and the Grand Bahama Port Authority.

http://www.cbcglobal.org/events/details/the-bahamas-international-investment-and-business-forum

IPM has created this opportunity for HR executives and business leaders to interrogate topics and business issues that have the potential of making a huge impact on overall business results. The aim of the Summit is to provide an interactive forum for HR Executives not only to prepare for the future, but also to provide the necessary leadership to the HR profession and the business community.

The theme of the Summit is: “HR Leading the Way”. This involves:

At the Summit, there will be a focus on recognising the need for HR executives to engage with each other on important topics/trends. The presenters at this Summit are reputable business leaders and professionals and a dialogue will be held on what it means to contribute with impact.

For more information or to RSVP, please contact Patricia Ramokgadi at patricia@ipm.co.za   on 011-706-7504.

Technology for Marketing & Advertising (TFM&A) is the UK's largest and longest running event for the entire Marketing, Media and Advertising industry, and thirteen years on, it remains the flagship must-attend eventfor professionals across the industry.

Join us for 2013 for inspiration and invaluable future foresight to fuel your strategy, charge your campaigns and drive bottom-line marketing success to make your mark in 2013.

This is all in addition to three further industry events taking place at the same time; together covering solutions across the entire marketing mix and providing a truly integrated experience. Training budgets may be tight but at TFM&A, the hottest content is FREE! and includes over 100 case-study led seminar sessions, an industry-renowned series of Keynotes, CIM Taster Sessions and the IDM Bootcamp.

For further information and to register: http://www.t-f-m.co.uk

Theme: “Employee Engagement & Leadership”

The role of HR in Africa today and the near future has never been so crucial. With the continent now an emerging market, African’s human capital, more than ever before, needs to be abreast of modern methods and applications if organizations are to increase profits, performance or gain competitive advantage.

As the continent continues to attract both foreign and indigenous talent from the Diaspora, HR in Africa must step up correspondingly to take maximum advantage of only the best skills by engaging effectively with all employees for the benefit of their organizations.

The 3rd Annual HR Conference has therefore been organized by OML Africa specifically for HR professionals and people in management, operating in the private, not-for-profit and public sector in Africa. This event brings together under one roof CEO, SMT, people managers, HR leaders and experts.

http://www.africahrleaders.com/

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/Default.htm