What's on in October? Listing of events and activities

 

In celebration of Black History Month, Topolski Century Gallery, in association with Sabe Life Coaching, are holding a programme of events for all.

The Century's events will include:

Event prices range from free to £6. Booking required. Specific details regarding the Programme are available at 020 7620 1275 or online at www.topolskicentury.org.uk.

See www.campaignfordrawing.org for full listing of Big Draw events.

Topolski Century Gallery
150-152 Hungerford Arches
Concert Hall Approach
Waterloo SE1 8XU

Nearest station: Waterloo

 

 

The EMRC AgriBusiness Forum 2010 will focus on the theme of "Food Security: a Business Opportunity" with the aim to boost the African agro-food sector through the design, planning and implementation of diverse agricultural projects. President Museveni will inaugurate the AgriBusiness Forum 2010. Discussions and presentations will explore best practices and expertise and successful case studies relating to the theme will be presented.

The AgriBusiness Forum 2010 is hosted by the Government of Uganda represented by the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries and organized in collaboration with FAO and the Raboabnk Foundation. Current partners also include the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), Syngenta Foundation, USAID, NOVUS International, Stanbic Bank, the Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA), the Africa Enterprise Challenge Fund (AECF), KPMG, IFDC, ProInvest, Windrock International, The European Union, the East African Community (EAC) and the UN World Food Programme (WFP). Other partners also include the international press.

The tailor-made EMRC Business-to-Business sessions, which enable delegates to take part in one-on-one meetings, will facilitate cross-continental and inter-continental business introductions and partnerships that will propel the implementation of the collaborative ideas planted at the forum.

To encourage development, innovation and entrepreneurship in the agro-food sector in Africa, EMRC will present the "EMRC-Rabobank Project Incubator Award" to the project judged to have the greatest economic and social impact on local communities. The Project Incubator winner will receive an amount of US$ 15,000.

http://www.emrc.be/en/events/agribusiness-forum-2010.aspx

 

This event will launch an Amnesty International Report which argues that human rights violations, including secret detention and torture, have created a climate of fear in Sudan. The report details how human rights defenders, political dissidents, students and members of ethnic minorities continue to be arbitrarily arrested and detained. Chief among the agents of government repression is the National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS), whose members have immunity from prosecution for all crimes committed in the course of their work.

The report illustrates the human rights violations committed by the NISS in Sudan, and the extensive powers and immunities the NISS continue to enjoy under the new 2010 National Security Act. It calls on the Government of Sudan to reduce the powers and immunities of the NISS, to put an end to human rights violations, to bring perpetrators to justice and to ensure that victims have redress.

The speakers will discuss the report's findings. Entry to these expert meetings is restricted. Experts and interested individuals should apply via the email address below. Only receipt of a confirmation email from Chatham House allows entry to meetings.

Places are limited & Chatham House reserves the right to restrict access to any of its meetings without notice or explanation. Attendees may be required to present photo identification at any time. Access to these meetings for corporate supporters of the Africa programme as listed below is free, access to non-sponsoring profit making entities may be restricted or subject to a fee. More information supplied on application to attend.Unless otherwise stated, if you would like to apply to attend any meeting please email Tighisti Amare at tamare@chathamhouse.org.uk stating your name and affiliation.

If you've been wondering how on earth you're going to land that perfect job in International Development, then read on. We've brought our brightest and best brains together to try and help. We think we can help you build a realistic plan of what you need to do to work towards a career you'll love.

People Unlimited and 2Way Development (who place hundreds of volunteers into International Development NGOs every year) have got together to bring you Positive Change. This is a careers conference with a difference. We bring together people with practical advice, masses of experience and deep seated passion in tackling some of the most pressing issues facing the planet. If you'd like to be like them, and let's face it, who wouldn't, then take a look at the website and come along:

www.positivechangecareers.com

Join the largest golf tournament of its kind in Europe by spending the day with friends and supporting the outstanding work being done by our five benefiting charities in South Africa.

The South African Charity Golf Day will take place at the stunning Foxhills Club and Resort in Ottershaw, Surrey on 8th October 2010. We will have in excess of 320 golfers teeing off for a day of fun focused on raising funds for five very deserving South African charities. In the past 12 years we were able to raise over £300,000 and this year we intend to raise more than ever before! Our patron, Mr FW de Klerk, the former State President of South Africa and the joint winner with Nelson Mandela of the Nobel Peace Prize, as always, will be playing in the main event.

What you get:

To register: www.sagolfday.com

To mark the 50th Anniversary of Nigerian Independence, Oval House Theatre proudly presents Omo London*, a short season of work examining the identity, heritage, and legacy of Nigerian communities in the UK. The festival consists of one main full length play, three play readings and a debate.

The main festival production is the full debut production of Arinze Kene's, ESTATE WALLS, directed by Ché Walker. The play is set in an inferior London estate and follows the story of Obi, a young writer who dreams of leaving. Told through rich, witty and lyrical street language, the story focuses on the young artist's conflict between his ambitions and his loyalty to his friends.

Alongside our Main House production, noted playwright Oladipo Agboluaje curates a series of Monday evening readings, under the title LONDON NAIJA, showcasing three new plays by London based Nigerian writers. These three plays, EGUSI SOUP by Janice Okoh, FIXER by Lydia Adeunji and PANDORA'S BOX by Ade Solanke, explore both the experience of Nigerians in the UK and the contemporary relationship between Nigeria and Great Britain.

Omo London means "Child of London", from the Yoruba word "Omo", meaning child or children.

Venue: Oval House Theatre, 52-54 Kennington Oval, London SE11 5SW, Box

Office: 020 7582 7680

Online booking: www.ovalhouse.com(no booking fee)

 

Africa's Premier International Event

The 17th Annual Africa Oil Week 2010 is the world s largest and most significant exploration and development event on Africa for the global oil exploration and gas-LNG industry Calendar, with key African Government decision-makers, State and National Oil Company delegations, with senior oil executives drawn from across the African oil and gas value chain.

This is the global event par excellence, consistently acclaimed on the industry's international calendar. As the premier management event in and for the African Continent, Africa Oil Week stands apart as the foremost deal making environment for the African exploration business.

Hear From High-Level Company And Government Speakers & Network With Key Industry Executives

Attendees Annually Include High-Level Senior Officials. For information and booking: www.petro21.com/events/?id=495

 

The second NEPAD Summit will focus on presentations by leading experts on solutions for today's challenges and the future of our continent. The Summit brings together policy-makers, government leaders, experts, key individuals, industry decision-makers, business executives and stakeholders.

Parallel plenary sessions and parallel focus sessions will allow like-minded people across Africa to tap into new markets and industries, to be informed on current issues and to prioritise the way forward.

Transportation and Infrastructure sectors will each have focus sessions within the Summit culminating in a summary of each sector and the impact the sectors have on each other -- a domino effect that creates a positive spiral of upliftment and development.

Taking place alongside the Summit will be a top-level investment conference to which international donors and investors have been invited to hear about prime African investment projects identified by the NEPAD Planning and Coordinating Agency (NPCA).

http://www.nepadtransportsummit.org/

 

The Institute of People Management (IPM) Convention for this year is scheduled for 14 – 17 November 2010 in Sun City, North West Province, South Africa.

The theme of the 2010 IPM Convention is "Beyond 2010...People Leadership in the Next Decade". The theme was informed by the current economic recovery and new reality that emerged from the unparalleled economic conditions. Organisations, which are able to manage the transition to the new reality, will be more competitive and productive. This new global business reality provides the impetus to redefine the rules of the game in terms of organisation, management, engagement, and responsibility towards the environment. In particular, South Africa has important people management lessons to learn from the 2010 World Cup event. Hence our sub-themes below which deal with people innovation & technology, talent management and mobility, employee engagement, green environment sustainability and 2010 World Cup lessons learnt.

The format of this year's convention will consist of plenary, workshop and case study sessions. The plenary sessions will be conducted by high profiled, thought leaders in the above sub-themes. The plenary are one hour sessions which will be followed by workshops to share current trends. The workshops will be interactive one hour sessions for delegates to obtain frameworks and hands-on tools. The case studies aim to showcase how best-in-class organisations have dealt with these strategic topics. The case studies are also one hour sessions and will provide delegates with specific examples of the application of the above strategic topics.

For more information about this premier People Management and Business Leadership event, please contact:

Rre Elijah Litheko IPM CEO at (+27)11329 3760 email elitheko@ipm.co.za

Keith Pietersen Business Development Officer at (+27) 11 329 3760 email keith@ipm.co.za

Sandy Mohonathan IPM President at (+27)832977706 email sandy.mohonathan@accenture.com

Ruwayne Kock Convention Committee Chairperson at (+27)823341206 email ruwayanek@hrpractice.co.za

An imagined encounter between Malcolm X and Martin Luther King. Valentine's Day, 1965. Days before his brutal assassination, Malcolm X has returned from England to an America seething with hatred. But tonight, separated from his family and with a death warrant on his head, he will risk the scorn of his followers to meet the one man whose passion for freedom rivals his own: Martin Luther King, Jr.

Featuring CORNELL S. JOHN (films: Kidulthood, Adulthood, The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian) as MALCOLM X & RAY SHELL (West End: The Lion King, Starlight Express, Ain't Misbehavin') as MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.

Where: Pleasance Theatre, Carpenters Mews, North Road, London N7 9EF

When: 29th Sept - 10th Oct 7.30 pm (10th Oct.: 5pm; Matinees: 5th, 7th Oct. 1.30pm)

26th October - 30th October 7.30pm

Box Office 020 7609 1800 www.pleasance.co.uk/themeeting

 

Where Africa's Top Producers and Investors Meet

In its 13th successful year, this high profile event will once again provide a platform for governments, NOCs and IOCs in West Africa's top producers to discuss vast investment opportunities and the region's economic growth.

GOG13 will follow a three day country focused format, providing a spotlight on Nigeria, Equatorial Guinea and Ghana.

The Gulf of Guinea is one of the most significant petroleum producing areas in the world and is becoming a major focus of interest for international oil and gas companies – don't miss your chance to be a part of this niche gathering!

Don't miss the opportunity to hear from and network with official delegations and senior industry figures to make your investment contracts in the Gulf of Guinea a success!

For further information please contact:
Phillip Clarke
Tel: +44 20 7978 0056
Email: pclarke@thecwcgroup.com

 

West Africa's Leading Infrastructure Conference & Exhibition - NOW IN LAGOS!

NIF 2010 will be held right in the middle of the commercial centre of Nigeria, in Lagos, at the purpose-built state of the art EKO Exhibition Centre which is perfectly located for delivering maximum impact and the best possible visitor profile to your stand.

Nigeria needs an estimated US $510 billion over the next fifteen years to develop its infrastructure. NIF is the leading construction, power and infrastructure event for Nigeria creating real business opportunities for your company.

NIF 2010 is the leading commercial event and the exhibition provides you with the perfect platform to win business, do deals and sign contracts.

NIF 2010 will build on the success of last year where more than 200 delegates, 13 sponsors, 75 exhibiting companies and 1500 visitors participated in driving Nigeria's infrastructure forward. With the event moving to the commercial hub of Lagos in the state of the art venue, we are expecting to double the levels of participation for 2010.

For further information please contact:
Alex Moulds
Tel: +44 20 7978 0340
Email: amoulds@thecwcgroup.com

 

Increase the Odds of Project Success in an Uncertain Environment.

This course is fully aligned with the Practice Standard for Project Risk Management of Project Management Institute. This 2-day masterclass will provide delegates with the skills to effectively apply risk management concept and tools from project concept to implementation. Delegates will also learn the practical steps and skills involved in identifying and managing project risk to create risk response strategies that meet stakeholder expectations.

Who should attend?

Senior Project managers, supervisors, leads, team leaders, vice presidents, directors, managers, sponsors and anyone who is involved with projects, need to understand risk management, or has a stake in seeing a project through to its successful completion.The material of this course is applicable to any industry and is of particular relevance to sectors such as: • Engineering and Construction • Mining & Commodities • Chemicals • Oil & Gas • Information Technology • Telecommunications • Aerospace and Defence • Government Agencies • Utilities • Transportation.

Our trainer is the founder of a leading project management, risk management, crisis prevention and strategy advisory firm based in Brazil. As a former director of Ernst & Young Consulting, Unisys, EDS and Chase Manhattan Bank, he has over 30 years of executive and consulting experience with global organizations. He is a certified Project Management Professional PMP, the director for the Risk Management Special Interest Group, and a member of the Board of PMI Educational Foundation in the US. As a contributor of the PMI Practice Standard for Project Risk Management, he has conducted consulting assignments, presentations, workshops and seminars in Latin America, United States and Europe for more than 3,000 participants in the areas of Strategy, Project Management, Risk Management and Crisis Prevention, directly, or through partnering with renowned consulting firms to leading.

Interested to participate, click here to enquire further.

The OTL Africa Downstream Expo is the biggest gathering of downstream petroleum operators in Africa. Now in its fourth year, OTL Africa Downstream has grown to become the principal knowledge, brand and business development tool for companies and organisations doing business in or with the downstream petroleum market. It operates through an elaborate conference and exhibition, bringing hundreds of industry-specific speakers, delegates, exhibitors and visitors through two days of brain-storming, trading, networking and business match-making.

Downstream petroleum business in Africa is going through a critical transformational period. After the price-volatile and often challenging years of 2009 and 2010, the calming markets have caused operators to reappraise the markets and reposition for increased competition, efficiency and profit. Regulators are also keen to ensure past mistakes are avoided. Petroleum products? appetite by key nations across the continent has not abated, thereby driving a strong, active and increasingly sophisticated downstream petroleum market.

Governments and national oil companies maintain a desire for petroleum products? self sufficiency, thereby ensuring that refining, despite its challenges, remains a primary concern. Entrepreneurial and investor interest is also robust on petrochemicals, with lubricants, synthetic rubber, plastics, fertilizers, pesticides, pharmaceuticals, natural gas and propane all potentially poised as leading investment options.

All these and more come together at the OTL Africa Downstream Expo 2010, in a riveting confluence of knowledge, networks, business and rewards.

http://www.mbendi.com/ars/events/e7dl.htm

 

The on-going global transition from analogue to digital terrestrial broadcasting remains our preoccupation at Africast 2010, complimenting the gains of Africast 2008.

At Africast 2010 we are going a step further with the theme: "Africa in Digital Transition: Options and Perspectives". This will encourage intense discussions on Africa's choices and approaches to the digital transition. It will also give manufacturers and dealers in broadcast hardware and content the opportunity to connect with the decision makers in the Nigerian and African broadcast environment.

http://www.africastabuja.com/conference.php

 

E Commerce Expo is right for anyone who is already engaged in e-commerce or thinking about it - Multi Channel, Pure Play or Start-up.

If you are involved with, or support sales over the internet, you should attend.Every year sees dramatic changes in all aspects of e-commerce. From changes to the regulatory environment to improvements in technology, it's vitally important to keep up to date.

Entry to E Commerce Expo, all conference sessions and the Google University is FREE of charge.

Register now for FREE entry.  www.ecommerceexpo.co.uk

The leading forum for energy debate in the West African region, the 7th annual West African Power Industry Convention, will deliver updates on how to enhance the region's energy mix and sustain long-term power supply through cross-border connectivity, renewable solutions, and integration. This year the WAPIC two-day conference and exhibition unites business leaders and utility representatives from throughout the region. The 7th edition of this elite energy conference and exhibition will critically investigate renewable energy initiatives and discuss best practices for the unbundling of state owned utilities and examine solutions for cost efficient operations. The increasing demand for energy resources makes this event an integral resource for the development of West Africa.

Unique workshops promoting the expansion of the region's energy mix through renewable energy initiatives and public-private partnerships as successful models for power development.

Explore energy opportunities in both Francophone and Anglophone West Africa under one roof and learn how to navigate cross-border operations in a multi-lingual environment.

Pre-conference seminar dedicated to best practices for renewable energy initiatives.

Post-conference seminar dedicated to metering with emphasis on distribution in rural settings, methodology in cost-efficiency, and loss reduction.

Sector

Power pooling – regulation - finance - PPPs– restructuring – renewable energy - generation – transmission – distribution – metering

www.esi-africa.com/wapic

Import and Export are key areas of interest for the governments in both Ghana and the UK. Come and find out how to position yourself for maximum success. With incentives in place to encourage businesses in this sector now is the best time to develop your business interests in this area and we have some key speakers who would help give you the bigger picture to a brighter future.

This event is part of the series of Business Events AFFORD will be hosting in partnership with our sponsors to open up the business market in Africa, this season the focus is Ghana. These events are part of the AFFORD REMADE project that assists people who wish to start or expand their business in Ghana. To find out more contact AFFORD or come to this event and speak to one of our business consultants.

Presenters: Mr Fynn, Ghana High Commission Department of Trade and industry, Bryan Treherne, United Kingdom Department of Trade and Industry (UKTI), Neil McAllister, South London Export Club.

This event is free and we will have business advisors with knowledge of international Business start up on hand to discuss your ideas with you and help to locate where AFFORD can help you with your business and business ideas.

Artillery House, 35 Artillery Lane, London, E1 7LP, 18.00 to 21.30. Hot food will be available.

Registration is necessary as places are limited, to register please register your interest at remade@afford-uk.org.We look forward to meeting you and working with you if you have any questions or queries please call 0207 582 3578, email remade@afford-uk.org or visit our website www.afford-uk.org.

The NOA is proud to present the seventh annual NOA Awards to recognise and reward excellence by suppliers, end users and integrated teams within the outsourcing industry. The evening ceremony is to be held this year at the Park Plaza Riverbank.

With planned attendance of over 500 guests, the awards evening provides the ideal setting to network with senior level delegates. Guests of the NOAAs in 2009 included organisations such as BUPA, Alsbridge, Barclaycard, BT, Thames Water, Capgemini, Capita, Carphone Warehouse, Centrica, AIG Direct, Cognizant, Virgin Media, CSC, Everest, HML, NHS, HSBC, ITV, Department of Health, MoD, Genpact, Logica, The Guardian, Boots, IBM, NelsonHall, Unilever, Olswang, United Biscuits, RR Donnelley, Sainsburys, Vodafone, Orange, British Gas, Volkswagen, AstraZeneca, Microsoft and many more.

We have subsequently developed a range of recommended sponsorship packages that will have a significant impact in creating awareness and delivering lead generation for your organisation. Unlike any other sponsorship package, the benefits of sponsorship run throughout the course of the year, linking your organisation's support to best practice, to an excellent range of NOA initiatives such as the popular Outsourcing Yearbook.   www.friendsoftafo.org

The Ghana UK Based Achievement Awards (GUBA) is an Innovation Awards which celebrates and acknowledges individuals and businesses that contribute or provide a service to the Ghanaian community in the Uk or in Ghana.

This event will be a sponsorship funded event, organised by Nudent Quality Solutions. It aims to raise self esteem and highlight the image of local businesses in the UK through their business innovation and entrepreneurship.

GUBA awards will be an annual calendar event with a sole purpose of acknowledging and attracting individuals and businesses providing a service to Ghanaians' in the UK.

It will be a platform to show case the business acumen and energising spirit of Ghanaians striving to cut across all boundaries to raise high the flag of Ghana in the UK.

The event will be attended by members of the business and African communities and aim to attract investment and awareness provide a positive drive for Ghana and its businesses.

Sponsors and the audience of the event can network extensively and engage with all in a unique way to provide a sustainable gateway link to Ghana and Africa For further information visit  www.gubaawards.co.uk

 

The African Caribbean Business Network [ACBN] is proud to announce our 10th Anniversary conference - Big Society 'Partnerships For Prosperity'. Being congruent with this year's theme - we are happy to announce that along with University of East London, and Business Link London, that BT will join us as our main partner, with the conference being held at their prestigious head office, Newgate Street conference Auditorium.

The Big Society policy forms part of the legislature programme of the Conservative/Liberal Democrat Coalition agreement. It aims to create a climate that empowers and builds communities, resulting in a shift of power away from the role of government, to the people. Within this framework there remains opportunities for small businesses, who are considered a critical component of the economy, to unleash their entrepreneurial spirit to interpret this policy, that can result with small and minority businesses seizing the moment to navigate their way through the economic challenges that lay ahead.

This year's conference objective is therefore to stimulate debate and action to assist small businesses in creating effective partnerships within the framework of the Big Society which entail principles that promote opportunities for sustainable growth and prosperity for small, minority and women owned businesses through this economic downturn.

Panellists will include experts giving advice on how small and minority business owners can interact with both public and private sector organisations looking for suppliers, and small business suppliers who are currently delivering these contracts will also give their top tips on what it takes to make it work.events@acbnbiz.com

 

Foreign Investment Network announces the African Petroleum and Energy Forum 2010 scheduled to hold at the Hilton Hotel, Beijing, P.R. China from October 28-29.

The event now in its third edition will open the windows of opportunity for international investors into the enormous potentials of the petroleum and energy sector in the African continent. Several leading multinationals, experts from the academia, finance firms, corporate investors and energy corporations have been invited from China, UK, Canada, USA and other developed nations to meet with policy makers and businessmen from Africa.

Who Should Attend?

Make plans to join your colleagues at this event and expand your business frontiers through strategic partnership, joint venture and matchmaking with multinational oil and gas giants.

For further information on participation, speaking opportunity and sponsorship; please contact: mo.mag@finmagazine.com, info@finmagazine.com or call +2347063062721, +2348033839928

 

The Skills Development Summit brings together key decision-makers from the public and private sectors to discuss trends and issues in skills development in South Africa.

The Achiever magazine team is hosting the Skills Development Summit, focusing on the future skills needs of SAs economy, with the theme of VISION 2020. We need to focus on the skills needs of 2020 but we also need to look at the issues with a clear vision.

"The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn." Alvin Toffler

Issues to be discussed include: