•African VIPs, top business moguls, technocrats grace event
Kaduna State Governor Nasir el-Rufai, Nigeria’s Trade and Investment Minister, Otunba Niyi Adebayo and other VIPs are participating in the ongoing FIN Africa-UAE Trade and Investment Forum and the Forbes Best of Africa Energy Award sessions.
The event, which began on Sunday, November 21, 2021, at the prestigious 7-star Burj AL Arab, Dubai United Arab Emirates, is supported by the UAE Government
The FIN event is in continuation of its bid to promote emerging economies in Africa and serve as a platform for Africa’s linkage to the world.
The event is a two-pronged package. The theme of the International Energy Forum is titled: “The future of Energy and Extractive industries in Africa” while the theme of the Trade and Investment Forum is “The road to a prosperous Africa”.
Key participants at the ongoing event include; Zulfiquar Ghadiyali, Executive Director, Directions Investment Holding Company (DIHC); Beata Habyarimana, Minister of Trade and Industry, Rwanda; Ebrahim Patel, Minister of Trade and Industry, South Africa, Chief Dr Mrs Nike Akande; former Trade and Investment Minister Nigeria, Prakash Parmanand Hinduja , Prakash Parmanand Hinduja is an Indian-born Swiss businessman, together with his brothers Srichand, Gopi, and Ashok Hinduja. He owns the Hinduja Group that realized $100 billion worth of revenue as at 2021. He is the Chairman of the Hinduja Group in Europe, the networth of the Hinduja family is estimated at more than US$ 18billion.
Prominent global businessmen with high network investments in attendance include the following business moguls and technocrats:
Zulfiquar Z Ghadiyali
Mr Ghadiyali is the Executive Director- Royal office of Sheikh Hamdan bin Khalifa bin Hamdan Al Nahyan. He is a Global Peace Ambassador United Nations at University for Peace (UPEACE) and Global Ambassador for International Delphic council. He is a Fifth Generation family office based out of Mumbai and Dubai worth in excess of $9billion USD in field of Real Estate, Steel, General Trading and Technology. H.E. is on board several companies across sectors.
Yuro T
Mr Yuro T is the CEO of Tri-T Platinum Builders Gold Trading LLC – (UAE). The Tri-T Investment Holdings Ltd. (Hong Kong) and Tri-T Tinatinium Builders Pte Ltd (Singapore). They are investing in innovation to unlock the key to the future. The Hong Kong entity, TRI-T Investment Holdings Ltd is a venture capital investment holding company that provides anchor funding and operational support to a propriety global network of venture capital funds.
Founder of Majestic Coin USA – Mwamba Solomon Mwamba Solomon.
His vision for Majestic Coin was birthed out of a deep devotion to see financial equality in Africa. He was famously quoted for saying “The greatest tragedy of Africa is not that we are divided, rather that the ground beneath our feet enriches the world while we progress in poverty”. From this thought came the drive and passion to connect the world’s current technology with Africa’s wealth, thus creating the possibility for one unified African currency and a wealth explosion. Mwamba is the Ceo of Royal House Investment Group which is spearheading the way in the Fintech industry. The coin is backed by USD $10billion dollars security.
Hussain Al Nowais
Mr Nowais is the Chairman of AMEA Power which acquires, develops, owns, and operates thermal and renewable power projects in Africa, Middle East and Asia.
Koffi Amoa-Abban
Koffi Amoa-Abban is a Ghanaian Oil and Gas entrepreneur, and philanthropist. He is the founder and CEO of Rigworld Group, an oil services business with operations across West Africa.
Mohamed Dekkak
Mohamed Dekkak is the Chairman and Founder of Adgeco Group, Holding Company in United Arab Emirates. ADGECO is one of the most well-known and highly respected company in Abu Dhabi operating in various business industries such as construction, engineering, real estate, oil and gas, energy and power, water and desalination, marine, legal and multi-media services.
Dr. Mrs. Joana Gyan Cudjoe,
Founder and Group CEO of Global Empire Legacy Holdings Limited. Billionaire, self-accomplished business mogul who has been trading in gold and undisputedly known as the biggest exporter of gold in Ghana and the only woman exporter of Gold in Ghana. Her Gold Empire in Ghana is licensed by the Minerals Commission of Ghana to Buy & Export Gold globally.
Hon Dr. Thabiso Paul Molapo
Honourable Molapo serves as the Minister of Trade and Industry for Lesotho. He was appointed to this position and sworn in on 28th May 2020. He is a Member of 10thParliament representing Democratic Congress (DC) as Proportional Representation (PR).
Hon. Serialong Qoo
Hon. Serialong Qoo serves as the Minister of Mining for Lesotho. He was appointed to this position in May 2020. He has been a Democratic Congress Public Relations Officer since 2012 to date.
Hon. Sosten A. Gwengwe MP
Hon. Sosten A. Gwengwe is currently serving as Minister of Trade for Malawi. Due to his ministerial position, Hon. Gwengwe serves in the Cabinet Committee on the Economy and the Cabinet Committee on Public Private Partnerships.
Yofi Grant
Mr Grant is the Chief Executive Officer of Ghana Investment Promotion Centre. He is a council member of the Continental Business Network of the African Union which advises African governments on private sector finance and infrastructure. Mr. Grant currently serves on the advisory boards of the Ghana Export Promotion Authority, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration and also a member of the board of trustees of the ACP Endowment and Trust Fund.
Nana Kwame Bediako
Visionary, Philanthropist and Industrialist Nana Kwame Bediako is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of the Kwarleyz Group, encapsulating brands such as Wonda World Estates, Petronia City development, New Africa Construction, Belfast City & Property Management and the New Africa Philanthropic Foundation, while concurrently serving as co-principal of the recently-launched Capital Nine Zero fund.
Molise Ramaili
Molise Ramaili is the interim Chief Executive Officer of Lesotho National Development Corporation the main parastatal of the Government of Lesotho charged with the implementation of the country’s industrial development policies.
Hon. Samuel A. Jinapor
Hon. Samuel A. Jinapor is a seasoned Politician and a Barrister at Law. He currently serves as the Minister for Lands and Natural Resources and the Member of Parliament for the Damango Constituency of the Savannah Region in Ghana He is a member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP). In 2017, the President of the Republic of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo appointed him as Deputy Chief of Staff in charge of operations at the Office of the President.
The Trade and Investment Forum will aim at stimulating of wider inclusiveness between countries to speed up actualization of prosperous Africa; act as an advocacy machinery for the development of job creation incubation system for African youths at the grassroots and impact on the participants improved know-how on available opportunities for trade, investment and tourism.
Speaking on the uniqueness of the event, the Chairman of Foreign Investment Network (FIN), Mrs Olayinka Fayomi, said, “It is estimated that the impact of COVID-19 would drag African economies into a fall of about 1.4% in GDP, with smaller economies facing contraction of up to 7.8%. So, it is time to turn to trade and investments help to build better bilateral trade and investment platforms and boost the economy as well as increasing productivity and export capacity.”
“I am looking forward to the high-level networking, especially the one-to-one business meetings between decision makers and top executives and entrepreneurs from all parts of the world’, Zulfiquar Ghadiyali, Executive Director, Directions Investment Holding Company (DIHC).
“Despite the global economic contraption as a result of shocks from the COVID-19 pandemic, the African continent is set for a huge economic transformation in the energy sector”, says Fayomi, adding that the international energy forum will expose latest inventions in the extractive industries and provide an opportunity for greater investment in the exploration amidst the challenges of global warming.
There will also be an exhibition area where extractive industries , technology, mining, inventions, software developers, gas exploration equipment manufacturers and multinational companies demonstrate their innovations.
The high point of the event is the FIN-Forbes Best of Africa Award where deserving companies, policy makers and entrepreneurs including the Presidents of Nations and Ministers of Petroleum in Africa and top oil and gas personalities and firms will be decorated with various awards and certificates of Honour.
The event will end on Wednesday, November 24.