GTR Africa Trade Finance Week 2016, 2-4 March, Cape Town

The ITFA Board is delighted to inform you that it has secured 3 passes, each with a 50% discount for ITFA members to attend the GTR Africa Trade Finance Week 2016, the market’s leading pan-African trade finance gathering, taking place on March 2-4 in Cape Town.

As is customary, these passes will be available on a first come first served basis. In addition, any other registrations made by ITFA members will be at a 15% discount. In order to register for the passes and benefit from the ITFA discount please send an email on alexiavella@itfa.org. Please keep in mind that these offers are not available in conjunction with any other offers and are eligible for new registrations only.

Throughout the last decade the conference has provided the international trade finance community with an unrivaled forum for open discussion and debate on Africa’s trade potential and its priorities for the future.

This year’s conference will include the annual GTR Africa Trade & Export Finance Conference 2016, GTR Africa Leaders in Trade Awards, GTR Masterclass and various supporting networking events, and will welcome on and off-stage participation from the continent’s leading corporates, FIs, regulators, risk managers, lawyers, insurers and all additional sectors involved in the development of one of the world’s most exciting and promising regions in which to do business. Day one of the event will be a separate workshop covering the innovation financing developments in Africa; technology vs training, followed by the two day conference highlighting timely topics in the trade finance world today.

Key note speakers include:

• Daniel Silke, Political Economy Analyst; Director, Political Futures Consultancy
• Wanda Felton, Vice Chair of the Board of Directors, First Vice President of the Export-Import Bank of the United States
• Jeremy Maggs, Journalist & Broadcaster
• Hardi Wilkins, Global Head of Risk, Export Trading Group (ETG)
• Robert Besseling, Executive Director, EXX Africa
• Jacqueline Chimhanzi, Senior Strategist, Industrial Development Corporation (IDC)
• Mandisi Nkuhlu, Chief Operating Officer, Export Credit Insurance Corporation of South Africa (ECIC)
• Ashraf Mahate, Head of Export Market Intelligence, Dubai Exports
• Faridah Saad, Centre Director, Johannesburg, International Enterprise Singapore
• Heikki Keranen, Head of Structured Finance, MEA, Nokia Networks
• Eduardo Oliveira, Chief Executive Officer, HOMT España, SA
• Sanjoe Mathew, Regional Associate Director, Trade, Export & Structured Finance, Huawei Tech
• Francesco De Martino, Vice-President, Key Account Management, Danieli Group
• Kobus Gertenbach, Chief Financial Officer, Premier Foods• Ken Mugambi, Head of Corporate Planning & Strategy, National Oil Company of Kenya
• Bo Masole, Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Victus Global

Please contact Elisabeth Spry for more details or visit the GTR website.

As always we do hope that our ITFA members make the most of the additional benefits that ITFA is bringing to them through such collaborations.