GTR West Africa & Export Finance Conference 2018, 1-2 February 2018, Lagos, Nigeria

The ITFA Board is pleased to announce that ITFA will once again partner with GTR at the GTR West Africa Trade & Export Finance Conference 2018, which will be held between 1st and 2nd February at the Eko Hotels & Suites, Lagos, Nigeria.

Speakers include senior representatives from the likes of Siemens, Ecobank, Lagos Deep Offshore Logistics Base, African Development Bank, Flour Mills of Nigeria, Union Bank, SMT Group, Louis Dreyfus Company, Dufil Prima Foods, Barclays, Kogi Iron and many more.

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 conference. As is customary, the discounted passes will be available to ITFA members only on a first come first serve basis. In addition, any other registrations made by ITFA members will be at a 15% discount. In order to register for the discounted passes and benefit from the ITFA discounts please send an email to 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. Moreover, each member institution is, at most, entitled to one pass at 50% discount.

Sessions include:

• Keynote: A macro view of commodity markets, FDI flows and evolving political and security risks
• Regulation update
• Expert perspectives on trade financing requirements, FX challenges and funding solutions
• Detailed project case studies: The Lagos Deep Offshore Logistics Base and Kogi Iron’s integrated steel plant
• Identifying key export markets
• Practical guidance for those new to exporting and those seeking to scale-up their operations
• Fintech & digitisation showcase
• Assessing the evolution of key intraregional and global trade corridors
• Workshop breakouts focusing on regulatory compliance practices, investment in the oil and gas sector, and alternative financing for commodity trade
• The role of trade credit and political risk insurance

To download the event brochure, please click here.

In addition, a GTR Training masterclass will also take place in Lagos between January 31st and February 1st. ITFA members can also benefit from a 15% discount for this.

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.