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The 6th annual conference on Effective Finance & Treasury in Africa 3 March 2O2O | Hilton Canary Wharf, London Unlocking growth opportunities in Africa’s dynamic markets www.eurofinance.com/africa Official sponsors
Unlocking growth opportunities
Overview Why attend? Conference highlights
If you are responsible for finance and treasury in • Hear corporate case studies from treasurers
Africa, this conference is for you. who have overcome the challenges you are Plenary sessions Networking opportunities
currently facing
Attended by a select group of high level finance Hear from leading companies as they Meet with high-level finance and treasury
and treasury executives, it will cover the most • Network with like-minded professionals present how they align their treasury professionals specifically looking to grow in
pressing issues with an interactive and dynamic – everyone you meet will be someone you operations to Africa’s business reality Africa and connect with key banks and
format that combines open, case study can learn from covering: solution providers operating in the region.
presentations, benchmarking sessions and
round tables focussed on different markets. • Meet the key banks and solution providers • Cash management Everyone you meet will be someone you
operating in the region • Currency can learn from.
The conference will look at the latest and most • Interest rates and commodity risks
innovative financial technologies to enhance • Funding strategies both locally and
efficiency and support business growth. The abroad
region’s economic performance continues to Roundtable discussions
improve and according to the African Swap experiences with a group of peers!
Development Bank, the continent is set to grow Learn how to deal with the changing
4.1 % in 2O2O. Join us at EuroFinance to hear Case studies
regulatory frameworks that often restrict
how to seize the opportunities while you secure both the movement of cash and access to
Hear corporate case studies from
your business in this the volatile and risky FX in some markets.
treasurers who have overcome the
environment.
challenges you are currently facing.
Region-based tables: Angola, Egypt,
Delve into the latest innovations they used Ethiopia and Sudan, Maghreb, Mozambique,
and leave with actionable insights that can Nigeria, South Africa, West Central Africa,
improve efficiency and support business Zimbabwe
growth.
Topic-based tables: Tax Strategies in
Africa, trade finance solutions, new
technologies
“An essestial event for any
company that is in, or
considering entry
to Africa.”
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Meet 18O+ delegates from 2O+ countries
Countries in attendance at last year’s conference included: Corporate seniority
• Angola • France • Netherlands • South Africa
• Austria • Germany • Nigeria • Switzerland
• Belgium • Ireland • Norway • Turkey of attendees were
• Brazil
• Czech Republic
• Egypt
• Italy
• Kenya
• Morocco
• Portugal
• Saudi Arabia
• Slovakia
• UAE
• UK
• US
73% from the corporate sector
(excluding exhibitors)
Corporate companies in attendance included:
• AT Kearney • ENI • Ingram Micro • PwC
• Anglo American • Eni Trading & • Intertek • PZ Cussons 57% Treasurer/Director/Head/VP/MD/
• Angola Cables Shipping • Islamic Relief • Rentokil President/CEO/CFO/COO
• Arysta Lifescience, • Equinor Worldwide • Robert Bosch
now part of UPL • ExxonMobil • Kimberly-Clark • SAP 32% Manager
• Atlassian • Food and Corporation • Save the Children
• BAT Agriculture • LafargeHolcim International 11% Consultant/Analyst/Supervisor
• Booking.com Organization of the • Levi’s • Seplat Petroleum
• Borealis Group United Nations • Lime Development
• Cargill • Facebook • Liquid Telecom Company
• Cummins • Friesland Campina • L’Oreal • Shell “Interesting topics and participants,
• Decathlon • G4S plc • Mota-Engil Africa • Siemens wider points of view for one subject,
• DELL • GE Capital • Mott MacDonald • SNV Netherlands
• Dentsu Aegis • General Electric Limited Development great networking with multi-cultural
• Deutsche • Germany • Northwest Organisation and different business oriented
Lufthansa • Global Tea & Petroleum and Gas • Sonangol people. To be repeated!”
• Disney Commodities Company Limited • STASCO
• DPDHL • Helios Towers • Naspers • TGS Nopec
• Dropbox • Huawei Global • OCP AFRICA • Total
• Ebury FInance • Orascom • Tullow Oil Plc
• Economist • IATA Construction • Turkish Airlines
Intelligence Unit • IHS Towers Industries • Unilever
• ED&F Man • International • Oryx Energies • WillisTowersWatson
• EM&I UK Ltd Airlines Group • Proef SGPS • WorldRemit
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Plenary sessions
8:OO Registration opens 1O:OO Next generation banks: can your partners deliver?
9:OO Chair’s opening remarks Having multiple bank accounts in Africa is not unusual. Often core banks
do not have the presence, the infrastructure or the wallet. This
9:1O Prospects for regional growth and finance
fragmented offer means that regional relationship managers are rare,
An economic recovery in sub-Saharan Africa remains intact despite a cross border payment fees can be high, manual operations abound and
string of setbacks over the past twelve months and great uncertainty documentation is cumbersome. This challenges corporates’ efficiency
over the short-term sustainability of international trade and investment and compliance targets. What are the top priorities for treasuries and
flows. This session will explore the major drivers of growth and what are banks doing to address them? We have compared Request for
constraints across the region during 2O2O, highlight the likely hotspots of Proposals (RFPs) and share the common themes. What is the reality of
African trade and investment, and consider the merits of a country regional e-banking? If payments are commoditised, what will be the
specific tailored approach to business planning. We will follow this by differentiating factors among banks? Join this session and have your say
delving into the region’s financial system to identify how sources of too, we poll the audience to compare results.
finance available to African ventures are evolving and how payment
1O:4O Refreshment break
systems are adapting to better support inter-African and international
trade and investment opportunities. 11:1O Exchange, repatriate and invest
Pat Thaker, Editorial Director, Middle East & Africa, The Economist Trapped cash and devaluation are major concerns for treasurers in
Intelligence Unit Africa. From regulation and complex documentation to lack of FX
liquidity, hurdles abound. Additionally, cross border transaction fees can
9:5O Audience Q&A
be high, conspiring against the projects ‘profitability. How much margin is
There is no doubt that there is more than one Africa, with countries reasonable to add? What signs should you be looking for to identify any
showing different levels of growth and outlooks. Which are the markets potential future FX liquidity shortage? We talk about best practice
of the future? Which ones are your company looking to invest in? How do managing liquidity, cross border as well as in-country, to ensure you
you assess risk? We poll the audience. convert your balances, mitigate devaluation risk and repatriate as much
as possible. What is the best way to move cash in the most restrictive
markets?
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Plenary sessions
11:5O Effective FX hedging
The risky and volatile African financial environment demands a solid risk Delegates will be able to take
management strategy. However, hedging alternatives are limited and part in discussions on:
expensive. There are talks of an African Currency Union but until that
happens FX management will remain problematic. Lack of instruments, • Angola
complex regulation and FX illiquidity can be a challenge. How does • Egypt
hedging compare in different countries? Is it possible to have the same
strategy across Africa? We hear what solutions are available to protect • Ethiopia & Sudan
your cash. Are cryptocurrencies an option? • Maghreb
12:3O Lunch • Mozambique
13:3O Roundtable discussions • Nigeria
Attending participants can choose from up to ten different roundtables • South Africa
focusing on various markets. Two sets of 45 minute table discussions will
be moderated by leading corporates and industry experts; at the end of • West Central Africa
both roundtable discussions, moderators will share key takeaways from • Zimbabwe
their groups with the entire audience. Delegates can chose two tables
and send questions in advance, to ensure their biggest concerns are Plus one of the following:
addressed.
15:OO Refreshment break • Tax strategies in Africa
15:4O Conference breaks into streams • Trade finance solutions
• New technologies
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Stream 1 Stream 2
The latest trends The regional perspective
15:4O Is SCF finally coming to Africa? 15:4O Centralising treasury to succeed in high growth markets
Although Supply Chain Finance (SCF) is not yet widely used in Having cash visibility, control and the agility to react to a rapidly
Africa, governments and companies are starting to look for new changing environment is key to managing treasury in Africa. To
ways to support suppliers and to reduce borrowing needs. Banks achieve this, this company centralised funding, hedging and bank
might be willing to finance large suppliers but the long tail has relationships in one location. The project involved setting up cash
historically been overlooked and underserved. As a consequence, pools for the group in two currencies, aligning local and
fintechs are increasingly making inroads into this space, offering international banking partners on the same guarantee structure
solutions that combine new technology with wider and more and getting approval from the Central Bank to act as a facilitator of
flexible funding solutions. What has the experience been so far? funding flows to the off shore entities. We hear the experience and
Are there any regional platforms? lessons learnt.
16:2O Leveraging the mobile money revolution 16:2O China and India: their present and future in Africa
The rapid growth of mobile payments in Kenya might have led Half of the top ten growing economies in the world are in Africa, a
treasurers to think that this would be easily replicated across business opportunity that India and China are doing everything in
Africa. However, cash transactions continue to dominate, creating their power to capitalise on. Although both countries are investing
unnecessary costs and risks for corporate treasuries in the region. heavily in the continent, their focus and methods are different.
But this is changing. Mobile network operators and banks are China has been concentrating on aid through FDI, especially for
starting to compete more vigorously and the offer is diversifying. large infrastructure projects. The levels of debt that some
Providers are moving towards a ‘payments as a platform’ model, countries have contracted with China have raised questions about
connecting consumers and businesses with third party services. sustainability and China’s political motives behind the loans. India’s
Reforms in countries like Nigeria, Egypt and Ethiopia could lead to a involvement in the region is perceived as being more cooperative
massive increase in the number of mobile money accounts. In this and focused on the long term, investing in small and medium sized
session we hear about the latest developments and the outlook for companies. What will the impact of these investments be for Africa
the future. and what challenges do they bring? How are companies from other
countries positioned to compete?
17:OO Conference adjourns to the networking reception
17:OO Conference adjourns to the networking reception
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Key information
How to register The venue Further enquiries
Register online. Please go to: Hilton London Canary Wharf +44 (O)2O 7576 8555 (UK)
Marsh Wall South Quay Square, +1 (212) 641 9837 (US)
www.eurofinance.com/africa London E14 9SH, UK
registrations@eurofinance.com
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