Registration is now open for the 19th Africa Business Conference!
We are pleased to announce that registration is now open for the 19th annual Africa Business Conference at Harvard Business School! This is the largest Africa Business Conference held outside of Africa, and we look forward to seeing many of you there! Due to high demand, we generally have to close registration well before the start of the conference, so please register as early as possible to ensure your spot. Attendees who register before January 13th can take advantage of Early Bird special prices.
The Africa Business Conference has arranged accommodation at the following area hotels. A limited number of rooms at discounted rates are available for early booking via the special registration websites listed below. Participants will be able to reserve rooms at the market rate after that.
RESIDENCE INN WATERTOWN
Complimentary breakfast, shuttle to HBS and Harvard square, Free Parking
Hotel Address: 570 Arsenal St, Watertown, MA
Rate: $179 (15 Rooms)
Enquiries: E[email protected]
WESTIN BOSTON WATERFRONT
Connected via Skybridge to the BCEC (venue of the Banquet)
Hotel Address: 425 Summer Street Boston, MA 02210
Rate: $189 (20 Rooms)
Enquiries: [email protected]
Reservation cut off date : January 18th 2017
DOUBLETREE CAMBRIDGE
Hotel Address: 400 Soldiers Field Road, Boston, MA, 02134
Rate: $189 (15 Rooms)
Enquiries: [email protected]
Reservation cut off date : January 18th 2017
MARRIOTT COURTYARD BOSTON CAMBRIDGE
Hotel Address: 777 Memorial Drive Cambridge MA 02139
Rate: $159
Reservations: Marriot Courtyard
Reservation cut off date : January 18th 2017
Update on conference panels
We are very excited to be bringing you a rich set of panels featuring prominent speakers from the continent and beyond. To give you a sense for what will be in store, read on for a preliminary set of panel topics, and please visit our conference website for more details.
Entrepreneurship
Reinventing Capitalism: How Shared Value Creation Can Drive Growth through Social Progress
Technology and the Leap Frog Effect: Fact or Fiction?
The Voice of Female Entrepreneurs on the Continent
Battlefield stories: Harambeans and Investors Revealed
Finance
Impact investing in Africa: The next partnership frontier?
Closing the gap in start up financing
Private Equity in Africa: Struggles and triumphs in powering Africa’s long-term growth
Healthcare
A Balancing Act: Profit vs. Social Good in Healthcare Delivery
Is Africa being set up to fail? The global agenda on Universal Health Coverage (UHC)
Infrastructure
The art of the deal: drivers of success (and failure) for infrastructure private-public partnerships (PPPs) from all sides of the table
Beyond PPPs: New Models for Partnerships to Develop and Finance Infrastructure
Leadership
The challenge of leadership in Africa
Media
Leveraging media platforms to promote African culture from the African perspective
Agribusiness
The Food Challenge: Capturing Greater Value from Farm to Table
Careers
When is the ‘right’ time to go back to the continent?
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