Picture shows AFS Directors Beltus Etchu, Festus Olatunde and the High Commissioner for Cameroon.
Both Beltus Etchu Ojong CEO African Forum Scotland and Festus Olatunde, Executive Director Governance and Operations have been invited by UNCTAD as part of their strategic partnership, to participate in the UN World Investment Forum 2016, which takes place from 17-21 July, in Nairobi, Kenya. The AFS Directors will participate in three events. Firstly the High-Level Round Table on Investment and Enterprise Development which is scheduled on Wednesday 20 July 2016 then The Private Sector Development and Gender Dialogue which is scheduled for Thursday 21 July 2016 and finally, the Empretec 2016 Women in Business Awards Ceremony and Closing Reception.
This year, the Forum takes place in conjunction with the fourteenth UNCTAD Ministerial meeting (UNCTAD 14), which will attract the participation of 194 UN member states at the highest level, with an expected 7000 delegates in attendance. More than 20 Heads of State and Government have been invited to the conference and a large contingent of ministers and corporate executives will also attend.
Chairman of AFS Ken Stewart stated ‘This is a tremendous honour for African Forum Scotland to enjoy a global platform to present our products, services, achievements and aspirations’.