Picture shows Beltus Etchu CEO of AFS and Marthe Minja of IPA Cameroon.

Following a meeting at the recent UN Investment Forum in Nairobi, Marthe A. Minja, Director General of Investment Promotion Agency of Cameroon has requested proposals from AFS for the design and implementation of targeted investment promotion solutions to benefit Cameroon

Picture shows Beltus Etchu CEO of AFS and Boma Donatus, DGM of IPA.

AFS were requested at the UN Investment Forum in Nairobi, to explore and introduce improvement strategies to raise the global profile and attract investment relationships to help develop commercial success while working alongside the Investment Promotions Agency of Cameroon.

UN Investment Forum, Nairobi picture shows Beltus Etchu CEO of AFS together with Dr Cleopa K Mailu, Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Health, Kenya and Rosemary K Gituma of the Public Procurement Oversight Authority, Kenya.

At the recent UN investment forum in Nairobi, AFS was asked to propose improvements to, and to help in restructuring the Ministry of Health, Kenya

Picture shows the AFS team with the Commonwealth Diplomats.

Beltus Etch CEO and Festus Olatunde Executive Director of Corporate Affairs and Governance of AFS, shared the top table at the UN World Investment Form workshop on Public Private Partnerships on creating a new model based on People First with Deodat Maharaja, Depute Secretary-General of the Commonwealth and Lyonpo Lekey Dorji, Minister for Economic Affairs, Bhutan

Picture shows Beltus Etchu and Festus Olatunde of AFS with Pradeep S Mehta, Secretary General of CUTS with senior Executives

Following their successful contributions to the UN World Investment Forum in Nairobi, AFS have now signed an agreement to partner with CUTS (CUTS Institute for Regulation and Competition) which is one of the most respected global service providers of ethical solutions and projects in support of entrepreneurism, fair-trading and providing consumer value.

CUTS are designated partners with the UN division UNCTAD and have long established offices located in New Delhi, Geneva, Hanoi, Lusaka, Nairobi and Accra. UNCTAD introduced AFS to CUTS and we will bring our PPP experience in diaspora entrepreneurism to augment and innovate CUTS global aspirations and direction in initiating contracting with global development funds .

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’.

Picture shows Asma Abdalla together with Dr. A Hamdok, Assistant Chief Executive, UN Economic Commission for Africa

African Forum Scotland contributed toward policy discussion at the Africa 2nd Regional Forum on Sustainable Development, Cairo, Egypt 17-19 May 2016. The AFS presence was led by Mrs Asma Abdalla who doubles as both Policy Manager of African Forum Scotland and also NSI Business and Development Manager.

Picture shows John and Mrs Obaro with AFS Director Festus Olatunde.

He was then awarded the Leadership in technology Award of African Forum Scotland which was presented by Phil Gormley Chief Constable of Police Scotland.  John Obaro founded SystemSpecs which became Nigeria’s foremost indigenous software house. He is a committed advocate and promoter of indigenous software development initiatives and a role model for encouraging promising and successful young entrepreneurs. He received the AFS Award for his leadership and outstanding contribution to software and IT development in Africa. John was recognised as Nigeria’s IT Personality of the Year 2013. In honour of his work, the Technology Centre within Centre for African Research & Development Scotland was formally named the “John Tani Obaro Centre for IT Development”.

Picture shows Lifetime Achievement Award winner ‘James McCallum’

James McCallum founded LR Senergy in 2013 as an integrated exploration, production and energy services consultancy providing technical expertise to a broad, global client base of operators, investors and energy vendors. At one point it was Scotland’s fastest growing private company of scale, and won UK export achievement awards for its work in Europe, Asia, the Middle East and of course Africa. During this period James McCallum was twice recognised as first a Scottish, then an UK, Entrepreneur of the Year and made honorary Professor of Energy at Strathclyde University. His lifelong commitment to improving safety, efficiency and environmental performance of hydrocarbon extraction, especially in developing and emerging nations earns him the Lifetime Achievement Award.

At the June Board meeting of African Forum Scotland, Ken Stewart, Adviser to the Board, was unanimously appointed as Chairman of the Board.
Beltus Etchu CEO stated, “In recent years, Ken has given sterling service and sound advice to the Board and has helped elevate the company to new levels of attainment and opportunity.”