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Africa Investor and NYSE Euronext partner to bring the AI Index Series Summit to the NYSE on Monday, Sept. 15. The event, which aims to highlight Africa as an investment destination, will feature conference speakers, a press conference and will be concluded by a cocktail reception and dinner that same evening at the NYSE to award 2008 AI Index Series awards winners. The Ai index Series summit part of a major international event linking African and US capital markets, and the Ai Index Series awards to be held on the evening of the 15th September will reward the best performing leaders from Africa's capital market community. The Ai Index Series awards are the foremost African awards that recognize stock markets, listed companies, fund managers, stockbrokers and analysts who follow African equities.
Program
The NYSE program will feature topic experts from leading U.S. investment banks who will discuss topics that include measuring corporate governance and risk in Africa, company and market dynamics, market investability, and the future of African exchanges and investable African securities.
Confirmed speakers:
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Ms Charlotte Hitchcock, Deputy Secretary for Finance and Labor, State of New York
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Mrs Esther Koimett, Investment Secretary, Ministry Finance, Republic Of Kenya
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Mr Geoff Rothschild, Director: Government & International Affairs, JSE Limited
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Mr Sunil Benimadhu, CEO, Mauritius Stock Exchange
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Mr Maged Shawky, Executive Chairman, the Egyptian Exchange
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Mr António Joaquim Cruz Lima, CEO, Angolan Capital Markets Authority
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Prof. Mrs Ndi Okreke-Onyiuke, Director-General and CEO, Nigeria Stock Exchange
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Stefan Jekel, Managing Director, Europe, Middle East and Africa, NYSE Euronext
Sponsors:
The event is sponsored by Oceanic Bank, Thomson Reuters (NYSE: TRI), British Airways, and the main partner is the African Securities Exchange Assocation in association with NYSE Euronext.
Africa Investor
Africa investor is a specialist investment communications firm advising governments, international organisations and businesses on communication strategies for capital market and foreign direct investments in Africa. Africa investor publishes Africa investor, the leading international news stand magazine for Africa's investment decision makers; maintains the Ai 40 Investors' Index, hosts the prestigious annual Africa investor Awards and the annual Ai Projects Summit for infrastructure investors and developers.
 Read interview with Catherine R. Kinney, Head of Global Listings at NYSE Euronext, in Africa Investor Magazine, "Snug US Fit for Africa" (pdf)
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