At least twenty top business leaders are expected to provide strategies for businesses for 2018 and beyond at this year\u2019s edition of the Crystal Ball Africa.<\/p>\n
The leaders include; Mr. Tony Oteng Gyasi \u2013 CEO of Tropical Cables (Ghana), Howard Barrie (Project Finance Expert, UK; David Ofosu-Dorte \u2013 Pan-Africa Business Lawyer (Ghana), Richard Mbaiwa (CEO, Zimbabwe Investment Authority); Olumide Akpata (Business Lawyer, Nigeria).<\/p>\n
Others are Alan Kyerematen (Minister for Trade), Hon. Ibrahim Awaal (Minister for Business Development), Yoofi Grant (CEO, GIPC) all from Ghana.<\/p>\n
The Crystal Ball Africa 2018, the 5th<\/sup>\u00a0in the series, seeks to bring businesses across Africa together and discuss issues and global phenomena that will affect their operations for the year 2018 and beyond.<\/p>\n This year\u2019s edition is targeted at getting Africa to leverage on the continent\u2019s Free Trade Agreement.<\/p>\n According to Mr. David Ofosu Dorte, the discussions have become apparent as \u2018Intra African trade has grown from 5% to 15%.\u2019<\/p>\n In addition, the trade among countries on the continent is estimated at between 2 trillion to 4 trillion dollars, hence the need to tap into the opportunities that have been least discovered.<\/p>\n \u201cWe look at this concept of trying to bring Africa together once every year and make us look into a crystal ball as to what will happen in the year,\u201d Mr. Ofosu Dorte said on the\u00a0Citi Breakfast Show<\/strong>\u00a0ahead of the event.<\/p>\n He added, \u201cCrystal Ball looks at what will happen to businesses; we are very apolitical or non-partisan\u2026to the extent that we can help politicians implement their goals or businesses take advantage of politics. That\u2019s the extent of politics that we go because it is business.\u201d<\/p>\n Highlights of the program include discussions that border on Post-Mugabe Zimbabwe, Beyond Local Content, the Combined Effect of the EPA, CFTA & China Belt & Road Initiative, among others.<\/p>\n Also, six key issues that will be explored to guide participants\u2019 business decision include; Donald Trump\u2019s administration and Russia investigations; South Africa\u2019s Jacob Zuma\u2019s decision to step down or not before the elections as well as whether Nigeria\u2019s economy will recover from current challenges.<\/p>\n This year\u2019s Crystal Ball is on the theme, \u201c”Expanding Businesses and Trade Across Africa \u2013 Opportunities Arising Out of the Continental Free Trade Agreement (CFTA) and Growing Intra-Africa Trade”.<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n By: Pius Amihere Eduku\/citibusinessnews.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" At least twenty top business leaders are expected to provide strategies for businesses for 2018 and beyond at this year\u2019s edition of the Crystal Ball Africa. The leaders include; Mr. Tony Oteng Gyasi \u2013 CEO of Tropical Cables (Ghana), Howard Barrie (Project Finance Expert, UK; David Ofosu-Dorte \u2013 Pan-Africa Business Lawyer (Ghana), Richard Mbaiwa (CEO, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":389630,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[32,171,11],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n