6TH GHANA INTERNATIONAL TRADE & FINANCE CONFERENCE – GITFiC 2022

The conference will last for two days, with a focus on some topics of significance such as:

DAY ONE: OPENING CEREMONY

DAY ONE: FIRST PANEL

Topic:

Topic: Towards an Effective and Efficient Mobile Money Transactional Penetrations in Africa; A Catalyst to solving Cross Border Payment & Settlement, an Anticipated-Barrier within the AfCFTA; – The Role of Financial Regulators and Stakeholders

DAY TWO – FIRST PANEL
Topic: Measuring the Acceptability and Adaptation Level of the AfCFTA on the African Continent a Year after Implementation of the 1st Phase;- Where do we stand in terms of Trade in Goods, Trade in Service, and Dispute Resolution Protocols (Policy Direction)
DAY TWO – SECOND PANEL

Topic:

Leveraging on the pillars of Trade-Finance – A catalyst for Industrial Growth and Acceleration Post Pandemic; the Role of Payment, Financing, Risk Mitigation and Access to Information

Date: 23rd and 24th May, 2022
Time: 9am prompt – 4pm prompt
2 Coffee Breaks
1 Lunch
Conference Materials including Conference Magazine, paraphernalia, B2B

Special Guest of Honor: H.E Albert M. Muchanga – AU Commissioner for Trade, Industry and Mining

Panel Composition – Day 1
1st Panel – Finance, Technology and Telecommunication
MasterCard
Swift
Mowali (Orange Group and MTN Group)

Panel Composition – Day 2
1st Panel – Trade Ministers
Togolese Minister for Commence and Industry
Ivorian Minister for Commerce and Industry
Sierra Leonean Minister for Trade and Industry

2nd Panel – Trade Finance
West African Development Bank
Ecowas Bank for Investment and Development
African Development Bank

The Private Sector is largely expected to drive the AfCFTA. This has been said a multiple times by Heads of States, Appointees and the Continental Community including your good self. GITFIC has for the past half a decade proved its ability to bring together Business Executives, policy makers and subject matter experts from all over Africa and the world to articulate ways of enhancing inter Africa trade, regional integration, trade liberalization, trade policies and practices of the African continent and notably to turn talks into actions.

The unique feature of our annual conference is its ability to galvanize the business community of Africa as a major driving force moving Africa as a bloc in the global trade and working together on its shared future. GITFIC is indigenously Ghanaian.

 

TARGETTED AUDIENCE

The conference will bring together key stakeholders from African countries, regional economic communities, regional central banks, and specialized regional institutions, including representatives of central banks, national telecom authorities, selected participants from the private sector (banks, mobile money service providers, telecom operators, platform operators and micro financial Institutions, Finance, Trade-Finance, Accounting, Directors, Chief Executives et al), Non-Government Organizations (NGOs), as well as bilateral and multilateral organizations representatives.

Important Resource Pages to visit:

https://gitfic.com/past-conferences/

https://gitfic.com/regional-seminars-on-afcfta/  (Our Regional Seminars on the AfCFTA)

https://gitfic.com/media-press-conferences/

https://gitfic.com/trade-missions-programs/

https://gitfic.com/monthly-research-reports/  (Our Monthly Research Reports)

https://gitfic.com/press-releases/ (A few selected media reportage since 2017)