Field visits to the spinning plant at the La Tour Keonig Industrial Park and to Ebene Cyber City (for foreign participants only)

Opening Ceremony

Hon. Ramakrishna Sithanen, Vice Prime minister, Ministry of Finance and Economic Empowerment, Mauritius

Moses Tekere on behalf of Sindiso N. Ngwenya COMESA Secretary General

Trade and Investment Sessions

COMESA Strategic Areas of Integration

Brian Chigawa, COMESA Secretariat

Key Presentations on Trade and Investment strategies to maximise benefits from I-EPA

Dev Chamroo, Director for Planning & Policy, Board of Investment of Mauritius 

Maryse Coutsouradis, Programme Manager, EC Export Help Desk, DG Trade, European Commission

Panel Discussion: EU Programmes/Institutions

EIB:  Svetla Stoeva, Deputy Head of Mission  for Southern Africa and Indian Ocean

Day 2, Morning

 Trade in services, trading into the future in the region 

Trade and Investment sector in COMESA: the view of the European companies and opportunities for ESA companies to link up with European investors

Presentation from Pascal Kerneis, Managing Director of the European Services Forum

Presentation from Nick Charalambides, International Services Expert

Case studies and Success Stories in ESA region

Manufacturing-Textile and Clothing, Jas Bedi, Chairman of African Cotton and Textile Industries Federation

Services, Daniel Chiwandamira, Development Programmes Expert, Zimbabwe

Day 2, Afternoon

Networking Fair and Business 2 Business Meetings

Ambassador Gervais Nkanagu, on behalf of Sindiso N. Ngwenya COMESA Secretary General

Hon. Dharambeer Gokhool, Minister of Industry, Science and Research, Government of Mauritius