Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan and National Treasury Director-General Lesetja Kganyago will host the third Africa Emerging Markets Forum. The forum meetings will start on 13 September and conclude on 15 September 2009 in Kleinmond, Western Cape.
The forum is part of the Global Emerging Markets Forum, a non-profit initiative created to allow senior political and corporate leaders and public servants to reach conclusions on economic, political and social issues facing emerging market countries. The focus this year will be on the implications of developments in the global economic environment on the African continent.
The forum will be co-chaired by Benjamin Mkapa, the former President of Tanzania and Michel Camdessus, former Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund and offers space for invigorating debate on a range of pertinent economic issues that emerging market economies grapple with.
The Emerging Markets Forum brings together participants with a wealth of knowledge and experience in both the private and public sectors.
The forum discussions will be open to media.
For further details, visit http://www.emergingmarketsforum.org/meetings/africa/2009/
For more information contact:
Kershia Singh
Tel: 012 315 5819
Cell: 083 644 5877
Issued by: National Treasury
1 September 2009
