Running Islamic Finance in the New Investment Destination – Africa

IBC Gulf Conferences will host the Africa Islamic Finance Conference, an initiative to discuss the progress of Islamic Finance in Africa and learn more about Africa as a potential investment destination. The event is scheduled to be held on 30-31 October 2007 at Park Hyatt, Johannesburg, South Africa.

The event will be hosted in association with Michael Gassner Consultancy Ltd. under the support of the Emirates Investment Services. The high level gathering is being organized with the support of the National Awqaf Foundation of South Africa (Awqaf SA).

Africa Islamic Finance Conference includes some of the most eminent professionals from across the globe, who will share their thoughts and experiences on Africa as a segment for Islamic Finance.

The conference will primarily focus on topics like Building and Pioneering an Islamic Bank, Investing in Endowed Assets, Islamic Asset Management, Poverty Alleviation and the Role of Islamic Banks, Venture Capital & Private Equity in Africa, Takaful & Retakaful, Pioneering Ethical Asset Management based on Islamic Finance principles, A pan African benchmark for Global Islamic investors, Fiqhi issues regarding investment in shares, Islamic Microfinance and an Interactive scholar session on Understanding sharia issues in the African context.
The conference will run for over 2 days with a pre-conference workshop on Principles and Applications of Islamic Finance led by Michael Saleh Gassner.

For more information about the forum programme and event updates, please visit our website www.ibcgulfconferences.com or call Rudinov Vincent, Conference Producer on +971 4 336 9992 , Mobile: +97150 – 1410899,
Fax: +971 4 336 0116

IBC Gulf Conferences is the Pan Middle Eastern division of Informa Plc. located in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Informa Plc. is an international operation with over 42 regional centres worldwide. Informa Plc. as a public company is considered to be a world leader in the provision of Business and Management education.
Since opening the Dubai office in 1994, we have organised an extensive number of business conferences and training courses within the Middle East covering a comprehensive range of management and technical topics.
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