The Africa Forum on Business and Security 2012

The Africa Forum on Business and Security 2012 is a conference dedicated to key security issues facing African economies, including:

• Business and security: partners in African development
• Emerging threats and opportunities
• Economic threats
• Threats to business, stability and growth
• EGovernment
• Financial threats
• Political / strategic threats
• Commercial / competitive threats – protecting trade
• The African Union and peacekeeping
• Terrorism in Africa – perspectives
• The modern security environment and its nature
• Peace-building initiatives
• African cyber infrastructure and threats to it
• Nodes of vulnerability
• The security dividend – a boost for business
• Security and the private sector
• Legislation and legal frameworks
• Development, security and business
• Resilience and response
• Infrastructure: protecting what we have, building what we need
• Poverty and conflict
• Reconstruction
• Maritime security, including piracy, freight security, ports etc
• Education and conflict
• Corruption
• Competing influences
• Vulnerabilities and strengths
• Africa’s resources
• Environmental security
• International assistance available
• Security of Supply
• Energy Security
• Identity
• Fraud, counterfeiting and forgery
• HIV / Aids / Malaria
• Public health, epidemics, genetics, bio-war etc
• Liberty and security
• Culture and security
• Women and business; women and peace
• The security balance for business
• Private Security Companies
• Youth

Who should Attend

Political leaders, African and international businesses, IGOs, NGOs, experts and academics.