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Individual and corporate memberships are available for Businesses wanting to expand their operations in Africa. Africa has a wealth of resources and opportunities just waiting to be captured. What better time than NOW! Discover new opportunities through by getting to know the heartbeat of Africa. It is these women who are rising up and leading the next generation to their destiny.

Delegates from public and private sectors across the Continent attended the Forum.

It was a celebration:

LEADERSHIP

His Exellency Premier of the Western Cape Province , Ibrahim Rasool opened the ceremony by welcoming delegates from Egypt, Nigeria, Burkina Fasso, Republic of Guineé, Cote D’Ivoiret, Cameroon, Kenya, Malawi, D.R.C, Burundi, Zimbabwe, South Africa and the U.S.A

	Dr Amany Asfour, President of Egyptian Businesswomen Association		Ferose Oaten, Western Cape Chairperson and National Vice-President of Businesswomen Association
	Peter Metcalfe, Chairperson of Foundation for Development of Africa		Mrs Rassool, Premier Ebrahim Rasool
	Dr Anna Mokgokong, President of SAWEN and Her Majesty SB Molotlegi, Queen Mother of Bafokeng

ECONOMIC GROWTH: Business Opportunities

Promoting inter-African trade among business


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UNITY

United women of Africa shall stand! Despite the xenophobia attacks that threatened the forum, women leaders gathered in Cape Town defeating that evil of division and showed great spirit of friendship, sisterhood, partnership, tolerance in doing business. The “Ubuntu Spirit” prevailed.

AWARDS

The leading Women of Africa Awards at the closing ceremony Gala dinner at Moyo was dedicated to recognizing the contributions of women in the development of Africa in the face of various challenges faced by the continent. Gala dinner sponsored by SAWEN and the Department of trade and industry (Dti) showed a great partnership between Government and Leading Women of Africa.

STYLE and FASHION

Beauty and style of African’s Queens are inside as well as outside

ENTERTAINMENT

Regular Speakers
	Dr. S. B. Moltlegi Queen Mother of Royal Bafokeng	Dr. Anna Theresa Masamo Mokgokong President of South African Women Entrepreneurs Network (SAWEN)

	Peter John Metcalfe Chairman of the Foundation for Development of Africa Chaimain of The Leading Businesswomen of Africa Forum 2008	Dr. Amany Asfour President of Egyptian Business Women’s Association

	Mrs. Francoise Foning World President of Femmes Chefs d’Entreprises Mondiales (FCEM)	Ferose Oaten National Vice-President of the Businesswomen’s Association and Managing Director AVTS Roadworthy Stations

	Logandree Gounden Area Manager at Business Partners Limited, South Africa’s leading specialist investment company for small and medium enterprises.
Other Speakers
Dr. Hesphina Rukato Deputy CEO NEPAD Secretariat Agatha C. J. Johnson Founder and CEO Africaribe MicroEnterprise Network (AMEN), Inc. AMEN promotes small, medium and micro-enterprise (SMME) development in Africa and alerts American investors to the economic potential of Africa.