1999 U.S.-Africa Business Summit

“Attracting Capital to Africa”

Agenda

Sunday, April 25 

• Registration

• Organized Recreation
  

• Reception

• Plenary Dinner
  Speakers: Mr. Lee Raymond, Chairman & CEO

  Exxon Corporation
   

  H.E. Festus Mogae

  President of Botswana

Monday, April 26

• Plenary Breakfast
  Welcome: Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee

  United States of America

   

  Mr. Jim Dunlap, CEO

  Ocean Energy

   

  Charlene Barshefsky

  U.S. Trade Representative

   

  Mr. James Harmon, President

  U.S. Export – Import Bank

   

  H.E. Sam Nujoma, President

  Namibia

   

• Workshop Sessions

• Plenary Lunch

  Speakers: Ms. Thema Awori,

  United Nations Development Program

   

  The Honorable Rodney Slater

  U.S. Secretary of Transportation
  

   

  H.E. Dr. Navinchandra Ramgoolam, Prime Minister

  Mauritius

   

• Regional Trade Roundtable

  Speakers: Mr. Franklin Kennedy, CEO

  Equator Bank

   

  H.E. Henri Konan Bedie, President

  Cote D'Ivoire

   

• Reception

• Plenary Dinner

  Speaker: The Honorable Robert Mallett

  Deputy Secretary of Commerce

Tuesday, April 27

• Plenary Breakfast

  Speakers: Dr. Kenneth Lay, Chairman & CEO

  Enron Corporation

   

  The Honorable Joseph Grandmaison

  Director of the Trade and Development Agency

   

  The Honorable William M. Daley

  Secretary of Commerce

   

  H.E. President Jerry Rawlings, President

  Ghana

   

• Workshop Sessions

• Plenary Lunch

  Speakers: Mr. Lucio Noto, Chairman & CEO

  Mobil Corporation

   

  The Honorable Bill Richardson

  Secretary of Energy

   

• Energy Roundtable Session

  Speakers: Mr. Ken Derr, Chairman & CEO

  Chevron

   

  H.E. Jose Eduardo dos Santos, President

  Republic of Angola

   

• Gala Reception

• Gala Dinner

  Master of Ceremonies: Mr. Maurice Tempelsman, Chairman

  Lazare Kaplan

   

• Global Marketplace Award Ceremony
  Honorees: H.E. Jerry Rawlings, President

• Ghana
   

  H.E. Festus Mogae, President

• Botswana
   

  H.E. Sam Nujoma, President

• Namibia
   

  H.E. Dr. Navinchandra Ramgoolam, Prime Minister

• Mauritius
   

  H.E. Ahmed Maher El Sayed, Ambassador

• Egypt