Egypt to Host COMESA’s 3rd Investment Forum

The Common Market for Eastern and Southern African States Regional Investment Agency (COMESA RIA) has announced that its 3rd investment forum will take place from the 12th-13th April, 2010 in Sharm-El-Sheikh, the Arab Republic of Egypt.
Organized by COMESA RIA, in collaboration with the Egyptian Ministry of Investment and General Authority for Investment (GAFI), this forum will focus on driving investment to COMESA member states and Africa as a whole.
The forum will be held under the auspices of Egyptian President Mohammed Hosni Mubarak.
COMESA IS Africa’s largest economic community with a market size estimated to reach over 500 million consumers by 2015.
With its strategic location and economic and geographic diversity, COMESA offers exceptional, unparallel opportunities for international investors.
COMESA’s vision is to be “a fully integrated, internationally competitive regional economic community with high standards of living for its entire people ready to merge into an African economic community.”
According to a statement issued by COMESA RIA through the Egyptian Ministry of Investment, senior-level ministers from the 19 member states-Burundi, Comoros, D.R. Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Rwanda, Seychelles, Sudan, Swaziland, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe will be present at the Forum.