discussions about Africa on various key sectors - investments, sustainable development, media, politics, and entrepreneurship. With emphasis on how these various sectors contribute to - or affect - the investment terrain, panelists will address the threats, opportunities, as well as the driving forces of Africa's financial sector.

Panelists include Mark D. Walton, Executive Vice President at The Africa Channel; Ashley Bendell, Associate Director (African Equities) at Exotix USA;
D.H. Caranda-Martin, Founder & CEO of Caranda Fine Foods; Thomas S. Mims, Founder & CEO of Emerging Africa Ltd.; Sarah E. Ryan, Assistant Professor (School of Public Affairs) at Baruch College, CUNY; and Sebastian Spio-Garbrah, Analyst (Middle East & Africa) at Eurasia Group, New York.

The event takes place on December 10, 2008 at the Vertical Campus in room 1-107.