ABN Productions, in partnership with CNBC Africa, Brand South Africa and
South African Tourism will host a networking session for delegates on the
eve of the BRICS Summit taking place in Durban. The session will be held
at the Hilton hotel in Durban on 25 March 2013, under the theme 'BRICS and
Africa - the Bankable Ties'.
The session will provide attendees with a platform to discuss strategic
objectives on business opportunities, economic development and identify
key areas that representatives from different countries can work together
on.
"South Africa's hosting of BRICS shows the country's strategic influence
in the telling of Africa's economic regeneration," said Roberta Naidoo,
ABN Group Managing Director.
"South Africa's role not just in the economic arena, but also in peace,
security and reconstruction on the continent, is a story CNBC Africa wants
to capture critically from a variety of perspectives."
For Brand South Africa, the summit next month will help its mission of
promoting trade and investment, industrialisation and job creation, says
CEO Miller Matola. "The forthcoming BRICS Summit is the biggest gathering
of the most powerful grouping of the world's leading emerging economies,
and underlines South Africa's leading role in global affairs today,''
Miller says.
"Since joining BRICS in 2010, South Africa has committed itself to
advancing its national socio-economic interests, trade and investment, the
African agenda and sustainable growth. As the current chair of BRICS,
South Africa is providing critical leadership to the grouping's fight
against poverty, job creation and sustainable economic growth".
Over 3,000 delegates are expected to attend the summit to be held on March
26 and 27. The Fifth BRICS Summit marks the end of the first cycle of
high-level meetings since the first summit was hosted by the Russian
Federation in 2009.