The Africa Forum on Business and Security 2012 is a conference dedicated to key security issues facing African economies, including:
- Business and security: partners in African development
- Emerging threats and opportunities
- Economic threats
- Threats to business, stability and growth
- EGovernment
- Financial threats
- Political / strategic threats
- Commercial / competitive threats – protecting trade
- The African Union and peacekeeping
- Terrorism in Africa – perspectives
- The modern security environment and its nature
- Peace-building initiatives
- African cyber infrastructure and threats to it
- Nodes of vulnerability
- The security dividend – a boost for business
- Security and the private sector
- Legislation and legal frameworks
- Development, security and business
- Resilience and response
- Infrastructure: protecting what we have, building what we need
- Poverty and conflict
- Reconstruction
- Maritime security, including piracy, freight security, ports etc
- Education and conflict
- Corruption
- Competing influences
- Vulnerabilities and strengths
- Africa’s resources
- Environmental security
- International assistance available
- Security of Supply
- Energy Security
- Identity
- Fraud, counterfeiting and forgery
- HIV / Aids / Malaria
- Public health, epidemics, genetics, bio-war etc
- Liberty and security
- Culture and security
- Women and business; women and peace
- The security balance for business
- Private Security Companies
- Youth
Who should Attend
Political leaders, African and international businesses, IGOs, NGOs, experts and academics.
