Invest in Cameroon
Land of Opportunities

Investment Forum

The Speakers

FOR THE INVESTMENT FORUM

Agenda

FOR THE INVESTMENT FORUM

9:00-10:00 am

Registration & Networking Reception
The National Anthem - UNITED ARAB EMIRATES & REPUBLIC OF CAMEROON
Video : CAMEROON: LAND OF OPPORTUNITIES

10:00–10:10 am

WELCOME ADDRESS
His Excellency Iya Tidjani, Ambassador of Cameroon to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and to the Gulf Countries

10:10–10:20 am

REMARKS: BUILDING INVESTMENT BRIDGES WITH CAMEROON

His Excellency Jamal Saif Al Jarwan, Secretary General, The UAE International Investors Council (UAEIIC)

10:20–10:30 am

KEYNOTE ADDRESS
His Excellency Abdulla Al Saleh
Under Secretary of the Foreign Trade and Industry at the UAE Ministry of Economy.

10:30–10:45 am

REMARKS
Mrs. Marthe Angéline MINJA, General Manager, Investment Promotion Agency Cameroon

10:45–11:30 am

MOU signing ceremony

11:30–12:15 pm

5 MIN: Presentation on Doing Business in Cameroon by
Mr. BOMA Donatus, Deputy General Manager, Investment Promotion Agency (IPA) Cameroon

Panel 1: INVESTING in Cameroon

Barrister Agbor Nkongho Ayuk Etchu, President, Cameroon Young Lawyers’ Union, Managing Partner, KMN Lawfirm
Mr. Essomba Asse Auguste, Board Member, Investment Promotion Agency (IPA) Cameroon
Mr. Khalid Al Ali, Regional Manager: Middle East and Africa, Dubai International Chamber

MODERATOR: Dr. Ashraf Mahate, Chief Economist, Dubai Industries and Exports

12:15–1:00 pm

Panel 2: INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN OIL, PORT, AERONAUTICS, ELECTRICITY & DECENTRALISATION SECTORS

Mr. Bikoi, Director of Project, Cameroon National Refinery Corporation (SONARA)
Mme AVOMO ASSOUMOU Paule Epse KOKI , General Manager, Cameroon Civil Aviation Authority
Mr. Jean Christophe Ella Nguema, General Manager, Cameroon Airlines Cooperation
Ms. Marleine Hilde MINKO, Representative, Kribi Port Authority, Yaounde
Mr. Augustin TAMBA, President, United Councils and Towns in Cameroon

MODERATOR: Dr. Ashraf Mahate, Chief Economist, Dubai Industries and Exports

1:00–1:15 pm

CLOSING REMARKS
Mr. Walid Hareb AlFalahi, CEO, UAE Trade Center and Dubai Consultancy

1:15–2:00 pm

LUNCHEON & NETWORKING

H.E Abdulla Al Saleh

Under Secretary of the Foreign Trade and Industry, Ministry of Economy, United Arab Emirates

His Excellency Abdulla Al Saleh is the Under Secretary of the Foreign Trade and Industry at the UAE Ministry of Economy. Among his responsibilities is to drive closer cooperation, increase trade and investment flows, and deepen economic ties between UAE and the world. He spearheads UAE Free Trade negotiations within the GCC framework with regional blocks and other countries. He is also Vice-Chairman of the National Committee of the World Trade Organization. He oversees trade policies and UAE’s fulfilment of commitments. Amongst several divisions, he leads a trade and promotional team and oversees the network of economic missions at UAE Embassies.

Also, Al Saleh is Chairman of the Supervisory Committee for Exports; Honorary President of the Arab-Chinese Centre for International Exchange; Vice President of the Annual Investment Forum; Board member of the UAE International Investors Council, which enables UAE investors to invest in key markets; Board member at the Emirates Gender Balancing Council, which aims to increase women’s participation in national development across all sectors and develop their skills and provide them with the necessary tools to support the UAE’s future progress. He is member of the Advisory Boards at New York University Abu Dhabi, Zayed University Business and Management School, Sharjah University Business School and University of Wollongong in Dubai (Business School).

Earlier in his career, Al Saleh was a diplomat in UAE Embassies in the United States and France. He holds an MSc in International Politics from the American University in DC and a Bachelors degree of Political Sciences from the UAE University.

H.E.M Iya Tidjani

Ambassador of Cameroon to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and to the Gulf Countries

His Excellency Mr. IYA TIDJANI was appointed in February 2008 as Head of the Cameroon Diplomatic Mission in Riyadh.
He is an experienced diplomat who has held great positions.

He was Attaché at the Presidency of the Republic in 1979 and Chargé de Mission at the same Presidency in 1982.

After the Presidential palace in Cameroon, he was appointed First Counselor at the Cameroon Embassy in Bruxelles in 1991, then Minister Counselor in 1997.

In 2002, he became Ambassador Deputy Permanent Representative of Cameroon at the United Nations in New York.

He got a doctorate in International Relations in 1978 at the International Institute of Cameroon (IRIC).
In 2000, he obtained a Post graduate diploma in International Trade at Solvay School of Commerce of Université Libre de Bruxelles, then Minister Plenipotentiary special category since August 2002.
He was an Executive Board’s member of the Cameroon Handball Federation for 10 years and an Executive Board’s member of the Cameroon Basket – ball Federation for two years.

He was also the General Treasurer of the Cultural and Islamic Association of Cameroon (ACIC) from 1983 to 1991 where he played an important role.

H.E. Jamal Saif Al Jarwan

Secretary General
UAE International Investors Council - UAEIIC

Mr. Jamal Al Jarwan joined the UAE International Investors Council in November 2014, as Secretary General.
Mr. Al Jarwan started his career in Etisalat on 8/08/1988.

He has acquired an international corporate relationship in five continents with strong economic and M&A
skills where he had negotiated, supervised and managed transactions worth more than $45BN.
In 1996 he was seconded by Etisalat to Thuraya Telecommunications Company.
In Thuraya, he served as the company’s Chief Commercial Officer, where he designed and executed the overall global business strategy and managed the company’s commercial operations worldwide.
In 2006, he was called back by Etisalat to establish and lead the International Investments and operations as Chief Executive Officer for International Investments.
In 2011, he became the Chief Regional Officer leading Etisalat Operation in Asia Region.

Ms. Marthe Angeline Minja

General Manager
Investment Promotion Agency Cameroon

Graduate from the University of Paris I Pantheon, Sorbonne in France

She has held different posts of responsibilities within the Cameroon Public Service

She has severally occupied the position of Director in the Ministry of Trade and Industry

She has been Director of the Investment Code Management Unit

Secretary-General at the Ministry of Tourism

And Currently General Manager of the Investment Promotion Agency (IPA) Cameroon.

On the international scene, she occupied for over 10 years, the prestigious elective position of Director for Africa of the World Association of Investment Promotion Agencies (WAIPA). She has also been decorated by the President of the Republic of Cameroon as Grand Officer of the National Order of Valor

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Mr. BOMA Donatus

Deputy General Manager, Investment Promotion Agency (IPA) Cameroon

Mr. Walid Hareb AlFalahi

Chief Executive Officer, Dubai Consultancy and UAE Trade Center

Walid Hareb Al Falahi is the Chief Executive Officer of the Dubai Consultancy, which he founded in 2005.
Dubai Consultancy focuses on creating high profile, highly targeted business networks where potential buyers can meet the suppliers and their product on a common ground.

Walid still maintains his strongest skill of networking to build partnerships & relations in the corporate world. Walid was the Chief Executive Officer of the International Humanitarian City in Dubai, which was initially a merger between the Dubai Aid City and Dubai Humanitarian City He is the Vice President Akar Proper¬ties and Vice Chairman of Sultan Investments.
Co-founder of AKAD Development, an independent housing development organization in Kurdistan, Iraq.

Masterminded several projects such as economical projects in Ghana, Kurdistan; Iraq, Nigeria and Saudi Arabia. In mid-2004, he won the Best Employee Award in the UAE, for outstanding achievement and contribution to his field.

Dr. Ashraf Mahate

Chief Economist Trade and Export Market Development, Dubai Industries & Exports

Mr. Khalid Al Ali

Regional Manager - Middle East & Africa
Dubai International Chamber

Khalid Al Ali is the Regional Manager - Middle East & Africa at Dubai International Chamber, where he manages a network of representative offices in the Middle East and Africa that implement the chamber’s strategy across target markets within the region.

In his current role, Khalid works to attract foreign companies and investors to Dubai by promoting the emirate as a preferred global business hub at international events and trade missions. He also focuses the efforts of regional offices to identify business opportunities for Chamber members and support Dubai-based companies with their entry into global markets.

As a veteran banker, Khalid comes with 22 years’ experience in the financial industry spanning consumer, wholesale and private banking. Previously, worked with several reputed banks in the UAE including HSBC, Standard Chartered Bank, Emirates NBD and Ajman Bank, where he developed customer and sales strategies, managed core teams and conducted analysis of key functions to ensure return on investment. He has also held several roles with the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), serving as Director of Client Relations and Director Registry Services.

He graduated from the distinguished Mohammed Bin Rashid School of Government program and studied Business Administration at the University of Arkansas in the United States.

Barrister Agbor Nkongho Ayuk Etchu

President, Cameroon Young Lawyers’ Union, Managing Partner, KMN Lawfirm

Mr. Bikoi

Director of Project, Cameroon National Refinery Corporation (SONARA)

Mme Avomo Assoumou Paule Epse Koki

General Manager, Cameroon Civil Aviation Authority

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Mr. Jean Christophe Ella Nguema

General Manager, Cameroon Airlines Cooperation

Mr. Augustin Tamba

Mayor of the Municipality of Yaoundé 7 & President of the Councils and Towns in Cameroon

The Venue

JAFZA One Convention Centre

Jafza One is a premium business facility in the heart of the Jebel Ali Free Zone (Jafza).

Within its two landmark towers, this complex comprises over 1,200 offices providing over 100,00 square metres of leasable area. The Jafza One complex offers a variety of amenities on-site designed to accommodate a range of corporate requirements including the purpose-built Jafza One Convention Centre, a fully furnished business centre, food court, ample parking and flexible licensing within the free zone.