Event Details

The South African Chamber of Commerce in Singapore, in association with Absa Corporate and Investment Banking and the South African Chamber of Commerce in South Korea, bring you this informative discussion on the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) and the opportunities it presents for global businesses.


Bohani Hlungwane, Managing Principal - Head of Trade and Working Capital Sales (Pan Africa) at Absa Group, will lead the discussion by providing his expertise on the following:

  • What is the AfCFTA about? (a short update on key aspects of the AfCFTA)
  • Progress update since 1 January 2021 (go-live date)
  • How would global corporates/multinationals benefit from the AfCFTA?
  • The next few years of the AfCFTA


About the AfCFTA

The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is a flagship project of Agenda 2063 of the African Union. The agreement will bring together all 55 member states of the African Union covering a market of more than 1.2 billion people, bringing together the world's largest working-age population with a combined gross domestic product (GDP) of more than US$ 3.4 trillion. It is the largest Free Trade Area in terms of number of countries since the World Trade Organisation was formed in 1994.

Speakers

  • Bohani Hlungwane (Managing Principal - Head of Trade and Working Capital Sales (Pan Africa) at Absa Group)

    Bohani Hlungwane

    Managing Principal - Head of Trade and Working Capital Sales (Pan Africa) at Absa Group

    https://www.linkedin.com/in/bohani-hlungwane-7589a81b/

    Bohani Hlungwane is Managing Principal - Head of Trade and Working Capital Sales (Pan Africa) at Absa Group within
    the Corporate and Investment Bank. He previously worked for HSBC where he was based in Asia (Hong Kong) for 6
    years where he also covered Europe, the Americas and MENA as director & global lead for Guarantees and Standby Credits within Trade Finance.

    He is a senior global corporate banker, thought leader on Africa Trade, Trade Finance & Working Capital specialist, speaker on the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), and business leader with 18 years’ experience in banking across geographies. 

    His experience is in trade finance, working capital, business development, business management, business strategy, operations management, transactional banking, and deal structuring. 

    Bohani holds a Senior Executive Leadership Program certificate from Stanford University Graduate School of Business, an MBA (Strategy & Finance) from The University of Pretoria's Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) and a Bachelor of Commerce Honours in Financial & Monetary Economics from the University of Johannesburg, South Africa

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  • Mark McGowan (Board Member of the South African Chamber of Commerce in Singapore and VP Operations at Procosec Asia)

    Mark McGowan

    Board Member of the South African Chamber of Commerce in Singapore and VP Operations at Procosec Asia

    Board Member of the South African Chamber of Commerce in Singapore and VP Operations at Procosec Asia

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  • Timothy Dickens (Chairman of the South African Chamber of Commerce in South Korea and Partner at the law firm DR & AJU LLC, based in Seoul)

    Timothy Dickens

    Chairman of the South African Chamber of Commerce in South Korea and Partner at the law firm DR & AJU LLC, based in Seoul

    Chairman of the South African Chamber of Commerce in South Korea and Partner at the law firm DR & AJU LLC, based in Seoul

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  • Premeshin Naidoo (HEAD: MEA Corridor at Absa CIB)

    Premeshin Naidoo

    HEAD: MEA Corridor at Absa CIB

    https://cib.absa.africa/home/absa-international/

    Premeshin Naidoo is the Managing Director: Head of Middle East and Asia Corridor at Absa CIB

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