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McKinsey

McKinsey & Company is a management consulting firm that helps leading corporations and organizations make distinctive, lasting and substantial improvements in their performance. Over the past eight decades, the firm's primary objective has remained constant: to serve as an organization's most trusted external adviser on critical issues facing senior management. McKinsey advises companies on strategic, operational, organizational and technological issues. The firm has extensive experience in all major industry sectors and primary functional areas as well as in-depth expertise in high priority areas for today's business.

McKinsey & Company was established in 1926 and has over 90 offices in more than 50 countries. In March 1995, McKinsey Incorporated t/a McKinsey & Company opened offices in Johannesburg soon after South Africa’s new democracy brought President Nelson Mandela to power and in 2010, Lagos. From these offices, McKinsey & Company serves clients in the public and private sector across sub-Saharan Africa.

We have played an active role in the country’s transformation and development—helping top companies win on the world stage, supporting the upgrade of key institutions and infrastructure, building leadership and capabilities. In South Africa and over 30 other countries in sub-Saharan Africa, we shape strategy and strengthen operations for players in major industries, and help deliver better outcomes in education and health care. We have over 300 consulting and non-consulting staff based in Johannesburg.
Africa’s rapid growth has captured the world’s imagination, triggering unprecedented business interest and investment. As highlighted in “Lions on the Move” 2010, McKinsey Global Institute’s widely-acknowledged report on Africa’s economic prospects, the continent will profit from rising global demand for natural resources; boast a consumer market of 128 million households by 2020; and see its labour force top 1 billion people by 2040.
Across Africa, McKinsey is playing an active role the continent’s economic rebirth, making a difference to both individual clients and whole countries. We have over 165 consultants working in region; among them they represent over 39 nationalities and speak over 45 languages. From our offices in Johannesburg, Lagos and Luanda, we have completed over 1,000 engagements over the past decade—in more than 30 countries, including South Africa, Nigeria, Angola, Tanzania, Kenya, Zambia, Namibia, Ethiopia, Ghana and Senegal. In addition, we have completed several hundred pan-African engagements.
Our work ranges from defining growth strategies for entire countries and key sectors such as oil and gas, financial services, and transport; to helping achieve step-change improvements in education and health; to designing a $500 million fund to channel finance to African farmers; to supporting major companies’ expansion into new markets. We serve many leading sub-Saharan players across sectors including energy and materials, financial services, consumer goods and retail, telecommunications, infrastructure and logistics, and the public and social sectors.
Our client work is underpinned by major knowledge investment, including in our Africa Consumer Insight Centre.
We also play an important role in building capabilities and growing African leaders—both in our clients’ organizations and in our own. Our alumni hold senior roles in government, business and the social sector across the continent.
A career with McKinsey in Johannesburg offers exceptional people the opportunity to work with senior leaders in business and government – and deliver impact that is visible through the transformation and growth of major organisations and entire countries. Our culture is non-hierarchical, entrepreneurial, and strongly supportive of professional development. We recruit top talent from all academic backgrounds.

Oxford Business Group

Oxford Business Group (OBG) is a global publishing, research and consultancy firm, which publishes economic intelligence on the markets of Latin America, the Middle East, Asia, and Africa.

OBG offers comprehensive analysis of macroeconomic and sectoral developments, including banking, capital markets, energy, infrastructure, industry and insurance.

OBG’s acclaimed economic and business reports are the leading source of local and regional intelligence, while OBG’s online economic briefings provide up-to-date in-depth analysis. OBG’s consultancy arm offers tailor-made market intelligence and advice to firms operating in these markets and those looking to enter them.

Frontier

Frontier Advisory is a research, strategy and investment advisory firm that assists clients to improve their competitiveness in emerging market economies. At Frontier Advisory, we work with the leadership of clients in the private sector, public sector and non-governmental space to deepen their understanding and ability to succeed in frontier & emerging markets. Our strategic positioning and networks reside in the expanding collaboration between emerging market economies and the African continent.

Tribal

Tribal Brands, Inc. is the vanguard of mobile entertainment and marketing – the very definition of a change agent. As the first company to drive over $1 Billion of sales on mobile platforms through carrier partners worldwide, Tribal Brands today is defining mobile innovation in entertainment, sports, and brand cause marketing. From day one, Tribal Brands has differentiated itself from other entertainment and digital-marketing firms by understanding that consumers, when empowered and engaged, can become influential, viral brand advocates and an effective extension of a brand’s sales team. With more than a decade of experience in cross-promoting some of the most influential creative talent and top-tier brands globally, Tribal Brands builds innovative campaigns leveraging interactive consumer engagements while delivering key mobile analytics insights from Tribal Technologies, Inc. around customer loyalty and marketing effectiveness.
More on Tribal Brands: www.tribalbrands.com.
More on Tribal Technologies: www.tribaltech.com.

DEIK

Foreign Economic Relations Board (DEİK) is an organization of the business community, which aims for the “high value added” integration of Turkey and the Turkish private sector into the process of globalization.

Having assumed the duty of “managing the foreign economic relations of the Turkish private sector” according to Article 58 of Law No. 5174, DEİK has 750 member companies, 42 founding institutions, 115 business councils, 148 Commercial and/or Industrial Chambers and Commodity Exchanges representatives and 3 foreign representations as of November 2013.

IE Singapore

International Enterprise (IE) Singapore is the government agency driving Singapore’s external economy. It spearheads the overseas growth of Singapore-based companies and promotes international trade.
IE Singapore attracts global commodities traders to establish their global or Asian home base in Singapore. Today, Singapore is a thriving trading hub with a complete ecosystem for the energy, agri-commodities and metals & minerals trading clusters.

Renowned worldwide for their dedication to quality and innovation, Singapore-based companies make ideal business partners. With its global network in over 35 locations spanning many developed and emerging markets, IE Singapore connects businesses with relevant Singapore-based companies for their business expansion.

In Africa, IE Singapore is present in Johannesburg, South Africa, and Accra, Ghana.

Visit www.iesingapore.com for more information.

K-Lab

K-LAB’s mission is to develop and deliver innovative, content-rich tools and formats to create virtual communities of business leaders, innovators and young talents, working together on a virtual platform to address key issues on the business and social agenda. We design and build new discussion and communication models for 21st century society and serve as an incubator for new ideas, technology, event tools and formats.

Working with established partners alongside upcoming e-ventures, we deliver technical development alongside cutting-edge content creation to promote greater understanding and knowledge among participants. Our technological platforms trigger thought-provoking discussions and build business relationships at events, to help participants maximise their time. www.k-lab.co

Skilledafrican.com

SkilledAfricans.com is an online Pan-African professional social network. Its 600,000 registered users can network with each other, find jobs and improve their professional skills, online and in classroom training sessions. Companies can hire staff using a novel performance-based recruitment service.

African Leadership Academy

African Leadership Academy (ALA) seeks to transform Africa by developing a powerful network of over 6,000 leaders who will work together to achieve extraordinary social impact. ALA identifies young leaders from across the continent with demonstrated leadership potential, a passion for Africa, an entrepreneurial spirit, and a track record of community service. We then bring together these young leaders for a two year pre-university program in South Africa focusing on Entrepreneurial Leadership and African Studies. ALA continues to cultivate these leaders throughout their lives, in university and beyond, by providing on-going development support and connecting them to high-impact networks of people and capital that can catalyze large-scale change. Today, there are nearly 600 young leaders from 42 different African countries in the program.

Global Counsel

Global Counsel is a strategic advisory firm based in London. Our senior team members have experience at the highest level of government and business in the UK, Europe and internationally. They bring together decades of communications, political and public policy expertise, backed by a global network. We provide counsel, research and written analysis for clients operating in markets where an understanding of the political economy is critical.

Afrik

Founded january 2000, AFRIK.COM was the first panafrican e-media and quickly proved to be a serious Internet newspaper, with a team of good journalists working in almost all african countries. Soon appeared a few more specialised medias to enlarge the information of a growing number of viewers : AFRIK-FOOT.COM is now the leader about african football, AFRIK-CUISINE leader about african cooking, etc.

2010… is the date of birth of the only pan-african video news Agency, AFRIK.TV AGENCY, that has quickly grown up with 13 offices in Africa, and correspondents in each countries… to provide a wide vision of the continent, accessible to all. The Agency has convinced large TV networks (such as AFRICA 24, TV5 MONDE, CANAL+, EURONEWS for example…) to become clients and broadcast its news reports. AFRIK.COM GROUP is now in talks with major African mobile operators to supply mobile-compatible news or video contents. Every day, in whole Africa, AFRIK.COM and AFRIK.TV journalists work, write and film, to provide the world with good and serious news about african countries and people.

Canal+ Afrique

CANAL+ AFRIQUE is a pay-tv operator in Africa and the subsidiary of CANAL+ OVERSEAS in charge of CANAL+ GROUP’s activities both internationally and in the French overseas territories. CANAL+ AFRIQUE is the operator of LES CHAINES CANAL+ and CANALSAT, a package with more than 150 TV channels and radio stations including a wide variety of African channels, in over 30 countries in Central and West Africa.

CANAL+ AFRIQUE is also responsible for editing and commercializing of CANAL+, a premium channel broadcast in over 40 African countries through MULTICHOICE and other operator partners.

Edited specifically for Sub-Saharan Africa, CANAL+ features movies, sports, series, documentaries, and entertainment programs. CANAL+ provides its viewers exclusive and box office films, exceptional programs and an incredible sports offer, including the Premier League, the French League 1, the Calcio, the Liga, UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League and the CAN 2015.

CANAL+ also offers programs dedicated to its African subscribers like +D’AFRIQUE and TALENTS D’AFRIQUE, produced by CANAL+ AFRIQUE, and successful African series such as JACOB’S CROSS and THE WILD.
From the beginning of the year, CANAL+ proposes a new broadcast REUSSITE, which is the very first magazine that presents the success of African economic projects.

As a partner of African cinema, CANAL+ AFRIQUE plays a key role in the co-production of feature films directed by African film-makers, whilst supporting a purchasing policy for African films, a core focus of CANAL’s programming. In addition, CANAL+ AFRIQUE supports the production of numerous dramas, documentaries and series.

CANAL+ AFRIQUE is also engaged in various initiatives related to women, youth and training.

China Daily

China Daily USA, China Daily’s US edition, keeps North American readers current on the developments in one of the world’s fastest-growing countries and facilitates constructive dialogue between China, the US and the world at large. China Daily USA, launched in 2009 and published Monday through Friday, is printed in nine US cities: New York, Washington DC, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston, Seattle, Atlanta and Boston. Please follow us on Facebook, Twitter, visit our website, or read us on Kindle and other mobile platforms.

EuroNews

Euronews, the most watched news channel in Europe, covers current events around the clock, everywhere in the world. With 400 journalists from more than 30 countries, Euronews is available 24/7 in 12 language services (Arabic, English, French, German, Greek, Italian, Persian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Turkish and Ukrainian).

A truly independent media hub, Euronews offers a unique perspective on events and approach to analysing the facts. Established in 1993 in Lyon in France, the channel reaches 400 million homes in 155 countries and is available via a full range of products (websites, mobile apps, connected TVs, radio…). Euronews is also available on board aircrafts of major airlines and in the main hotel groups worldwide.

IC

IC Publications is one of the world’s leading sources of analysis and debate on African political and economic issues. Using a variety of platforms and services including magazines, newsletters, electronic media and international events, we deliver unparalleled coverage on the latest developments in the region.

Our reputation for providing timely and relevant information makes us the automatic first choice for Africa’s political and business leaders, but our scope goes much further: through our publications and events we reach over 2.6million loyal customers in more than 100 countries, making IC Publications one of the world’s largest specialist media groups on the continent.

Le Point Afrique

Le Point, the French leader in news and current affairs, reaches business and political leaders as well as over 7 million people with its magazine, website, mobile apps and diverse organized events such as forums and conferences.

In March 2014, Le Point launched Le Point Afrique, a website providing a wide range of select editorial content focusing on African economic issues, culture, sports and lifestyle.

Le Point Afrique targets, above all, the emerging middle class, the elite economic decision makers and those wishing to do business in Africa.

Discover Le Point Afrique: www.lepointafrique.fr

Moci

Created in 1883, MOCI is the French & Francophone media reference for information dedicated to trade and international investments. Team member of France Export alongside UBIFRANCE - Economic Missions, Chambers of Commerce and major players such as MEDEF or CGPME, MOCI has become a true multimedia information platform (magazine, website with 5 million pages viewed per year, newsletters, databases, events); it is an essential decision tool to support business leaders in their international dimension strategic choices.

Being the first French B2B bimonthly magazine exclusively geared to investors/donors and top executives and senior managers of French & Francophone exporting/importing companies, certified OJD, named best business magazine in all topics in 2010, MOCI won the European market editing publications on Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific on behalf of the European Union (PROINVEST – ACP) in 2011.

TV5Monde

Magazine Programmes, Drama, Documentaries, Films, Sport, Entertainment, Music, Games, Plays and Youth TV… discover the best French language programmes including those of TV5MONDE… subtitled in 12 languages and French language.
Stay up-to-date with the international news thanks to the news bulletins from our partner channels (France 2, RTBF.be, Radio-Canada and RTS) and those of the TV5MONDE editorial team, bringing you the latest news 24 hours a day.
With mobile services, themed WebTV programmes, Video on demand and Catch-up TV, you can access all of the content available from TV5MONDE PLUS wherever you may be in the world. Discover the French language thanks to a unique system of learning and teaching French with the TV5MONDE programmes available on apprendre.tv and enseigner.tv.

TV5MONDE is one of the world’s biggest television networks. TV5MONDE in figures:
• 9 different regional channels (8 broadcast from Paris covering all continents and TV5 Quebec-Canada broadcasting from Montreal) and TiVi5Monde, a channel broadcasted in the USA and designed exclusively for young people;
• The only general interest channel designed to be broadcast worldwide, and showing only programmes originally made in the French language;
• More than 235 million households receive the channel 24 hours a day across 200 countries and territories;
• 10 French-language partner channels (France 2, France 3, France 4, France 5, France O’, ARTE France, RTBF.be, RTS, Radio-Canada and Télé-Québec), CIRTEF, and AEF, which brings together France 24 and RFI;
• Programmes subtitled in 12 languages (Arabic, Dutch, English, German, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Vietnamese and French language);
• A media outlet with a presence on the Internet : www.tv5monde.com, mobile phones : m.tv5monde.com, WebTV, Video on Demand, replay TV, and smart TV… All together, the TV5MONDE media universe registers 8 million connections each month.