Boston - LexNoir Forum | Doing Business and Investing in Africa 

Developing Partnership Business Models to Do Business in Africa

Partnerships provide companies flexibility to enter new markets in Africa, giving them needed capacity, intellectual capital, resources, and capital.  However, partnerships are not an automatic win-win. Lauri Elliott, CEO of Afribiz Group,  Inc., will share strategies for improving the effectiveness of partnerships for doing business in Africa, using a partnering methodology developed by Afribiz.

Franchising in Africa

Franchising has experienced phenomenal growth around the world and Africa is no exception. The saturation of Western markets, the relaxation of trade barriers and the globalization of business have pushed franchisors to new African markets to distribute their products and services.  Kendal Tyre, a partner in the U.S. law firm of Nixon Peabody, will explore the growth of franchising in Africa and its implications for the continent. 

Black Economic Empowerment - What Foreign Investors in South Africa Should Know

Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) is a program launched by the South African government to redress the inequalities of Apartheid by giving previously disadvantaged groups of South African citizens economic privileges previously not available to them. It includes measures such as Employment Preference, skills development, ownership, management, socioeconomic development, and preferential procurement. Taswell Papier, a partner in the South Africa law firm of ENS, will (via Skype) discuss the implications of these programs for foreign investors in South Africa.