Navigating local and global challenges on the road to growth

The economies of West Africa - and Nigeria in particular - face a promising economic future. The non-oil sector is particularly robust. But growth is being constrained to an extent by the faltering global economy. Treasurers have to have the agility to navigate the best path domestically and abroad.

Investment from Asia and the presence of multinational organisations in key industry sectors means that treasurers in West Africa need to balance global demands with local concerns. Also multinationals in the dominant industries of the region often require joint venture status to operate. With these competing dynamics, the pressure is on for the treasury function to continue to optimise working capital and mitigate risk in order to pursue growth.

Learn how to respond to the rising cost of funds and explore the alternative funding options that exist which can save your organisation money. Hear the dos and don'ts for operating as part of a joint venture and learn from your peers about best practice in liberating foreign currency from naira receivables.

Case studies in treasury technology, operating a shared service centre, furthering FX management and achieving best practice in cash forecasting will also be discussed at this leading networking event for corporate treasurers.

Highlights for 2013

• Multinational cash management in West Africa
• Hear alternative financing options
• The challenges of partnership: Privatisation and PPPs
• Treasury technology: get yourself connected
• Furthering foreign exchange management
• Implications of an international RMB
• Spotlight on integrated risk management strategies
• Liberating foreign currency from naira receivables
• Balancing global and local regulatory requirements
• Mobile treasury: data on the move
• Dreaming of a cashless society

Who should attend?
The conference is designed for finance and treasury professionals working within, or responsible for, corporations in west Africa. It is also open to bankers, professional advisers and other service
providers operating in the corporate cash management market.