Entrepreneurship in West Africa
- Restaurace Fluidum, Lucemburská 6, Praha 3
- 04/11/09 09:30
Guest speakers:
Dr.iur. Julius Effenberger, Attorney-at-law
Dr. Effenberger was born in 1954 in Prague, Czechoslovakia and has lived since 1968 in Switzerland. Since 1997 he has frequently travelled and partly lived in Senegal. He is an attorney-at-law in Zurich and teaches bank law at the University Gaston Berger in Saint-Louis, Senegal. He worked as Deputy Legal Officer of the Swiss Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH) and for several Swiss law firms specialised in international economic and financial law. He is a member of Zurich Attornies-at-law Association, Swiss Lawyers Federation, Swisscham-Africa (www.swisscham-africa.ch; member of European Business Network EBCAM) and Swiss Society of African Studies.
Mohammed Nurudeen Ismaila, Chargé d'Affaires of Ghana
Mr. Ismaila is currently the acting Head of Mission at the Ghana Embassy in Prague accredited also to the Republic of Hungary and Slovakia. Between 1997 and 2007, he held several positions at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Accra and travelled extensively on official assignments in the Middle East and Asia
Ing. Josef Novák, VEBA, textilní závody a.s.
VEBA is a traditional Czech textile manufacturer. It ranks among the biggest Czech cotton textile manufacturers, employing a staff of 1,370 and relying on their high qualification and expertise. 90% of the products are determined for export to Africa, Europe and North America. VEBA has also designed unique cotton brocades for the African market.
