TOPIC: The panel discussion on "Africa – Market of Opportunities", featuring.

The panel discussion on "Africa – Market of Opportunities", featuring many ambassadors, introduced South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya and Angola as interesting markets. Ambassador Dr. Horst Freitag (Johannisburg) presented South Africa once more as "the gate for opening up the market in Sub-Saharan Africa" as it possesses for the most part good infrastructure and a functioning banking system. Germany's assiduous ambassador in Lagos, Dorothee Janetzke-Wenzel, pleaded passionately for Nigeria, which saw an average of 7-10% economic growth in recent years. German entrepreneurs who operate successfully in this market with its 190 million consumers, told her: "We cannot afford not to be here!" She encouraged the industry representatives in the audience to be more adventurous: "Sometimes you just have to jump! The water is warm in Africa!" Germany's ambassador in Kenya, Margit Hellwig-Bötte, urgently advised expansive companies to establish a branch in Africa.