Past Events
The South Africa-Nigeria Business Chamber has hosted nearly 100 events since it was formed in 2005 both as in-person gatherings and, more recently, webinars on topics relevant to the Chamber’s mandate to drive business and investment in this important bilateral corridor. The details below.
23 March 2022
Venue: The Michelangelo Hotel, Sandton.
11 November 2021
Guest Speakers: Ade Sun-Basorum: CEO, FoodCo, Nigeria
Olu Delano: Head of Client Coverage: Stanbic IBTC, Nigeria
Prenita Pahaladh: Global Markets Manager, Standard Bank Group
Dianna Games: CEO, SA-Nigeria Business Chamber
Topic: Discussed trends in the sector and the likelihood of recovery as the economy starts to slow tick up as Covid-19 retreats.
30 June 2021
Participating Companies: Intertek
Participating Organisations: The American Chamber of Commerce in South Africa
Guest Speakers: Wilson Erumebor, Nigerian Economic Summit Group
Dianna Games, CEO, South Africa-Nigeria Business Chamber, Johannesburg
Shodhan Rao, GTS Technical Co-ordinator for SONCAP Programme Management, Intertek
Margaret Olele, American Business Council Nigeria
Topic: Focused on Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SONCAP) requirements.
29 April 2021
Guest Speakers: Osayaba Giwa-Osagie, Chairman, Nigeria-South Africa Chamber of Commerce
Dianna Games, CEO, South Africa-Nigeria Business Chamber, Johannesburg
Mark Griffiths, Director, Norton Rose Fulbright Africa
Kunle Elebute, Chairman of KPMG in Africa, Nigeria
25 August 2021
Participating Companies: LEX Africa
Guest Speakers: Ibikunle Olatunji, Africa Tax Executive, South Africa
Nazima Malik, Kaplan & Stratton, Kenya
Ivy Oisoba, Giwa Osagie, Nigeria
Dev Erriah, Erriah Chambers, Mauritius
Topic: Specificly focused on Nigeria, Mauritius and Kenya.
Listen to the latest developments from Nigerian energy analyst Sowunmi Olabode III, a consultant to the House of Representatives Committee on Gas, Senior Legislative Aide to the Senate President and founder of the online think tank, the Energy Hub.
How have SA and Nigerian ports fared over the Covid-19 lockdowns? What are some of the key export and import challenges for business currently? How are countries preparing for trading under African Continental Free Trade Area from early 2021? Join us to listen to our speakers to discuss these and other issues.
20 August 2020
Six rapidly growing and industrialising states in the south-west of Nigeria – Lagos, Ondo, Oyo, Osun, Ogun and Ekiti – have integrated their efforts to develop and attract investment to this commercial hub in Africa’s biggest market. The initiative is being driven by the Development Agenda for Western Nigeria (Dawn Commission). We spoke to the Commission’s DG Seye Oyeleye about the opportunities on offer for investors.
In collaboration with the Nigeria-South Africa Chamber of Commerce, Lagos
With Novare Equity Partners & Broll Property Group
Speakers: Hein du Plessis, Country Manager: Nigeria, Novare Equity Partners, Bolaji Edu, MD of Broll Nigeria and Gavin Cox, Group Director Africa (West Africa & Namibia)
Date: Thursday 16 July 2020
Speakers: Busisiwe Mavuso, CEO, Business Leadership South Africa; Osayaba Giwa-Osagie, Giwa-Osagie & Associates (Nigeria); Ije Jidenma, Leading Edge Consulting (Nigeria)
Date: Wednesday 24 June 2020
Remarks by: Foluso Phillips, Chairman, Nigeria SA Chamber of Commerce (Lagos) and Maxwell Pirikisi, President, SA-Nigeria Business Chamber (Johannesburg)
A joint Webinar with the Nigeria-South Africa Chamber of Commerce, Lagos
Speakers: A Conversation with the CEO of the Nigerian Economic Summit Group, Laoye Jaiyeola
Date: Wednesday 6 May 2020
Remarks by: SA-NBC CEO Dianna Games and JBS Senior Director, Prof Lyal White
In collaboration with the Johannesburg Business School
Thursday 5 March
Co-sponsored by Intertek and Shepstone & Wiley
Speakers:
- Ambassador Kabiru Bala, Nigeria High Commissioner to South Africa
- Dianna Games, CEO, SA-Nigeria Business Chamber
- Amish Shunker, Solutions Structuring Head, Standard Bank
- Francois Betrix, Manager, Export Development, Trade & Investment KwaZulu-Natal
- Thabiso Musa, Department of Trade & Industry, South Africa
- Desigan Govender, Sales & Marketing, Intertek
- Taryn Hunkin, Customs Expert, Shepstone & Wylie
Date: 13 November 2019
Venue: Radisson Blu Gautrain Hotel
Date: 3 December 2019
Co-sponsored by Minit Money, part of Centbee Wanderers Club, Illovo, Johannesburg
SA-NBC in association with Trade Invest Africa and DTI
Gallagher Estate, Midrand, October 3, 2019
Part of the State Visit by President Buhari, October 2019
Date: 19 September 2019
Sponsored by: Intertek
Speakers:
Tammy de Beer, Intertek
Arnold Mokoena, Absa
Ricky Pillay, ABC Kings
Date: 11 July
Venue: The Wanderers Club
DATE: Wednesday 27 February 2019
VENUE: Gordon Institute Of Business Science GIBS, 22 Melville Road, Illovo
SA-NBC MEMBER HIGHLIGHT
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James Walker South Africa
James Walker is a global manufacturing organisation that supplies a wide range of high-performance fluid sealing products and associated knowledge-based services to industry. Its activities include R & D, product application, manufacture and supply, plant monitoring and on-site maintenance. The company has 11 production, engineering, distribution and support sites in the UK, and a further 40 across the world. The site in South Africa draws on the expertise of the James Walker Group to create value-driven solutions in Southern Africa and Nigeria.
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