Paul Walsh
CEO, DiageoHE Paul Boateng
British High Commissioner to South AfricaStuart Fletcher
President, Diageo InternationalThaninga Shope-Linney
General Manager, Communications and Marketing, New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD)Dr Mohamed Ibrahim
CEO, CeltelHE Christopher Kolade
Nigerian High Commmissioner to UKAlhaji Bamanga Tukur
Executive President, African Business RoundtablePeter Woicke
Former Executive President, International Finance CorporationSue Adkins
Director, Business in the CommunityAnver Versi
Editor, African Business (IC Publications)Dr Mohamed Ibrahim
"Many companies have been shy about going in to Africa. They have a number of concerns about rule of law, conflicts, and corruption. Yes, Africa has its share of these problems, but the problems have been exaggerated by the simple mechanism that what makes the news is bad news. So usually what the western viewer sees on the TV or reads in the newspaper is about the problems in Rwanda, the problems in Zimbabwe etc. But there are 56 African countries. This slanted coverage affects people's view about Africa."