Roundtable

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On 27th March, 2019, DMA was proud to welcome HE Vincent Meriton, Vice President of Seychelles, to the offices of Clyde & Co. for a roundtable focusing on the Blue Economy of the Seychelles. He was joined by the Kenneth Racombo, Seychelles’ Principal Secretary for Blue Economy and Rebecca Loustau-Lalanne, Principal Secretary to the Vice President.

On 25 May, DMA was delighted to co-host a UK-Nigeria Osun State Investment Roundtable, with legal firm Brown Rudnick. The senior delegation was led by  Mr Bola Oyebamiji, who represented HE Ogbenu Rauf Adesoji Aregbesola, Governor of Osun State.

On Monday 30th November 2015, over 40 delegates attended DMA's UK-Georgia Investment Roundtable at Lancaster House in London.

The Ocean Economy – sometimes referred to as the Blue Economy – is becoming a topic of increasing importance, not only for the small island developing states themselves but also for the world as a whole, and is one of the key action points of the Sustainable Development Goals, the successor programme to the Millennium Developm

On 17th March DMA hosted the Hon Kerfalla Yansane, Minister of Mines for Guinea, at a lunch discussion in Parliament. Chaired by former Minister of Africa Henry Bellingham MP, the meeting enabled the Minister to update mining executives on the current situation in Guinea and in turn to hear a number of ideas as to what Guinea and others should now be doing to revitalise the country’s economy after the devastation wrought by the Ebola crisis.

On 18th February DMA was privileged to host a small round table meeting at the Reform Club for an incoming delegation from Myanmar led by the Deputy Governor of the Central Bank, U Sett Aung, and U Aung Naing Oo, Secretary of MIC, Myanmar’s Investment Promotion Agency (the body which approves FDI) and Director of DICA which is the Burmese equivalent of Companies House.

On January 21st, at the Reform Club, London, Developing Markets Associates (DMA) in association with the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) and the Government of the Republic of Angola hosted the Angola Energy & Water Investment Round Table.

Developing Markets Associates (DMA) hosted the UK-Tanzania Agriculture Investment Roundtable, in London, on 21st October, 2013, in association with the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO).

Developing Markets Associates (DMA) hosted the Government of Cameroon for the UK-Cameroon Business Meeting, held at the London Waldorf Hilton on  3rd September 2013. HE Pierre Moukoko Mbonjo, Minister of External Affairs, led the government delegation, which also included HE Basile Atangana Kouna, Minister of Energy and Water Resources, HE Emmanuel Nganou Djoumessi, Minister of Economy and Planning.