INTRODUCTION TO THE CONVENTION

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1 Place: Shanghai, China Date: June 7th - 9 th /10 th, 2016 Website1: Website2: INTRODUCTION TO THE CONVENTION China-Africa SMEs Convention is a business event that will gather more than 3,000 Chinese and African companies in Shanghai, China from June 7 th - 9 th /10 th, The event is co-organized by Reliconn and Global Alliance of SMEs with the help of ZXEVENTS and supported by the Commission for Trade and Industry of the African Union and the Shanghai City Government. The convention is a platform for African SMEs to trade and partner with Chinese SMEs, to learn from the experience of their Chinese counterparts, and to find opportunities for investment from Chinese and African investors. During the event, African and Chinese SMEs will meet face-to-face to establish long term trade and business relationships which will lead to technology transfer. African SMEs will also learn from the experience of Chinese SMEs through company visits and sharing. A similar image of how the face-to-face meeting will look like between Chinese and African SMEs is below: Source:

2 There will also be training sessions from remarkable Chinese professors and business leaders in order for African SMEs to learn about the available Chinese manufacturing technologies and also about how China grew economically. African embassies in China will also have the opportunity to promote their home countries to potential Chinese investors during the convention. Countries promotion will be done through an exhibition stand that will look like in the image below: Source: Reliconn SMEs are widely known for their importance in contributing to economic growth and development across regions. In China for instance, according to a 2014 report by WTO, SMEs contribute up to 60% of China s GDP. Unfortunately, the SMEs in Africa lack the tools and technology to play this role for Africa s economy. That s why we are holding this event called China-Africa SMEs Convention for African SMEs to trade, partner, and learn from the experience of Chinese SMEs to become the engine of Africa s economy.

3 Mr.Cebastien Tankoano (right), Founder of Reliconn, met with Mr.Kofi Annan during the China s SMEs Global Development Forum in Ningbo, China. INTRODUCTION TO GLOBAL ALLIANCE OF SMEs The Global Alliance of SMEs (GASME) is a non-profit multinational NGO, founded by the US-China Exchange Association (USCEA) with more than one hundred prominent trade organizations from the G20 countries. Headquartered in New Jersey, USA, GASME also has its offices in Shanghai, Washington D.C., Paris and Lima. In 2012, GASME was granted Consultative Status with Unite Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO). Mission Create an internationally bilateral/multilateral exchange platform for the SMEs worldwide; Enable mutually beneficial collaborations among the SMEs worldwide;

4 Promote healthy and sustainable development of the SMEs worldwide. The Leadership Carlos Magariños, former UNIDO Director-General, serves as GASME s Global Chairman, the Senior Vice Chairmen include: Raul Diez Canseco Terry, former Vice President of Peru, Carl Dieter Spranger, former Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development of Germany, Suresh Prabhu, former Minister of Industry of India, Patricia Espinosa, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Mexico, and Ronald Bew, former Associate Deputy Administrator of U.S. SBA. Partnership GASME has over 100 trade organization partners from the G20 countries; and maintains partnership with over 50 state governments and 100 municipal governments, as well as many well-known finance institutions, such as Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, JP Morgan, NASDAQ, Citibank, HSBC, and some leading universities, such as Harvard University, Columbia University, Peking University, The Wharton School of Business of University of Pennsylvania, and The United States Military Academy at West Point, among others. INTRODUCTION TO RELICONN Reliconn is a consulting service provided by OSSPAGE COMPANY LIMITED that is registered in Shanghai and in Hong Kong with a combined registered capital of 10 million Chinese Yuan. OSSPAGE COMPANY LIMITED is involved in both trading and consulting. The trading service is known as OssPage.com and the consulting service is known as Reliconn. The Hong Kong company was registered in 2011 and the Shanghai company in OSSPAGE COMPANY LIMITED currently has offices in Shanghai, Hong Kong, Guangzhou, and Burkina Faso. In trading, we have customers in Burkina Faso, South Africa, China, Cameroon, Algeria, Tunisia, Guinea Conakry, Togo, Cote D Ivoire, and Nigeria. OSSPAGE COMPANY LIMITED has established the consulting service (Reliconn) this year with the purpose of helping Africa grow a solid SMEs sector. Through this consulting service, African SMEs can establish long term trade and business relationships with their Chinese counterparts, they can learn from the experience of Chinese SMEs and benefit from technology transfer. Reliconn works mostly by organizing and promoting business matchmaking events called SMEs Convention. For the first time Reliconn has

5 initiated the China-Africa SMEs Convention and is co-organizing it with Global Alliance of SMEs in Shanghai from June 7 th - 9 th /10 th, WHY PARTICIPATE Participating in this event will help you: Meet up to 20 potential business partners and be able to access the database of all participants starting from the first day of the event. Establish long term business relationships with your partners Enlarge your business network in Africa and in China Learn from the experience of Chinese SMEs as an African SME and benefit from technology transfer Increasing your local presence in Africa as a Chinese SME Find potential investors as an African SME and get inspired by Chinese trainers Get a regular and continuous assistance from Reliconn anytime after the event in your business relationships with your partners.

6 HOW THIS EVENT WILL BE LIKE The one-on-one meetings will be like in the image below and are scheduled to be held on the second day of the event: Source: ushccgallery.com During the one-on-one meetings, you can meet with buyers, suppliers, investors, agents, distributors, and other long term partners. The one-on-one meetings will last for 10 hours during that second day of the event. An opening ceremony and a welcome cocktail will be held on the first day of the event. During the opening ceremony, government leaders from China and Africa will join us to encourage the SMEs in their efforts to cooperate. The opening ceremony will look like in the image below:

7 Source: GASME and Reliconn Also, we ll guide and teach the participants about how the event will be held to help them be clear about its progress during the opening ceremony. After the guidelines on how the event will be held, professors and business leaders from China will hold presentations about the available Chinese manufacturing technologies and also about how China grew economically. The welcome cocktail mentioned above will look like in the image below: Source: l3iacc.org African countries promotion by their embassies will be done in exhibition stands as mentioned above and will start from the first day of the event to end on the second day of

8 the events. We ll design the stands for each country based on its uniqueness and needs. Each country will have the chance to make itself known and be able to attract potential investors and business tourists. The last and third day of the event will be marked by company visits, sharing of experience, and a closing ceremony. During that day, African SMEs will visit the physical operations of Chinese companies and have conversations and discussions with these Chinese companies leaders to have a better understanding of how their companies operate. The aim of the company visits is to help African SMEs get inspired and learn from the experience of Chinese SMEs. A similar company s visit image is below: Source: dfelevator.com CONTEXT OF THE EVENT Although it s facing many challenges, Sub-Saharan Africa is expected to grow at a rate of 4.5% in 2015and 5% in 2016 (Africa Economic Outlook, May 2015). Africa s economic growth is driven by investment and trade in natural resources, investment in infrastructure, and a strong household spending according to the World s Bank Africa s Pulse. In foreign investment and trade,africa is dealing with divers partners among which China is its largest trade partner. China became Africa s largest trade partner in 2009 (OECD, 2011) and bilateral trade between China and Africa reached US$210 billion in 2013 (AfDB, 2013). Goods that are traded between China and Africa, according to The

9 Economist in its March 23rd 2013 article titled More than minerals,include: Oil and non-oil mineral (about 80% of Africa s exports to China) and machinery (about 29% of China s exports to Africa). See chart below: (Source: The Economist, 2013) Other reports mentioned that China s imports from Africa are dominated by minerals and agricultural products, and that Africa s imports from China are dominated by machinery, food products, textiles, and manufactured products. Given that trade between China and Africa has been growing exponentially and that Africa s economy has been growing steadily during the last decade as, creating an environment for African and Chinese SMEs to cooperate will help African SMEs get the tools they need to create job and sustain economic development in Africa. USEFUL INFORMATION The Venue of the event The event will be held at Shanghai International Sourcing Center. Please click on google map or baidu map for satellite localization.

10 The address is: 3F, Tower 3, No. 235, East Yunling Road, Putuo District, Shanghai The Telephone number of the venue is: Hotels location We are partnering with the following hotels for the participants to stay at: A. City Hotel Shanghai Address: 5-7 ShaanXi Road South, Shanghai, China Telephone: B. Brightel All Suites Shanghai Address: No 288 North Shaanxi Road, Shanghai, China Telephone: C. JinJiang Hotels Address: 400 ZhangHe Road, Shanghai, China Telephone: Transportation The transportation from the airport to the hotels is handled by Reliconn. During the event, we take in charge the transportation from the hotels to the exhibition center and vice-versa. The transportation for company visits and official sightseeing is handled by us as well. Schedule of the event This event will be held over 3~4 days depending on the package from June 7th 9 th /10 th, The arrival day of the participants is on June 6th, Details are below:

11 A. June 6th, 2016: Arrival of the participants and occupation of hotels. B. June 7th, 2016: Opening ceremony, welcome cocktail, presentation on China manufacturing technologies and Chinese economic growth, and exhibition for African countries through their embassies. C. June 8th, 2016: Partnerships day (individual face-to-face meetings with potential partners and investors) and exhibition for African countries through their embassies. D. June 9th, 2016: Company visits and sharing of experience E. June 10th, 2016: Visit Yiwu City and meet more partners ( Only for those who choose the first package). REMARK: At the end of the Convention, we ll have a tourism and shopping day for participants that would like to. During that day, Reliconn and its partners will take the participants for sightseeing and shopping in Shanghai and other famous cities in China. The expenses the sightseeing and shopping will generate will be borne by the participants. FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT OR CONTACT US AT : No.638 Hengfeng Road, Shanghai, China Telephone: FAX: info@reliconn.com