OREANDA-NEWS. May 13, 2011. Renaissance Capital, the leading emerging markets investment bank, will host its 2nd Annual Pan-Africa Investor Conference in Lagos, Nigeria, from 18-20 May; bringing together more than 200 institutional investors, corporate executives and senior government officials for three days of one-to-one meetings and lively debate.

The conference will focus on introducing local African and international investors to listed and pre-IPO companies across the continent. Investors will have the opportunity to meet senior management in a one-to-one environment, with one day focused specifically on opportunities in the oil and gas and power sectors. 

The main event will be opened by His Excellency former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Honourable Minister of Finance Olusegun Aganga, Central Bank of Nigeria Governor Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, and Renaissance Capital CEO Stephen Jennings. More than 800 one-to-one meetings will take place between African companies seeking capital and prospective investors.

Renaissance Capital senior management from around the world will attend the event, including Stephen Jennings; Clifford Sacks, Africa CEO; Rotimi Oyekanmi, CEO of West Africa and Renaissance Capital in Nigeria; Hasnen Varawalla, Head of New Markets Investment Banking; and Charles Robertson, Global Chief Economist. Other prominent Nigerian attendees will include Mustapha Chike-Obi, CEO of Asset Management Company of Nigeria (AMCON); Arunmah Oteh, Director General of Nigeria’s Securities and Exchange Commission; and Oscar Onyema, Director General of the Nigerian Stock Exchange.

This year’s Pan-Africa Investor Conference follows the release, on 9 May, of Renaissance Capital’s latest report on Nigerian banking, in which the Firm’s banks research team reinitiates coverage of nine Nigerian banks. The report paints a positive picture of Nigeria’s macroeconomic prospects and the country’s financial services sector, following the conclusion of elections in April.