Africa accounts for a mere 1% of global manufacturing and is losing ground in labour-intensive industries. How can the continent bolster the productivity and competitiveness of its manufacturing sector?

• Olusegun Aganga, Minister of Trade and Investment of Nigeria
• Sachen Chandaria, Executive Director, Orbit Chemical Industries Ltd, Kenya
• Rob Davies, Minister of Trade and Industry of South Africa
• William V. Hickey, President and Chief Executive Officer, Sealed Air, USA
• Leslie W. Maasdorp, President, Southern Africa, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, South Africa; Young Global Leader; Global Agenda Council on Africa

Moderated by

• Vittorio Massone, Managing Director, sub-Saharan Africa, Bain & Company South Africa, South Africa