It is with great privilege and pleasure that i welcome you our dear participants, guest speakers and panelists from all over the world, to the 3^rd Edition of the annual M&A Summit Africa conference, 2021and the second of our editions to be conducted virtually due to the COVID-19.

This year’s annual conference will among others give you new strategies and tips on how to setup their organizations for inorganic growth, show you the role of a divestiture in organizational recovery during and after Covid-19, and how private equity and strategic acquirers are competing for deal flow in Africa.