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(ii) department has already held a fruitful meeting with the company Management while a proposal from the company is still being awaited. - Delta Global a Brazilian company with technology for the provision of cheap houses is scheduled to visit Nigeria. The Department is making all arrangements to ensure their visit is fruitful. CZECH BUSINESS DELEGATION The Commission in collaboration with the Czech Embassy in Nigeria, received and facilitated the visit of a Czech business delegation to Nigeria. The sectors focused on during the visit include telecommunication and ICT, Manufacturing, Agric, Ago-allied and oil and gas. • AFRICAN PETROLEUM ENERGY AND MINING CONFERENCE The Commission in collaboration with Foreign Investment Network (FIN) organized the 2nd African Petroleum, Energy and Mining Forum in Beijing, China which was a continental forum to attract inflow of investors into African Continent. The event was a Two day Forum from 3rd - 4th April 2006. The Commission provided all the Logistics by sending the invitation letters to all interested participants across the country where tremendous responses were recorded. The event which had well over 44 Nigerian participants also drew participation from several other African countries such as South Africa, Namibia, Mauritius, Kenya, Tanzania and Swaziland. Other agencies represented at the event were the Federal Ministry of Petroleum Resources, PPMC, NNPC, PPRA and NEPZA. The event which held alongside the 6th China International Petroleum & Petrochemical Exhibition (CIPPE) which is the biggest Chinese annual Oil & Gas exhibition for Technological know-how. was witnessed by unprecedented and remarkable gathering that is vast in Oil & Gas from both China and the African continent. The following papers were presented at the forum: The Reliable Banking Destination for Foreign Direct Investment Funds by the Managing Director/CEO GTBank. Nigerian Investment Climate and Opportunities presented by the Executive Secretary/CEO NIPC, ably represented by Stephen Amase. Investment Potentials of Cassava- The Miracle Crop presented by Special Assistant to the Hon. Minister of Commerce. 83

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