The document summarizes the Eastern and Southern Africa Doing Business Initiative (EDBI), which facilitates knowledge sharing and investment climate reforms in the region. It discusses the purpose of EDBI in improving investment flows, lists the Steering Committee members, and outlines the timeline and locations of past conferences from 2010-2014. Partnerships with organizations like the World Bank and regional governments are highlighted. The document invites hosts for the 2015-2016 conferences and concludes by emphasizing commitments to reform actions plans and implementations.

1. MR JOEY MATHEKGA
CHAIRPERSON: EDBI STEERING COMMITTEE

2. Focus of Presentation
• Purpose of EDBI
• Achieving the Purpose
• What EDBI helps facilitate
• SteerCom Members
• EDBI Timeline
• Partnerships
• Attendance and Themes
• INVITATION to the new hosts
• Invitation to hosts of the next two conferences
• Conclusion

3. PurposeoftheEDBI inEastandSouthernAfrica
• To facilitate sharing of knowledge and experience on
investment climate reforms in Eastern and Southern Africa;
and
• improve the investment climate and increase the region’s
share of investment flows and export markets, in line with
the stated regional economic integration objectives of the
involved Regional Economic Communities and Member States.

4. What EDBI helps facilitate
• Best Practice Showcase Opportunity under one roof
• Encouraging political buy-in
• Follow through of committed reform agenda (reform clinics)
• Monitoring and Evaluation of reforms is key to the initiative
• Initiative steered by an executive committee, private sector
represented, with Terms of Reference

5. SteerCom Members
• Mr Joey Mathekga – South Africa
• Mr Boniface Mphetlhe - Botswana
• Mr Gobusamang Keebine – Botswana
• Ms Khoudijah Boodoo - Mauritius
• Ms Louise Kanyonga – Rwanda
Additional Members:
• Mr Lungile Dukwana
• Dr Catherine Masinde,
• Mr Chunlin Zhang
• Ms Obi Ihonor

6. Timeline of EDBI
• Started in:-
• Mauritius (Jan 2010) -Peer to Peer Learning Event
• Rwanda (March 2011) -Peer to Peer Learning Event
• Botswana (2012) -Peer to Peer Learning Event
• South Africa (April 2013) -ANNUAL CONFERENCE
• Mozambique (June 2014) -ANNUAL CONFERENCE
• M and E Reports are available for the first three conferences
for ease of reference
• M and E Reports are used in tracking progress of reforms as
will have been committed during this meetings

7. Partnershipshelp deliverreforms
• Government of Mauritius and World Bank Group
• Government of Rwanda, World Bank, Regional Multidisciplinary
Center of Excellence (RMCE)
• Government of Botswana , World Bank Group, RMCE.
• Government of South Africa, World Bank Group, JSE
• Government of Mozambique,

8. Prime Minister of Mauritius Officially opens Mauritius event
Source: IFC Smart Lesson April 2010
Ms Ruth Kagia and dignitaries-
Botswana

10. Attendance and Themes: Conferences
Country Botswana 2012 South Africa 2013 Mozambique 2014
No. of
Countries
14 Countries 14 Countries 22 Countries
No. of
Delegates
144 Delegates 180 Delegates 200 Delegates
Themes “Sharing Reform
Experiences”
“Doing Business
Reforms – Our
Priority”
“Sharing Business
Regulation Reforms and
Regional Experiences”

11. Invitation
• Expressions of Interest for hosting of the 2015 EDBI Conference
• Expression of Interest for hosting of the 2016 EDBI Conference
__________
• Commitment to Reforms
• Submission of reform action plans and
• Successful implementation of at least two reforms (as counted by
the annual Doing Business report) per year

12. Conclusion
• Take back one learning from each country represented here
• The high level representation here, is an indication of
commitment
• Remember, EDBI is also about networking, showcasing your
country and making new friends
It does not matter how slowly you go, as long as you do not stop. - Confucius

13. Thank you!

14. Sources
• EDBI Concept Note, “Improving the Environment for Doing Business in
Eastern and Southern Africa”, August 29, 2012
• Obiajulu Ihonor, Monitoring and Evaluation Report, 2013