Feedback on WIEF Information Evening

On the 28^th January the MPN hosted an information evening on the World Islamic Economic Forum (WIEF), sponsored by ABSA Islamic Banking.  - Zubair Habib

Tan Sri Ahmad Fuzi Bin Haji Abdul Razak, Secretary General of the WIEF Foundation; Mr Kennedy Jawan, Malaysian High Commisioner to South Africa; as well as South African representatives Ebrahim Patel, from the Minara Chamber of Commerce and the MPN’s own Zaid Mahomedy, presented an overview of the forum, its history and its aspirations.

South Africa has always been well represented at the forum since its inception, thanks to the efforts of Br Ebrahim Patel.  Further, a South African was also the first recipient of a scholarship established through the WIEF Young Leaders Network by CIMB Bank, having his MBA at Cambridge fully funded, followed by a placement at their offices in Malaysia.

Any South Africans interested in attending the 6th WIEF which takes place from 18 – 20 May in Kuala Lumpur can contact:

Zaid Mahomedy

ZaidMahomedy@gmail.com

Further information on the Forum is available on www.wief.org.my

The World Islamic Economic Forum is a global conference that acts as an international business platform where the business sectors of the Muslim world meet for business opportunities and together with the government leaders, act as a hub where policy proposals on economic development can be formulated.

The 6^th WIEF, purportedly one of the most important business forums in 2010, is expected to bring together around 2000 participants comprising world leaders, investors, fund managers, entrepreneurs, bankers and other stakeholders of the business community in a single meeting place. With the theme ‘Gearing for Economic Resurgence’, the 6^th WIEF seeks to capture the world’s post crisis mode for change and economic revival.

With a modest beginning as the OIC Business Forum on the side of the 10^th OIC Summit in 2003, the World Islamic Economic Forum has grown into a world class business forum, attracting a huge number of participants from the government and business communities worldwide. The change also brought about its complete independence from the OIC, answerable only to the WIEF Foundation, with an International Advisory Panel consisting of international personalities from the business sector and international organisations.

The WIEF Foundation, a not-for-profit organisation based in Kuala Lumpur, organises the annual World Islamic Economic Forum, a world-class business platform showcasing business opportunities in the Muslim world, and to run programmes of the various initiatives of the Foundation that strengthens people partnership and knowledge exchange between Muslim and non-Muslim communities across the globe. The Foundation aims to tackle problems in the Muslim world strictly from a business perspective, and to build bridges through business between the West and the Muslim world.