Great Lakes Investment and Trade Conference (GLITC)
‘Cross-border Corridors’
Kigali Convention Centre, RwandaKigali Convention Centre, Rwanda 18th - 20th March, 2020
Since the inaugural Private Sector Investment Conference (PSIC) which took place in Kinshasa,Since the inaugural Private Sector Investment Conference (PSIC) which took place in Kinshasa,Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) ON 24-25th February, 2016, plans have been underwayto convene a successor investment conference whose ultimate goal is to promote the variousinvestment opportunities in the Great Lakes Region that were presented at the first conference.The projects identified at that time from the region have now been subjected to both economicand financial analyses for their viability and bankability and most of these are now ready forpresentation to potential investors. This is the genesis of the forthcoming Great Lakes Investmentand Trade Conference (GLITC). Subsequently, the Office of the UN Special Envoy for the GreatLakes region (O/SESG), the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) and theGovernment of the Republic of Rwanda are organizing the second GLITC that shall take place inKigali, Rwanda, from 18th to 20th November, 2019.