Cape Town – The European House – Ambrosetti is organizing the first “South Africa – Italy Summit,” to be held October 2-3 at the Belmond Mount Nelson Hotel in Cape Town. The event is sponsored by the Embassy of Italy in South Africa, the South African Embassy in Italy and Expo 2015. The summit will bring together the most important Italian and South African business leaders, economists and government officials to discuss strategic opportunities in the two countries and help strengthen a partnership that can provide benefits to both economies, in addition to being a valuable platform to enter and expand cooperation in the African continent. South Africa, with a GDP of nearly € 300 billion, is the first economy of the area. The end goal of the Summit is to foster investment and trade in both directions. (9Colonne)