Casablanca, January 18, 2019 - Attijariwafa bank Group's Africa Development Club announces the opening of pre-registrations for the 6thedition of the International Africa Development Forum, scheduled for Thursday, March 14 and Friday, March 15, 2019 at Hyatt Regency Hotel in Casablanca. In the light of economic developments and growth challenges on the continent, this edition tackles the issue of regional integration or "When the East meets the West" in the presence of leading political and economic players at the major African regionsscale. Considered as the reference platform for dialogue and business in favor of South-South and North-South-South Cooperation, the Forum is expected to host more than 1,500 business leaders and decision makers from over 20 African and partner countries to identify concrete levers for development, generate partnerships and trade flows through BtoBareas and the Investment Market. The Forum thus offers policy makers and investors on the continent the opportunity to participate in: • An exclusive program of top-level thematic workshops, • BtoB and BtoG meetings, • The Investment Market, which honors several African countries each year. Driven by reference Attijariwafa bank group’s shareholder, the pan-African investment fund AL MADA, the Forum has brought together, more than 7,500 operators from 36 countries,since its creation, with more than 17,000 BtoB meetings.