Scion Real

Events

Upcoming Events:

The African Economic Lion
World Pension Forum
Johannesburg and Cape Town, South Africa
May 6-12, 2012
Scion Real will be represented at the upcoming World Pension Forum’s upcoming conference. The World Pension Forum organized the first post-apartheid conference in South Africa with President Nelson Mandela and Bishop Desmond Tutu, and is returning to a country that continues to be a story of uncommon inspiration. Come see the new Africa with its wealth of promise and opportunity. A special delegation will proceed to Kenya after the forum.

Scion Real participated in:

Building Africa: Opportunities and Challenges
Cornell Program in Real Estate
Ithaca. New York, USA
February 16, 2012
On February 16, 2012, Dr. Laila Macharia, CEO of Scion Real, will be a distinguished speaker at the Cornell Program in Real Estate where she will be speaking on the special opportunities and challenges of real estate investing in Africa. She will share her experience as a Cornell alumnus who started property investing in New Jersey before becoming a developer in East Africa. Learn more about the CPRE here. http://realestate.cornell.edu/index.php

Africa: The New Economic Lion?
World Pension Forum
February 6-8, 2012
Viceroy Hotel, Miami, Florida, USA
Laila Macharia, Chief Executive of Scion Real, spoke at the World Pension Forum on investment opportunities in Africa. This was the first stop on a speaking circuit to promote her upcoming book The Future of Africa. "Africa is on the cusp of a sustained economic boom" said Macharia. "This book helps both regional and international investors navigate the opportunities presented by this great continent."

Capacity-building Workshop on Housing Development
FMO/Shelter Afrique
24-25 January 2012
East African All Suites Hotel, Arusha, Tanzania
Teckla Muhoro, the Program Manager for the Urban Development Institute, an affiliate of Scion Real, was a speaker at the Capacity-building Workshop on Housing Development sponsored by Shelter Afrique and FMO Netherlands. At the workshop, Ms. Muhoro shared UDI’s work to make property market data more available and relevant including the Kenya National Housing Survey. Learn more here. http://www.housing.go.ke/survey/?page_id=2

29th Annual Cornell Real Estate Conference
The Wide World of Real Estate
October 13-14, 2011
JPMorganChase Conference Center
New York

Diaspora Investment Conference
October 7-9, 2011
Marriott Wardman Park
Washington DC

It’s Time for Africa
Africa Leadership Initiative
Entebbe, Uganda
18 March 2011

It’s Time for Africa
MIPIM 2011 Conference
Cannes, France
8 March 2011

Construction in Africa
Opportunities and Challenges
Tripartite COMESA-EAC-SADC Tripartite Summit
Nairobi, Kenya
25 October 2010

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Laila Macharia of Scion Real was a speaker at the
Knowledge@Wharton conference on real estate.

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