Frequently Asked Questions

To register, visit the AfriChat website and complete the online registration form. AfriChat accepts all major credit cards: Visa, MasterCard, Verve etc.

The fees vary based on when you are registering for the conference (we have discounts for early registration and penalties for late and on-site registration). Please visit the registration page for deadlines, rates, and other registration information.

We accept payment online with Visa, MasterCard or Verve.

Once your registration is finalized, you will receive a confirmation email indicating that you are officially registered and shows what your name tag information will look like. You will receive an Official Receipt, via email again, as proof of payment. In addition, your name will appear in the list of registered attendees.

The registration fee includes access to all plenary sessions and panel discussion. When you check-in at the registration desk, you will receive a delegate bag, which includes copies of the conference program, your name tag, stationeries and other relevant information.

The registration fee covers access to coffee/tea break, and a buffet lunch or dinner, during the two full days of the conference.

If you will need assistance in booking for a hotel, you will have to indicate while registering for the conference. We will strive to work with select hotels to get a good rate for you.

AfriChat will provide letters of invitation upon request to registrants only when participants have fully registered for the conference. The invitation letter will not replace other visa requirements from the Chinese government.

Not necessarily. However, we encourage potential participants to sign on to AfriChat using an email and password prior to registering for the Conference. This will enable you to receive critical information on the Conference and other information relating to Africa-China Trade relations.

AfriChat does not offer any daily rates. Any member wishing to participate in any part of the conference is required to register for the two days the conference will take place.

By the nature of the conference, cancellation in any guise will place AfriChat at a difficult situation since all arrangements would have been concluded months before the date of the Conference. Specifically, in consideration of the size of the Conference, we make many of our arrangements well in advance and therefore cancellations come with a cost to AfriChat. Consequently, cancellations will not be honored.

If participants are unable to attend for any reason, they should should communicate to the registration desk via e-mail at register@dev.obact.in.

Plenary sessions are usually lectures or speeches designed to appeal to all conference attendees.

A certificate of attendance will be issued to attendees at the venue but can also be made available upon request by emailing registration@dev.obact.in at the end of the conference in the event it was not picked up at the conference venue.

AfriChat will not be able to assist with travel or registration costs. However, this might be possible from our partners and conference sponsors.

Once confirmed, a full conference schedule including keynotes, plenary sessions and panel discussions, will be posted on the conference website.

Exhibitor spaces are only reserved for our partners and sponsors. Email partners@dev.obact.in for more information

Sponsorship opportunities are limited, so act today. Sponsorships are processed in January through August 2021 for the October conference. To become a sponsor and for more information, please contact partners@dev.obact.in.

Yes, please contact enquiries@dev.obact.in to make arrangements.

The full participant list will be sent to registered members of the conference, our partners and sponsors.

This FAQ only covers answers to questions that we receive frequently. If you have a question that still has not been answered, please contact our Registration department at registration@dev.obact.in or by phone +234 (0) 909 777 7214 CAT, and we will be happy to help out.