Leveraging Innovation to address global challenges – GIL 2011: Africa

June 23, 2011 - PRLog -- CAPE TOWN – 24 June, 2011 – In the modern global marketplace many businesses feel the pressure of having to adapt to a constantly shifting environment. In this climate, the companies that are most successful are those that are able to develop innovative products or solutions that meet the pressing challenges facing not only them, but their customers and society at large.

Frost & Sullivan believes that a new product or solution is only truly innovative if it meets two criteria: firstly, it must addresses an unmet need and secondly it must not merely be an existing solution with a different application.

Leveraging innovation to address global challenges will be one of the key discussion points at GIL 2011: Africa, Frost & Sullivan's inaugural Growth, Innovation and Leadership event in Africa. As a high-level congress aimed at CEOs and their senior management teams, GIL 2011: Africa will help businesses to identify areas on the continent ripe for innovation.

"We will examine the dynamics of growth and various tools and processes companies can use to grow their business," says Frost & Sullivan Chairman David Frigstad, who will deliver the keynote address at the event. "We will develop relationships and participate in discussions focused on rethinking and strengthening companies' growth strategies. We will uncover new opportunities for growth through identifying unmet needs and the innovations required to respond to a changing world."

GIL 2011: Africa will take place on 25 August at the Westin Grand in Cape Town, South Africa. For more information on joining this unique global community, or to enquire about speaker, sponsorship and media partnership opportunities for GIL 2011: Africa, please e-mail Mani James, at mani.james@frost.com.

Visit http://www.gil-global.com/africa for more information on Frost & Sullivan's Global Community of Growth, Innovation and Leadership.

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