Ports and Rail delegates will join for the first half of the day and separate after afternoon refreshments to discuss more issues specific to their respective industries.

Remigius Makumbe
Director of Infrastructure and Services
SADC Secretariat, Botswana

• The fundamentals of the South African National Freight
  Logistics Strategy
• The role of railways and ports in the achievement of this strategy
• Implications of the National Freight Logistics Strategy for Africa

Ministerial address

• Meeting customer needs and reducing the costs of logistics
• Restoring operational efficiency to drive down export costs
• Fostering relationships with all logistics stakeholders in Africa
• Future development plans for South Africa’s railway and ports sectors

Siyabonga Gama
Chief Executive
Spoornet, South Africa

• Increasing capacity and service levels in the railways sector
• Enhancing asset utilisation to improve productivity and efficiency
• Prioritising increased levels of safety

Shulami Qalinge
General Manager: National Operations Centre
Spoornet, South Africa

• SDI for sustainable infrastructure provision and economic development
• Potential SDI’s for Africa’s economic development and poverty reduction
• Selected high potential SDI’s for development and implementation
• The way forward with the NEPAD SDI Programme

Godwin Punungwe
Transport Infrastructure Advisor
NEPAD Secretariat, South Africa

• Maintaining a safe and secure supply chain between the various modes of transport
• Assessing opportunities for development and the potential for change
• Strategies to increase integration and cooperation

Godwin Punungwe
Transport Infrastructure Advisor
NEPAD Secretariat, South Africa

Godfrey M. Onyango
Executive Secretary
Northern Corridor Transit Transport Co-ordination Authority, Kenya

Maxwell Mlenga
Programme Co-ordinator
Southern African Railways Association, Zimbabwe

• Private sector role in refurbishing Africa’s transport infrastructure
• Trends in supply chain management in Africa: how customers view logistics
• Reliability of services and cost issues: the customer perspective
• Future requirements and customer demands: expectations for the future

Dr Hubert Joynt
Managing Director
Real Plan, South Africa

Wayne Bateman
Transport and Logistics Policy Executive
South African Chamber of Business, South Africa

Elize Howell
Legal Advisor
Sheltam, South Africa

•     Discussing the privatisation process: its competencies and flaws
• Transparency concerns in privatisation and concessioning deals
• Fostering good relationships between the involved public and private parties

Sebby Kankondi
Managing Director
Namport, Namibia

Arif Mohiuddin
Senior Consultant
CPCS TransCom, Canada

• The overall master plan in terms of road, maritime, air, public transport and the Gautrain
• Progress thus far on the Master plan
• How business can contribute to the overall Master Plan through participation
• Time frames for intended deadlines

Wayne Bateman
Transport and Logistics Policy Executive
South African Chamber of Business, South Africa

• Reviewing the state of Africa’s ports industry
• Evaluating privatisation and concessioning as an option to develop Africa’s ports
• Port’s role in the continent’s import and export market
• Identifying strategies to achieve efficient and effective ports to appeal to international markets
• Developing global standard infrastructure and skills management techniques

Mervin Chetty
Chief Executive Officer
South African Port Operations, South Africa

• Efficient and effective means for the movement of goods
• Reviewing operational performance indicators
• Assessing performance in asset utilisation
• Achieving quality service in the shortest possible timE

Jason Rugaihuruza
Port Manager
Dar-es-Salaam Port, Tanzania

• The BOT (Built-operate and transfer) experience in ports in Egypt and its history
• The development of phase 1 of Sokhna Port
• The concept of integrated management
• Expanding the port business from commercial to industrial and generating port cargo business
• Achieving foreign direct investment of approximately $ 500 million due to the attraction of various industries to the port
• New projects for Phase 2 port expansion

Dr Ismail Mobarak
Senior Advisor to President and Chief Executive Officer
Sokhna Port Development Company, Egypt

•     Legislation governing owning and operating ports
• The role of custom tax and cargo dues
• Performance, price and investment regulations
• Safety and quality regulations according to international, national and regional expectations
• The effect of the quality of regulatory and institutional environments on port efficiency

Erick Ogola
Partner
Cootow & Associates, Advocates

•     Creating a favourable investment environment
• When to project finance
• Formulating effective risk mitigation strategies
• Providing insurance to investors to reduce non-commercial risks
• Financing special infrastructure requirements for African port

Charles Marais
Partner: Project Finance
Bridge Capital Group, South Africa

•     Reviewing alternative investments as an option to raise finance
• Financing the required infrastructure and equipment to run efficient ports
• What to consider before raising financing for a port project

Dr Ismail Mobarak
Senior Advisor to President and Chief Executive Officer
Sokhna Port Development Company, Egypt

Douglas Shuster
Manager for Business Development: Sub-Saharan Africa
US Trade and Development Agency, South Africa

• Evaluating transaction costs in goods and services crossing
  borders
• Favourable environments in which trade transactions take place
• Reviewing and facilitating cross-border agreements

Godfrey Matata Onyango
Executive Secretary
Transit Transport Co-ordination Authority, Kenya

•     Discussing the importance of borderless trade and an integrated economy to compete in the global village
• The importance of intermodalism to ports
• How Africa’s ports can work together to create an efficient and effective port industry in Africa
• Capitalising on different strengths and experiences in various ports to cut costs and avoid repeating mistakes

Rui Fonseca
Chairman
Mozambique Ports and Railways, Mozambique

Eugene Kearns
Port Manager
Saldanha Port, South Africa

Johny Smith
Business Development Executive
Namport, Namibia

•     Promoting port infrastructure projects as an investment option
• Reviewing and addressing the risks involved in financing an infrastructure upgrade project
• Using privatisation or concessioning to upgrade ports infrastructure

Johny Smith
Business Development Executive
Namport, Namibia

• Implementing and constantly improving ports infrastructure
• Achieving effective and efficient ports
• Establishing and implementing the appropriate tools, skills and technology for an efficient port

Pumi Motsoahae
Port Infrastructure Manager
National Ports Authority, South Africa

• Identifying what infrastructure is required for operational effectiveness and efficiency in ports
• Securing the finance needed to build the necessary infrastructure
• Acquiring the right skills after the infrastructure has been implemented
• Practical examples of infrastructure upgrades
• Using smaller ports to relieve major ports of their workload to improve efficiency
• Service delivery: how ports and rail service delivery affect each other
• Working together with rail and road transport

Thulani Ngcobo
General Manager: Infrastructure
National Ports Authority, South Africa

Jason Rugaihuruza
Port Manager
Dar-es-Salaam Port, Tanzania

Pumi Motsoahae
Port Infrastructure Manager
National Ports Authority, South Africa

• Standard security requirements to keep a port safe
• Keeping up with international standards
• The necessity of African ports having international security methods
• Technology as a major element to ports security
• Reviewing the latest technology for ports security

Nozipho Sithole
General Manager: Operations
National Ports Authority, South Africa

Graham Kingsley
Security Manager
East London Port, South Africa

• Ensuring our ports are secure and complying with international safety standards
              Deploying enough security personnel
              Combating crime: arms smuggling, counterfeit goods, customs fraud
• Implementing technology to achieve secure ports
• Supply chain security
              CSI
              CTPAY
              WCO initiatives

Nozipho Sithole
General Manager: Operations
National Ports Authority, South Africa

• Creating a favourable investment environment for ports projects
• The role of private sector investments in sustainable growth and development
• Infrastructure: continuous maintenance and upgrade

Rui Fonseca
Chairman
Mozambique Ports and Railways, Mozambique

• The necessity of proper management to achieve synergy between the National Ports Authority, South African Ports Operations and Spoornet
• Analysing Africa’s first achievement of the ISO 14001 environmental certificate
• Identifying the necessary regulations to govern Saldahna port as an environmentally sensitive area

Eugene Kearns
Port Manager
Saldanha Port, South Africa