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Conference:
Day 1
08 December 8am-5:30pm
Day 2
09 December 8am - 5:30pm
Workshops:
Post-conference workshops: 10 Nov 2010
Infrastructure projects – identifying,
quantifying and managing project risks
Successful Public Private Partnerships –
structuring and financing PPP’s
› Full conference programme
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Day 1 (Monday, 8th of November 2010) Day 1 (Monday, 8th of November 2010)
7.30am Registration and refreshments8.30am Chairperson’s opening remarks
Paul Runge, Managing Director, Africa Project Access
8.45am Opening keynote: Project finance role in infrastructure investment opportunities
- Financial modelling for infrastructure projects
- Making projects attractive
- Innovations in financing infrastructure projects
- Further opportunities
Neside Tas Anvaripour, Chief Investment Officer: Private Sector Operations Department, African Development Bank, Tunisia 9.15am Keynote address: Current government priorities for
infrastructure investment
- What currency should the off take agreement be in?
- Designing long term infrastructure goals and moving up the financing line
- What can government do to get the deals flowing?
- Scaling up support for infrastructure projects in Africa
Oliver Tunde Andrews, Director and Chief Coverage Officer, Africa Finance Corporation, Nigeria 9.45am China’s contribution to infrastructure developments in AfricaDrivers of China’s increasing inroads into Africa’s infrastructure sector
- Who are the key players and what sub-sectors are focused on
- Key country / project case studies
- What are the spillovers from this engagement for Africa’s private sector expansion and diversification
Hannah Edinger, Senior Manager & Head of Research, Frontier Advisory (Pty) Ltd, South Africa 10.15am Morning refreshments and networking10.45am Infrastructure financing – which sector to finance?
- Looking at interest yields and returns
- Streamlining public sector support for infrastructure development
- Creating incentives for large scale private sector funded finance
- Infrastructure finance as a volatility hedge – how effective is it?
- What do developers need to prove to financiers?
Tom Plaistowe, Senior Executive: Infrastructure, Development Assets, Environmental Assets, Old Mutual Investment Group, South Africa 11.15am Keynote address: Private equity – seeing the opportunity in
infrastructure investment
- Where are the growth pockets and sustainable returns?
- Exiting infrastructure investments
- Private equity funds and clean technology – what is the outlook
- Increasing the quantity of infrastructure-oriented funds
Amr El Barbary, Managing Director, Citadel Capital, Egypt Sector opportunities: energy11.45am Opportunities for investment in Africa’s own clean technology industry
- Investment in Africa’s clean technology: where to invest?
- Who has the capacity to roll out clean-technology infrastructure?
- What clean technology projects are in the pipeline?
Dr Zuko Kubukeli, Executive Director, Inspired Evolution Asset Management, South Africa 12.15pm Case study: Mphanda Nkuwa transmission line – getting
partners on board
- Working with China’s Export-Import Bank – the experience
- Getting Brazilian and South African governments as partners
- Who else should be looking to get involved?
Alastair Campbell, Director: Head of Power, Project Finance, Standard Bank – Corporate and Investment Bank, South Africa 1.45pm ZTK Interconnector – who should be looking to invest in this project?
- What are the favoured funding / investment structures?
- Potential commercial agreements
- Linking with SAPP and EAPP – what are the realised investments benefits
Clive Ferreira, Managing Director, Fieldstone Africa Ltd, South Africa 2.15pm Power panel: Strategic energy growth expansion plan – where is the growth going to come from?
- Strategic overview of Africa’s power infrastructure space
- Securing investment for expansion programs
- Long-term capacity – how is Africa driving new projects?
- Where will the expansion come from?
- Investment in renewable energy – which regions to look out for?
Thomas Donnelly, Head of Renewables, Macquarie Capital, South Africa
James Baanabe Isingoma, Acting Commissioner for Energy, Ministry of Energy & Mineral Development, Uganda
Peter Roberts, Senior Infrastructure/Environment Adviser, Department for International Development, United Kingdom
Mekuria lmm, Head of Strategic Management & Programming, Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation, Ethiopia 3pm Networking and afternoon refreshments Sector opportunities: transport3.30pm Zambia and Tanzania border, Dar-es-Salaam Green Corridor -could this be a reality
- Who should be looking to invest in this project?
- PPP’s and concessions – where are we looking for partners?
- How to leverage on freight corridor opportunities
- Tapping into new trade markets
Eng. Raphael Mabenga, Director / CEO, Zambia National Road Fund Agency 4pm Case study: Eastern Cape transport infrastructure investment opportunitiesPemmy Majodina, MEC, Department of Public Works Province of the Eastern Cape, South Africa 4.30pm Transport panel: Investment opportunities to look out for
- Identifying existing transport investment opportunities
- Where will the next big concessions come from?
- Where can the next corridor developments expected?
- Where to expect regional integration?
Tium Tekie Gebray, General Manager, Djibouti Ethiopia Railways (CDE)
Peter Copley, Transport Specialist, Development Bank of Southern Africa
Arvind Khare, CEO, Campanhia Dos Caminhos De Ferro Da Beira SARL (CCFB),Mozambique
Akashambatwa Mbikusita-Lewanika, Managing Director, TAZARA, Tanzania 5.15pm Chairperson’s closing remarks and end of day one |
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