AME Trade LTD is pleased to announce the 3rd Edition of the African PPP conference will be hosted by the Government of the
Republic of Kenya.
The conference will take place in Nairobi from 1st-2nd December 2011
The 3rd edition of the international Africa Public Private Partnership Conference focusing on the Infrastructure sectors: Energy, Transport, Telecoms & Water will take place in Nairobi from 1st to the 2nd of December 2011 in Kenya.
The African Public Private Partnership Conference has evolved into Africa’s premier PPP event, unparalleled in its presentation and reputation as a definitive platform and strategic forum to gain hard information on Africa’s PPP sector.
The previous edition attracted over 200 delegates, from nearly 35 countries and has continued to attract the interest and attendance of key decision makers from both the public and private sectors. Now in its 3rd year and building on the experiences of the previous editions, the African PPP conference will not only continue to examine the principles needed to establish legal and economic framework to implement PPP initiatives but review the progress that has been made on the continent in the past three years.
The 3rd edition will feature a Kenya focused infrastructure Investment session.
Confirmed speakers include:
- H.E. Uhuru Kenyatta, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Republic Of Kenya
- H.E Mustafa Mkulo (MP), Minister of finance and Economic Affairs, United Republic of Tanzania
- H.E Abraham James Byandala, Minister of Works & Transport, The Republic of Uganda
- Tim Turner,Director Private Sector & Microfinance Department, African Development Bank
- Jean-Pierre Labuschagne,Senior Consultant, Deloitte
- Kwame Parker, Director & Head, Debt solutions & Infrastructure finance East Africa,CFC Stanbic Bank
- Eng. Mohamed Tarek – Project Manager Water Sector, PPP unit, Egypt
- Hennie Loubser, General Manager, Microsoft – West, East & Central Africa
- H.E Mike Onolememen,Minister of Works, The Federal Republic of Nigeria
- Fatima Zohra Rahmoun, Senior Project Manager, PPP Unit Moroco
- Eng.Mansur Ahmed, CEO, Infrastructure Concession Regulators Commision, Nigeria
- Kakale Gaolaolwe, Head PPP Unit, Botswana
- Peter R. Kieran, P.Eng. President,CPCS
- Laurent Thorrance, CEO, Axelcium
- Roelf Alberts, CEO, ALL Technologies Africa
· Dr Kevin Kariuki, Head of Infrastructure, IPS
- Hela Cheikhrouhou, Director Energy, Environment and climate Change Department, AfDB
- Dr. Silas M. Simiyu, Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer, Geothermal Development Company
- Ronald Osumba , Senior Manager, Public Sector,Safaricom
· Serah Njoroge, Regional Program Leader, PPIAF, World Bank
· Pierre Delcroix, Industrial Ecology, Regional VP Africa/Middle-East, Lafarge
· Mrs Thembi Mkhize, Chief Director, Water Sanitation,Emfuleni Municipality, South Africa
· Sammy Onyango, CEO, Deloitte East Africa
· Gichiri Ndua, Managing Director Kenya Ports Authority
- Patrick Ombogo, Director of Coordination &Reforms, Ministry of Water and Irrigation Kenya
· Edward Njoroge, CEO, KenGen
Testimonials to date;
“Great conference improved our understanding of PPP arrangements”
His Excellency Arc. MOHAMMED NAMADI SAMBO, Vice President of the Republic of Nigeria
“This conference has been very well organised and well delivered and it is a great step towards African PPP development”
H.E. Ali Hassan Bahdon, Honourable Minister of Transport, Republic of Djibouti
“This Initiative by AmeTrade continues to confirm the need for such platforms... I am very encouraged that Ametrade has demonstrated high professionalism in bringing together key players from both the public and private sectors to develop partnerships”
DR. Oba Otudeko Chairman, First Bank of Nigeria PLC
“This is a very good initiative and a good platform for capacity building for both the public and private sectors”
Dr. Shamsuddeen Usman OFR, Minister of National Planning, Nigeria
“Thank you for organising a great conference from which I derived considerable value.....The tone of the conference where meaningful issues are debated with country Experiences is really useful to the industry and us as practitioners. Many thanks”
John Samuel, Director, Turner & Townsend (Pty) Ltd
“It was a good experience with alot to learn from”
Ibiene Ogolo, Managing Director, Greater Port Harcourt Development Authority
“The materials and topics were very focused”
Khaled Alkhaled, Economist, Kuwait Fund
“I was at the first edition and now at the second edition of the conference and I think it is just an excellent conference”
Sushil Kumar – Sharpoorti Pallonji Co. India
“This is a great conference; it is obvious the speakers are on top of their game as far as PPPs in Africa are concerned”
Engr. Mansur Ahmed, D.G. Nigeria Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission
“Great variety of speakers and cases”
Kaori Miyamoto, Counsellor OECD
“Speakers and contacts were of good quality”
Tarek Hosny – Project Coordinator, Orascom Construction Industries
“The conference was very successful and it gave us a good opportunity to meet a lot of people and organizations involved in PPP in Africa”
Hesham Sabra, AAW Utilities, Egypt
Objectives of the 3rd African PPP conference will include:
- Promote the Africa PPPs as a stable and profitable investment destination for international companies;
- Strengthen key business partnerships;
- Allow companies who are already present in various countries to market their activities;
- To evaluate achievements & successes;
- Share experiences and knowledge;
- Showcase the forthcoming opportunities that will be available soon;
- Provide a platform for networking and business development.
New features for the APPP 2011 edition will include:
• New Speakers
• Kenya Investment Forum focus
• Funding focus
• One on one networking discussion groups
• New regional and non regional country case studies• Site visit in Kenya
• Kenyan Touristic Tour