Conference program
Day One
08.00 Registration
08.40 Chairperson’s opening remarks:
Bobby J. Pittman, Vice President, Operations: Infrastructure, Private Sector & Regional Integration, African Development Bank
09.00 Session one: Opportunity for PPPs and Fundamentals of promoting PPPs in infrastructure
- Infrastructure gap and opportunities for PPPs
- Creating a conducive investment climate for PPPs
- Key constraints and challenges
Speakers:
Alex Rugamba, Coordinator, Infrastructure Consortium for Africa - Download
Anthony Sykes, Director, International Project Finance Association Africa & Head of Infrastructure/PPP for EMEA at SMBC Europe - Download
Tim Scales, Partner, ALLEN&OVERY - Download
10.00 Coffee Break
10.30 Session Two: Country case studies
Chaiperson: Roger M. Gaillard, Lead Officer of Infrastructure and Public Private Partnerships, African Development Bank
Speakers:
Nonhlanhla Mtshali, Senior Project Advisor at National Treasury's PPP Unit, South Africa - Download
Xavier Ricou, Directeur des Grands Travaux, APIX, Senegal - Download
Tamer Waguih, Senior Officer, PPP Unit Ministry of Finance, Egypt - Download
Mansur Ahmed, Director-General, Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission, Nigeria - Download1 Download2
12.30 Lunch Sponsored by:  |
13.30 Session Three: Vision for PPPs in the Energy Sector
Chairperson: Dudley Achu Sama, Principal Technical Advisor, Ministry of Energy and Water Resources, Cameroon - Download
- Generation: new technologies, Renewable versus Thermal Energy
- Challenges of PPPs in Transmission and Distribution
Speakers:
Jonathan Berman, Managing Director, Africa Infrastructure Fund - Download
Hela Cheikhrouhou, Manager, Infrastructure Finance AFDB - Download
Roger M. Gaillard, Lead Officer of Infrastructure and Public Private Partnerships, African Development Bank - Download
Winfried Nau, First Vice President, Head, New Business Africa, DEG GmbH - Download
15.00 Coffee Break
15.30 Session Four: Round table discussion on how PPPs can assist the development agenda
Chairperson: Colin Willson , Partner, Head of Projects (London), DLA Piper
Panelists:
Moses Mwase, Head Legal services Unit, Privatization & Utility Sector Reform Programme, Uganda - Download
H.E, Arc. Mohammed Namadi Sambo, FNIA, Executive Governor, Kaduna State, Nigeria - Download
Mme Madeleine YAO, Conseiller Spécial, Chargé du Programme Economique et Financier, Coordonnateur du DGDI, Côte d’Ivoire - Download
17.00 Chairperson’s closing remarks & cocktail hour Sponsored by: 
Day Two
08.30 Chairperson’s opening remarks:
Tim Turner, Director, Private Sector Operations, African Development Bank
08.45 Session Five: Transport Sector: Overview of developments
- Roads
- Airports
- Railways
- Ports
Speakers:
Wale Shonibare, Director, Infrastructure Finance, UBA Capital - Download
Gerhard Urschitz, Director, Infrastructure Department, Strabag AG - Download
Karim Mhirsi, Principal Investment Officer, African Development Bank - Download
Opuiyo Oforiokuma, CEO, Lekki Concession Company - Download
10.00 Session Six: Water Sector
Chairperson: Osward M Chanda, Chief Water & Sanitation Engineer, Water, Sanitation Department, African Development Bank
- Perspectives in Water Service Management
- Public-Private Partnerships for Urban Water Utilities, a Review of Experiences in Developing Countries
Speakers:
Philippe Marin, Senior Water & Sanitation Specialist, World Bank - Download
10.45 Coffee Break
11.00 Session Seven: Money Matters
- Bankability of PPP projects
- The Equity Financing perspective
- Risk mitigation
Speakers:
Shehzaad Sacranie, Partner, DLA Piper - Download
Mark Courtneidge, Director, Aon Construction - Download
Vuyo Ntoi, Senior Executive, African Infrastructure Investment Managers - Download
Marc Buiting, Senior Investment Officer, FMO, Netherlands Development Bank - Download
Farida Mazhar, Lead Financial Officer, Finance & Guarantees Group, World Bank - Download
12.30 Summary & Conclusion
13.00 Lunch Sponsored by: 
14.30 Field trip to an Infrastructure PPP project in Tunis: Enfidha airport
19.00 Closing Cocktail Reception