Hayley Walters Managing Director Africa Capital Project Services James Arnott Managing Director Accenture Capital Project Services: EALA
Hayley Walters Managing Director
Africa Capital Project Services
James Arnott Managing Director
Accenture Capital Project Services: EALA
Capital Project Landscape
Global Investment in Energy
380 Projects that represent 672 bn boe of oil and
gas reserves - almost half the total planned capex
for the Majors over the next four years
African Utility Investments
Africa’s contribution to the USD 18.8 trillion to be
invested in the power industry
Source: Goldman Sachs: 380 projects to change the world
From resource constraint to infrastructure constraint
Source: Africa Project Access, World Energy Outlook 2011 © OECD/
International Energy Agency 2011 and Accenture Analysis
Utility Investments
African Capital Investment Africa is becoming an important market and an attractive target for organisations
looking to expand
Current spending for infrastructure in Sub-Saharan Africa
Irrigation
~$1bn
Transport
~$16.2bn
Power
~$11.6bn
ICT
~$9bn
Source: Accenture research into PIDA and PICC programmes
Capital Project Challenges
Source: Developing Strategies for the Effective Delivery of Capital Projects
Accenture global survey of the utilities industry
Increasing size and complexity
Will decrease Will increase
29% 26% 29%
Size of new
projects
Overall size of
project
portfolio
Complexity
of new
projects
9%
58%
13%
65%
6%
65%
Will remain the same
How will the size, complexity of your portfolio of
projects change in the next five years compared to
the last five years?
Deliver to approved schedule (within 25%)
33%
40%
38%
47%
33%
39%
Deliver to approved
schedule (within 25%)
Deliver to quality
requirements
Deliver to approved
budget (within 25%)
Deliver reliable
production capability
Deliver the expected
business value
Enhance reputation
Failing to deliver against expectations
To what extent you usually meet your targets
regarding the delivery of capital projects
Trends
Methods to process Offer to the nation Resource and talent management
• Contingent labour
management
• Reallocation of work
• Attraction, retention and
development programs
• FEL activities and a more
inclusive functional view
• End-to-end process models
with a focus on measuring
outcomes
• Adoption and education with
new joint venture partners and
geographic operations
• Local workforce and supplier
development
• Structured training and
development programs
• Project management and
accountability related to
community development
programs
Three African considerations
Treating capital projects as businesses can significantly influence their success
Bringing it all together
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