The Africa Investment Forum 2018
The Africa Investment Forum
2018
9:00 – 22:00Arrival of Guests and Registration
13:30 – 18:00Side Events – by invitation only
Tuesday, November 6, 2018Day 0
Tuesday, November 6
07:30 – 21:30Registration
8:45 – 10:00Africa Room
“DELIVERING AS ONE FOR AFRICA”
Wednesday, November 7, 2018Day 1
Wednesday, November 7
- Dr Akinwumi A. Adesina, President, African Development Bank- Malemolla David Makhura, Premier of Gauteng- Patrick Dlamini, CEO, Development Bank of Southern Africa- Prof. Benedict Oramah, President, the Africa Export-Import Bank- Dr. Bandar M. H. Hajjar, President, Islamic Development Bank- Admassu Tadesse, President, Trade and Development Bank- Alain Ebobisse, CEO, Africa 50- Mallam Samaila Zubairu, CEO, Africa Finance Corporation- Ambroise Fayolle, Vice-President, European Investment Bank
- Bronwyn Nielsen, Anchor-at-large, CNBC Africa (moderator)
10:45 – 11:00Coffee break
11:00 – 12:30Africa room
POWERING AFRICA’S TRANSFORMATION
Investment Conversation: - The bold plans and reforms to attract private investment to achieve universal access to electricity- The Africa Energy Market Place that provides a platform for focused and ongoing public-private sector dialogue to accelerate policy reforms and transactions.
Investment Roundtable:- Hon. Babatunde Fashola, Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Nigeria- Hon. Jeff Radebe, Minister of Energy, South Africa- Ian Steff, Assistant Secretary & Director General, US Department of Commerce- Amadou Hott, Vice-President, Power, Energy, Climate and Green Growth, African Development Bank- Ahmed El Sewedy, President and CEO, Elsewedy Electric- Neside Tas Anvaripour, CEO, Themis Energy- Paddy Padmanathan, CEO, ACWA Power
- Ibrahima Cheikh Diong, CEO, Africa Consulting and Trading Group (moderator)
10:00 – 10:45Africa Room
EXECUTIVE CONVERSATIONS
Investment Conversation: - Conversation between successful entrepreneurs and investors sharing their experiences
Investment Roundtable:- Samuel Dossou-Aworet, President, Petrolin Group- Tony Elumelu, Chairman, United Bank for Africa Plc- Simpiwe Tshabalala, CEO, Standard Bank Group
- Acha Leke, Chairman of Africa, McKinsey Africa (moderator)
10:00 – 13:30Boardroom 1 to Boardroom 8
Boardroom sessions are invitation only meetings focused on transactions and involving discussions between project sponsors, development finance institutions, commercial banks, government officials and investors. The objective of these sessions is to secure undertakings to remove bottlenecks and mobilize investors’ interest in a bid to reach financial close.
8 BOARDROOM INVESTMENT SESSIONS RUNNING CONCURRENTLY
11:00 – 12:30Sisulu room
INVESTING IN COMMODITY EXCHANGES
Investment Conversation: - Large and growing net food imports demonstrate that there are substantial markets for prospective agribusiness investors to address, worth over US$100bn by year by 2025. However, today, Africa’s participation in the global agricultural commodity and value added market remains limited, at only 2%.- The session will discuss investment opportunities for producers and buyers in a more structured food trade eco-system.
Investment Roundtable:- Jennifer Blanke, Vice President, Agriculture, Human and Social Development, African Development Bank- John Coumantaros, Chairman of the Board, Flour Mills Nigeria- Jendayi E. Frazer, Managing Partner, Africa Exchange Holdings, Limited- TP Nchocho, CEO, Land Bank- Sergio Pimenta, Vice-President, Middle East and Africa, International Finance Corporation- Ramsey Day, Senior Deputy Assistant Administrator, USAID
Financing pitches:- Ayodeji Balogun, Regional Director, Africa Exchange Holdings, Ltd., Nigeria- Joshua Rugema, Country Director, East Africa Exchange, Rwanda- Kristian Moller, CEO, Agricultural Commodity Exchange for Africa, Malawi
11:00 – 12:30Mandela room
INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS DIALOGUEInvestment Conversation: - What international institutional investors look for in diversifying their portfolio and what it takes to invest in Africa, and explore potential synergies with their African counterparts?
Investment Roundtable: - Lerry Knox, Chief Executive Officer, Sovereign Infrastructure Group- Dave Uduanu, Chair, Africa Pension Fund Network- Gavin Power, Chief, Sustainable Development and International Affairs, Pacific Investment Management Company, LLC (PIMCO)- Linda Mateza, Head of Investments, The Government Employees Pension Fund, South Africa- Ritesh Anand, Executive Vice-President, Crown Agents Investment Management Ltd- Leon Campher, CEO, Association for Savings and Investment South Africa (ASISA)- Bolaji Balogun*, Chief Executive Officer, Chapel Hill Denham- Andrew Johnstone, CEO, Phoenix InfraWorks
- Carole Wainaina, COO, Africa50 (moderator)
13:45 – 15:30Africa Room
INVESTING IN WOMEN FOR ACCELERATED GROWTH (Televised)
Investment Conversation:- Investing in women for accelerated growth- Unleashing women’s entrepreneurship potential
Investment Opener: - Hon. Marie-Claude Bibeau, Minister of International Development, Canada- Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Former Finance Minister of Nigeria & Board Chair of the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation- Dr Akinwumi A. Adesina, President, African Development Bank
12.30 – 13.00Press Conference Room
PRESS CONFERENCE
Vision and Ambition of the Africa Investment Forum- Dr Akinwumi A. Adesina, President, African Development Bank- Malemolla David Makhura, Premier of Gauteng- Patrick Dlamini, CEO, Development Bank of Southern Africa- Prof. Benedict Oramah, President, the Africa Export-Import Bank- Dr. Bandar M. H. Hajjar, President, Islamic Development Bank- Admassu Tadesse, President, Trade and Development Bank- Alain Ebobisse, CEO, Africa 50- Mallam Samaila Zubairu, CEO, Africa Finance Corporation- Ambroise Fayolle, Vice-President, European Investment Bank
LUNCH
12:30 – 14:00Lunch and Networking – for all participants (marketplace area)
12:30 – 14:00Partner Lunch – Book Launch:
THE AFRICAN BUSINESS REVOLUTION
by invitation only
14:00 – 16:00Boardroom 1 to Boardroom 8
Boardroom sessions are invitation only meetings focused on transactions and involving discussions between project sponsors, development finance institutions, commercial banks, government officials and investors. The objective of these sessions is to secure undertakings to remove bottlenecks and mobilize investors’ interestin a bid to reach financial close.
8 BOARDROOM INVESTMENT SESSIONS RUNNING CONCURRENTLY
14:00 – 15:30Mandela room
AFRICAN FINANCIAL ALLIANCE ON CLIMATE CHANGE (AFAC)
Signing of Principles by financial sector players
Investment Conversation:- Launched in Busan, Korea during the African Development Bank’s 2018 annual meeting, the initiative seeks to bring key players in Africa’s financial sector to participate in financing climate change initiatives. - The objective is to propel Africa’s financial sector to shift their portfolios towards low-carbon and climate-resilient investments.
Investment Openers:- Amadou Hott, Vice-President, Power, Energy, Climate and Green Growth, African Development Bank- Hon. Jens Frølich Holte, State Secretary International Development, Norway
Investment Roundtable:- Ibukun Awosika, Chairperson, First Bank of Nigeria Holdings Plc- Maria Ramos, CEO, Absa Group Limited- Salwa Akhannouch, Founder and CEO, Aksal Group- Tabitha Karanja, CEO, Keroche Breweries Limited- Daphne Mashile-Nkosi, Chairperson Kalagadi Manganese - Paul Lamontagne, Managing Director, FinDev Canada
- Brownyn Nielsen, CNBC Africa (moderator)
14:00 – 15:30Sisulu Room
AFRICA: AN INVESTOR’S DESTINATION(Session in Partnership with European Commission)
14:00 – 15:30Press conference room
ACCELERATING INVESTMENTS IN LUSOPHONE COUNTRIES IN AFRICA
Signing ceremony by the Ministers of Finance of Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe, and the President of the African Development Bank
Investment Opener:- Dr. Akinwumi A. Adesina, President, African Development Bank
Investment Roundtable:- Mohamed El-Kettani*, Président Directeur Général, Attijariwafa Bank - Dolika Banda, CEO, African Risk Capacity Insurance Limited - Oscar Onyema, President, African Securities Exchanges Association- Parks Tau, President, United Cities and Local Governments
- Ibrahima Cheikh Diong, CEO, Africa Consulting and Trading Group (moderator)
Investment Conversation:- Expectations from the private sector regarding the current state of the investment climate and possible improvements;
Investment Roundtable: - Phuthuma Nhleko, Chairman, MTN Group- Carla Montesi, Director for Planet and Prosperity, Directorate General for International Cooperation and Development, European Commission- Nicky Newton King, CEO, Johannesburg Stock Exchange- Emma Marcegaglia, Chairperson of the Board, Eni- François Guibert, CEO, Economic Development Board, Mauritius
- Swazi Tshabalala, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, African Development Bank (moderator)
15:30 – 15:45Networking break
15:45 – 17:00Africa Room
G20 COMPACT WITH AFRICA (CWA) THE POLICY PANELPart 1
Investment Conversation:- The creation and sustainability of enabling investment environments.
Investment Openers:- Hon. Tito Titus Mboweni, Minister of Finance, South Africa- Hon. Wolfgang Schmidt, State Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Finance, Germany- Hon. Jim Carr*, Minister of International Trade Diversification, Canada- Hon. Jens Frølich Holte, State Secretary International Development, Norway- Dr. Akinwumi A. Adesina, President of the African Development Bank
Investment Roundtable by Compact with Africa Ministers:- Hon. Thierry Tanoh, Minister of Petroleum, Energy, and Renewable Energy, Cote d’Ivoire- Hon. Zied Ladhari, Minister of Development, Investment and International Cooperation, Tunisia- Hon. Sahar Nasr, Minister of Investment & International Cooperation, Egypt- Hon. Dr. Eng. Sileshi Bekele, Minister of Water, Irrigation and Energy, Ethiopia
Investment Roundtable:- Teresa Ribeiro, Alternator Governor, African Development Bank, Portugal- Jorge Filho, Alternate Governor, African Development Bank, Brazil- Hon. Augusto Mangueira*, Minister of Finance of Angola- H.E. Olavo Correia, Vice-Prime Minister and Minister of Finance of Cabo Verde- Hon. Don Lucas Abaga Nchama, Minister of Finance, Economy of Equatorial Guinea- H.E. Aristides Gomes*, Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau- Hon. Adriano Maleiane, Minister of Finance of Mozambique- Hon. Americo Ramos, Minister of Finance, Trade and Blue Economy of São Tomé and Príncipe
16:00 – 17:30Sisulu Room
INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS TO POSITION AFRICA AT THE TOP OF AGRICULTURAL VALUE CHAINS
Investment Conversation:- Investment opportunities in infrastructure that will transform the African rural landscape into economic zones of prosperity.- The role of Staple Crop Processing Zones in laying out the foundation for Africa’s agro-industrialisation and contribution to lifting millions of Africans out of poverty.
Investment Roundtable:- Hon. Gugile Nkiwinti, Minister of Water and Sanitation of South Africa- Jennifer Blanke, Vice President, Agriculture, Human and Social Development, African Development Bank- Emma Wade-Smith, Her Majesty’s Trade Commissioner for Africa, UK Department for International Trade- Ronnie Ntuli, CEO, Thelo
Financing Pitches:- Ibrahima Wade, Director General, Office of the President, Senegal- Hon. Mrs. Fetlework Gebre-Egzihaber, Minister of Industry and Trade, Ethiopia- Hon. Michael Katambo, Minister of Agriculture, Zambia- Gabriel Curtis, Ministre, Ministère des Investissements et des Partenariats Publics Privés, Guinee- Julie Gichuru, Founder and CEO, Arimus Media Limited (moderator)
Investment Conversation:- Institutional investors investing for the long term – Pathways for protecting and growing assets.
Investment Roundtable: - Trevor Manuel, Chairman, Old Mutual Limited- Uche Orji, CEO, Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority- Sundeep Raichura, Group CEO, Zamara- Hugh O’Reilly*, President and CEO, OPTrust, Canada- J. Christopher McLean, President & CEO, Stonechair Capital Corporation- Chinelo Anohu-Amazu, Former Director General, National Pension Commission (PenCom), Nigeria- Ibrahim Kane, CEO, FONSIS, - Dr. Daniel Matjila, CEO, Public Investment Corporation (PIC)
- Hubert Danso, CEO, Africa investor (moderator)
16:00 – 17:30Mandela Room
CONVERSATION WITH INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS
Investment Conversation:- Flagship projects from Compact with Africa for Egypt, Togo and Ethiopia
Panel 1: Egypt (Egyptian Refinery Company) 17:00 - 17:30- Ahmed Heikal, Chairman, Egyptian Refinery Company- Hon. Sahar Nasr, Minister of Investment & International Cooperation, Egypt- Tim Turner, Group Chief Risk Officer, African Development Bank
Panel 2: Ethiopia (Dire Dawa Industrial Park) 17:30 -18:00- Lelise Neme Sori, CEO, Industrial Parks Development Corporation- Teka Gebreyesus*, Acting Commissioner, Ethiopian Investment Commision- Thomas Schaefer, CEO Volkswagen Group, South Africa- Sergio Pimenta, Vice-President, Middle East and Africa, International Finance Corporation (IFC)
16:00 – 17:30Press conference room
PROJECT PREPARATION FACILITY LAUNCH BY AFREXIMBANK
16:30 – 18:00Boardroom 1 to Boardroom 8
Boardroom sessions are invitation only meetings focused on transactions and involving discussions between project sponsors, development finance institutions, commercial banks, government officials and investors. The objective of these sessions is to secure undertakings to remove bottlenecks and mobilize investors’ interest in a bid to reach financial close.
8 BOARDROOM INVESTMENT SESSIONS RUNNING CONCURRENTLY (by invitation only)
17:00 – 18:30Africa Room
G20 COMPACT WITH AFRICA (CWA) – FOCUS ON TRANSACTIONSPart 2
Afreximbank will launch a Project Preparation Facility with an initial seed capitalinvestment of up to US$ 15 million.
With:- H.E. Cyril Ramaphosa, President of the Republic of South Africa- Malemolla David Makhura, Premier of Gauteng- Dr Akinwumi A. Adesina, President, African Development Bank
17:00 – 18:30Pavilion Room – Sandton Convention Center
WELCOME DINNER HOSTED BY PRESIDENT OF SOUTH AFRICA (open to all delegates)
Panel 3: Togo (DESCO Financing Programme – Togo BOXX) 18:00 - 18:30- Koen Doens, Deputy Director General, Directorate-General for International Cooperation and Development, European Commission- Shegun Adjadi Bakari, Advisor to the President of the Republic, Togo- Mansoor Hamayun*, CEO Togo BBOXX- Ousseynou Nakoulima, Director, Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency, African Development Bank
07:00 – 21:00Registration
Thursday, November 8, 2018Day 2
Thursday, November 8
07:30 – 08:45Mandela Room
BREAKFAST BY THE AFRICAN DOMESTIC BOND FUND (ADBF): a fund sponsored & anchored by the African Development Bank
9:00 – 10:30Africa Room
OPENING PLENARY
- Manemolla David Makhura, Premier of Gauteng (welcome remarks)- Dr Akinwumi A. Adesina, President, African Development Bank (introductory remarks)- H.E. Cyril Ramaphosa, President of the Republic of South Africa (keynote address)- Aliko Dangote, Chairman and CEO, Dangote Group- Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem, Group Chairman and CEO, Dubai Port World
- Bronwyn Nielsen*, Anchor-at-large, CNBC Africa (moderator)
10:30 – 12:00Africa Room
CHAMPIONING INVESTMENTS: PRESIDENTIAL INVESTMENT CHATS (Televised)
Investment Conversation:- Concrete and transformative actions by Heads of State for a new business Africa- The renewed efforts of Governments to facilitate private investments
Conversations with Heads of State
14:00 – 16:00Mandela Room
OPTIMIZING THE BALANCE SHEET FOR GREATER INVESTMENTS (by invitation only)
Investment Conversation:- Discussing ways to free up capital to increase lending capacity to finance Africa’s growth sector.
Investment Opener:- Lesetja Kganyago*, Governor of the South African Reserve Bank
14:00 – 15:30Press conference room
PUBLICATION LAUNCH “INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCING TRENDS IN AFRICA – 2017”BY THE INFRASTRUCTURE CONSORTIUM FOR AFRICA, A G7 INITIATIVE HOSTED BY THE AFRICAN
DEVELOPMENT BANK
14:00 – 16:00Boardroom 1 to Boardroom 8
Boardroom sessions are invitation only meetings focused on transactions and involving discussions between project sponsors, development finance institutions, commercial banks, government officials and investors. The objective of these sessions is to secure undertakings to remove bottlenecks and mobilize investors’ interest in a bid to reach financial close.
8 BOARDROOM INVESTMENT SESSIONS RUNNING CONCURRENTLY (by invitation only)
LUNCH BREAK
12:30 – 14:00Lunch and Networking – for all participants (marketplace area)
14:00 – 16:00Africa Room
MULTILATERAL DEVELOPMENT BANKS: DOING MORE TOGETHER (Televised)
14:30 – 16:00Sisulu Room
AGRIBUSINESS: INVESTMENT CONVERSATION WITH INDUSTRY LEADERS
Investment Roundtable:- Admassu Tadesse*, President, Trade and Development Bank- Mike Davis, Group Executive, Balance Sheet Management, Nedbank, South Africa- Raza Hasnani, Head of Infrastructure Investments, Africa50- Andrew Hohns, Managing Director, Mariner Investment Group- Olivier Eweck, Director, Syndication Co-Financing and Client Solutions, African Development Bank
- Tim Turner, Chief Risk Officer, African Development Bank (Moderator)
Investment Conversation:- Leveraging development finance to boost private sector investment
Conversation with:- Dr Akinwumi Adesina, President, African Development Bank- Sir Suma Chakrabarti, President, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development- Dr. Bandar M. H. Hajjar, President, Islamic Development Bank- Hu Xiaolian, Chairman, The Export-Import Bank of China- Jin Liqun, President, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank- Prof. Benedict Oramah, President, the Africa Export-Import Bank- Ambroise Fayolle, Vice-President, European Investment Bank- Nobumitsu Hayashi, Deputy Governor, Japan Bank for International Cooperation
Investment Conversation:- Industry leaders discuss investment opportunities in the agriculture sector.
16:00 – 17:30Press conference room
PUBLICATION LAUNCH - 2018 GLOBAL MICROSCOPE ON DIGITAL FINANCIAL INCLUSION – A JOINTCOLLABORATION BETWEEN THE AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK
AND THE ECONOMIST INTELLIGENCE UNIT
16:15 – 17:45Sisulu Room
“LAUNCH OF EU-AFRICA HIGH LEVEL PLATFORM ON SUSTAINABLE INVESTMENTS IN AFRICA”(Session in Partnership with the European Commission)
Investment Opener:- Jennifer Blanke, Vice President, Agriculture, Human and Social Development, African Development Bank
Investment Roundtable:- William Asiko, CEO, Grow Africa- John George Coumantaros, Chairman of the Board, Flour Mills of Nigeria- Tertius Carstens*, CEO, Pioneer Foods- Sello Motau*, Executive Director, Theko Capital- Roberto Ridolfi*, Special Advisor on strategy and financing development, FAO- Lucy Muchoki, CEO, Pan African Agribusiness & Agroforestry Consortium- Tertius Carstens, CEO, Pioneer Foods- Julie Gichuru, Founder and CEO, Arimus Media Limited (moderator)
Investment Conversation:- JLaunch of the EU- AU High Level Platform on Sustainable Energy Investments in Africa- Optimize Policy and Regulatory framework to incentivise private investment- How to support entrepreneurs (notably "initial stage" project developers) to develop bankable projects and crowd-in investments.- Outline future concrete actions to increase private sector investment and access to finance in sustainable energy projects across Africa leading to the realization of the Africa Europe Alliance for sustainable investments and jobs
Presidential Remarks:- H.E. Alpha Conde, President of Guinea Investment Openers:- Elżbieta Bieńkowska, Commissioner for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs, European Commission- Dr Akinwumi Adesina, President, African Development Bank- Amani Abou-Zeid, African Union Commissioner for Infrastructures and Energy
16:15 – 17:30Africa Room
TAKING AFRICA’S TECH SPACE TO THE NEXT LEVEL
Investment Conversation:- Investment opportunities in Africa’s dynamic and emerging economy.
Investment Openers:- Tope Lawani, Managing Partner, Helios Investment Partners- Dr Andile Ngcaba, Chairman, Comsol
Investment Roundtable:- Amrote Abdella, Regional Director, 4Afrika, Microsoft- Amadou Tidiane Deme, Managing Partner, Partech Ventures- Silas Adekunle, CEO, Reach Robotics- Badr Idriss, CEO, Atlan Space
- James French, Advisor on African Programs, University of Virginia Darden School of Business (moderator)
Investment Roundtable:- Mallam Samaila Zubairu, CEO, Africa Finance Corporation- Koen Doens, Deputy Director General, International Cooperation and Development, European Commission- Ana Hajduka, CEO & Founder of Africa GreenCo- António Luís Guerra Nunes Mexia, CEO, EDP- Lucia Bakulumpagi, Wamala CEO & Founder, Bakulu Power, Uganda- Lapo Pistelli, Vice President for International Affairs, Eni- Dr. Mohamed Shaker El-Markabi, Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy of Egypt- Amadou Hott, Vice-President, Power, Energy, Climate and Green Growth, African Development Bank- Phakamani Hadebe*, Group CEO, Eskom- Dominique Ristori, Director General for Energy, European Commission
- Ibrahima Cheikh Diong, CEO, Africa Consulting and Trading Group (moderator)
16:15 – 18:15 Mandela Room
DE-RISKING INVESTMENTS TO ATTRACT INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS
Investment Conversation:- Effective use of guarantees to crowd in institutional investors- Showcase of what is possible in crowding-in institutional investors towards financing infrastructure: Real case: Kampala – Jinja Toll Expressway Project, Uganda (AfDB & MIGA Co-Guarantee platform)
Investment Roundtable:- Aymeric Saha, Managing Director, Mobilizing Institutional Investors to Develop Africa’s Infrastructure- Tshepo Mahloele, CEO, Harith General Partners- Constantine Kandie, Founder Trustee, Kenya Pension Funds Investment Consortium- Ibukun Adebayo, Co-Head Emerging Markets, London Stock Exchange- Hoda Atia Moustafa, Africa Regional Head, Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency- Chinua Azubike, CEO, InfraCredit, Nigeria- Bruce Dunlop*, Vice-President, Export Development Canada- Oussama Abdel Rahman Kaissi, CEO, Islamic Corporation for the Insurance of Investment and Export Credit
- Refilwe Moloto, Founder & CEO, Ambassador Advisory (moderator)
16:30 – 18:30Boardroom 1 to Boardroom 8
Boardroom sessions are invitation only meetings focused on transactions and involving discussions between project sponsors, development finance institutions, commercial banks, government officials and investors. The objective of these sessions is to secure undertakings to remove bottlenecks and mobilize investors’ interest in a bid to reach financial close.
8 BOARDROOM INVESTMENT SESSIONS RUNNING CONCURRENTLY (by invitation only)
Investment Conversation:- Driving cross continental investments- Expanding trade and industry opportunities- Creating continental industrial champions
Investment Openers:- Dr Ibrahim Mayaki, CEO, New Partnership for Africa's Development Emma Wade-Smith OBE, Her Majesty’s Trade Commissioner for Africa, UK Department for International Trade
Investment Roundtable:- Mostafa Terrab, Chairman and CEO, Office Chérifien des Phosphates (OCP)- Geoffrey Qhena, CEO, Industrial Development Corporation- Jonathan Nash, COO, Millennium Challenge Corporation- Sara Masmoudi, CEO, Teriak- Basil El-Baz, Chairman and CEO, Carbon Holdings, Egypt- Eric Bruggeman, Chairman and CEO, South Africa Capital Equipment Export Council
- Pierre Guislain, Vice-President, Private Sector, Infrastructure and Industrialization, African Development Bank (moderator)
Publications Launch: - African Development Bank’s “Africa-to-Africa (A2A) Investment Report”- African Development Bank’s and Boston Consulting Group’s “Pioneering One Africa: The Companies Blazing a Trail across the Continent”
17:45 – 19:15Africa Room
INDUSTRIALIZE AFRICA: THE RISE OF CONTINENTAL CHAMPIONS
18:00 – 19:30Sisulu Room
THINK DIFFERENT, RE-THINK ENERGY – INNOVATIVE PARTNERSHIPS & FINANCING(Session in Partnership with Power Africa)
Investment Conversation:- Addressing singular challenges based on new tailor-made approaches and the design of Innovative Financing Models & Partnerships to close Africa’s Energy gap.- Broadening the mobilization pool by tapping into a diversified source of global institutional and retail investors.- The deployment of appropriate funding instruments and risk mitigation tools.- An inclusive approach: Fostering gender lens investing in women entrepreneurs in the energy sector and in communities.
Investment Roundtable: - Andrew M. Herscowitz, Coordinator, Power Africa- Mafalda Duarte, Head of the Climate Investment Funds- Frank Dunlevy, Vice-President, Investment Funds, Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC)- Lucio Monari, Director for Energy and Extractive Global Practice, World Bank Group- Jasandra Nyker, CEO, Biotherm Energy- Kerry Adler, CEO, Skypower Global- Alex Dixon, Managing Director Finance Investment and Trade, Millenium Challenge Corporation
- Ibrahima Cheikh Diong, CEO, Africa Consulting and Trading Group (moderator)
19:30 – 22:30Pavillon Room – Sandton Convention Center
AN EVENING RECEPTION SHOWCASING THE MULTI-BILLION DOLLARAFRICAN CREATIVE INDUSTRIES WITH A FOCUS ON FASHION AND MUSIC
Dress Code:Formal or traditional elegance
09:00 – 10:30Africa room
THE BUSINESS OF SPORTS: EXECUTING FOR SUCCESS (Televised)
Friday, November 9, 2018Day 3
Friday, November 9
Investment Conversation:- Structuring sport as an investable business in Africa
Ted Talk Style:- Avram Glazer, Executive Co-Chairman, Manchester United PLC
Investment Roundtable:- Masai Ujiri, President, Toronto Raptors- Dr Irvin Khoza*, Chairman, South African Premier Soccer League- Patrice Motsepe*, Executive Chairman, African Rainbow Minerals
- Chris Bishop, Head of programming, CNBC Africa (moderator)
10:45 – 12:15Mandela Room
BUILDING A KNOWLEDGE BASE TO DE-RISK THE ENERGY SECTOR IN AFRICA
Investment Conversation:- Launching the Africa Energy Portal to support all stakeholders in the African energy sector, from governments, to researchers, to investors, by scaling up the availability of information and data so that relevant stakeholders can make informed decisions.
Investment Roundtable:- Hon. Irene Muloni*, Minister of Energy and Mineral Development, Uganda- Matty Vengerik, CEO, Quantum Power- Dr Fatih Birol*, Executive Director, International Energy Agency- Lucio Monari, Director Energy and Extractive Global Practice, World Bank- Maria Shaw Barragan*, Director, Global Partners (GP), European Investment Bank- Dr. Anton Eberhard, Professor, University of Cape Town
- Wale Shonibare, Director, Energy Financial Solutions, Policy and Regulation, African Development Bank (moderator)
08:00 – 12:00Registration
10:45 – 12:15Boardroom 1 to Boardroom 8
Boardroom sessions are invitation only meetings focused on transactions and involving discussions between project sponsors, development finance institutions, commercial banks, government officials and investors. The objective of these sessions is to secure undertakings to remove bottlenecks and mobilize investors’ interest in a bid to reach financial close.
8 BOARDROOM INVESTMENT SESSIONS RUNNING CONCURRENTLY (by invitation only)
12:30 – 13:45Africa room
UNVEILING THE BOARDROOM DEALS
12.15 – 12:30Networking break
Investment Conversation:- Conversations about the outcomes of the Boardroom Investment sessions- Announcements of deal closures, signatures, and commitments
10:45 – 13:45Sisulu Room
INVESTING IN THE GROWTH OF YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS
Investment Conversation:- Pitching competition for agriculture, tech and energy innovators to mobilize investors
Investment Opener:- Ashish Thakkar, Chairman, Mara Group / Chairman Presidential Youth Advisory Group (PYAG) of the African Development Bank- Seapei Mafoyane, CEO, Shanduka Black umbrellas
Judges:- Yana Kakar, Global Managing Partner, Dalberg Advisors- Thomas Festerling, CFO, GreenTec Capital- Steve Tawia, Director, Investments & Portfolio Management, Africa Entrepreneurship Challenge Fund- Peter Storey, Global Coordinator, Climate Technology Initiative’s Private Financing Advisory Network-CTI PFAN- Mamadou Toure, Founder and CEO, Ubuntu Capital Group (comoderator)
- Jodi Engelberg, Founding Member, The ValueWeb (co-moderator)
14:00 – 15:00Africa Room
CLOSING PLENARY
- Dr. Akinwumi A. Adesina, President, African Development Bank- Malemolla David Makhura, Premier of Gauteng- Hon. Tito Titus Mboweni, Minister of Finance South Africa- Patrick Dlamini, CEO, Development Bank of Southern Africa- Gloria Serobe, Chief Executive Officer at Wipcapital (Pty)- Prof. Benedict Oramah, President African Export–Import Bank- Dr. Bandar M. H. Hajjar, President, Islamic Development Bank- Admassu Tadesse, President, Trade and Development Bank- Alain Ebobisse, CEO, Africa 50- Mallam Samaila Zubairu, CEO, Africa Finance Corporation- Ambroise Fayolle, Vice-President, European Investment Bank
15:00 – 15:45Press Conference Room
CLOSING PRESS CONFERENCE
- Dr Akinwumi A. Adesina, President, African Development Bank- Malemolla David Makhura, Premier of Gauteng- Patrick Dlamini, CEO, Development Bank of Southern Africa- Prof. Benedict Oramah, President, the Africa Export-Import Bank- Dr. Bandar M. H. Hajjar, President, Islamic Development Bank- Admassu Tadesse, President, Trade and Development Bank- Alain Ebobisse, CEO, Africa 50- Mallam Samaila Zubairu, CEO, Africa Finance Corporation- Ambroise Fayolle, Vice-President, European Investment Bank
15:00 – 17:00Farewell Reception & Lunch (with Cultural display)
hosted by the African Development Bank