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G20AFRICA INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT CONFERENCE

2015

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| FORUMS

| PLENARY SESSIONS

| NETWORK OPPORTUNITIES | CORPORATE AFRICA MISSION

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A WELCOME MESSAGEInfrastructure concerns are invited to partner the IV G20 Africa Infrastructure Investment Conference and support it in its endeavors to achieve its strategic goals by offering expert opinions, analyses and added value about key infrastructure projects currently being built in Africa. This would take place in plenary sessions, workshops, and private meetings.

(a) About how national local content are being empowered to partner with investors to build added capacity and value to infrastructure programs, projects, and project communities in-country and across borders; (b) How project managers, regulators and governments can work to generate sustainable value and profits from projects to widen their bases and value chains, especially relating to SMEs and local skills; (c) Accessing low cost finance for prefeasibility and feasibility studies; (d) Current ideas and systems to engage due diligence and the processes required to apply the right structures, finance package and models to maximize profits and value; (e) Benefits of long-term infrastructure policies and programs versus projects to demand, and; (f ) Risk factors affecting investments in Africa infrastructure projects.

Some of the projects that will feature in the Africa Investment Guide and in the program of the G20 Africa Infrastructure Investment Conference includes the folowing:

Botswana: Mmamabula-Walvis Bay Trans-Kalahari Railway is funded by the Governments of Namibia and Botswana, the World Bank and CIC Energy. The line will be about 1,500 km in length, linking the Mmamabula coalfield of landlocked Botswana with the port of Walvis Bay in Namibia. The project is still in its development phase.

Ghana: A Village Infrastructure Project to support government efforts to reduce poverty and increase the quality of life of the rural poor to include rural transport infrastructure, rehabilitating and improving degraded feeder roads, rural post-harvest infrastructure to develop on-farm and village-level drying facilities to reduce post-harvest losses. The Accra Drainage project is a sanitary sewer and storm drainage alleviation project that aims to curb the drainage problem in Ghana's capital city and to improve health and sanitation infrastructure.

DRC: Grand Inga Dam (US$80 bn) has a 40,000MW production capacity. It is the largest dam in the world, doubling production of China's Three Gorges Dam. The government in 2014 announced the commencement of the first phase to commence in 2015. It is expected to provide over 4,500MW of electricity with a cost of $12 bn.

Kenya : Konza City ($14.5 bn) is an African Silicon Savannah, and Kenya's answer to the United States' Silicon Valley. The technology and financial mega city is expected to be completed in early 2018 and will include a business district, a science park, residential apartments, hotels and malls, and a university.

Mombasa- Kigali Rail Link Project ($13.5 bn) will seek to link Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda, covering an estimated 3,000 km, increasing regional trade. It is expected to boost multi-sector business for the landlocked nations and reduce export cost significantly, with a more convenient means of transportation expected to increase human capital mobility, as well as easier movement of goods and services. The Ethiopia Renaissance Dam ($4.8 bn) will generate 6,000MW of energy and will provide neighbors Egypt and Sudan with electricity. The dam is being assembled by Salini Costruttori, an Italian engineering company, and will create over 12,000 direct and indirect jobs. It will be completed in 2017. The Ethiopia to Djibouti Railway Line ($1.6 bn) is a 656 km rail link which will be completed in 2015 and will halve the travel time between the two countries and reduce costs of imports to Ethiopia which comes through the Port of Djiobuti

Nigeria: Eko Light Rail Project ($1.2 bn) aims to decongest traffic in Nigeria's commercial hub. The "Metro Blue Line" will move commuters from Marina – a densely populated business district – to Okokomaiko, with 13 stops in-between, providing workers with an easier alternative to roads. The Abidjan-Lagos Motorway ($8 bn) will connect Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, and Nigeria along a predominantly coastal route. Construction should begin in 2015.

South Africa: Waste to Energy Project could potentially provide electricity to 6,000 households, from methane gas harvested from waste. The potential to take projects like this across Africa is huge. The BRICS cable project is a 34,000 meter underwater fiber-optic cable system that will link the cities in the BRICS economies (Russia, India, China, and South Africa) with the USA. This project is aimed at substantially improving broadband capability in Africa.

Uganda : Upgrade of Kampala Northern Bypass Highway capacity to improve the East-West traffic flow and ease traffic congestion in the city centre. Construction of dual carriageway over 17.5 km, so that the complete 21 km bypass will be of four lane dual carriageway capacity.

G20AFRICA INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT CONFERENCE

Corporate Africa was established in 1994 and is a leading businessjournal promoting business, trade and investments inside African destinationswith investors who have emerging markets portfolios. It also supports partner-ships and growing and established international interests inside African marketss,generating confidence and deeper and broader relations

OUR MISSION

In addition to plenary sessions and workshops, opportunities are available fornetworking and matchmaking with financiers, foreign investors, governmentrepresentatives and other developmental partners from the USA, Europe andAsia. The G8 Africa Infrastructure Investment Conference has the full support ofAfrican Trade Ministries including Departments of Trade and Industries and theNew Partnerships for African Development. Businesses who are alreadypartners in development in Africa and those that are looking for new markets areinvited to attend the event in Ghana to explore the many new opportunitiesavailable.

NETWORK OPPORTUNITIES

Workshops have been devised to benefit national delegates and projectmanagers. Experts and Fund Managers will explain the criteria needed toaccess their funds and finances, financial options, packages, and theprocesses required for successful partnerships. In order to generatemaximum impact and engagements between participants and delegates,the workshops will be attached to the Investors Forum in which speedmeetings between investors and project opportunities will be ongoingthroughout the course of the event.

WORKSHOP

Plenary sessions devised to provide learning experiences from the countriesparticipating and other developing nations, will take place over the two days. On theagenda are issues about access to finance for sustainable investments into keyinfrastructure projects, developing a stable and secure environment and empowermentof local content. Other topics include power generation, community development,industries, urban planning and development, the role of African banks in buildinginfrastructure, regional and cross border cooperation to enhance infrastructure andtrade, and private public partnerships and collaborations inside countries formingAfrica’s four Regional Economic Communities (RECs).

PLENARY SESSION

WOMEN OF AFRICA IN INFRASTRUCTURE

The IV G20 Infrastructure Investment Conference will feature the first-ever “Women of Africa in Infrastructure” Workshop. According to former President Jimmy Carter, speaking in 2015, Africa will not achieve its full economic potential until all genders are fully included across all industries.

This high-level workshop will look at the historical contribution made by women to infrastructure development in Africa during the last century and focus on major contributions currently being made by women-owned corporations to key infrastructure projects including oil and gas; agriculture; renewable energy and power; and water and waste management.

Known experts from international corporations, which have women business initiatives and women business associations, and their members will feature cutting-edge knowledge weighting the impact of women of Africa on primary infrastructure in the continent in terms of contributions to GDP, employment statistics, capacity of electricity power generated, and amounts of arable land farmed and agriculture outposts produced.

The focus upon measurable and saleable statistics supporting women of Africa’s contribution to primary infrastructure provides a strong benefit to investors, developmental agencies, governments and businesses seeking to engage new partnerships with organizations making significant impacts on development in the continent.

In order to achieve maximum value and the full potential of the Women of Africa Infrastructure Workshop, Corporate Africa will prepare a special souvenir supplement to harness the intelligence generated and subsequently promote it to targeted individuals and organizations with policies, initiatives, and marketing plans desiring this service. Key personalities from the world of business and development will feature in the supplement including Madelein Mkunu, Leading Businesswomen of Africa, Access Bank Women Initiative, and IBM.

A video production of the workshop will add sustainable value to women’s endeavour to build infrastructure in Africa beyond the conference. The video will be branded by a sponsor and will be distributed to companies, universities, developmental agencies, governments, and business associations and guilds to exhibit the value contributed by women to development across Africa.

WATER CYCLE

OIL & GAS

MINING

TRANSPORT WATER CYCLE

POWER

AFRICA’S POWER Focus upon DRC and Ethiopia, looking at Projects under construction, new capacity, impact upon national and regional economies, and construction of added value chains to accommodate local content and empower people and their businesses

TRANSPORT TRANSPORT

G20AFRICA INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT CONFERENCE 2015

TRANSPORT TRANSPORT

OBJECTIVE: An examination of how new and innovative finance mechanisms could be exploitedand sustained to bring other channels of affordable road transport networks into Africa’sinfrastructure mix, including public and private bonds, equity issues, loans, and BOT, in countryand across borders

OUTCOME: MOU between the private sector and international investors from G20 nations about joint efforts to increase trade which should inevitably lead to more and betterroad transport.

INSTITUTIONS: Public Works Departments (Maintenance and refurbishment) Ministries ofTransport, Road Builders private sector, Julius Berger, Arab Contractors, municipalities, WorldBank, national and regional road building funds and bodies.

FRAMEWORK TO GUIDE DISCUSSIONS:The state of road transport infrastructure in African nations with major populations. Identifyingcurrent gaps in key road transport networks. Putting in place workable maintenance strategiesto sustain quality networks and deter decadence, challenges surrounding the construction ofroad infrastructure, including availability of finance, lack of political and commercial will topursue resources required:

• Initiating long-term plans to build and lay out key national road networks.• Impact of poor road network upon economic development and trade

IMPACT: To engage conversations between businesses and investors from G20, BRICS and Africannations, the private sector, governments, international development agencies, fund managers,local road builders, and project managers about potential areas of collaborations - buildingand refurbishment and devising new strategies for building and maintaining road networks inAfrica. Look at new build roads in Africa or other comparable economies that used smart formsof resources for funding, how it was achieved stakeholders, and benefits to community andeconomy. Report to form part of the final communiqué which the organisers will distribute toAfrica transport development agencies, World Bank, Contractors, investors, governments andthe public sector.

MINING


MINING

OBJECTIVE: To identify countries with good mining opportunities for exploitation,including Guinea, DRC, Angola, Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana and Zambia.

OUTCOME: Governments and Chambers of Mines will be offered an opportunity toinform investors about types of mining opportunities available inside their nationalborders, types of investors or partners sought, legal and financial resources required,and short and long term incentives available in investors’ packages.

INSTITUTIONS: Governments and private investors, national developmental agenciesand World Bank.

FRAMEWORK TO GUIDE DISCUSSIONS:• Contribution of Africa’s mining industry to national GDP.• Contributions of mining industry to developing infrastructure, hospitals, schools,• Community and roads. Required legal and regulatory framework to benefit• Investors and national mining interests.• Win-win opportunities in mining industries of Africa.• Eco friendly mining to complement the environment and long term• sustainability.

IMPACT: Information about attractive mining opportunities for investors. Listing ofmining opportunities on offer in respective African countries for the benefits ofinvestors

POWER


POWER

OBJECTIVE: Focus upon strategies used in comparable economies to build capacity andincrease power production and distribution to impact upon industrial production and livingconditions.

OUTCOME: To identify how good planning and strategies and management resources cansupport and strengthen government power generation plans, strategies and implementationprocedures, and projects to enhance more reliable power for businesses that could impact uponsustainable economic growth.

INSTITUTIONS: NEPAD, African Union, private sector involvement, investors, IPPs, AlternativeEnergy, Solar Biofuel, Wind among others.

FRAMEWORK TO GUIDE DISCUSSIONS:• Focus upon major African economies such as Nigeria, South Africa, and Kenya.• Cleary identify the resources and conditions required to be in place to realize new economies in power generation.• Current versus required short, medium, and long-term needs required to keep in pace with economic growth.• Experiences from comparative analysis and cross cultural learning from developed and developing countries.

IMPACT: Investors can identify the short- and medium-term opportunities to partner with thepower sector.

OIL & GAS


OIL & GASOBJECTIVE: Identify and discuss new discoveries exploration and production and theirimpact upon communities and nations wherein discovered (revenues, technology, skills,opportunities, suppliers); and how it could leverage other less developed industries andcreate new sustainable self sufficient economies outside capital cities.

OUTCOME: Appraisal of new discoveries in new countries and partnering opportunities fornew business partners.

INSTITUTIONS: Energy ministries, micro projects, ICT, youth development, education, oilmajors, independent oil producers, universities, nationaloil producing organizations, national and regional planning commission.

FRAMEWORK TO GUIDE DISCUSSIONS:• Current situation of new oil producing nations in Africa.• New discoveries and experiences of the role of oil and gas in nation building and learning from older gas economies.• Local and national strategies for using oil and gas as a leverage for building communities.• Integrating the oil and gas industry into the fabric of national economy.• Political and corporate leadership in the integration of oil and gas industry into national economy.• Training for local content to support its contribution to the sustainability of the industry.• Private Public People Partnerships (PPPPs) to guarantee win-win for investors, governments, and the masses.• Changes in the global economy upon sustainability of oil and gas in emerging economies.

IMPACT: Identify current challenges that could impact upon future development of theindustry and act as a bench mark for bringing value to other industries.

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WATER CYCLE


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WATER CYCLEOBJECTIVE: To identify gaps in the water cycle in African nations with major populations;national and regional water and related environment programs and projects and their capacityin terms of water provision and supplies of clean water especially in critical areas – agriculture,rural areas, shanty towns and slums; and water for industry and sanitation purposes.

OUTCOME: Strategies and partnerships to build and guarantee sustainable supply of cleanwater for drinking and other household use, and water forirrigation, sewage, and sanitation. Also participation of member states in action plans to achieveregional water security.

INSTITUTIONS: Biwater, Zenith, UN Water, Nepad, AU, Africa Water Fund, African MinistersCouncil on Water (AMCOW), national ministries and water boards.

FRAMEWORK TO GUIDE DISCUSSIONS:• Access to clean water, impact on good health and viable healthcare systems.• Projects and programs to impact on food security, production and prospects for irrigation.• Identify water gap, lack of supplies and areas with abundant and excess supplies.• Alternative water supplies – bore holes, wells, storage plants, private distributors.• NEPAD and governments’ national agricultural water development strategies to increase production and eradicate poverty.• International investors and Africa’s developmental partners’ contributions to investment in developing supplies of domestic and agricultural water, institutional• Reforms, including reforms to macro-economic policies, privatization, legal frameworks and organizations for agricultural water.• Africa Water Fund (ADB) and its impact upon Africa’s water vision. AU-NEPAD, ECOWAS SADC and other Regional Integration Partners strategic• objectives in the integration of Africa’s water and sanitation industries.

IMPACT: Collaborations with the private sector from countries with comparative experiences,BRICS and G20 nations who are capable of transferring added value through training,secondments and technology.

BRAZIL-AFRICA INVESTORS FORUM

RUSSIAN-AFRICA INVESTOR FORUM

INDIA-AFRICA INVESTOR FORUM

CHINA-AFRICA INVESTOR FORUM

SOUTH-AFRICA INVESTOR FORUM

FORUM

BRAZIL-AFRICA INVESTORS FORUM - Business Forum where business and tradepartners from Brazil and nations of Africa will meet to discuss and engage newopportunities and partnerships across primary and secondary infrastructureacross Africa, and defining and setting up institutions and organizations that canfacilitate cooperation business and trade.

RUSSIA-AFRICA INVESTORS FORUM - Business Forum where business and tradepartners from Russia and nations of Africa will meet to discuss and engage new opportunities and partnerships across primary and secondary infrastructure across Africa, and defining and setting up institutions and organizations that can facilitate cooperation business and trade.

SPONSORS FORUM - Business Forum where sponsors can meets business and tradepartners from Africa and overseas to discuss and engage new opportunities and partnershipsacross primary and secondary infrastructure in Africa, and defining and setting up institutionsand organizations that can facilitate cooperation for new business and trade.

SME’S BUSINESS MEETINGS - SME’s and other businesses and trade partners from with interets and portfolios in Africa can meet on a one and one basis project financiers, tech-nologists, business consultants, and international funding agencies.

APPRAISALS AND OUTCOMES - The Conference will be setting the agenda and the way forward for a BRICS Africa Chamber of Commerce with chapters across the continent to develop and im-plement a clear and sustainable Plan of Action for African nations to benefit from business and trade with BRICS nations. Benefit in terms of win-win bilateral business and trade.

CLOSED DOOR PRE QUALIFIED SESSION - Focus upon current projects and programs investors, fund managers, financiers and other resource providers in attendance.

INVESTORS FORUM - Business Forum where business and trade partners of African nations can meet with political and major African organisations about new opportunities forpartnerships across primary and secondary infrastructure, and defining and setting up institutions and organizations that can facilitate cooperation for new business and trade.

CONFERENCE COORDINATORAisha Aingal

Email: [email protected]

NETWORK COORDINATORMichael Mishon


FRANCOPHONEMelaine Kouassi


PROJECT DIRECTORAsséna Tabélé


CHINA AFRICA PROJECT DIRECTORJian Ping Sun


TURKEY CORRESPONDENTOlarotimi Onayemi

Email: [email protected]: www.corporate-africa.com


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