• Understanding PPPs and their role in delivering infrastructure services

• PPP models

• Understanding risk and risk allocation

• The project cycle and procurement

• Legal frameworks and contracting

• PPP structures and financial modelling

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Course presenters:

• Andre Kruger, Programme Manager, Nepad Business Foundation, South Africa

• Mary Chege, Managing Partner, EMSI & Associates, Kenya

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18:00            Networking drinks

Venue to be confirmed

* Denotes invited

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Keynote session

09:00           Welcome address

Julius Korir, Principal Secretary State Department of Infrastructure, Ministry of Transport, Infrastructure, Housing and Urban Development, Kenya

09:15            Opening Keynote 

James Macharia, Cabinet Secretary , Ministry for Transport, Infrastructure, Housing and Urban Development, Kenya

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09:45            Panel:  Boosting investment into transport infrastructure

• Amos Mawara, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Transport, Zimbabwe

• Julius Korir, Principal Secretary State Department of Infrastructure, Ministry of Transport, Infrastructure, Housing and Urban Development, Kenya

• Jacob Ruwa, CEO, Kenya Roads Board, Kenya

• David Hammond, Deputy CE, Highway Authority of Ghana, Ghana*

• Rauna-Nelad Hanghuwo, Executive Officer Engineering Services, Roads Authority Namibia, Namibia

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10:30            Morning Coffee

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The necessity of the right sectoral framework

11:45           Case study: The right sectoral framework lays a solid foundation for your project

Chris Appia, Transport Planning, Engineering, Facilitation & Policy, ECOWAS

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12:30           Panel discussion: The importance of the right foundation upon which to build your transport sector

• Regulation

• Legislation

• Road planning and maintenance

• National road development plans

Panellists:

•    Rashid Mohammed, Secretary General, Road Maintenance Association, Ethiopia

•    Arnold Masawki, Engineer, Tanzanian Roads Agency, Tanzania*

•    Mercy Wairua, Legal Counsel, Mota-Engil Africa, South Africa

•    Judith A.M. Nyakawa, Acting Director, PPP Unit, The National Treasury & Planning,  Republic of Kenya

•    Snowden Mmadi, Infrastructure Expert, COMESA, Botswana

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13:45            Networking Lunch

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Traditional financing models

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15:00            Panel discussion: Having skin in the game

• Project finance

• Multilateral and donor opportunities

• Risk mitigation for public and private participants

Panellists:

•    Hoda Moustafa, Head of Africa, Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), Senegal
•    Mark Dimmer, Senior Investment Officer, International Finance Corporation, Kenya
•    Gabriel Negatu, Director General, Eastern Africa Regional Hub, African Development Bank*
•    Romain Py, Investment Director, AIIM, South Africa
•    Stephen Mogere, Infrastructure Expert, JICA Kenya Office, Kenya
•    Morgan Pillay, Senior Infrastructure Finance Expert, GIZ, South Africa*
•    Zhu Zhongliang, Counsellor in the Chinese Mission to the African Union, Ethiopia*
 

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15:45            Case study: Risks linked to the project cycle and how they can be mitigated

  David Niyonsenga, PIDA Infrastructure Expert, NEPAD

16:05             Fireside chat: 

              James Macharia, Cabinet Secretary , Ministry for Transport, Infrastructure, Housing and Urban Development, Kenya

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18:00             Networking function

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*Denotes invited

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Alternative finance

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09:00            Case study: Nigeria’s tax credit scheme for road development

Emeka Agbasi, Director and Head, PPP and Asset management, Federal Roads Maintenance Agency, Nigeria

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09:30           Panel discussion: Operating outside the box

• Special purpose vehicles

• Pension funds

• Public bonds

• Export credit facilities

Panellists:

•    William Lloyd George, PIDA*

•    Ed Harkins, CEO, GKB Ventures, United Kingdom

•    Daphine Muzawazi, Monitoring and Evaluation Officer for Regional Integration and Trade, AUDA-NEPAD*
•    Mamady Souare, Manager for the Regional Integration Operations, Regional Development and Regional Integration, African Development Bank*
 

11:00            Morning refreshment break

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Project and Development lifecycle

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11:45           Having all the right eggs in your basket – considerations before embarking on a new road development project

Michael M. Odongo, Executive Director, Road Fund, Uganda

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12:15            Panel discussion: Elements of successful project delivery

• Environmental impact assessment

• Traffic flow and the necessity of new infrastructure

• Material selection to improve efficiencies

• Partner selection

Panellists:

•    Anthonia A. Ekpa, Director, Road Transport & Mass Transit Administration, Federal Ministry of Transportation, Nigeria

•    Davis Muhwezi, Transport Economist, Uganda National Roads Authority, Uganda*
•    Trudi Hartzenberg, Executive Director, Trade Law Association, South Africa*

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13:00           The importance of a robust, well-maintained road fund

• Governance

• Maintenance priorities

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Panellists:

•    Wallece Mumba, Manager - Monitoring and Evaluation, National Road Fund Agency, Zambia*
•    Angelo Macuacua, Chairperson, Road Fund, Mozambique*
•    Bosco Nsabumuremyi, Eastern Africa Focal Group Chairman, ARMFA, Burundi
•    Ali Ipinge, Chief Executive Officer, Namibian Road Fund, Namibia*

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13:45            Networking Lunch

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Future-proof road infrastructure

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15:30           The road to the future is paved in…

An examination of technology that will be making up the road infrastructure, not just in Africa, but across the world.

• Solar roads

• Wireless charging for electric vehicles

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                     Panellists:

•  Dr. Rajagopalan Vasudevan, Professor, Thiagarajar College of Engineering, India*

• ​ Scott Brusaw, Founder, Solar Roads, United States*

• ​ Charity Mutunga, Director, Inchape, Kenya*                          

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15:30           Closing remarks/tea/coffee