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28
JUNE |
| 1:00 - 5:00 PM |
Registration
in Conference Reception Area |
| DAY
1 - 29 JUNE |
| 7:30 -
8:40 AM |
Network
breakfast hosted by Organizers in Conference Reception area
|
8:45 - 8:50 AM |
Introduction
of sponsors and Chairman by Organizers
Andrèa
Coore, Times Media, Group Development Director
|
8:50
- 9:00 am |
Welcome
to the G8-Africa Infrastructure Investment Conference
Opening Presentation sponsored
by Dr Alister
Soyode, Chairman,
BEN TV
|
| 9:00
- 9:15 am |
Chairman’S Opening Remarks
Mr Antony Bouthelier, President,
French Council of Investors in Africa |
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| EMPOWERING
PEOPLE AND COUNTRIES OF AFRICA |
9:15 - 9:30 am |
The
state of infrastructure in Africa
Leslie A Nelson, Commercial
Development Director, GE Corporate
|
9:30 - 9:45 am |
Partnerships
between EU States and African countries
Baroness Catherine Ashton, EU
Trade Commissioner.
|
9:45
- 10:05 am |
UK
support for infrastructure in Africa
Mr Yousaf Samiullah, DFID,
Ministry of Infrastructure UK
|
| 10:05 - 10:20 am |
The
impact of investment into infrastructure upon Ghana’S
economy
Mr Kwame Kesse-Agyapong Ghana Investment Promotion Centre
|
10:20 - 10:35 am |
ACCESSING
Windows of opportunities for investing in power generation -
the case of Ghana
Mr George Aboagye, CEO, Ghana
Investment Promotion Corporation
|
10:35 - 10:50 am |
Building
an enabling environment of trust
Mr Patrick Okonjo, Okonjo,
Odiawa & Ebie Legal Practioners, Lagos, Nigeria
|
| 10:50 - 11:05 am |
Bonds
to finance development of national infrastructure
Dr. Shamsuddeen Usman, Honourable
Minister of National Planning Commission, Nigeria
|
11:05 - 11:20 am |
Coffee Break
|
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| REGIONAL
INTEGRATION TO CONNECT PEOPLE AND COUNTRIES OF AFRICA |
11:20
- 11:35 am |
Connecting
diverse communities and related challenges
Mr Geoff Doidge, Minister
of Public Works, South Africa
|
11:35
- 11:50 am |
Agriculture
Development
Mr. Paul Biyoghe Mba, Minister
of Agriculture, Ministry of Agriculture, Gabon
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| 11:50 - 12:05 am |
Access
to clean water - the key to survival
Dr Chilio Kanu, CEO, Cuusak
Technologies
|
| 12:05 - 12:20 pm |
Regional
Projects that empower the masses
Mr Shameel Aziz Joosub,
Managing Director, Vodacom Group
|
| 12:20 - 12:35 pm |
Regional Transport – connecting
people and communities
Dr Ken Ife, Africa Business
Round Table / NEPAD Business Group
|
| 12:35 - 12:50 pm |
National focus
upon Ports
Mr Attimama Cyriaque – Port
Autonome de Benin
|
12:50 - 1:05 pm |
Eye on Francophone
Cote d’Ivoire
Mr Youssouf Soumahoro, Ministry
of Trade and Commerce, Cote d’Ivoire, and Centre de Promotion
des Investissement
|
13:05
- 12:20 pm |
Investing
towards the Millennium Development Goals
Mr Cas Coovadia, Managing Director,
The Banking Association SA
|
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Chairmans Closing Remarks and Summary at the
end of the second session
|
| 13:30 pm |
LUNCH sponsored
by FirstBank
|
14:40 pm |
Chairman’S Opening Remarks and introduction
of personalities forming panel discussion
|
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|
DAY
2 - 30 JUNE |
|
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| FUNDING
INFRASTRUCTURE AT LOCAL AND NATIONAL LEVELS |
| 8:45 - 9:00 am |
The
Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund (EAIF)
Mr Nick Rouse, Emerging
Africa Infrastructure Fund and Director of Frontier Markets
Fund Managers
|
| 9:00 - 9:15 am |
Using
Microfinance Banks as a Platform for Developing Critical Infrastructure
for Rural Development
Mr Benjamin Aduli, Director,
Mainsail Trading
|
| 9:15 - 9:25 am |
Profile
on India and Indian companies investing in infrastructure projects
in Africa
|
| 9:15 - 9:25 am |
Profile
on India and Indian companies investing in infrastructure projects
in Africa
Mr Sanjay Kirloskar
|
| 9:25 - 9:35 am |
New Dynamism in India - Africa economic
relations
Ambassador V. B. Soni, Overseas Infrastructure
Alliance
|
| 9:35 - 9:45 am |
Food Security
in Africa
Mr Protik Guha, Vice President,
Amira Foods
|
| 9:45 - 10.00 am |
food sufficiency in africa - the basis
of life
Mr L H Dabi, Vice President,
Kirloskar Brothers |
| 10.00 - 10:15 am |
The role of the World Bank in Developing
Infrastructure in Africa
Mr Steven R Dimitriyev, Private
Sector Development, Africa Region, World Bank
|
| 10:15 - 10:25 am |
The Human Factor as Crucial Component
in Unlocking Infrastructure Potential in Africa
Professor Pierre Strydom, CEO Business
School of the Netherlands
|
| 10:30 - 10:50 am |
Public works:
the key to an independent future and growth
Nigerian Public Works Ministry
|
| 10:50 - 11:05 am |
Partnerships between mobile telephony
and fixed line
Dr Ekwow Spio-Garbrah, CEO,
Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation
|
| 11:05 - 11:25 am |
Coffee Break
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TOWARDS
A FUTURE OF INDEPENDENCE AND GROWTH
The role of Businesses
and International Investors |
| 11:30 - 11:45 am |
Partnerships
between local investors and people representatives
Dr William Bannerman,AngloGold
Ashanti Corporation
|
| 11:45 - 12:00 am |
Capacity Deficit in the Delivery of
African Infrastructure Projects
Dr Sydney Zikuzo Gata, EMC Continental
(Africa) Limited
|
| 12:00 - 12:15 pm |
Royal Electrification in Southern Africa
Mr J Mashamba, Rural Electrification Agency,
Executive Director
|
| 12:15 - 12:30 pm |
Financial Services Partnering Opportunities
for Investing into Key Infrastructure across Africa
Mr
Bruce Jewels, Director, Africa Advisory Services Ltd
|
| 12:30 - 12:45 pm |
Partnering Development in Africa Infrastructure
in Pursuit of earlier expectations of an African Century
Mr Ramz Hamzaoui, Medicapital, London
|
| 12:45 - 13:15 pm |
questions and answers
|
| 13:15 - 13:30 pm |
Chairman’s closing remarks and summary
of the G8 Corporate Africa Infrastructure Investment Conference
2009
|
| 13:30 pm |
lunch sponsored by firstbank
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| 18:30 PM |
COCKTAIL NETWORK RECEPTION
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