Transcript Heading - Africa Infrastructure

AFRICA
INFRASTRUCTURE
EXPO 2009
JOHANNESBURG
Introduction
The way forward for Africa…..
-To look at the future development of it’s infrastructure,
-Using a bi-ennial global platform,
-Namely the Africa Infrastructure Expo
-To facilitate increased infrastructure development
across the African continent.
Introduction
A myriad of strategies, programmes and Campaigns
are underway to develop governance styles and
policies that seek to enable a developing future for
the world’s poorest nations.
Economic development blocs, trading treaties and
political groupings from the G8, responding to Nepad
with its Africa Action Plan, to local municipal structures in
almost every city and town across Africa, are charting a
new course for the continent whose potential is being
reinvented despite seemingly insurmountable challenges.
Introduction
Most recently:
The British Department for International development
announced a new collaborative initiative bringing together
senior representation
“Infrastructure consortium for Africa” , comprising
-G8,
-The African Union,
-The New partnership for Africa’s Development (AU/NEPAD),
-The African Development Bank,
-The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS),
-The World Bank
and The European Commission
Introduction
It is to give full voice and delivery to such
initiatives that the concept of a global African
exposition (conference and exhibition platform)
is conceived.
A Global African Development Exposition of the scale
described here with focus wholly on facilitating delivery.
During the last 5 decades, Africa, and indeed its global
partners, has proven an unerring ability to get around a
table to negotiate agreements that are most remarkable
for their unrealised potential as well as their lack of
delivery.
Sector
There is no doubt that those sectors that provide enabling
infrastructure across the continent are the sectors on which
Africa’s growth must now be focused.
Imbalances in infrastructural platforms from country to
country within Africa are the primary cause of the lag in
integrated growth internally, within economic blocs and
across the continent.
Multinationals interested in investment in one state where
infrastructure is sophisticated are often doubtful of their
ability to realise the potential of that investment as a
direct result of the lack of resources in the country next
door.
Sector
The delivery focus of the Exposition is on scaling-up
– Responding to urgent needs by assisting to bring
together players that can mobilise additional funds and
more effective use of existing financial sources.
Finally, as it is intended as a recurring event the
Exposition can play a meaningful role in
- Monitoring and evaluating whilst, incidentally, providing
a host-city opportunity each time, thus making its own
contribution to tourism and local economic development
in a different country each hosting.
Stakeholders
1 The President’s Office especially the Chief
Directorate on International Relations, Peace
and Security and the
2 Chief Directorate for the Economic Cluster
3 The International Investment Advisory Council
4 The International Cabinet Cluster
Department of Trade and Industry;
Department of Foreign Affairs,
Government communication and Information Service.
Stakeholder’s Africa
AFRICAN UNION
NEPAD
SOUTH AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT
COMMUNITY
SOUTH AFRICAN CUSTOMS UNION
ECOWAS
AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK
Stakeholders International
WORLD BANK
INTERNATIONAL FINANCE CORPORATION
DEPARTMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL
DEVELOPMENT
AFRICA INFRASTRUCTURE CONSORTIUM
SADC
The 14 SADC member states are:
Angola
Botswana
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Lesotho
Madagascar
Malawi
Mauritius
Mozambique
Namibia
South Africa
Swaziland
Tanzania
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Sector development
Profiles on the exposition would also be guided by
those earmarked as priorities by the consortium,
including:
Energy
Transport
Water and Sanitation
Telecommunications
Urban Infrastructure
Infrastructure sectors
Transport
Aerospace, Airports, Rail, Roads,
Ports
Energy
Electricity, Oil, Gas, Refineries
Government
Spatial Development Initiatives,
Free Economic Zones, Trading
Blocs, Customs
Water & Sanitation
Treatment Plants, Distribution
Construction
Bridge and Dam Building,
Manufacturing Plants
Telecommunications
Satellite and Signal Infrastructure
Africa Infrastructure Expo
Event Profile
A bi-ennial global platform, providing a platform through
conferences, summits and workshops focused on
infrastructure themes.
The Global Africa Infrastructure Expo brings the world’s
leading turnkey infrastructure providers together with the
decision makers involved in infrastructure delivery within
the international finance, donor, African Government and
private sector environment.
Platform profile
Networking opportunities between
-global players in political and financial donor groupings,
-governments,
-investment funds and private investors,
-capital markets,
-infrastructure providers including utility operators
-development and investment banks
and
-institutional investors.
platform profile…
Development of infrastructure
and the
involvement of the private sector
are the two key points of focus …
Infrastructure development is seen as a pre-requisite for
economic growth and the private sector is seen to be
best able to identify and manage risks associated with
such development in many sectors so as to ensure assets
and services perform over time.
African infrastructure consortium
The Exposition supports the consortium’s role
to
boost the efficacy of existing infrastructure providers
through enabling personalised communications and
co-ordination amongst donors which remains one of
the most pressing challenges to infrastructure
development on the continent.
The Entire platform, its branding and marketing would
serve the consortium by being on an on-site and
tangible platform for advocacy and awareness
required to reflect the scale of the challenges faced by
Africa’s developing infrastructure.
reach and coverage
In terms of reach and coverage, the Exposition
launched as it would be by and in South Africa, would
focus on
continent-wide, cross-border and regional projects
while taking into account the most pressing needs that
exist in sub-Saharan Africa.
Regional Projects:
East Africa
North Africa
Southern Africa
West Africa
The event mix
EXHIBITORS
Global Suppliers
Global Government Representation
USA Europe India China SA
Solution
Facilitation
Needs
Determination
Conferences &
Workshops
Plenary
Sessions
EVENT
PLATFORM
BUYERS
All African Countries
Financing
Turnkey
Heads of
Agreement
Plenary sessions & workshops
Airports & Aviation
Business Practices & Transparency
Credit Risk Mitigation
Energy, Electrical Grids, and Dams
Financing Your Projects
Housing & Construction
Information Technology
Logistics & Distribution
Managing Commercial Risk
Ports
Public-Private Partnerships
Railways
Regional Projects: East Africa
Regional Projects: North Africa
Regional Projects: Southern Africa
Regional Projects: West Africa
Roads & Bridges
Telecommunication