The 4th Annual East Africa Transport and Infrastructure will be held on 12th-13th June 2017.
The 3rd Annual East Africa Transport & Infrastructure was last year held at Nairobi’s Radisson Blu from the 23rd – 24th of May. The event opened to a house-full audience with participants from more than 10 countries from various parts of the world looking forward to contribute to the development of the Eastern Africa region.
There were almost 2 dozen individual presentations on various subjects related to transport infrastructure development and an excellent panel discussion moderated by Adv. Steven Gikera on the PPP possibilities and modes of investments in large scale infrastructure projects.
The chairperson Dr. Isaac Kalua did an excellent job to keep the audience involved and the speakers made us proud with the quality of presentation.
With almost 80 participants on Day 1 and 60+ participants on Day 2, the gathering itself speaks success in volume.
Africa’s extensive population growth projections mean that by 2040, transport volumes will increase 6-8 times (even up to 14 times in some countries), while output will rise to more than 2Bn tons.
Consequently, Kenya is projected to shift 35% of cargo to rail by 2018. Several concessions in the region are already active in East African region including TAZARA, RVR, etc. along with ongoing SGR Development program connecting Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda and South Sudan.
The Nairobi Commuter Rail Project is due as per plan and this African Rail Renaissance is providing ample opportunity for the global players to step in and look for business growth.
With South East Asian lenders like Exim Bank and JICA addressing critical funding requirements with donors like World Bank / IFC, ADB and other institutional investors like AFD, EIB, etc investing in large scale projects, there’s still potential for further private sector initiatives to boost development.
We invite people from allied sectors in transport infrastructure including rail and road to join us at the 4th Annual East Africa Transport and Infrastructure and maximize business potential with ample networking opportunities among knowledge sharing discussions and project updates.
