Africa's Longest Running Public Private Partnership Conference is Back this October

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28 Sep, 2016, 09:00 GMT

LONDON, September 28, 2016 /PRNewswire/ --

Since its inception in 2009, the Africa Public Private Partnership Conference and Showcase (Africa PPP) has become the definite platform for discussing, informing and instigating the successful implementation of PPPs across the continent.

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The 8th edition of Africa PPP will once again showcase investment opportunities and planned infrastructure development projects from across Africa.  Organised by AME Trade, the event will take place from the 24 - 26 October 2016 at the Radisson Blu Hotel, London, UK, building on the success of the previous editions which have been held in Tunis, Nairobi, Abuja, Johannesburg, Abidjan and London. Watch the industry highlights from the speakers' interviews.

Based on the outcomes from the 2015 event, the conference programme will focus on the following key topics:

  •     Harmonisation in PPP Policies and Regulatory Frameworks
  •     Best Practice Scenarios - Successful PPPs in Africa - Case Studies
  •     Investing in Infrastructure - Financing PPPs
  •     Project Preparation Facilities - Expediting Bankable PPPs
  •     Lessons from India - The World's largest PPP market
  •     Working towards Integrated PPPs
  •     Focus Session - Opportunity Showcase of Investable Infrastructure Projects
  •     Risk and Reward - Why PPPs need to continue to grow

"The quality of discussions has been excellent. There were ministerial people and parliamentarians in attendance and it is that caliber of people that attend these particular conferences, they come here to learn to be able to go back to their countries and take the best practices scenario's back."   Senior Project Advisor PPP, National Treasury, South Africa 

This edition of the event is host to an excellent line-up of speakers.  Showcasing nine PPP units from Senegal, Egypt, South Africa, Uganda, Mali, Ethiopia, Kenya, Cameroon and Nigeria. Additional panellists include: Jack van der Merwe - Gautrain; Lucy Chege - DBSA, Romain Py - AIIM; Hannes van Wyk - Toll Infrastructure Services, Eng. M.C. Munodawafa - Zambezi River Authority amongst others.

APPP 2016 is an ideal match-making platform for both project sponsors and financiers to explore options for increasing infrastructure development via PPPs.

Information about the programme, speaker panel and delegate registration is available at the official Africa PPP website.

Alternatively, please contact the event organiser directly by phone +44 207 700 4949 or email at appp@ametrade.org. For press accreditation email marketing@ametrade.org.