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German-African Day on Mobility
                        Berlin, 3 December 2018

                          Draft Program
                                  (as of 15 November)

Venue: Hotel NH Collection, Friedrichstr. 96, 10117 Berlin

       Organized by Afrika-Verein Veranstaltungs-GmbH. Alterations to be reserved.
        Conference languages are English and French. Translation will be provided
                              in the main conference room.
German-African Day on Mobility - Berlin, 3 December 2018 - Afrika-Verein der ...
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                        German-African Day on Mobility 2018:

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German-African Day on Mobility - Berlin, 3 December 2018 - Afrika-Verein der ...
8:30 – 9:30 am                       Registration and Welcome Coffee

 9:30 – 9:45 am    Welcome Session

                   Afrika-Verein der deutschen Wirtschaft (AV), Germany

9:45 – 10:00 am    Keynote

                   Hon. Samuel Atta Akyea
                   Minister of Public Works and Housing, Ghana

10:00 – 10:15 am   Impulse: Mobility in Africa

                   Abdelouahed Rahal
                   Director Automotive Industry
                   Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Investment and Digitalization, Morocco

10:15 – 11:00 am                           Networking Coffee Break

11:00 – 12:00 am   The bigger picture – Movement of Goods & People

                   A Pan-African free trade zone, free movement of Africans in Africa and a
                   growing middleclass is redefining Mobility in Africa. How these factors will
                   influence infrastructure development on our neighboring continent and how
                   will it change the face of moving goods & people in Africa? Let’s look at the
                   bigger picture!

                   Abdelouahed Rahal
                   Director Automotive Industry
                   Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Investment and Digitalization, Morocco

                   Representative
                   Institute for Transportation and Development Policy, Kenya

                   Representative
                   European Investment Bank, Luxembourg

                   Amadou Diallo*
                   CEO
                   DHL Global Forwarding, Germany
German-African Day on Mobility - Berlin, 3 December 2018 - Afrika-Verein der ...
Dr Noannee Botha*
                   Director South Africa
                   DB Engineering & Consulting GmbH, South Africa

12:00 – 01:00 pm   Discussion: Smart Urban Mobility

                   African cities are growing rapidly and need innovative mobility concepts.
                   How will the future African city look like? And what solutions can German
                   industry offer?

                   Dr Gerd Leutner
                   Partner
                   CMS Hasche Sigle, Germany

                   Markus Delfs
                   Coordinator of the Secretariat
                   MobiliseYourCity Partnership Africa, Belgium

                   Yssouf Cissé
                   Head of Africa Regional Office
                   International Association of Public Transport (UITP), Côte d’Ivoire

                   Representative*
                   Siemens AG

01:00 – 02:15 pm                            Networking Lunch Break

02:15 – 03:30 pm   Managing the flow of Goods –              Digital Infrastructure
                   The perfect logistics mix                 Data – Networks

                   African logistical challenges need a      What impact does the expansion
                   differentiated mix of solutions in        of digital networks have on
                   order to manage the flow of goods.        African       economies        and
                   How are African entrepreneurs             governments?          How       will
                   changing the face of transportation       digitalization in the public sector
                   and what solutions can be provided        influence the doing business
                   by German and international               environment in African countries?
                   players?
                                                             Ingo Radatz*
                   Justine Letard                            CTO
                   Business Development                      HSH Soft- und Hardware Vertriebs
                   Empty Trips, South Africa                 GmbH, Germany

                   Wenzel Catima                             Guido Schwartz
                   Route Development Manager                 Senior Innovation & Business
                   Southern Africa                           Development Manager
                   Transworld Cargo, Namibia                 Airbus Defence and Space GmbH,
                                                             Germany
Magalie Cottier Belhad*                  Representative*
                               Africa Business Development              MTN, South Africa
                               Manager
                               Bolloré Logistics Germany GmbH,          Representative*
                               Germany                                  Marlink SAS, France

                               Daniel Tilahun*
                               Acting Center Director
                               African Railway Education and
                               Research Institute, Ehtiopia

  03:30 – 04:15 pm                                       Networking Coffee Break

  04:15 – 05:30 pm             Development of Infrastructure            Moving people
                               Planning – Building – Financing          Mobility – Regional Integration

                               How      can    companies        and     Public Transportation is still a
                               governments plan, build and              blank spot in many African
                               finance infrastructure projects in       countries. How will cross border
                               Africa? What are the do’s and            transportation look like for African
                               don’ts and who is taking the leading     citizens? How will the growing
                               role        in         infrastructure    regional integration in Africa
                               developments?                            influence the movement of
                                                                        people?
                               Representative
                               GAUFF GmbH & Co. Engineering             Filipe Ferraro*
                               KG, Germany                              Executive Director
                                                                        Scalabrini Institute for Human
                               Representative                           Mobility in Africa, South Africa
                               Commerzbank AG, Germany

                               Representative
                               DEG – Deutsche Investitions- und
                               Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH,
                               Germany

                               Representative
                               The Infrastructure Consortium for
                               Africa, Côte d’Ivoire

      followed by                                              Get-together

Imprint: Afrika-Verein der deutschen Wirtschaft e.V.
Friedrichstraße 206
10969 Berlin, Germany
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berlin@afrikaverein.de
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