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G20 Investment Summit – German Business and the CwA Countries

Under the Patronage of Dr Angela Merkel, Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany

Tuesday, November 19th, 2019 Haus der Deutschen Wirtschaft Breite Straße 29 · 10178 Berlin

Conference languages are German, English, French and . Simultaneous trans lation will be provided. Programme alterations to be reserved.

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08.00 – 09.45 a.m. Registration

08.00 – 10.00 a.m. Welcome Coffee

10.30 – 11.00 a.m. Welcome

Prof. Dr Heinz-Walter Große Chairman Subsahara-Afrika Initiative der Deutschen Wirtschaft (SAFRI) / Sub-Saharan Africa Initiative of German Business

Opening Keynote

H.E. Dr Angela Merkel Federal Chancellor Federal Republic of Germany

Keynote

H.E. Abdel Fattah al-Sisi Chairperson of the African Union President of the Arab Republic of

11.00 – 12.30 p.m. German Direct Investment in Africa – The Rise of the Compact with Africa

Introduction

Prof. Dr Stefan Liebing Chairman Afrika-Verein der deutschen Wirtschaft (AV) / German-African Business Association

Presentation of German Lighthouse Projects in the Presence of the African Heads of States

Projects in the Renewable Energy Sector

Ethiopia Joe Kaeser, CEO, Siemens AG in cooperation with FruitBox Africa GmbH & Member of the Government, Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia

Benin Heike Bergmann, Senior Vice President Sales Africa, Voith Hydro Holding GmbH & Co. KG & Hon. Romuald Wadagni, Minister of Economy and Finance, Republic of Benin

Senegal Peter Magauer, Managing Director, ANDRITZ Hydro GmbH & H.E. Macky Sall, President of the Republic of Senegal Conference Program Tuesday, November 19th

11.00 – 12.30 p.m. Guinea Marcus Miller, CEO, CleanPower Generation GmbH & H.E. Prof. Alpha Condé, President of the Republic of Guinea

Projects in the Manufacturing Sector

Tunisia Otto Kirchner, President, Fränkische Rohrwerke Gebr. Kirchner GmbH & Co. KG & Hon. Sabri Bachtobji, Secretary of State to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of

Togo Martin Schoeller, Co-Chairman, Schoeller Group GmbH & H.E. Komi Sélom Klassou, Prime Minister of the Republic of Togo

Ghana Hendrik Reimers, CEO, fairafric GmbH & H.E. Nana Akufo-Addo, President of the Republic of Ghana

Rwanda Thomas Schäfer, Chairman & Managing Director, Volkswagen Group South Africa, Volkswagen AG & H.E. Paul Kagame, President of the Republic of Rwanda

Projects in the Infrastructure Sector

Morocco Coenraad Vrolijk, Regional CEO Allianz Africa, Allianz SE & H.E. *, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of

Burkina Faso Torsten Reinecke, Vice President – Head of Subregion Africa, Sysmex Europe GmbH / Member of Board of Directors, Sysmex-Partec Burkina Faso S.A.R.L & H.E. Roch Marc Kaboré, President of the Republic of Burkina Faso

Côte d´Ivoire Uwe Gauff, Principal Shareholder and Chairman of the Advisory Board, GAUFF GmbH & Co. Engineering KG & H.E. Dr Alassane Ouattara, President of the Republic of Côte d´Ivoire

Egypt Martin Herrenknecht, Founder and CEO, Herrenknecht AG & H.E. Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, President of the Arab Republic of Egypt

Followed by Group Photo

Conference Program Tuesday, November 19th

12.30 – 01.35 p.m. Networking Lunch Break

01.35 p.m. Keynote Speech

Hon. Tito Mboweni Minister of Finance Republic of South Africa

01.45 p.m. Keynote Speech

Hon. Peter Altmaier Federal Minister Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy

Followed by Signing Ceremony

Republic of Côte d´Ivoire Exchange of Documents – Establishment of a German Delegation of Industry and Commerce

Republic of Tunisia Signing Joint Declaration of Intent – Institutional Partnership Tunisia – Improving Public Procurement Access for SMEs

Arab Republic of Egypt Signing Joint Declaration of Intent – Manager Training Programme

Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia Signing Joint Declaration of Intent – Manager Training Programme

Signing Joint Declaration of Intent – Two Projects on International Energy Cooperation

Signings in the Presence of Hon. Peter Altmaier

02.00 – 02.30 p.m. Panel Discussion

Market Access Africa – Between Challenges and Opportunities!

Hon. Peter Altmaier Federal Minister Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy

Désiré Tohouri President SEWACARD Industrie S.A.

Isabel Knauf Member of Group Management Geb. Knauf KG Conference Program Tuesday, November 19th

02:00 – 2.30 p.m. Dr Martin Wansleben Chief Executive Officer Deutscher Industrie- und Handelskammertag (DIHK) / Association of German Chambers of Commerce and Industry

Moderation

Gregor Wolf Member of the Executive Board Bundesverband Großhandel, Außenhandel, Dienstleistungen (BGA) / Federation of Wholesale, Foreign Trade and Services

02:30 – 3.00 p.m. Keynote Speech

Hon. Dr Gerd Müller Federal Minister Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development

Followed by Signing Cooperation Agreement with the World Bank – Reform Financing with CwA Reform Partner Countries

AfricaGrow: Agreement Allianz Global Investors with KfW

AfricaConnect: Project Examples

Special Initiative on Training and Job Creation Pan-African Mobility Alliance

Signing – SDG Compact: Sustainable Value Creation – Partnership for Organic Farming with Martin Bauer Group Digital Economy with SAP SE

03:00 – 3.30 p.m. Panel Discussion

Cooperation for Growth – Benefit of Partnerships between Investors and Development Institutions

Dr Akinwumi Adesina President African Development Bank

Mateja Dermastia Chief Executive Officer Phy2Trace

Dr Michael Gotsche Vice President Market Area Africa BASF SE

Olaedo Osoka Chief Executive Officer Daystar Power Conference Program Tuesday, November 19th

03:00 – 3.30 p.m. Moderation

Dr Stefan Mair Member of the Executive Board Bundesverband der deutschen Industrie e.V. (BDI) / Federation of German Industries

Edith Kimani Moderator and Master of Ceremony

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Unlocking the potential of an African Nation

Siemens adds value to society across Africa through our products and solutions, sustainable and responsible business practices, strategic partnership activities, and targeted community initiatives.

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Untitled-1 1 2019/10/25 17:11:56 Lighthouse Initiative The Power of to Electrify Ethiopia a Promise 100 ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 90 –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Electrifying rural communities 80 –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– to boost economic growth 70 –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 60 –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 50 –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 40 –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 30 ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––100% +200 20 ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––by 2025* 10 –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– new jobs created through FruitBox

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Historic Rate of Electrification Targeted Rate of Electrification

FruitBox and Siemens Collaboration Working towards Driving entrepreneurship Fostering training and Ethiopia’s Goals and job creation skills development

56% of the Ethiopian population does Investing in remote communities like Empowering the local community to not have access to electricity. Through Sodo is what the Compact with Africa is operate and maintain the solar-hybrid our agreement with the Ethiopian all about. Providing clean and affordable micro grid. To this end, we cooperate Investment Commission, we support the energy to German start-up, Fruitbox will with the Wolaita Sodo University to train Government’s objective of reaching 100% empower the company to grow from the engineering students and develop skills access to electricity by 2025. Our solar- existing 100 employee base to create an in renewable energy technology. hybrid micro-grid solutions provide clean additional 200 new jobs. and affordable energy in remote areas.

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Consulting and engineering, procure- we have realized infrastructure projects Americas as well as in several countries ment, project control and contract man- very successfully and continuously on the African continent. However, Africa agement as well as site supervision and strengthened and expanded our expertise is and has always been the center of our training: GAUFF Engineering offers sup- in the fields of transport, water, sewage activities and the heart of our company. port in each phase of a project. and energy as well as project financing. We have been able to create many im- As a reliable and esteemed partner, we portant infrastructures that have played From planning to construction services, put great emphasis on a constant pres- a decisive role in the socio-economic supervision and final acceptance, we are ence on-site. development of the countries concerned. your reliable and loyal partner when it comes to ensuring the mobility and the This corporate philosophy is nurtured and With our technical know-how and dec- supply for whole regions. Our business practiced by the founder of our company, ades of experience in the implementation philosophy goes beyond traditional engi- Helmut P. Gauff, who began his extraordi- of international infrastructure projects, we neering and includes additional services nary career as an independent engineer will also turn your plans into reality. like procurement, contract settlement and in 1958. As early as 1965, a development project supervision as well as training for project led him to Gabon. There, he dis- www.gauff.net technical staff. covered his interest in the African conti- nent and its people. His multiple activities Furthermore, due to sourcing of suita- and business contacts in and to Africa are ble financing, we implement your project a direct result of this enthusiasm. without delay. We call this form of integrat- ed project management EPPM (Engineer- Focus on Africa ing, Procurement, Project Management). Today GAUFF Engineering is firmly estab- Since the company’s inception in 1988, lished in Germany, Europe, Asia and the

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