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POST EVENT REPORT 21ST ANNUAL 12 – 13 JUNE 2018 Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa AFRICA’S LARGEST AND ONLY RAIL EXHIBITION 6350 attendees| 650 VIP buyers| 125 exhibitors Created by: www.terrapinn.com/africarail Africa Rail @AfricaRail #africarail SUMMARYEXECUTIVE SHOW NAME Africa Rail 2018 21st annual Africa Rail, Africa’s largest rail show. ABOUT Africa Rail is the leading marketplace and ideas exchange for African rail operators, end users and governments hungry for innovative solutions. GE Transportation Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa Transnet Engineering Naledi Forging Teltronic SPONSORS Railway Safety Regulator (RSR) Siemens (Pty) Ltd IEC Holden Inc. ECIC Alstom Transport DATES 12-13 June 2018 VENUE Sandton Convention Centre SHOW SIZE 8 023m2 SPONSORS AND Over 125 companies representing 23 countries EXHIBITORS ATTENDEES 6350 attendees from 55 countries • African Railway Operators Pavilion • Start-up pavillion • Localisation workshop NEW FOR 2018 • Multimodal Seminar • Women in rail • Skills development seminar WEBSITE www.terrapinn.com/africarail 2019 DATES 19 – 20 June 2019, Johannesburg, South Africa AFRICA RAIL 2017 – PAGE 1 PAGE 2 – AFRICA RAIL 2017 THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS PLATINUM SPONSOR: ASSOCIATE SPONSORS GOLD SPONSORS BRONZE SPONSORS BAG SPONSOR IN PARTNERSHIP WITH AFRICA RAIL 2017 – PAGE 3 PAGE 4 – AFRICA RAIL 2017 “ The most well organised and useful in terms of networking and content. A big congratulations!” – Barbara Mommen, CEO, Maputo Corridor Logistics Initiative “ The conference was properly organized, coordinated, it was very well attended by participants.” – Fredrick Onasanyayomi, Assistant Director, Nigerian Railway Corporation, Nigeria “ The Conference offers a one stop centre for technological advances in the rail industry.” – Patrick Rusongoza, Senior Presidential Advisor, Government Of Uganda, Uganda AFRICA RAIL 2017 – PAGE 5 PAGE 6 – AFRICA RAIL 2017 ATTENDEE WHO WE ARE 6,350 800 125 25 67 ATTENDEES DELEGATES EXHIBITORS AFRICAN COUNTRIES BREAKDOWNAND STATS COUNTRIES REPRESENTED 6350 rail operators, government authorities and service providers attended from BY INDUSTRY 2480 companies and 67 countries. 29% 20% 18% 13% 12% 8% GLOBAL ATTENDANCE: 8% 6% EUROPE Rail authorities End-users Vendors Government, Investors / Contractors 7% & operators municipalities financiers USA 10% and regulators 31% ASIA MIDDLE EAST REST OF AFRICA WE BRING THE RAIL OPERATORS AND 38% GOVERNMENT TO YOU 620+ VIP attendees, 880+ meetings between sponsors SOUTHERN AFRICA and attendees took place onsite over 2 days AFGHANISTAN DENMARK MALI SPAIN ANGOLA EGYPT MOZAMBIQUE SRI LANKA AUSTRALIA ETHIOPIA NAMIBIA SURINAME AUSTRIA FINLAND NETHERLANDS SWAZILAND BELGIUM FRANCE NIGERIA SWITZERLAND THE PLACE TO MAKE DEALS HAPPEN BOTSWANA GERMANY POLAND TAIWAN BRAZIL GHANA PORTUGAL TUNISIA TOP REASONS VISITORS CAME TO THE SHOW QATAR BURKINA FASO INDIA TURKEY REPUBLIC OF KOREA CAMEROON IRELAND UGANDA RUSSIAN FEDERATION CANADA ISRAEL UKRAINE RWANDA CHAD ITALY UNITED ARAB EMIRATES SLOVENIA KENYA 1 2 3 4 CHINA UNITED KINGDOM SOLOMON ISLANDS CONGO LESOTHO UNITED REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA CROATIA LIBERIA TANZANIA UPDATE ON SOUTH GEORGIA AND TO PURCHASE RECOMMEND SEEK CZECH REPUBLIC MADAGASCAR THE SOUTH SANDWICH UNITED STATES PRODUCTS OR PURCHASE REPRESENTATION TECHNOLOGY/ DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC MALAWI ISLANDS ZAMBIA SERVICES PRODUCTS PRODUCTS/ OF THE CONGO MALAYSIA SOUTH SUDAN ZIMBABWE SERVICES AFRICA RAIL 2017 – PAGE 7 PAGE 8 – AFRICA RAIL 2017 Thanks to our exhibitors Microelettrica Scientifica Group u A Railway Solutions WE DELIVER RAILCOR AFRICA AFRICA RAIL 2017 – PAGE 9 PAGE 10 – AFRICA RAIL 2017 CONFERENCETHE FOR THE LAST 21 YEARS, ARICA RAIL HAS BEEN THE CATALYST FOR INNOVATION IN THE TRANSPORT INDUSTRY ACROSS AFRICA AND THE 2018 EDITION OF THE CONFERENCE WAS NO DIFFERENT. The keynote sessions at this year’s Africa Rail conference included government ministers and officials as well as leading regional and international operators. Over 420 conference delegates attended the keynote sessions. Africa Rail is the meeting place of Africa’s transport sector. 25 African countries attended. The conference provides the platform for African railway operators and their partners to find solutions to their challenges and form new and lucrative relationships & partnerships. Delegates and VIPs flock to the conference to learn about the latest developments, projects and investment opportunities which will help them succeed in the transport industry. In 2018, the two-day line-up featured incredible speakers from the world’s leading operators, governments and investors, hosted over 100 conference sessions, pre-event workshops and 13 roundtable sessions. Projects covered at Africa Rail include: • GHANA • ETHIOPIA • BURKINA FASO • DRC • NIGERIA • TANZANIA • UGANDA • TUNISIA • ZAMBIA • CAMEROON • NAMIBIA • CHAD • SWAZILAND • BENIN • SOUTH AFRICA • BOTSWANA • MOROCCO “ The event gathered experts from all over the globe who are well knowledgeable on Railway matters and therefore good place for sharing “ Africa Rail is still the most highly attractive event for all the big rail experiences and skills.” vendors to exhibit, and has all the most up to date products.” – Michael Kisaka, Director Railway Regulation, Sumatra, United Republic Of Tanzania – Essam Selim, Chairman and Former MD, Egyptian Railways Maintenance & Servces, Egypt AFRICA RAIL 2017 – PAGE 11 PAGE 12 – AFRICA RAIL 2017 2018 World Class Speakers ALETA MOLOI ANASS EL FOURARI BARBARA MOMMEN BHEKITHEMBA DLAMINI CHARLES KATEEBA ENG. DR PATRICK DAYO OGUNSOLA ENGR. FIDET OKHIRIA PROF BRUCE WATSON ENRICO TRAPAZZO ERIC PEIFFER RODRIGUE EMERIC MAHIRET Digital Specialist Project Manager, Moroccan CEO, Maputo Corridor Director Engineering, Managing Director, Uganda RUSONGOZA Executive Director & Member Managing Director, Nigerian Co-Director, Centre for Deputy Director, Passenger Managing Director, Vecturis SOME Communication and National Railways ONCF, Logistics Initiative Swaziland Railway Railways Corporation Senior Presidential Advisor, of Board, AFIDEP, Switzerland Railways Corporation Artificial Intelligence Affairs at Trenitalia, Italy SA, Belgium Technical Director, Ministry of Marketing, Gautrain Morocco Infrastructure and Public Research, Stellenbosch Transports, Burkina Faso Management Agency, South Works, Government of Uganda University, South Africa Africa JOHNY SMITH JEAN NEPO NDAYAMBAJE JOSEPH NGUESSAN KOUASSI KUMNEGER HUSSIEN CLIVE SMITH LEBO LETSOALO LILY MOROBANE HENNING SEESCHAAF MOURAD GASSAB THAMSANQA JIYANE LEONARD MAKWINJA PORTIA XABA CEO, Walvis Bay Corridor Railway & Cable Car Chief Transport Engineer, TEMUNI Acting CEO, Walvis Bay Director, AWISCA, South Africa Deputy Director: Rail Policy Head of Digitization, Deutsche President and Director Chief Officer: Advanced Chief Executive Officer, Chairwoman, The Institution Group, Namibia Development Senior African Development Bank, Railway Electrification and Corridor Group, Namibia and Strategy Development, Bahn, Germany General, Tunisia Rapid Rail Manufacturing, Transnet Botswana Railways of Railway Signal Engineers, Engineer, Rwanda Transport Tunisia Power Supply Team Leader, Department of Transport, Network Company South Africa Development Agency Ethiopian Railway Corporation South Africa RICHARD DOMBO RODRIGUE GADENGAR VINAY MUDHOLKAR TIMOTHY ZALANGA KUDZANAYI BANGURE HON. ANDY KWAME APPIAH- HON. ROTIMI AMAECHI RENAIRE HUNTLEY TSHEPO KGOBE HERMAN HUSSELMAN OLIVIER KOUMFIEG ENOCK CHOMBA CEO, Ghana Railways ROASNA Former Sr. Vice President – Director Corporate Planning, Programme Manager (Rail), KUBI Minister, Federal Ministry of Executive: Business Senior Executive Manager: Senior Dealmaker: Automotive Director of Transport, Camrail, Chief Civil Engineer, TAZARA, Development Authority Director of Urbanism and Infrastructure, All Aboard Florida and Nigerian Railway Corporation NEPAD Business Foundation, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Transport, Nigeria Development and Acting Technical Services, Gautrain and Transport Strategic Cameroon Tanzania Head of Urban Transport, Former Director, Amtrak, President, South Africa Railways Development, Ghana Executive: Operational Management Agency, South Business Unit, IDC, South Africa Ministry of Transport, Chad Princeton Technology, USA Intelligence and Planning, Africa RSR, South Africa KEITUMETSE KAU NALIN JAIN SETHUNYA MATSIE ENG GETACHEW BETRU FERNANDO BALDERRAMA HON JAMES SANKWASA HOWARD ROSEN JACK VAN DER MERVE JAMES HOLLEY PRABHAS KUMAR VIVIAN RAMATHUBA DR VERA SONGWE DR MAURICE NIATY Deputy Director, Rail President & CEO- GE Human Factors Inspector, RSR Former Chief Executive Senior Investment Officer - Deputy Minister, Ministry of Chairman, Rail Working Group, CEO, Gautrain Management CEO, Traxtion, South Africa AFC Expert, Ministry Senior Industry Development Executive Secretary, MOUAMBA Infrastructure Development Transportation – International Officer, Ethiopian Railway Infrastructure, Private Sector Works and Transport, Namibia Switzerland Agency, South Africa Of Transport And Manager, IDC, South Africa United Nations Economic Transport Economist, Directorate, Department of GE Transportation, South Corporation and PPP, African Development communication, Qatar Commission for Africa, President of SITRASS, Former Transport, South Africa Africa Bank Ethiopia Minister of Transport of Congo Brazzaville, DRC AFRICA RAIL 2017 – PAGE 13 PAGE 14 – AFRICA RAIL 2017 PRE-EVENT WORKSHOP PRE-EVENT WORKSHOP AND SITE VISIT HOSTED BY Transnet Engineering (TE) was the official