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Wednesday
22 February 2023
Thursday
23 February 2023
William Dachs, CEO, Gautrain Management Agency, South Africa
Organisers’ welcome and introduction to Go Green Africa
Iain Banner, Founder, Go Green Africa, South Africa
PROJECT PITCHES: RENEWABLE ENERGY
ACCELERATING GREEN INVESTMENTS IN AFRICA
Setting the scene
John Roome, South Asia Regional Director of Sustainable Development, The World Bank, United States
Panel Discussion:
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Mahua Acharya, Former MD and CEO, Convergence Energy Services Ltd., Government of India
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Dr Ajay Mathur, Director General, International Solar Alliance, India
PROJECT PITCHES: E-MOBILITY
INVESTABLE PROJECTS OVERVIEW
Reporting on infrastructure opportunities in Africa
Hendrik Malan, Partner and Africa CEO, Frost & Sullivan, South Africa
MOBILITY FOR SOCIAL INCLUSION AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY
Co-creating a green mobility ecosystem in the Western Cape
Yasir Ahmed, Chief Director, Government Motor Transport, Western Cape Government, South Africa
Go Anywhere, Get Anything. A Green Manifesto
Kagiso Khaole, General Manager, Southern Africa, Uber, South Africa
Innovation Discussion:
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Greg Blandford, Director of Energy and E-Mobility, Rubicon, South Africa
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Kgopisho Mahunonyane, Middle Manager, Project Portfolio, Eskom Distribution, South Africa
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Prof Henry Tse, Director of New Mobility Technologies, Connected Places Catapult, UK
Johan Giliomee, MEng Student on the electrification of paratransit in Sub-Saharan Africa
PROJECT PITCHES: RENEWABLE ENERGY
ENERGY ACCESS AND EXPORT
The production of green hydrogen re-imagined
Jonathan Bean, Co-Founder and CEO, Materials Nexus, United Kingdom
Youth & start up lightning talk: Kulu Eco-Services: Waste-2-Fuels and Energy
Dr Pieter van Heyningen, CEO / Founder, Kulu Eco-Services, South Africa
BREAKFAST SESSION: THE STORYTELLER
Empowering fast-moving businesses to think clearly about their audiences, products & message
Alex Searle, Founder & Digital Story-Teller, Alex-Searle.com, Spain
OPENING SESSION - DAY 2
Building partnerships to secure a greener future
MEC Mireille Wenger, Provincial Minister of Finance and Economic Opportunities in the Western Cape, South Africa
Driving pan-African results by bringing together private sector and policy-makers to support extra and intra-African trade, investment and pan-African enterprise
Dr Amany Asfour, President, Africa Business Council, Egypt
Dynamics of the local energy market and the JUST transition
Aradhna Pandarum, Portfolio Manager: Just Energy Transition, CSIR, South Africa
PROJECT PITCHES: MANUFACTURING & INFRASTRUCTURE
SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC GROWTH
Panel Discussion:
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Karen Bosman, Head of Strategy and Advocacy, Wesgro, South Africa
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Matthew Cullinan, Acting Chief Executive Officer, Atlantis SEZ, South Africa
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Michael Whitfield, Managing Director, Nissan Africa, South Africa
ACCELERATING THE TRANSITION TOWARDS SMART & SUSTAINABLE CITIES
Setting the scene: Transition to smart & sustainable cities
Dominic Wilhelm, Executive Director, United Leaders Center, United Cities, South Africa
URBAN SUSTAINABILITY
Eskom Distribution lays the groundwork for energy transition
Monde Bala, Group Executive, Eskom Distribution, South Africa
PROJECT PITCHES: E-MOBILITY
ACCESS TO SUSTAINABLE FINANCE
Moderator: Jonathan First, Head of Impact and Climate Finance, Delphos, South Africa
Panel Discussion:
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Olympus Manthata, Head of Climate and Environmental Finance, DBSA, South Africa
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Megan van Vlaanderen, Chief Financial Officer, Green Outcomes Fund (GoF), GreenCape, South Africa
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Lisa Walker, Director, Energy Office, Power Africa, South Africa
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Arvana Singh, Head of Sustainable Finance Solutions, Nedbank CIB, South Africa
THE ESG INVESTING BOOM
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