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Wednesday
22 February 2023

Thursday
23 February 2023

OPENING SESSION

Opening address and welcome

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

Project Scorpion

Westore

ACCELERATING GREEN INVESTMENTS IN AFRICA

Setting the scene

John Roome, South Asia Regional Director of Sustainable Development, The World Bank, United States

Panel Discussion:

  • Mahua Acharya, Former MD and CEO, Convergence Energy Services Ltd., Government of India

  • Dr Ajay Mathur, Director General, International Solar Alliance, India

PROJECT PITCHES: E-MOBILITY

Green Riders

Mana Mobility

FLX EV

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:

Youth & start up lightning talk: Decarbonising South Africa's long-distance paratransit: Battery swapping with solar-charged minibus trailers

Johan Giliomee, MEng Student on the electrification of paratransit in Sub-Saharan Africa

PROJECT PITCHES: RENEWABLE ENERGY

The Alien Fuel Group

Atlanthia Green Hydrogen

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

Samanjalo

Gautrain 2026 & Beyond

SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC GROWTH

Moderator: Frank Mugyenyi, Executive Director / Chairman, The Minerals Africa Development Institution (MADI), Uganda

Panel Discussion:

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

Green Busses EV

ACCESS TO SUSTAINABLE FINANCE

Setting the scene

Moderator: Jonathan First, Head of Impact and Climate Finance, Delphos, South Africa

 

Panel Discussion:

THE ESG INVESTING BOOM

Panel Discussion:

Our Partners

Host City

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Host Province

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Investment Promotion Partner

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Gold Sponsor & Investor Partner

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Gold Sponsor

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Investor Partner

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Investor Partner

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Knowledge Partner

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Media Partners

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Premier Media Partner

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Address

VUKA Group

Ground Floor, Ebden House, Belmont Park, Rondebosch. 7700, Cape Town, South Africa

Contact

+27 (0)21 700 3500

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