OPENING SESSION

Opening address and welcome

William Dachs, CEO, Gautrain Management Agency, South Africa

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Organisers’ welcome and introduction to Go Green Africa

Iain Banner, Founder, Go Green Africa, South Africa

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PROJECT PITCHES: RENEWABLE ENERGY

Project Scorpion

Westore

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ACCELERATING GREEN INVESTMENTS IN AFRICA

Setting the scene

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

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Panel Discussion:

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

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

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PROJECT PITCHES: E-MOBILITY

Green Riders

Mana Mobility

FLX EV

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INVESTABLE PROJECTS OVERVIEW

Reporting on infrastructure opportunities in Africa

Hendrik Malan, Partner and Africa CEO, Frost & Sullivan, South Africa

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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

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Go Anywhere, Get Anything. A Green Manifesto

Kagiso Khaole, General Manager, Southern Africa, Uber, South Africa

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Innovation Discussion:

• Prof. Thinus Booysen: Research Chair in Internet of Things | Engineering, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa

• Greg Blandford, Director of Energy and E-Mobility, Rubicon, South Africa

• Kgopisho Mahunonyane, Middle Manager, Project Portfolio, Eskom Distribution, South Africa

• Prof Henry Tse, Director of New Mobility Technologies, Connected Places Catapult, UK

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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

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PROJECT PITCHES: RENEWABLE ENERGY

The Alien Fuel Group

Atlanthia Green Hydrogen

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ENERGY ACCESS AND EXPORT

The production of green hydrogen re-imagined

Jonathan Bean, Co-Founder and CEO, Materials Nexus, United Kingdom

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Youth & start up lightning talk:  Kulu Eco-Services: Waste-2-Fuels and Energy

Dr Pieter van Heyningen, CEO / Founder, Kulu Eco-Services, South Africa