DAY ONE | 15 MARCH 2012, THURSDAY

8.00 registration and coffee

8.50 Chairman’s opening remarks

Lindsay Jolly, Senior Economist, International Sugar Organization, UK

9.00 Key Issues for Africa’s Sugar Industries

Dr. Peter Baron , Executive Director, International Sugar Organization, UK

9.40 Brazil’s sugar scenario and trade with Africa

• Sugar production and supply
• Sugar pricing and export forecast
• Ethanol and co-generation market updates
• Trade opportunities with Africa

Pedro Cortes , President, Energy Brazil

10.20 Panel Discussion: Maximizing the Potential for Africa Sugar

• Sustainable sugarcane production for African small holders
• Value added products in sugar refining Molasses : fuel ethanol production
• Cogen and other products

Panelists:

Dr. Peter Baron , Executive Director, International Sugar Organization, UK

Ligallama C Raphael , Chairman, Sugar Board of Tanzania

Rosemary Mkok , MBS Chief Executive Officer, Kenya Sugar Board

Johann van der Merwe , Director of External Affairs, South African Sugar Association

10.50 Morning Tea

11.20 EU trade policy updates and its impact on future sugar trade with Africa

• EU sugar reform – current status and its implications
• Updates on sugar trade arrangements with ACP / LDC countries
• What to expect after 2015

Suhrid Patel, Research Economist, LMC International

12.00 COMESA trade policy developments

• Regional sugar trade arrangements – what’s new?
• Opportunities and challenges for the region’s sugar industry
• What to expect in future

Dr. Chungu Mwila , CEO, ACTESA, Zambia

12.40 Sugar Trade in the Tripartite Free Trade Area: Can it significantly deepen African Integration?

• Recent developments
• Regional integration – pros and cons
• Policies to encourage Tripartite Trade

Dr. Mike Matsebula, CEO, Swaziland sugar association

1.10 Lunch

2.10 East Africa sugar production and importation

• Supply and demand in 2011/12
• Key issues in the region, and policy outlook
• Initiatives for production efficiency
• Import and trade in 2012 and beyond

Jim Kabeho , Chairman, Uganda Sugar Cane Technologists’ Association

2.50 Southern Africa sugar export outlook

• Production and export availability
• Sugar trade flow and production efficiency
• Pricing and long term sugar export prospect

Devesh Dukhira, Chief Marketing officer, Mauritius Sugar Syndicate

3.30 Tea break

4.00 Lessons Learned from divestment of five Government-Owned Sugar Estates in Jamaica

• Jamaica sugar industry at a glance
• Trade relations with EU and other AC P countries
• Lesson learnt from divestment of government owned sugar estates

George Callaghan , Head, Sugar Transformation Unit, Jamaica

4.40 Case Study: Smallholder Cane Growers- From Peasant to Commercial Farming

• Issues facing Smallholder farmers in the Tanzania sugar industry
• The determinants of profit for smallholder cane growers
• Challenges and opportunities looking ahead

George Mlingwa, Chairman, Tanzania Sugarcane Growers Association

5.20 Mechanization for Land Development in Agriculture

Steve Crowe , Director, Network Development and Communications, CNH International SA

5.50 Close of day one

DAY TWO | 16 MARCH 2012, FRIDAY

8.00 Registration and Coffee

9.00 Chairman’s Opening Remarks

Lindsay Jolly, Senior Economist, International Sugar Organization, UK

9.10 Longer term market outlook for African sugar

• Identifying key sugar (and related products) expansion projects
• Sugar consumption prospects
• Potential for booming intra-Africa sugar trade

Lindsay Jolly, Senior Economist, International Sugar Organization, UK

9.50 Updates on Kenya Sugar Industry and Privatization Status

• Meeting CO MESA requirements
• The privatization agenda and timeframes
• Privatization and public- private- partnerships in developing sugar and ethanol industries
• Other initiatives to improve efficiency of local industry
• Ethanol and Co-gen prospects

Rosemary Mkok , MBS Chief Executive Officer, Kenya Sugar Board

10.30 Morning Tea

11.00 Panel Discussion: Attracting Investment and raising funds in Africa’s sugar sector

• Investment opportunities : where and how
• sugar's role in economic development: an additional investment incentive
• Capital raising options
• Government initiatives and strategies to increase investment inflow
• Challenges to look at

Panellists:

Farid Mohamed, Director, Pipal LTD, Kenya

Jonathan Innes ， Senior Economist ， Booker Tate Ltd

Edward George , Soft Commodities Specialist, EBI SA London representative office

Hans Balyamujura , General Manager for Agribusiness, ABSA Business Bank

11.30 Banker’s perspective on financing sugar trade and investment

• Appetite for investment in sugar in the region
• Comparable returns with other commodities
• Solutions for the African market
• Case studies

Hans Balyamujura , General Manager for Agribusiness, ABSA Business Bank

12.10 Panel Discussion: Improving efficiencies in sugar production and refining

• Reasons behind low productivity and efficiency
• Ways to improve it – what are the challenges
• Key areas of investment
• What can we learn from others – Swaziland, Mauritius or South Africa

Panelists:

Mike Matsebula, CEO, Swaziland sugar association

Devesh Dukhira, Chief Marketing officer, Mauritius Sugar Syndicate

George Mlingwa, Chairman, Tanzania Sugarcane Growers Association

12.40 Lunch

2.00 Evaluate the viability and availability of Co-gen in Africa

• Renewable energy policies in Africa
• How viable it is and where are the opportunities
• Challenges to look at and prospects in the long run

Ben Muok , Director of programs, African Centre for Technology Studies (ACTS)

2.40 Co-gen project challenges and opportunities

• Project investment and returns
• Technology options
• Key success criteria

Farhan Nakhooda , Projects Director, Kakira Sugar Limited, UGANDA

3.20 Waste water treatment – a fresh perspective for sugarcane / molasses to ethanol plants

Farooq Zaidi , Associate Vice president – Business Development for Africa region, Praj Industries Limited

4.20 Closing remarks from Chairman

PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS I 14 MARCH 2012, WEDNESDAY

9.30am – 12.30pm
Africa Ethanol Markets and Trade
Fundamentals

With diversification a key factor in future success, ethanol is rapidly becoming a viable alternative for the African Sugar industry. This half day workshop will look at the market fundamentals, and commercial and technical factors crucial to making successful ethanol investments.

This workshop will cover
✓ Ethanol market outlook, with Africa in context
✓ Factors driving Africa ethanol market
✓ Related government policies and incentives
✓ Market trends and growth opportunities in ethanol
✓ ROI for ethanol investment projects
✓ Fundamentals of ethanol trade
✓ Case studies

Workshop Leader

Benard Muok,
PhD - Director of Programmes,
African Centre for Technology Studies (ACTS)

Dr. Benard Muok holds a PhD degree from Kyoto Prefectural University, Kyoto, Japan and both MSc and BSc degrees in Forestry. In addition, he holds Darwin’s International certificate in plant conservation (KEW). Dr. Muok is currently the Project Manager of Policy Innovation Systems for Clean Energy Security (PISCES) Project under Africa Centre for Technology Studies (ACTS).

1.30pm – 4.30pm
Sugar based Co-generation
Fundamentals and Best Practice

The Co-Gen decision requires careful assessment of energy demand, prices and overall project valuation. Government policy apart, the investment criteria are many and it is key to ensure long term project sustainability for sound commercial returns.

This workshop will cover
✓ Introduction to cogeneration and concerned regulations
✓ Current cogen projects in Africa
✓ Permitting requirements
✓ Benefits and Pitfalls of sugar based Cogeneration
✓ Financing of Cogeneration projects
✓ Available Technology
✓ Case studies and lessons learnt

Workshop Leader

Farhan Nakhooda,
Projects Director,
Kakira Sugar Limited, UGANDA

Mr. Farhan Nakhooda is Projects Director of the Madhvani Group, based in Kampala since 1995. He has over 35 years experience in corporate planning, market and economic analysis, project preparation, project financing and project implementation supervision. He has worked on projects in diverse business sectors in India, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Zambia, etc. He holds a B.Tech. in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai, and a MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta.