EIB programme
Tuesday 03 October Thursday 05 October

Executive Insider Briefings

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What are the Executive Insider Briefings?

This is a unique opportunity to access high level decision makers from DRC and other Central African countries. A small group will have the opportunity to discuss and investigate opportunities in these round table meetings. 

You can register for the following sectors:

  • Mining and Finance infrastructure
  • Power, Telecoms/ICT and Finance infrastructure

Each executive insider briefing package includes:

  • One sector focus: one day access to iPAD executive insider briefing
  • One day of round table discussions
  • Two-day access to the iPAD Central Africa Exhibition and Open Conference at the Grand Hotel
  • Lunch and refreshments
  • Post-event directory of contact names and details

EIB programme

Tuesday 03 October 2006

Mining and Finance Infrastructure

Moderator: Samy Badibanga, Secretary General, Federation of Explorers and Extractors, DRC

09.30-10.00

Morning refreshment

Sponsored by the IDC

10.00-10.45

Overview of the Ministry’s mining portfolio and projects, Ingele Ifoto, Minister, Ministry of Mines, DRC

10.45-11.30

The Mining Codes: what every mining company in the DRC must know, Felix Mupande, Director General, Mining Cadastre, DRC

11.30-12.15

Opportunities for investment in the minerals sector in Gabon, Sylvain Momoadjambo, Minister in Charge of Mining, Ministry of Mines, Energy and Hydraulics, Gabon

12.15-13.00

Complexities surrounding mineral rights and land rights in the DRC, Professor Gerard Mikuin Leliel Balanda, Honourary First President Emerita, Supreme Court of Justice, DRC

13.00-14.30

Networking lunch

Sponsored by BANRO CORPORATION

14.30 - 15.15

Transparency and revenue utilisation in mining – a fiscal perspective, Marco Banguli, Minister, Ministry of Finance, DRC

15.15 - 16.00

Tax, customs and inspection procedures for goods in and out of the DRC, Senior representative, Office des Douanes et Accises (OFIDA), DRC

16.00-16.30

Afternoon refreshment

Sponsored by the IDC

Thursday 05 October 2006

 

Power, Telecoms/ICT and Finance Infrastructure

Moderator: Julian Ebai, Managing Director, Jetplay Consulting, United Kingdom

09.00-09.30

Morning refreshment

Sponsored by the IDC

09.30-10.15 The management of new ITC developments within the office of the Presidency, DRC , Eugene Mbuyi Mukendi, Head of Promotion and Training: New Information Communications Technology, Office of the President, DRC
10.15-11.00 Financing of power projects in Africa, Senior representative, Industrial Development Corporation, South Africa
11.00-11.45 Overview of the infrastructure requirements in the electriticy sector in Congo Republic, Thomas Okoko, Director of Energy, Ministry of Mines and Energy, Republic of Congo
11.45-12.15 Stimulating ICT investment in Africa, Gertrude Kitembo, Minister,Ministry of Post and Telecommunications, DRC
12.15-13.00 Power projects: a vision for the Republic of Congo, Senior representative, Societe Nationale d’Electricite (SNE), Congo Republic
13.00-14.00
Networking lunch
14.00-14.45 Building internet infrastructure and the need for National Exchange Points, Aubin Kashoba Kalasa, President, Internet Service Providers Association (Ispa), DRC
14.45-15.30 The SNEL experience of public/private partnerships, Vika di Panzu, Managing Director, SNEL, DRC
15.30-16.15 Challenges facing the telecommunications sector in the DRC, Alexis Indenge, Information Communication Technology Director, Celtel, DRC
16.15-17.00 Mini hydro projects and rural electrification in the DRC, Salomon Banamuhere, Minister, Ministry of Energy, DRC
17.00-17.30

Afternoon refreshment

Sponsored by the IDC

 

     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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