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Sub-Saharan Africa Project & Trade Finance
London, UNITED KINGDOM | November 28-29, 2006Jurys Great Russell Street Hotel
Event Review
Lead sponsors Standard Bank commented that the forum was "the best we have ever done" due to the fantastic line-up of speakers from Standard & Poor's, Ghana International Bank, Exclusive Analysis, Control Risks, Ince & Co, African Trade Insurance Agency, Marsh, Arterial Toll Roads, Celtel International, Taylor-DeJongh, GML, DLA Piper, DRUM Risk Management, Pan African Commodities Platform and IFC.
The two-days were full of questions from the floor and a superb evening reception to extend the networking opportunities ended day one.
Delegate comments
Extremely knowledgeable speakers, thought provoking.
Savarino
Highly interesting and useful, providing operational insights into Sub-Saharan Africa from various contributors' perspectives.
SACE
Simply a great learning experience.
Acordia
Networking sessions and the calibre of speakers impressive.
Standard Bank South Africa
This was an engaging conference where relevant topics on investments in Africa, trade and all the implications are dealt with. The future is bright, the future is Africa!
Dow Jones Newswires
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Day One
Tuesday, November 28, 2006
08.30 Registration
09.15 Chairman's introduction
John O"Mulloy, Global Head of Trade Finance, Standard Bank Plc
Economic Outlook
09.30 Sovereign credit ratings in Sub-Saharan Africa
Kevin Daly, Director, Standard & Poor’s
• Credit outlook for rated countries in the region
• Sub-Saharan Africa in comparison to other emerging markets
Banking Solutions
10.10 Financing the telecoms boom in Sub-Saharan Africa
Heloise Smith, Director, Telecoms & Media, Corporate and Investment Banking, Standard Bank
• Snapshot of the telecoms sector in Sub-Saharan Africa
• Traditional funding sources and structures
• Differing objectives/requirements and different funding strategies
• Where to next - emerging trends
10.50 Networking break
11.20 Ghanaian local bank perspective
Joe Mensah, Managing Director, Ghana International Bank
Country Risk
12.00 Africa: Violent and political risk environment
Nathalie Wlodarczyk, Head of Africa Division, Exclusive Analysis
• Corruption and regime stability in post-colonial political systems
• Chinese investment and influence in Africa
• Opportunities for investment and risk management
• Risk outlook for African and emerging trends
12.40 Lunch
14.00 The big, the bad, and the ugly: An assessment of political, operational and security risks in Nigeria, Angola and Equatorial Guinea
Mike Davies, Senior Africa Analyst, Control Risks
• The major project risks facing oil and gas companies in Nigeria, Angola and Equatorial Guinea
• The limitations of using traditional views of political risks in making project finance decisions
• Incorporating new and emerging political risks into project finance decisions
Mitigating Risks: Insurance
14.40 Overcoming the challenges of cross-border risk
Peter Jones, Chief Executive Officer, African Trade Insurance Agency
• How real is cross-border risk?
• What are the challenges?
• Relevance to project and trade finance
• The risks and mitigating them
• Benefits of political and credit risk insurance
• Understanding ATI and how it can help increase trade and investment flows in its African member countries
15.20 Networking break
15.50 Mitigating sovereign and counterparty risk in Sub-Saharan Africa
James Cunningham, Senior Vice-President and Head of Political Risks, Marsh
• Private market appetite, capacity and tenors for Sub-Saharan Africa
• The unique challenges of structuring private market insurance for African risks
• Insurance solutions for structured commodity finance, trade finance and project finance deals in Africa
16.30 CEND, BITS and ICSID: The evolution of project and investment insurance coverage
Tony George, Partner, Ince & Co
• Insurance against the risks of confiscation, expropriation, nationalisation and deprivation
• Extent of coverage
• Recent developments in international law bringing some clarity to the issues
17.10 Close of Day One, followed by evening reception
Day Two
Wednesday, November 29, 2006
Financing Infrastructure Projects
09.30 The road to Ghana: A toll roadway infrastructure case study
Samuel J Savarino, Co-Chairman, Arterial Toll Roads Company Limited; President and Chief Executive Officer,Savarino Companies
Howard Hurst, Co-Chairman, Arterial Toll Roads Company Limited; Treasurer and Finance Director, Savarino Companies
• Utilising Public Private Partnership (PPP) in infrastructure development in Africa
• Benefits of a tolling regime structure
• Political and commercial challenges
• Risk mitigation
10.00 Telecoms case study
Martin de Koning, Corporate Communications Director, Celtel International
10.30 Financing oil and gas projects in Sub-Saharan Africa
Guy Ranawake, Director, Taylor-DeJongh
• Recent developments in oil and gas in the region
• Characteristics of Sub-Saharan downstream oil and gas projects: ris and mitigation
• Advantages of project finance
• Sources of funding
11.00 Networking break
Introducing Liquidity
11.30 Trade finance funds: An alternative liquidity option?
Suresh Advani, Portfolio Manager, Structured Trade & Export Finance, GML International Limited
• Overview of funds and hedge funds in particular
• Funds as a potential source of liquidity
• Why Sub-Saharan Africa will provide attractive investment opportunities for funds
Security Over Goods
12.00 Structures and developments in warehouse financing
Morris Blumenthal, Senior Associate, DLA Piper
• Structuring warehouse receipt finance (focusing on soft commodities)
• Risk mitigation
• Brief overview of recent developments
12.30 Lunch
14.00 Collateral management: The reality on the ground
Peter Hopkins, Managing Director, DRUM Risk Management;
• Regional developments in collateral / risk management
• Transparency: perception and reality
• Lack of operational control and difficulty in managing third-party providers
• Insurance requirements
• Case study analysis, with Q&A
Regional Initiatives
14.30 The value of an African commodities and derivatives exchange
Anthony Adendorff, CEO, Pan African Commodities Platform (PACP)
• The African reality in terms of the value of commodities
• Price discovery on African commodities
• Establishing an African Commodities Exchange: the challenges
• The benefits to the user groups
• Will Africa be able to manage this exchange and will brokers use it?
• The future for Africa and PACDEX
15.00 IFC’s Global Trade Finance Programme: Supporting trade in Sub-Saharan Africa
Hugh Baylis, Senior Advisor, International Finance Corporation
• Brief overview and update of GTFP
• Outreach and successes in Sub-Saharan Africa
• Enhancing Sub-Saharan trade, intra-regionally and across the world
• Risk sharing
• Interesting transactions
15.30 Conclusions and close of conference
Venue
Jurys Great Russell Street Hotel
Great Russell StreetLondon
WC1B 3NN
UNITED KINGDOM
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7347 1000 Fax: +44 (0) 20 7347 1001
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