Speakers

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AfricaPPP 2025 Speakers

Hon. Tertuis SIMMERS

MEC – Infrastructure

Western Cape Provincial Government, South Africa

Nangula UAANDJA

Chief Executive Officer

Namibia Investment Promotion and Development Board

Jonas SHEELONGO

Deputy Executive Director,

Ministry of Works and Transport

Bisey UIRAB

Chief Executive Officer

Namibia Airports Company

Ndapewa HANGULA

Acting Executive: Investment

Namibia Investment Promotion and Development Board

Andrew SHAW

Group Chief Strategy and Planning Officer

Transnet SOC Limited

Tomas ADCOCK

Senior Investment Officer

International Finance Corporation (IFC)

Nana Amoto MENSAH

Executive Director

C-Nergy Global Holdings

Aune EMVULA

Senior Manager: Strategic Investments

Development Bank of Namibia

Hafeni MOTSI

Acting Senior Manager: Investment Analysis and Development

Namibia Investment Promotion and Development Board

Eunice AJAMBO

Senior Economist

United Nations Namibia

Justine KABELA

Planning and Corporate affairs Manager

Tanzania Zambia Railway Authority

Sara MEZUI ENGO

CIO Unlisted Investments

Old Mutual Investment Group Namibia

Mehdi OOMAR

Legal Counsel & Regional Coordinator for Southern Africa

African Legal Support Facility

Anderson MTALAKI

Manager: Container Terminal Engineering

Kenya Ports Authority

Cyrell Odede WAGUNDA

Principal Secretary

State Department for Public Investments and Assets, Kenya

Andrew MUGAMBI

Partner

Dentons Hamilton Harrison & Mathews

Andrew KANIME

Chief Executive Officer

Namport

Julius NGHIKEVALI

Executive: CFO Portfolio

Namibia Industrial Development Agency

Marie-Louise Wimo

Senior Sector Coordinator

KfW Office Windhoek

Ankwetse HUNDA

Marketing and Communications Specialist

Trans Kalahari Corridor Secretariat

Toivo NDJEMBELA

Managing Editor

The Namibian Sun Newspaper

Michael COBBLAH

Chief Executive Officer

C-Nergy Global

Chuka OKAFOR

Director

Impact Water Solutions

Philip NAMUNDJEBO

Acting Chief Executive Officer

Namibia Industrial Development Agency

Kendall SWARTZ

Executive

Commercial and Marketing, Transnamib

Kefa SEDA

Director General

PPP Secretariat within the Treasury, Kenya

Fritz JACOBS

Chief Operating Officer

NamPower

Wessie WESSELS

Director

Lithon Capital

Beatrice LUCKE

Country Director Namibia

KFW Development Bank

Jason de CARTERET

CEO

Solar Century Africa

Kipkemoi KIBIAS

Acting CEO

Kenya Electricity Transmission Company

Primah ATUGONZA

Principal Legal Counsel and PPP & Infrastructure Sector Lead

African Legal Support Facility

Kelvin CHITUMBO

Director

National Water Supply and Sanitation Council Zambia

Elita BANDA

Communication and Knowledge Management Specialist

Orange-Senqu River Commission (ORASECOM)

Stephen IKUA

Director General/CEO

LAPSSET Corridor Development Authority (LCDA)

Stephan JOOSTE

Managing Director: Sustainability

Zutari

Mpho MUTLOANE

Investment Principal, AIIM and Director

Motseng IDEAS Infrastructure Group

Pierre ROLLAND

Managing Director

Infra Gestion

Alicia HERRERA MASUREL

Head of International Development

Infra Gestion

Samira MENSAH

Managing Director Africa

S&P Global Ratings

Panashe DARINGO

Director

Mondjila Project Advisory & Management

Hileni STEFANUS

Deputy Director for Outreach and Capacity Building

Ministry of Works and Transport

Francis NAMAKANDA

Director Planning & Projects

ZESCO Limited

Gift NDHLOVU

General Manager: International Business and Special Assignments

ZESA Holdings

Godfrey PAZVAKAWAMBWA

Manager Infrastructure Planning

NamWater

Johny SMITH

Chief Executive Officer

Grindrod Rail

Sethu KALILI

Acting Chief Commercial and Technical Officer

Otesa Civil Engineering

James BERNARD

Deputy Managing Director

National Port Authority, Liberia

Martha UUMATI

Managing Director

Tridock Shipyard Namibia

Fillemon IYAMBO

Managing Director

Ino Harith Capital

O’Brien HEKANDJO

Strategic Executive for Electricity

City of Windhoek

Gilbert BOOIS

Chairman

Hazaika Energy Limited

Reagon GRAIG

Chairperson

Ongos Valley Development

Immanuel KADHILA

General Manager: Investment

Government Institutions Pension Fund of Namibia