The Department of Planning, Monitoring & Evaluation (DPME) in partnership with the Boston Consulting Group (BCG), the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) and the NEPAD Planning & Coordinating Agency (NPCA), will host a high-profile Pan-African focused breakfast discussion on “Accelerating infrastructure development and industrialisation in the age of technology with SMART Corridors - a case study on the North-South Corridor”.
Minister Radebe will chair the session and will be joined by Dr. Ibrahim Assane Mayaki (NEPAD Planning & Coordinating Agency), Frans Baleni (DBSA), Mapolao Mokoena (SADC), Vincent Chin (BCG), and Adam Ikdal (BCG).
The breakfast session will take place as follows:
Date: Friday, 5 May 2017
Time: 7:00-9h00
Venue: Southern Sun Elangeni, Great Ilanga Room
The schedule for the breakfast is:
07h00 – 07h30: Breakfast
07h30 – 09h00: Moderated panel and Q&A
Session Overview
Previous WEF on Africa conferences have provided a tremendous platform to bring together senior stakeholders for discussion on accelerating infrastructure development across the African continent. At the 2015 and 2016 WEF on Africa, BCG and DBSA, in partnership with DPME in the Presidency of South Africa, held several sessions on the selection, implementation and acceleration of infrastructure projects in the North-South Corridor (NSC). The 2017 WEF on Africa provides an opportunity to highlight recent successes of NSC projects, link to new initiatives, such as the NEPAD Agency’s SMART Corridors, and connect the dots around themes developed in previous years around infrastructure acceleration, industrialisation, and investment. The focus is to provide an action-orientated review of the activities on the North-South Corridor.
The session is open media. Kindly RSVP with Tshegofatso.Modubu@dpme.gov.za/ 083 276 0786
Enquiries:
Tshegofatso Modubu
Cell: 083 276 0786
E-mail: Tshegofatso.Modubu@dpme.gov.za
Mmabatho Ramompi
Cell: 076 480 3513
E-mail: Mmabatho.Ramompi@dpme.gov.za
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