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TradeMark East Africa and TradeMark Southern Africa have partnered to support the Tripartite and IGAD Investment Conference (TIIC), which is running at the Kenyatta International Conference Centre (KICC).
The two-day conference, which was co-sponsored by Commercial Bank of Africa (CBA), kicked off on September 28th with the aim of discussing ways to increase the private sector investment in regional infrastructure development as well as supporting the creation of a support system to encourage economic growth for sustainable development in East and Southern Africa.
The conference objectives include: securing a high level political backing and stakeholder support for the Corridor Action Plans for the Northern, Central, Lamu and Djibouti Corridors covering trade for more than 280 million people; presenting the potential for public-private partnerships (PPPs) through agreement of East African PPP procurement policies as well as showcasing a limited number of prepared projects for private, public and donor investor interest in infrastructure and trade facilitation.
Other objectives are; the provision of a platform to discuss the challenges and opportunities related to infrastructure development in East Africa, the provision of a unique opportunity for networking and business development among senior industry representatives, key government players, investors and development partners and the creation longer term structures for co-coordinating the implementation of Corridor Action Plans and associated financing mechanisms.
The conference delegates include ministers, senior public officials and decision makers drawn from key government agencies, the private sector, media, donor organizations, and Regional Economic communities (EAC, COMESA and SADC).
