08:45 – 09:00 | Opening and Welcome
09:00 – 09:15 | Welcome to the SA Auto Week Address
09:15 – 09:30 | Welcome to Cape Town Address
09:30 – 10:00 | Conference Keynote Address | Unlocking Value for a United Africa
10:00 – 10:30 | CENTENARY PAVILION AND EXPO VISITS | COMFORT BREAK | NETWORKING | B2B MEETINGS | COMPANY CURATED WORKSHOPS
10:30 – 11:30 | TransUnion Summit
11:30 – 12:00 |CENTENARY PAVILION AND EXPO VISITS | COMFORT BREAK | NETWORKING | B2B MEETINGS | COMPANY CURATED WORKSHOPSS
12:30 – 13:00 | TransUnion Summit
13:00 – 14:00 | LUNCH BREAK | NETWORKING | B2B MEETINGS
14:00 – 14:20 | EXPERT PRESENTATION
14:20 – 15:00 | PANEL | Developmental Finance to support Autos in Africa
Africa needs to industrialise, beneficiate and diversify its exports. Africa is a continent with a rapidly growing population and a burgeoning middle class driving the demand for transportation. The development of value chains in Africa is essential for the growth of the automotive industry on the continent. Regional integration and value chains will only develop when leading car manufacturing countries in Africa, such as South Africa, Morocco and Egypt, support other automotive progressive African countries, such as Ghana, Tunisia, Kenya, Rwanda, and Ivory Coast, to spur their respective automotive industries through investments and the sharing of knowledge. The coming into effect of the AfCFTA offers an excellent platform for the development of regional value chains on the continent. Afreximbank, working with the AfCFTA Secretariat, has earmarked an US$1 billion Automotive Fund for the development of the automotive sector in the Continent. The Afreximbank Continental Automotive Value Chain Study Report will serve as a comprehensive database for information on potential Automotive Value Chains within the AfCFTA. The IDC also commissioned a study focusing on Electric mobility transition and localisation: Towards unlocking the new value chain for Africa. Building the automotive market also hinges on having the correct policies in place, and the AfCFTA has been one of the drivers of this, providing a mandate to industrialise the continent. Once the outstanding automotive rules of origin have been finalised to ensure automotive trade under the AfCFTA, opportunities could increase exponentially with developmental finance in place.
15:00 – 15:20 | TED TALK | UNLOCKING LOCALISATION: CASE STUDY 1
15:00 – 15:40 | TED TALK | UNLOCKING LOCALISATION: CASE STUDY 2
15:40 – 16:00 | TED TALK | ELECTRIFYING PUBLIC TRANSPORT
