SARA Conference & Exhibition – Africa’s only railway event hosted by Railway Operators from the African continent

Africa’s only railway event

hosted by Railway Operators from Africa

Transporting Africa Forward: Accelerating rail growth to boost mobility and economic opportunity across Africa

SARA Conference & Exhibition 2025

SARA invites strategic stakeholders, Government, companies, customers, suppliers and captains of industry to attend its 14^th Rail Conference and Exhibition that will be held on the 26 – 29 August 2025 at Sandton Convention Centre.

26 - 29 August 2025

26 - 29 August 2025

26 August 2025

29 August 2025 Royal Johannesburg Golf Course

PARTICIPATING AFRICAN RAILWAY OPERATORS

Nacala

BBR

transnamib

Eswatini

ZRL

CFB

SNCC

MALAWI94

CFM-Angola

TRC

TAZARA

botswanarailways

prasa

NRZ

CFL

CFM

tfr

event speakers

SADC VIP SPEAKERS

MakameMbarawa

Hon. Prof. Makame Mbarawa

Minister of Transport

Tanzania

Ricardo Daniel Sandão Queirós Viegas D' Abreu

Hon. Ricardo Daniel Sandão Queirós Viegas D’Abreu

Minister of Transport

Angola

Marc-Ekila-Likombo

Hon. Marc Ekila Likombo

Minister of Transport

DRC

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Hon. Frank Tayali

Minister of Transport and Logistics

Zambia

Minister of Transport and Infrastructure- Botswana-Noah Salakae

Hon. Noah Salakae

Minister of Transport and Infrastructure

Botswana

Minister of Transport and Logistics-Honourable Jorge Matlombe

Hon. Jorge Matlombe

Minister of Transport and Logistics

Mozambique

Hon. Jacob Hara MP Minister of Transport and Public Works

Hon. Jacob Hara

Minister of Transport and Public Works

Malawi

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Hon. Lebohang Monaheng

Ministry of Public Works and Transport

Lesotho

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Hon. Chief Ndlaluhlaza Ndwandwe

Minister of Public Works and Transport

Eswatini

Hon. Veikko Nekundi

Ministry of Works and Transport

Namibia

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Hon. Felix T Mhona

Minister of Transport

Zimbabwe

Creecy-Barbara

Hon. Barbara Creecy

Minister of Transport South Africa

South Africa

KEY SPEAKERS 2024

Mabuza

Mabuza Shabalala

Sales & Marketing Director

Pandrol South Africa

PortiaDube

Portia Gumbo Dube

Export Credit Insurance Corporation of South Africa SOC Ltd (ECIC)

Mandisa

Mandisa Mondi

Acting Managing Executive Northeast Corridor

Transnet Freight Rail

Saki

Saki Zamxaka

Acting Group CEO

Gauteng Growth and Development Agency (GGDA)

Ivan

Ivan Bekker

Business Development for Siemens Mobility

Siemens Mobility

nina

Nina Yose

Head Infrastructure

IDC

athi

Athanacious Sebolla Makgamatha

General Manager Signalling and Telecommunications

PRASA

MasanjaKadogosa

Masanja Kungu Kadogosa

Chief Executive Officer

Tanzania Railways Corporation

Dean-Lincoln

Dean Lincoln

Managing Director

Pandrol South Africa

Thembi

Thembi Lekganyane

TRIM - Transnet Rail Infrastructure Management

Hannes

Prof. Hannes Gräbe

University of Pretoria

Nelson

Nelson Malefane

Acting PRASA Rail-CEO

PRASA

Raymond-Shoniwa---Beitbridge-Bulawayo-Railways

Raymond Shoniwa

General Manager

Beitbridge Bulawayo Railways

Antonio-Coelho-Fernandes-da-Cruz

Dr. Antonio Coelho Fernandes da Cruz

Chief Executive Officer

FabianMutomb

Fabien Mutomb

Chief Executive Officer

SNCC - Société Nationale des Chemins de fer du Congo

Godfrey Fumbeshi

Godfrey Fumbeshi

Acting Managing Director

Zambia Railways Limited

JohnySmith

Johny Smith

Chief Executive Officer

Grindrod Rail

Pulane

Pulane Tshabalala Kingston

Chief Executive Officer

voestalpine VAE SA

Habibu-Suluo-2

Habibu Suluo

Director General

Land Transport Regulatory Authority - LATRA

NRZ Acting General Manager is Ainah Dube-Kaguru

Ainah Dube-Kaguru

Acting General Manager

National Railways of Zimbabwe

Desmond-Van-Jaarsveld

Desmond Van Jaarsveld

Chief Executive Officer

TransnNamib

Emmanuel-Ntshangase

Emmanuel Ntshangase

Grindrod

Rudzani

Rudzani Ligege

Transnet Freight Rail

Chelesile-Malele

Chelesile Malele

Chief Operations Officer

Botswana Railways

Jacob-Chionyere

Jacob Chionyere

Chief Strategy & Planning

National Railways of Zimbabwe

Howard_Rosen

Howard Rosen

Rail Working Group

Nicolas

Nicolas Gregoir

Chief Operating Officer

Lobito Atlantic Railway (LAR)

Fazile

Fezile Dantile

Managing Director

Plasser South Africa

Manuel-Antonio-Kanda-Kanda

Dr. Manuel António Kanda Kanda

CFL (Luanda)

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Reginald Mokoena

Head: Strategic Business Development

Transnet Engineering

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Eng. Bruno Tandeo Ching’andu

Chief Executive Officer

TAZARA - Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority

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Nixon Dlamini

Chief Executive Officer

Eswatini Railways

Exhibitors 2024

actom

ARTS

Africast

AJMengineering

amstedreelin

ANTT

ARCCLA

aria

ARMSCOR

barberry

HollySys Rail

bfg

Bonani

botswanarailways

Bryte Choice Africa

CFB

CFM-Angola

CFL

chakradhar

Composite Brake Components

DBSA

dti

emsi

Eswatini

Etion Create

ECIC

galison

Gauteng Growth and Development Agency

Gautrain

Gibela

grindrod

huawei

IDC

imfuyo

IUM

lucchini

Maziya group

millenium

angola-gov

Modular Tank Solutions

Motseni

MultiGroup

Nacala

NRZ

ngrt

nylocomp

pandrol

pindulo

plasser

prasa

RSR

RelyCasting

SANAS

siemens

SMH Rail

SNCC

surtees-engineering

surtees

swasap

TAZARA

Timken

trackview

transnet

transnet-academy

transnetengineering

tfr

traxtion

Tsakane

uk-trade-ireland

UNIPART

vanrail

Railway Systems by voestalpine

wabtec

ZRL

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