SARA Rail Conference & Exhibition

Africa’s only railway event

hosted by Railway Operators from Africa

20 - 23 0CTOBER 2026

SANDTON CONVENTION

Reimagining Rail Infrastructure: Unlocking Investment, Industrialisation, Capacity, and Enhanced Connectivity Across Africa

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SARA Conference & Exhibition 2026

SARA invites strategic stakeholders, Government, companies, customers, suppliers and captains of industry to attend its 15th Rail Conference and Exhibition that will be held on the 20– 23 October 2026 at Sandton Convention Centre in Sandton, South Africa.

20 - 23 October 2026

20 - 23 October 2026

20 October 2026

23 October 2026

PARTICIPATING AFRICAN RAILWAY OPERATORS

prasa

ZRL

SNCC

CFM-Angola

Eswatini

botswanarailways

CFB

TRC

CFL

BBR

MALAWI94

TAZARA

NRZ

tfr

CFM

Nacala

transnamib

event speakers

SADC VIP SPEAKERS

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Hon. Felix T Mhona

Minister of Transport

Zimbabwe

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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

Hon Keoagalie-Atamelang

Hon. Keoagalie Atamelang

Botswana Deputy Minister of Transport & Infrastructure

Minister of Transport and Logistics-Honourable Jorge Matlombe

Hon. Jorge Matlombe

Minister of Transport and Logistics

Mozambique

Hon Jean Pierre Bemba Gombo

Hon. Jean Pierre Bemba Gombo

Minister of Transport

DRC

Hon. Veikko Nekundi

Ministry of Works and Transport

Namibia

Eswatini 3

Hon. Chief Ndlaluhlaza Ndwandwe

Minister of Public Works and Transport

Eswatini

MakameMbarawa

Hon. Prof. Makame Mbarawa

Minister of Transport

Tanzania

Creecy-Barbara

Hon. Barbara Creecy

Minister of Transport South Africa

South Africa

Hon. Neo Matjato Moteane

Hon. Neo Matjato Moteane

Minister of Public Works and Transport

Lesotho

Hon Jappie Mhango M.P..

Hon Jappie Mhango M.P

Minister of Transport and Public Works

Malawi

Ricardo Daniel Sandão Queirós Viegas D' Abreu

Hon. Ricardo Daniel Sandão Queirós Viegas D’Abreu

Minister of Transport

Angola

KEY SPEAKERS

Hannes

Prof. Hannes Gräbe

University of Pretoria

Nomvuyo-Dludlu

Nomvuyo Dludlu

Director Business Development

Eswatini Railways

Hon. Joshua Sacco - Zimbabwe Deputy Minister Of Transport & Infrastructure Development

Hon. Joshua Sacco

Zimbabwe Deputy Minister Of Transport & Infrastructure Development

Saki

Saki Zamxaka

Acting Group CEO

Gauteng Growth and Development Agency (GGDA)

OBE Elaine Clarke - Rail Forum CEO

OBE Elaine Clarke

CEO

Rail Forum

Nicolas Gregoir - Lobito Atlantic Railway _ Chief Operation Officer

Nicolas Gregoir

Chief Operation Officer

Lobito Atlantic Railway

Desmond-Van-Jaarsveld

Desmond Van Jaarsveld

Chief Executive Officer

TransnNamib

Pulane Kingston - VAE CEO

Pulane Tshabalala Kingston

Chief Executive Officer

voestalpine VAE SA

Ben Ainsley - UK Deputy Trade Commissioner Africa

Ben Ainsley

Deputy Commissioner Africa

UK Trade

NRZ Acting General Manager is Ainah Dube-Kaguru

Ainah Dube-Kaguru

Acting General Manager

National Railways of Zimbabwe

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Nixon Dlamini

Chief Executive Officer

Eswatini Railways

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Reginald Mokoena

Head: Strategic Business Development

Transnet Engineering

Mabuza Shabalala - Pandrol SA Sales & Marketing Director

Mabuza Shabalala

Sales & Marketing Director

Pandrol South Africa

Alex Pan - HollySys Senior Project Manager

Alex Pan

Senior Project Manager

HollySys

Takunda-Madanha

Takunda Madanha

Head of Marketing – Chief Marketing & Business Development Manager

National Railways of Zimbabwe

Kgotso Radira - GGDA _Senior Manager - Macro Business Intelligence

Kgotso Radira

Senior Manager - Macro Business Intelligence

GGDA

Nimon Zulu - Calabash Freight _ CEO & Chairman

Nimon Zulu

CEO & Chairman

Calabash Freight

Emmanuel-Ntshangase

Emmanuel Ntshangase

Grindrod

Reggie-Boqo---Gibela-_-CEO

Reggie Boqo

CEO

Gibela

Dr. Peaceman Sopazi - RSR_ Eastern Region Technical Manager

Dr. Peaceman Sopazi

RSR

Eastern Region Technical Manager

Senzige Kisenge - Tanzania Railways Corporation _ Director ICT

Senzige Kisenge

Director ICT

Tanzania Railways Corporation

Stepheson Ngubane - Railway Consultant

Stepheson Ngubane

Railway Consultant

Thembi

Thembi Lekganyane

TRIM - Transnet Rail Infrastructure Management

Johny Smith - Grindrod Rail _ CEO

Johny Smith

CEO

Grindrod Rail

HishaamEmeran

Hishaam Emeran

Group CEO

Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa

Anand Moodliar Barberry Group CEO

Anand Moodliar

CEO

Barberry Group

DaviesPwele

Davies Pwele

Head of Coverage, SADC Region

Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA)

Tshwanelo Tswai - Transnet Engineering _ General Manager

Tshwanelo Tswai

General Manager

Transnet Engineering

Hamzeh Adinehvand - Pandrol Business Development Manager

Hamzeh Adinehvand

Business Development Manager

Pandrol

Howard_Rosen

Howard Rosen

Rail Working Group

Richard Aaroe - NGRT CEO & Chairman

Richard Aaroe

Chief Executive Officer

Next Generation Rail Technologies

Dr. Allexon Chiwaya - Chief Executive Officer, Malawi Railways 1994 Limited

Dr. Allexon Chiwaya

Chief Executive Officer

Malawi Railways

2026 Exhibitors

Actom - SARA Rail Conference 2026

ALPHA

alven

Amsted Reelin

ANTT

aria

ARMSCOR

Barberry - SARA Rail conference

HollySys Rail

bfg

botswanarailways

Bryte Choice Africa

CFB

CFM-Angola

CFM

CHAKRADHAR-LLP

Composite Brake Components

ceeng

COR Tech

DBSA

deamac

emsi

Eswatini

Etion Create

ECIC

galison

Gauteng Growth and Development Agency

Gautrain

Gear-Rail

Gibela

GPT-GROUP

grindrod

Heavy-Lift

Hexagon Nextsense

HUAWEI

Hydraulic n Engineering

HYT

Khoi-Tech

lucchini

MakeSure

Maziya group

angola-gov

Motseni

MultiGroup

Nacala

NRZ

nylocomp

pandrol

Parker Store

plasser

PPS

prasa

RSR

RelyCasting

Sisanda Agric

skf

surtees-engineering

surtees

swasap

Goldschmidt

Timken

trackview

transnet

transnetengineering

tfr

traxtion

unica

UNIPART - SARA Rail Conference

Vandhana

vanrail

vexila

voestalpine-VAE-SA-Pty-Ltd

Vogelsang

Voith

wabtec

Wekaba

WSP

XshineMo

YNF-eng

ZRL

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