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

TRC

SNCC

transnamib

tfr

NRZ

CFM

Nacala

botswanarailways

BBR

Eswatini

TAZARA

CFL

MALAWI94

prasa

CFB

ZRL

CFM-Angola

event speakers

SADC VIP SPEAKERS

Ricardo Daniel Sandão Queirós Viegas D' Abreu

Hon. Ricardo Daniel Sandão Queirós Viegas D’Abreu

Minister of Transport

Angola

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

Minister of Transport and Logistics-Honourable Jorge Matlombe

Hon. Jorge Matlombe

Minister of Transport and Logistics

Mozambique

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Hon. Lebohang Monaheng

Ministry of Public Works and Transport

Lesotho

Hon. Jacob Hara MP Minister of Transport and Public Works

Hon. Jacob Hara

Minister of Transport and Public Works

Malawi

Marc-Ekila-Likombo

Hon. Marc Ekila Likombo

Minister of Transport

DRC

Minister of Transport and Infrastructure- Botswana-Noah Salakae

Hon. Noah Salakae

Minister of Transport and Infrastructure

Botswana

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Hon. Frank Tayali

Minister of Transport and Logistics

Zambia

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Hon. Prof. Makame Mbarawa

Minister of Transport

Tanzania

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Hon. Chief Ndlaluhlaza Ndwandwe

Minister of Public Works and Transport

Eswatini

KEY SPEAKERS 2024

PortiaDube

Portia Gumbo Dube

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

Nelson

Nelson Malefane

Acting PRASA Rail-CEO

PRASA

MasanjaKadogosa

Masanja Kungu Kadogosa

Chief Executive Officer

Tanzania Railways Corporation

Eng. Joster Imbuchi Onyango

Eng. Joster Imbuchi Onyango

African Union Comission

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Raymond Shoniwa

General Manager

Beitbridge Bulawayo Railways

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Antonio Manuel Cabral

Chief Executive Officer

Caminho De Ferro De Benguela

Ivan

Ivan Bekker

Business Development for Siemens Mobility

Siemens Mobility

Emmanuel-Ntshangase

Emmanuel Ntshangase

Grindrod

Saki

Saki Zamxaka

Acting Group CEO

Gauteng Growth and Development Agency (GGDA)

Mabuza

Mabuza Shabalala

Sales & Marketing Director

Pandrol South Africa

Howard_Rosen

Howard Rosen

Rail Working Group

DaviesPwele

Davies Pwele

Head of Coverage, SADC Region

Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA)

Richard-Aaroe

Richard Aaroe

Chief Executive Officer

Next Generation Rail Technologies

Manuel-Antonio-Kanda-Kanda

Dr. Manuel António Kanda Kanda

CFL (Luanda)

Fazile

Fezile Dantile

Managing Director

Plasser South Africa

Khampepe-Khitsane

Khampepe Khitsane

Rail Specialist

Glencore

Antonio-Coelho-Fernandes-da-Cruz

Dr. Antonio Coelho Fernandes da Cruz

Chief Executive Officer

Jacob

Jacob Chionyere

Chief Strategy & Planning Manager

National Railways of Zimbabwe

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Nina Yose

Head Infrastructure

IDC

Conductor-Paul-Masena

Conductor Paul Masena

General Manager

Botswana Railways

HishaamEmeran

Hishaam Emeran

Group CEO

Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa

Thembi

Thembi Lekganyane

TRIM - Transnet Rail Infrastructure Management

Takunda-Madanha

Takunda Madanha

Head of Marketing – Chief Marketing & Business Development Manager

National Railways of Zimbabwe

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

EMMANUEL-HACHIPUKA

Emmanuel Hachipuka

Board Chairperson

Zambia Railways Limited

Nicolas

Nicolas Gregoir

Chief Operating Officer

Lobito Atlantic Railway (LAR)

JohnySmith

Johny Smith

Chief Executive Officer

Grindrod Rail

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Reginald Mokoena

Head: Strategic Business Development

Transnet Engineering

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Nixon Dlamini

Chief Executive Officer

Eswatini Railways

Nomvuyo-Dludlu

Nomvuyo Dludlu

Director Business Development

Eswatini Railways

Jacob-Chionyere

Jacob Chionyere

Chief Strategy & Planning

National Railways of Zimbabwe

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

voestalpine

wabtec

ZRL

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