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

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.

26 - 29 August 2025

26 - 29 August 2025

Gala Dinner

26 August 2025

29 August 2025

PARTICIPATING AFRICAN RAILWAY OPERATORS

SNCC

TRC

prasa

CFM-Angola

Eswatini

NRZ

BBR

CFL

CFB

ZRL

Nacala

transnamib

CFM

tfr

MALAWI94

botswanarailways

TAZARA

event speakers

SADC VIP SPEAKERS

Molale

Hon. Eric Molale

Minister of Transport and Public Works

Botswana

MAGALA

Hon. Mateus Magala

Minister of Transport and Communications

Mozambique

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Hon. Felix T Mhona

Minister of Transport

Zimbabwe

MakameMbarawa

Hon. Prof. Makame Mbarawa

Minister of Transport

Tanzania

Marc-Ekila-Likombo

Hon. Marc Ekila Likombo

Minister of Transport

DRC

Eswatini 3

Hon. Chief Ndlaluhlaza Ndwandwe

Minister of Public Works and Transport

Eswatini

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

Creecy-Barbara

Hon. Barbara Creecy

Minister of Transport South Africa

South Africa

Hon John Mutorwa - NAMIBIA

Hon. John Mutorwa

Ministry of Works and Transport

Namibia

Ricardo Daniel Sandão Queirós Viegas D' Abreu

Hon. Ricardo Daniel Sandão Queirós Viegas D’Abreu

Minister of Transport

Angola

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Hon. Frank Tayali

Minister of Transport and Logistics

Zambia

KEY SPEAKERS 2024

DaviesPwele

Davies Pwele

Head of Coverage, SADC Region

Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA)

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Antonio Manuel Cabral

Chief Executive Officer

Caminho De Ferro De Benguela

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Reginald Mokoena

Head: Strategic Business Development

Transnet Engineering

Chelesile-Malele

Chelesile Malele

Chief Operations Officer

Botswana Railways

HishaamEmeran

Hishaam Emeran

Group CEO

Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa

Pulane

Pulane Tshabalala Kingston

Chief Executive Officer

voestalpine VAE SA

Rudzani

Rudzani Ligege

Transnet Freight Rail

FabianMutomb

Fabien Mutomb

Chief Executive Officer

SNCC - Société Nationale des Chemins de fer du Congo

Emmanuel-Ntshangase

Emmanuel Ntshangase

Grindrod

Jacob

Jacob Chionyere

Chief Strategy & Planning Manager

National Railways of Zimbabwe

Richard-Aaroe

Richard Aaroe

Chief Executive Officer

Next Generation Rail Technologies

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Respina Zinyanduko

General Manager

National Railways of Zimbabwe

Saki

Saki Zamxaka

Acting Group CEO

Gauteng Growth and Development Agency (GGDA)

Jacob-Chionyere

Jacob Chionyere

Chief Strategy & Planning

National Railways of Zimbabwe

Desmond-Van-Jaarsveld

Desmond Van Jaarsveld

Chief Executive Officer

TransnNamib

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Eng. Bruno Tandeo Ching’andu

Chief Executive Officer

TAZARA - Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority

Chikondi-Nsusa

Chikondi Nsusa

Senior Programme Officer (SPO)

SADC

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Nixon Dlamini

Chief Executive Officer

Eswatini Railways

EMMANUEL-HACHIPUKA

Emmanuel Hachipuka

Board Chairperson

Zambia Railways Limited

Fazile

Fezile Dantile

Managing Director

Plasser South Africa

JohnySmith

Johny Smith

Chief Executive Officer

Grindrod Rail

PortiaDube

Portia Gumbo Dube

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

Eng. Joster Imbuchi Onyango

Eng. Joster Imbuchi Onyango

African Union Comission

Conductor-Paul-Masena

Conductor Paul Masena

General Manager

Botswana Railways

Mandisa

Mandisa Mondi

Acting Managing Executive Northeast Corridor

Transnet Freight Rail

Khampepe-Khitsane

Khampepe Khitsane

Rail Specialist

Glencore

MasanjaKadogosa

Masanja Kungu Kadogosa

Chief Executive Officer

Tanzania Railways Corporation

Howard_Rosen

Howard Rosen

Rail Working Group

Dean-Lincoln

Dean Lincoln

Managing Director

Pandrol South Africa

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Raymond Shoniwa

General Manager

Beitbridge Bulawayo Railways

Hannes

Prof. Hannes Gräbe

University of Pretoria

MmusoSelaledi

Mmuso Selaledi

Acting Chief Executive Officer

Rail Safety Regulator (RSR)

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

SARA LEADERSHIP

Babe-Botana

Mr. Babe Botana

Executive Director

HishaamEmeran

Mr. Hishaam Emeran

SARA President
Group CEO, PRASA

Nixon Dlamini

Mr. Nixon Dlamini

SARA Vice President
Chief Executive Officer,
Eswatini Railways

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