SARA Rail Conference & Exhibition

Africa’s only railway event

hosted by Railway Operators from Africa

Reimagining Rail: Unlocking Investment and Industrialization Growth & Connectivity Across Africa

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 - 22 October 2026

20 - 22 October 2026

20 October 2026

23 October 2026

PARTICIPATING AFRICAN RAILWAY OPERATORS

prasa

NRZ

botswanarailways

TAZARA

Nacala

tfr

Eswatini

CFB

CFM

BBR

SNCC

transnamib

TRC

MALAWI94

ZRL

CFM-Angola

CFL

event speakers

SADC VIP SPEAKERS

Hon Keoagalie-Atamelang

Hon. Keoagalie Atamelang

Botswana Deputy Minister of Transport & Infrastructure

Hon. Joshua Sacco

Hon. Joshua Sacco

Zimbabwe Deputy Minister Of Transport & Infrastructure Development

Zimbabwe

Creecy-Barbara

Hon. Barbara Creecy

Minister of Transport South Africa

South Africa

Eswatini 3

Hon. Chief Ndlaluhlaza Ndwandwe

Minister of Public Works and Transport

Eswatini

Hon Jappie Mhango M.P..

Hon. Jappie Mhango M.P

Minister of Transport and Public Works

Malawi

Minister of Transport and Logistics-Honourable Jorge Matlombe

Hon. Jorge Matlombe

Minister of Transport and Logistics

Mozambique

KEY SPEAKERS

Juan Bruyns

Juan Bruyns

Senior Development Engineer

Actom

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Nixon Dlamini

Chief Executive Officer

Eswatini Railways

Frédéric Delcroix

Frédéric Delcroix

ATW Technical Manager

Pandrol S.A

Bongolethu Bacela

Bongolethu Bacela

Principal Deal Originator SADC

DBSA

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

Dr. Allexon Chiwaya

Chief Executive Officer

Malawi Railways

NRZ Acting General Manager is Ainah Dube-Kaguru

Ainah Dube-Kaguru

Acting Chief Executive Officer

National Railways of Zimbabwe

Thembi

Thembi Lekganyane

TRIM - Transnet Rail Infrastructure Management

Moses Nyoni - LATRA _ Safety Officer

Moses Nyoni

Safety Officer

LATRA

Khampepe Khitsane Rail Specialist

Khampepe Khitsane

Rail Specialist

Richard Aaroe - NGRT CEO & Chairman

Richard Aaroe

Chief Executive Officer

Next Generation Rail Technologies

Regan Holland

Regan Holland

Technical Manager

Lucchini S.A

Bennie Vorster

Bennie Vorster

Director Rail/Transit, Africa India & Middle East Region

Hatch

Mokganyetsi Violet Sithole

Mokganyetsi Violet Sithole

Board Member; Chairperson

Nicolas Gregoir - Lobito Atlantic Railway _ Chief Operation Officer

Nicolas Gregoir

Chief Operating Officer

Lobito Atlantic Railway (LAR)

Anand Moodliar Barberry Group CEO

Anand Moodliar

CEO

Barberry Group

Alex Pan - HollySys Senior Project Manager

Alex Pan

Senior Project Manager

HollySys

OBE Elaine Clarke - Rail Forum CEO

OBE Elaine Clarke

CEO

Rail Forum

António Manuel Cabral, CEO of the Benguela Railway (CFB)

António Manuel Cabral

Chairman

Benguela Railway

Srinivas Mantrala

Srinivas Mantrala

Executive Manager of Fixed Infrastructure & Projects

Nacala Logistics

Emmanuel Hachipuka

Emmanuel Hachipuka

Board Chairperson

Zambia Railways Limited

Oana Gherghinescu

Oana Gherghinescu

Executive Director

Katarina Wising

Katarina Wising

Head of Railways Europe and Africa

SKF S.A

Johny Smith - Grindrod Rail _ CEO

Johny Smith

CEO

Grindrod Rail

Andrew Thorburn

Andrew Thorburn

CEO

Galison

Chris Hughes

Chris Hughes

Board Chairperson

Botswana Railways

Ben Ainsley

Ben Ainsley

Deputy Commissioner Africa

UK Trade

Khumbulani Mabvura - BBR _ General Manager

Khumbulani Mabvura

General Manager

Raymond Zuo

Raymond Zuo

Smart Rail BU

Huawei

Osaruyi Orobosa-Ogbeide

Osaruyi Orobosa Ogbeide

Deputy Director & Head of Project Development & Investments

AFC

Chikondi-Nsusa

Chikondi Nsusa

Senior Programme Officer (SPO)

SADC

Thulasizwe Simelane

Thulasizwe Simelane

Moderator

Jacob Chionyere - NRZ _ Chief Strategy & Planning Manager

Jacob Chionyere

Chief Strategy & Planning Manager

National Railways of Zimbabwe

2026 Exhibitors

Actom - SARA Rail Conference 2026

AIR QUICK

ALPHA

Amsted Reelin

ANTT

aria

ARMSCOR

Barberry Group

HollySys Rail

bfg

botswanarailways

Bryte Choice Africa

CADF

CFB

CFM-Angola

CFM

Chakradhar Industries LLP

COLOMBUS STAINLESS-

Composite Brake Components

Compressor n Engine

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

LCV Nkedi

lucchini

MakeSure

Maziya group

angola-gov

Motseni

MultiGroup

Nacala

NRZ

nylocomp

pandrol

Parker Store

plasser

PPS

prasa

RSR

Sisanda Agric

SKF SOUTH AFRICA PTY LTD

Stimela Rail

surtees-engineering

surtees

swasap

Goldschmidt

Timken

trackview

transnet

transnetengineering

tfr

traxtion

unica

UNIPART - SARA Rail Conference

Vandhana

vanrail

vexila

Vogelsang GmbH & Co. KG

Voith Group

Wabtec

Wekaba

WSP

XshineMo

YNF-eng

Zambia Lobito Railway

ZRL

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