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

ZRL

prasa

SNCC

NRZ

MALAWI94

TRC

tfr

TAZARA

CFB

transnamib

CFM-Angola

CFL

Nacala

Eswatini

CFM

BBR

botswanarailways

event speakers

SADC VIP SPEAKERS

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. Lebohang Monaheng

Ministry of Public Works and Transport

Lesotho

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

Creecy-Barbara

Hon. Barbara Creecy

Minister of Transport South Africa

South Africa

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Hon. Felix T Mhona

Minister of Transport

Zimbabwe

Minister of Transport and Infrastructure- Botswana-Noah Salakae

Hon. Noah Salakae

Minister of Transport and Infrastructure

Botswana

Hon. Veikko Nekundi

Ministry of Works and Transport

Namibia

MakameMbarawa

Hon. Prof. Makame Mbarawa

Minister of Transport

Tanzania

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Hon. Chief Ndlaluhlaza Ndwandwe

Minister of Public Works and Transport

Eswatini

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Hon. Frank Tayali

Minister of Transport and Logistics

Zambia

KEY SPEAKERS 2024

JohnySmith

Johny Smith

Chief Executive Officer

Grindrod Rail

Dean-Lincoln

Dean Lincoln

Managing Director

Pandrol South Africa

Fazile

Fezile Dantile

Managing Director

Plasser South Africa

Nicolas

Nicolas Gregoir

Chief Operating Officer

Lobito Atlantic Railway (LAR)

Nomvuyo-Dludlu

Nomvuyo Dludlu

Director Business Development

Eswatini Railways

Mandisa

Mandisa Mondi

Acting Managing Executive Northeast Corridor

Transnet Freight Rail

Rudzani

Rudzani Ligege

Transnet Freight Rail

Saki

Saki Zamxaka

Acting Group CEO

Gauteng Growth and Development Agency (GGDA)

Khampepe-Khitsane

Khampepe Khitsane

Rail Specialist

Glencore

reginald

Reginald Mokoena

Head: Strategic Business Development

Transnet Engineering

Takunda-Madanha

Takunda Madanha

Head of Marketing – Chief Marketing & Business Development Manager

National Railways of Zimbabwe

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Eng. Bruno Tandeo Ching’andu

Chief Executive Officer

TAZARA - Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority

Eng. Joster Imbuchi Onyango

Eng. Joster Imbuchi Onyango

African Union Comission

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

Pulane

Pulane Tshabalala Kingston

Chief Executive Officer

voestalpine VAE SA

Jacob

Jacob Chionyere

Chief Strategy & Planning Manager

National Railways of Zimbabwe

Thembi

Thembi Lekganyane

TRIM - Transnet Rail Infrastructure Management

Jacob-Chionyere

Jacob Chionyere

Chief Strategy & Planning

National Railways of Zimbabwe

Conductor-Paul-Masena

Conductor Paul Masena

General Manager

Botswana Railways

Chelesile-Malele

Chelesile Malele

Chief Operations Officer

Botswana Railways

MmusoSelaledi

Mmuso Selaledi

Acting Chief Executive Officer

Rail Safety Regulator (RSR)

FabianMutomb

Fabien Mutomb

Chief Executive Officer

SNCC - Société Nationale des Chemins de fer du Congo

MasanjaKadogosa

Masanja Kungu Kadogosa

Chief Executive Officer

Tanzania Railways Corporation

PatrickMoodley

Patrick Moodley

CEO

Siemens Mobility South Africa

Howard_Rosen

Howard Rosen

Rail Working Group

Godfrey Fumbeshi

Godfrey Fumbeshi

Acting Managing Director

Zambia Railways Limited

Raymond-Shoniwa---Beitbridge-Bulawayo-Railways

Raymond Shoniwa

General Manager

Beitbridge Bulawayo Railways

Hannes

Prof. Hannes Gräbe

University of Pretoria

Desmond-Van-Jaarsveld

Desmond Van Jaarsveld

Chief Executive Officer

TransnNamib

nina

Nina Yose

Head Infrastructure

IDC

PortiaDube

Portia Gumbo Dube

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

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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