Africa Sugar 2025: Main Conference Day 1
- Maurice Ekpong - Executive Director and Editor-in-Chief, African Journal for Sustainable Development (AJSD)
- Analyse the current state of the global sugar market and international trade dynamics.
- Examine Africa's unique geographical advantages and challenges in the context of sugar imports and exports, particularly the impact of low-cost imports from global giants like Brazil and India.
- Discuss expectations for global sugar prices and their implications for African producers.
- Jessica Edinger - Manager, Sugar Analytics, S&P Global
Address critical obstacles for investors, including currency issues, infrastructure gaps, and skills shortages.
Showcase potential growth areas and successful investments despite the challenges in various African markets.
- Simbarashe Garaba - Business Improvement Director, Zambia Sugar, ABF Sugar
- David Kafuko - Technical Manager, Uganda Farmers Crop Ind.
Exploring opportunities in automation, technology, and renewable energy integration for sugar producers.
Ensuring environmental and social sustainability in Africa’s sugar production value chains.
- Chaitrali Bhosale - International Business, Saisidha
Understanding the impact of the EU Green Deal on African sugar exports and compliance requirements.
Explore how leveraging the EU’s Global Gateway initiative, with a potential €300 billion for investments, could provide opportunities for African sugar producers.
Highlighting sustainability measures, including fair labor practices, to meet European consumer expectations.
- Julian Price - Executive Director, ACP/LDC Sugar Industries Group
Examining how government policies and subsidies affect the sugar and ethanol industries in Africa.
Identify key areas where regulatory support could drive growth and stability.
Addressing the need for policies that support production, sustainability, and trade.
- Grace Bwengye - Senior Planner Agriculture, National Planning Authority
A panel of policymakers discussing policies impacting the sugar industry across Africa.
Explore the Africa-Caribbean-Pacific (ACP) partnership and its implications for access to European and UK markets.
Discover how regulatory frameworks in Brazil support ethanol production and the lessons Kenyan regulators can apply.
Hear perspectives on how mandates like Kenya's E10 can be realistically fulfilled by building up local supply chains.
- Grace Bwengye - Senior Planner Agriculture, National Planning Authority
- David Kafuko - Technical Manager, Uganda Farmers Crop Ind.
- Sandeep Chichbankar - Chairman and Managing Director, Covalent Projects & Engineering Pvt. Ltd.
- Maurice Ekpong - Executive Director and Editor-in-Chief, African Journal for Sustainable Development (AJSD)
Explore the impact of climate change, including droughts and floods, on sugar yields and crop sustainability.
The potential for irrigation and drought-resistant crop varieties to mitigate risks.
Innovative practices and technologies for managing climate risks.
- Alasdair Harris - Estate Agriculture Head, Illovo Sugar
Using the Bonsucro climate toolkit to measure, mitigate and manage climate action in sugarcane production.
Tools to mitigate and build adaptive capacity among sugarcane growers and millers
Exploring the Bonsucro climate strategy
- Michael Ogg - Regional Manager, Bonsucro
- Richard Magero - Deputy Director, Sugar Directorate, Kenya Sugar Board