Africa Sugar 2025: Main Conference Day 2
- Maurice Ekpong - Executive Director and Editor-in-Chief, African Journal for Sustainable Development (AJSD)
Positioning Africa as a leader in sustainable sugar and ethanol production.
Competing with major sugar producers while leveraging Africa’s renewable energy potential.
Unlocking growth by integrating sustainability, innovation, and inclusive development.
Population growth as a driver for sugar, ethanol, and value-added product demand.
Expanding Africa’s sugar and ethanol exports, with a focus on European, American, and emerging markets.
Strategies for African producers to diversify revenue streams through specialty sugars, biofuels, and clean energy solutions.
- Bryson Mkhomaanthu - Chief Executive Officer, PressCane Limited
Hear from international leaders like Mauritius on innovations in sugar and ethanol production.
Explore transferable lessons for Africa, including policy frameworks, technology adoption, and market expansion.
- Devesh Dukhira - Chief Executive Officer, Mauritius Sugar Syndicate
- Oswald Magwenzi - Country Managing Director, Zambia Sugar
- Maurice Ekpong - Executive Director and Editor-in-Chief, African Journal for Sustainable Development (AJSD)
- Bioethanol Enzyme Solutions
- Design Options for a Bioethanol Plant
- Process Optimization l Troubleshooting
- Pal Martin Ladsten - Regional Director Africa and Corp. Director South Africa, Health & Biosciences, IFF
Utilizing cassava as a sustainable feedstock for ethanol production, detailing the technological innovations, farming practices, and processing efficiencies that have enabled scalable ethanol cooking fuel solutions.
Empowering Farmers and Advancing Sustainability: the socioeconomic and environmental impacts of cassava-based ethanol production.
- Linda Davis - Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Giraffe Bioenergy
Examine Kenya's ethanol market, where local production covers some of the beverage sector's needs, and nearly all cooking fuel ethanol is imported.
Discuss strategies for increasing local production to meet projected growth, especially for household fuel transitioning away from charcoal.
Discuss the projected rise in demand for ethanol as a household fuel and its role in Kenya's transition away from traditional biomass.
Understand market requirements and investment opportunities needed to catalyze this shift effectively.
- Sophie Odupoy - Director, Public Affairs, KOKO Networks
Bioethanol can decarbonize road transport
Bioethanol is a clean cookstove fuel
Bioethanol is widely available globally
- Trent DeVenney - Global Analytics Lead, Marquis Energy Global
How Africa can lead in sustainable ethanol and sugar production while competing on the global stage.
The impact of shifting from global to regional trade models—opportunities and risks for African producers.
European sustainability regulations, including the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD), and what they mean for Africa’s sugar and ethanol exports.
Strategies for aligning African sugar and ethanol industries with global sustainability and trade standards.
The role of bioethanol in Africa’s clean energy transition—scaling up production for local and export markets.
- Maurice Ekpong - Executive Director and Editor-in-Chief, African Journal for Sustainable Development (AJSD)
- Linda Davis - Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Giraffe Bioenergy
- Sophie Odupoy - Director, Public Affairs, KOKO Networks
- Devesh Dukhira - Chief Executive Officer, Mauritius Sugar Syndicate
- Pal Martin Ladsten - Regional Director Africa and Corp. Director South Africa, Health & Biosciences, IFF