Draft Investors Conference Program
Conference programme Day 1
Wednesday 18, March 2015
07:00 Registration
Opening session 1.1
Transforming Investment Vision into Reality
Chairman: tbd
08:30 Welcome keynote address
Speaker:
08:40 Powering Busia County’s Economy: County Integrated Development Plan (CIDP)
Speaker:
09:00 An enabling environment framework for securing investments: policies, laws, legislation,
regulation
Speaker:
09:20 Busia County is open for investments
Speaker:
09:40 Expanding economic sectors through dynamic development
Speaker:
10:00 Refreshment break
Session 1.2
Exploring Busia County Investment Potential
Chairman:
10:45 Agriculture (crop production, Livestock and Fisheries)
Speaker:
11:05 Tourism and Industry
Speaker:
11:25 Service Sector
Speaker:
12:20 Q&A session
12:30 Networking lunch
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Session 1.3
Landscape of strategic investment planning
Chairman:
14:00 Meeting investors’ expectations: incentives and tax reforms
Speaker:
14:20 The Public Private Partnership (PPP) Act
Speaker: The National Treasury
14:35 The Renewable Energy Feed-in-Tariff
Speaker: The National Ministry of Energy and Petroleum
14:50 Ministry of Environment, Water and Natural Resources: NEMA act
Speaker: The National Ministry
15:05 Ministry of Land, Housing and Urban Development
Speaker: The National Ministry
15:30 Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure
Speaker: The National Ministry
15:45 Ministry of Health
Speaker: The National Ministry
16:00 Ministry of Education, Science and Technology
Speaker: The National Ministry
16:15 Ministry of Industrialization and Enterprise development
Speaker: The National Ministry
16:30 Q&A
16:40 Refreshment break
Session 1.4
Private sector approach to doing business in Busia County
Chair:
16:15 Fast-tracking business-identifying local partners
Speaker: Chambers of Commerce
16:30 An investors’ panel discussion-launching a successful business in Busia County: comments and
insights from established investors
16:50 Q&A
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17:00 End of conference day 1
Thursday 19, March 2015
Conference programme day 2
07:00 Registration
08:00 Business matchmaking
Session 2.1
The Tourism and Industry Sector
Chairman
08:30 The current status and new opportunity ventures
Speaker: County Ministry of Tourism, Trade, Cooperative and Industrialization
08:45 Characteristics of the tourism sector: The importance of planning and capability improvement
Speaker:
09:00 Industrialization potential and productivity enhancement: the time roll-up our sleeves
Speaker:
09:15 Global best practices for unconventional tourism: ecotourism advances to expand tourism to rural
areas
09:30 The progressive role of community participation in expanding rural tourism
09:45 Q&A
10:00 Refreshment break
Session 2.2
Addressing the service sector
Chairman:
10:15 Busia County Service Sector Roll-out programme-Status and requirements
Speaker:
10:30 Urban settlement and housing
Speaker:
10:45 One stop border post
Speaker:
11:00 Trailers and Bus Park
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Speaker:
11:15 A regional outlook on East Africa’s master plan
Speaker:
11:30 Q&A
12:00 Networking lunch
Session 2.3
Agriculture: Crop production, livestock and fisheries
Chairman:
14:00 Crop production: Development opportunities for value addition
Speaker:
14:15 Livestock development: commercial enterprises
Speaker:
14:30 Fisheries: fish farming, processing and commercialization
Speaker:
14:45 Agro-business development
Speaker
15:00 Busia County agricultural atlas: A realistic view of market opportunities
Speaker:
15:15 Reducing high costs on agricultural production
Speaker:
15:30 enhancing affordability: the rural agricultural transformation
Speaker:
15:45 Refreshment break
Closing session and vote of thanks
Bridging the investment gap between now and 2017: creating innovative solutions for
industrialization and productivity in the Busia County Gateway to East Africa
Chairman:
16:00 Panel discussion: maximizing efficiency, effectiveness, productivity and profitability through
investment application
Discussant 1
Discussant 2
Discussant 3
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16:45 Q&A session
17:00 Closing keynote address
The Governor Hon. Sospeter Odeke Ojaamong
17:30 Prizes
17:45 Farwell reception
Conference programme day 3
Friday 20, March 2015
Site visit session
Logistics, coordination, arrangements
Conference Secretariat
07:00 meeting point for transport
07:30 depart to selected field visits
10:00 arrival and refreshments
10:30 start of site tour
12:30 lunch
13:30 transfer back to hotel
15:00 drop off to Kisumu international airport
Conference programme day 4
Saturday 21, March 2015
Bilateral meeting and diaspora discussion in Nairobi at the KICCC session
Chairman:
08:00 Recap of the investors conference in Busia County
Speaker:
08:30 Diaspora intervention and insights
Speaker:
09:00 Q&A
09:30 Reflection on encouraging diaspora participation and attracting investments
10:00 Refreshment and break
10:15 Governor’ address: why investing in the County is important
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10:30 World Bank Country Director
10:45 African Development Bank, Regional Director
11:00 Finnish Ambassador—PALWECO
11:15 American Ambassador—USAID
11:30 Korean Ambassador—Fertilizer Factory
11:45 Director, TradeMark East Africa (TMEA)—One Stop Border Town Investment
12:00 Chairman, Kenya National Chamber of Commerce
12:15 Q&A
12:30 Networking lunch
13:30 Wrap up and way forward
Speaker: Conference Secretariat
13:45 Closing remarks and vote of thanks
14:00 Departure
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