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A Unique and Outstanding Combination of Intensive Trainings on PPP Financing, Policy and Law to address the Current Key Challenges in Africa Market

Be INSPIRED. The key in unlocking the real potential of Africa lies in its infrastructure. Merely grasping the concepts of PPP does not do justice to our great responsibility and ensure success in Africa’s future development. We already know what we need to do, now is the time to really discover and learn HOW.

Successful PPPs have one thing in common: a solid and sound structure fuelled by interdependence from all stakeholders involved. Besides a shared vision, we require the knowledge and the capacity to MAKE IT HAPPEN.

Capacity building starts NOW. We need to understand the critical success factors of PPPs and how concepts translate into real progress, anticipate draining inhibitors, find effective solutions, learn from tried and tested best practices and most importantly, move beyond them and explore the avenues to INNOVATE.

This master class aims to do just that.

Beginning with an in-depth understanding of how PPPs and project finance work, to policy and law, all the way to contract mechanisms, financial structuring and risk analysis, we seek to push our participants to master and innovate, with the aid of a good number of carefully designed group exercises and case studies.

The final day of the course will be devoted to a series of case studies of actual current projects in the power, transport and social infrastructure sectors in Africa, which will demonstrate how the theoretical knowledge gained in days 1-3 is applied in practice.

Case Studies:

• IPPs: Bujagali Hydropower (Uganda); Songas (Tanzania); Kivuwatt (Rwanda); Cenpower (Ghana)
• Toll-road concessions: Lekki Expressway (Nigeria);Platinum Highway(South Africa)
• Rail concession: Rift Valley Railways (Kenya/Uganda)
• Water concession: Mbombela Water (South Africa)
• Government office:  DTI Campus (South Africa)
• Social infrastructure:  Queen ’Mamohato Memorial Hospital (Lesotho)

For a copy of the FULL AGENDA, please send email to: hayat@neo-edge.com

Hayat
Telephone: +65 6557 9188

PPP frameworks already exist or are being put into place in many countries in Africa (e.g.South Africa,Nigeria,Ghana,Côte d’Ivoire,Kenya,Uganda,Tanzania,Rwanda,Zambia, Angola etc). However the number of actual projects, especially those successful ones, remains low. One of the key challenges to further progress is capacity building in both the public and private sectors to address the faced bottlenecks.

This course will combine intensive trainings on PPP financing, policy and law, and concentrate on a practical approach to procuring and structuring PPP projects, with a strong emphasis on real-life examples. The theoretical project management, financial and legal frameworks will be studied in detail, and case studies will then be used to show how the theory works in practice.

Course Outline

Day One

• What are PPPs?
• What is project finance?
• Sources of investment & debt
• Project-Finance debt markets
• PPPs in Sub-SaharanAfrica
• Project development and management
• Public-sector institutional framework
• Public-sector procurement
• Basic financial analysis

Group exercise – IPP tariff

Day Two

• Risk analysis – commercial risks
• Financial structuring
• Macro-economic risks and hedging
• Financial model
• Regulatory & political risk
• Government support for PPPs
• What do lenders expect?
• Public-sector evaluation

Group exercise – wastewater treatment plant

Day Three

• Legal framework
• Power generation
• Roads
• Social infrastructure
• Key sub-contracts: construction, EPC, fuel supply, O&M, Implementation Agreement etc.
• Contract termination
• Loan documentation
• Refinancing / equity sale
• PPPs: for & against

Group exercise – toll road

Day Four

Day 4 will be devoted to a series of case studies of actual current projects in the power, transport and social infrastructure sectors in Africa, which will demonstrate how the theoretical knowledge gained in days 1-3 is applied in practice.

Case Studies:

• IPPs: Bujagali Hydropower (Uganda); Songas (Tanzania); Kivuwatt (Rwanda); Cenpower (Ghana)
• Toll-road concessions: Lekki Expressway (Nigeria);Platinum Highway(South Africa)
• Rail concession: Rift Valley Railways (Kenya/Uganda)
• Water concession: Mbombela Water (South Africa)
• Government office:  DTI Campus (South Africa)
• Social infrastructure:  Queen ’Mamohato Memorial Hospital (Lesotho)

Break-out Group Brainstorming Session

All participants will be split into 3-4 groups, to consider various aspects of one of the case studies, based on a background briefing that will be provided.

You will brainstorm and discus on topics such as:

• What regulatory and legal environment is needed?
• Sources of finance and Bankability
• How could the PPP contract be structured? What are the key elements of such contracts?
• What are the key risks for the public sector, and how these be mitigated?
• What are the key risks for the private sector, and could these be mitigated?

The groups will then all make presentations.

Wrap-up of the 4-day learning

For a copy of the FULL AGENDA, please send email to: hayat@neo-edge.com

Hayat
Telephone: +65 6557 9188

Our Expert Trainer

With over 40 years of practical experience in project finance and PPPs along with being the authoritative author in the industry, he is one of, if not, the best for you to learn from.

E.R. (Ned) Yescombe is a consultant with many years of practical experience in project finance and PPPs, advising governments and investors, and also an authoritative author in the industry: his Principles of Project Finance (2nd edition 2104) and Public-Private Partnerships: Principles of Policy and Finance (2007; 2nd edition in progress) widely used in academic courses, business schools and law schools worldwide.

• Expert global consultant on project finance and PPPs / PFI since 1998
• Clientele includes the World Bank, AfDB, ADB, U.K Department for International Development, Government Agencies and private companies etc
• Previously head of project finance for Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi in London.

A law graduate of Oxford University

For a copy of the FULL AGENDA, please send email to: hayat@neo-edge.com

Hayat
Telephone: +65 6557 9188

In the public sector, this master class will benefit officials from ministries of:

• Finance, including PPP units
• Transport
• Power
• Health
• Public Works
• Other ministries concerned with social or economic infrastructure as well as provincial and local government officials in these sectors.

In the private sector, this course will benefit:

• Bankers involved in infrastructure finance
• Lawyers who wish to improve their understanding of the commercial and financial background of PPPs
• Engineers who wish to understand the particular requirements of working in PPP projects
• Construction companies and equipment suppliers involved with PPPs

For a copy of the FULL AGENDA, please send email to: hayat@neo-edge.com

Hayat
Telephone: +65 6557 9188

The course offers a unique combination of intensive trainings on PPP financing, policy and law by a trainer with extensive practical experience, rounded off with detailed case studies showing how theory is applied in practice.

Beginning with an in-depth understanding of how PPPs and project finance work, to policy and law, all the way to contract mechanisms, financial structuring and risk analysis, we seek to push our participants to master and innovate, with the aid of a good number of carefully designed group exercises and case studies.

The final day of the course will be devoted to a series of case studies of actual current projects in the power, transport and social infrastructure sectors in Africa, which will demonstrate how the theoretical knowledge gained in days 1-3 is applied in practice.

Participants can look forward to learning about:

• The role of PPPs and project finance in developing public infrastructure in Africa
• PPP policy and law
• Sources of finance
• Risk analysis in PPPs
• PPP contracts
• Major sub-contracts (construction, operation etc)
• Financial structuring of PPPs
• Loan documentation
• Public-sector evaluation and procurement of PPPs

For a copy of the FULL AGENDA, please send email to: hayat@neo-edge.com

Hayat
Telephone: +65 6557 9188

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Hotel details and contact person details:

The African Regent Hotel
237/238 Airport West
P. O. Box CT 6143
Cantonments – Accra

Hotel Reservations Contact:
Irene A Sowah / Frank A. Danso
Conference, Banqueting & Special Events Manager / Executive
Telephone: +233 289 115765 -7 / 0302-765180-2
Mobile: +233 268 157 090 / 3
Email: cbse@african-regent-hotel.com / res@african-regent-hotel.com

We recommend our delegates to book the hotel rooms early as there are only limited rooms available at Corporate Rate. Kindly contact the following for reservation. Please quote “PPP Financing, Policy and Law Master Class“, organised by Neoedge when you book to enjoy the Corporate Rate. Thank you!