{"id":3851,"date":"2015-09-25T10:20:45","date_gmt":"2015-09-25T10:20:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/?p=3851"},"modified":"2015-09-25T10:29:48","modified_gmt":"2015-09-25T10:29:48","slug":"lapsset-projects-inaugural-global-investment-conference-set-october-nairobi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/lapsset-projects-inaugural-global-investment-conference-set-october-nairobi\/","title":{"rendered":"LAPSSET Project\u2019s inaugural Global Investment Conference Set for October in Nairobi"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Kenya & East Africa Management Services Company (KEAMSCO), working in partnership with the Kenya National Chamber of Commerce & Industry (KNCCI) will be hosting the inaugural LAPSSET Global Investment Conference in Nairobi on October 26th to 29 2015.<\/p>\n

The theme of the conference is Building Africa\u2019s transformative & game-changer Infrastructure towards delivering a Just & Prosperous Kenya.<\/p>\n

The LAPSSET Program is by far Africa\u2019s most ambitious integrated infrastructure Project at an investment value of US$26 billion, and brings together the 5 East African countries of Kenya, Uganda, Ethiopia, Rwanda & South Sudan.<\/p>\n

\"Lapsset<\/a><\/p>\n

Construction of the first 3 Lamu Port berths is already underway, as well as a number of other ancillary infrastructure developments by Kenya under the Vision 2030 Flagship Projects.<\/p>\n

This Summit therefore provides an excellent opportunity for Kenya & the region to market it\u2019s infrastructure credentials to a diverse group of over 200 global participants, for investors to learn more about the lucrative investment opportunities in Africa’s most audacious infrastructure program, interact with key decision-makers driving the process, and through the exhibition, show-case the diverse firms products, services & capabilities to deliver on projects of this size and nature.<\/p>\n

Key participants \u00a0and Speakers include the Kenyan Presidency under which the LAPSSET Corridor Program\u2019s Secretariat is domiciled, the Key line Ministries of Transport & Infrastructure, the PPP Secretariat, Energy & Petroleum; Transport & Infrastructure, leading local investors from the Kenya Chamber of Commerce & Industry as well as several embassies & Trade delegations from Europe & the Americas.<\/p>\n

Other participants include global logistics, shipping, Oil & Gas firms & Infrastructure services firms like Kuehne & Nagel, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Centum Investments, Amu Power, Inros Lackner, the German-Africa Business Association, The Bremen Chambers of Commerce & Trade, the African Private-Equity & Venture Capital Association (AVCA) as well as the Emerging Markets Private Equity Association (EMPEA).<\/p>\n

Some of LAPSSET Program\u2019s infrastructure investment opportunities include:\"LAPSSET<\/a><\/p>\n

A 32-berths bustling port at the picturesque Manda Bay, Lamu along the Indian Ocean<\/p>\n

A streamlined, standard-gauge railway line traversing Port Lamu to Juba (South Sudan) and Addis Abeba (Ethiopia).<\/p>\n

A vast and fully integrated road system, easing ground transport throughout East Africa, opening up Central & West Africa through the transport corridor.<\/p>\n

Extensive oil pipelines linking the newly discovered oil-fields of Uganda, South Sudan, Northern Kenya and Ethiopia to Port Lamu.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Kenya & East Africa Management Services Company (KEAMSCO), working in partnership with the Kenya National Chamber of Commerce & Industry (KNCCI) will be hosting the inaugural LAPSSET Global Investment … Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":3852,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[12,11],"tags":[3655,3654,3660,3656,3650,1284,3653,1382,1387,1440,3651,1880,3649,3652,2077,2118,2129,3659,3658,3657,3154],"class_list":["post-3851","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","category-top-news","tag-amu-power","tag-centum-investments","tag-emerging-markets-private-equity-association","tag-inros-lackner","tag-kenya-chamber-of-commerce-industry","tag-kenyas-ministry-of-energy-petroleum","tag-kuehne-nagel","tag-lamu-port","tag-lapsset","tag-logistics","tag-ministry-of-transport-infrastructure","tag-oil-pipeline","tag-ports","tag-ppp-secretariat","tag-pricewaterhousecoopers","tag-railway","tag-refinery","tag-the-african-private-equity-venture-capital-association","tag-the-bremen-chambers-of-commerce-trade","tag-the-german-africa-business-association","tag-transport","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/lapsett.jpg?fit=960%2C720&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5JWkQ-107","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6814,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/turner-townsend-kenya-merges-project-management-firm-mml\/","url_meta":{"origin":3851,"position":0},"title":"Turner & Townsend Kenya merges with project management firm MML","author":"","date":"February 6, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Turner & Townsend has announced that its Kenya business is to merge with Nairobi-based project management firm Mentor Management Limited (MML) after Turner & Townsend acquired a majority stake in MML from leading growth markets investor \u2013 Actis. 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