Brian Molefe, CEO of Transnet, South Africa’s largest rail, port and pipeline conglomerate, will deliver the keynote address at the African debut of the Breakbulk Africa Congress, which takes place August 7-8, 2012, at the Southern Sun Cape Sun Hotel in Cape Town, South Africa.
Transnet SOC is South Africa’s national transport arm and the governing body for the country’s rail, pipelines, ports and terminals. During his keynote address, Molefe will discuss Transnet’s recently announced, four-point growth strategy, which includes plans to invest R110.6 billion (US$12.9 billion) in new rail equipment, the widening and deepening of ports and building a new pipeline to solve South Africa’s infrastructure challenges.
Breakbulk Africa is among a portfolio of shows organized by UBM Global Trade’s Breakbulk division. Among those, Breakbulk produces a trio of major conferences and exhibitions – Breakbulk Europe, Breakbulk Americas and Breakbulk China – each year. A trio of two-day congresses has also been added to the 2012 lineup: Breakbulk Africa, Aug. 7-8 in Cape Town, South Africa; Breakbulk Turkey, Nov. 20-21 in Istanbul, Turkey; and Breakbulk South America, Dec. 4-5 in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Molefe is a South African businessman who has also worked in the office of the premier in the Limpopo, where he was responsible for strategic planning. Transnet’s integrated freight transport company is comprised of five operating divisions: Transnet Freight Rail, Transnet Rail Engineering, Transnet National Ports Authority, Transnet Port Terminals and Transnet Pipelines. These divisions are supported by a number of company-wide specialist functions, such as Transnet Projects, that underpin the group as a whole.
“2012 is the debut of Breakbulk Magazine and Events in Africa,” said Alli McEntyre, Breakbulk vice president and publisher. “In May, we held the largest Breakbulk conference and exhibition to date, with close to 5,000 attendees, in Antwerp, Belgium. Although the format of the Breakbulk Africa Congress will be more targeted than our European exhibition, we hope to bring Breakbulk’s editorial integrity in programming and strength of networking opportunity to Africa this year and in years to come.”
