Presentations

Day 1

Opening Ceremony Speeches

• Dr. Kandeh K. Yumkella, UNIDO Director-General (pdf, 40 KB)
• H.E. Alemayhu Teaenu, Minister of Mines and Energy (pdf, 33 KB)
• Dr. Bernard Zoba, Commisioner of Infrastructure and Energy, AUC (pdf, 40 KB)
• Mr. Corrado Clini, Chair Global Bioenergy Partnership (pdf, 21 KB)

Session 1

• Keynote Presentation: Biofuels for Industrial Development and Poverty Reduction in Africa - H. Leuenberger (ppt, 5,936 KB)
• Background Paper on Biofuels Industry Development in Africa - P. Niyongabo (ppt, 834 KB)
• Biofuels Sustainability Q's: Towards Solutions - N. Wamukonya (ppt, 1,465 KB)

Session 2 and 3

• Biofuels Assessment Report: ECOWAS Subregion - E. Ben Hagan (ppt, 4,655 KB)
• Situation des Biofuels en Afrique Centrale - P.D. Diop (ppt, 3,071 KB)
• Biofuels in Eastern and Southern Africa - S. Karekezi (ppt, 6,556 KB)
• Biofuels in West Africa: The Case of Jatropha in Mali - I. Togola (ppt, 3,564 KB)
• Integrated Programme for the Agro-Industry and the Valorization of Jatropha used in Biodiesel Production to Boost the Banana Production Sector in the Tambacounda Region of Senegal - S. Amar (ppt, 3,655 KB)
• The Promise of Biofuels in Africa: Status, Challenges and Opportunities - S. Karekezi (ppt, 6,275 KB)

Day 2

Session 4

• The Brazilian Experience with Ethanol - R. de Gusmao Dornelles (ppt, 3,348 KB)
• National Biodiesel Production and Use Program: Structural Public Policies and New Ways of Value Adding in Family Farming - G. Cassel (ppt, 19,728 KB)

Session 5

• Biofuels for Poverty Reduction - T. Sinkala (ppt, 4,474 KB)
• Technologies for Biofuel Production - S. Miertus (ppt, 2,643 KB)
• Commitment of the African Development Bank in the Renewable Energy Sector: The Role of the Private Sector Department of the AfDB - Y. Arfaoui (ppt, 3,465 KB)
• Pre-Requisites for Sustainable Biofuels Development Programmes - F. D. Yamba (ppt, 195 KB)
• Role of Research and Development in Developing Biofuels Industries in Africa - M. Bokanga (ppt, 14,392 KB)
• Renewable Energy Technologies for the Production of Biofuels: Survey of Appropriate Technologies and Perspectives for African Countries - G. Bertogli

Session 6

• Bioethanol Technologies in Africa - B. Batidzirai (ppt, 300 KB)
• Global and Regional Bio-ethanol Markets: Sugarcane and Sweet Sorghum in Southern Africa - F. Johnson (ppt, 2,271 KB)

Session 7

Session 8

• Summary of Discussion Paper on Status, Potential and Challenges of Promoting Biomass Gasification Technologies for Industrial Applications in Africa - S. Dasappa (ppt, 9,839 KB)

Session 9

• Industrial Application of Biogas Technology in Africa - J. Afari-Idan (ppt, 9,190 KB)

Session 10-11

• Enabling Policy and Regulatory Framework for Biofuel Development - J. Moulot (1,870 KB)
• Moving Toward Sustainable Biofuel Programs in Africa - S. Mwakasonda (ppt, 131 KB)

Day 3

Session 13

• The African Biofuels Center (ABC) -Hussein Elhag
• Biofuels at the level of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) - Mohamedain E. Seif Elnasr
• EAC Regional Strategy for Scaling Up Access to Modern Energy Energy Services and Biofuels in East Africa -N. C. Weggoro
• NEPAD Pan African Cassava Initiative (NPACI) - N. Mahungu and B. Anga
• Experiences en matiere de Biocombustibles au sein de de l'uemo - Perspectives - Mamadou Dianka
• Inter-regional bioenergy network - Pradeep Monga

Session 14 - Recommendations

• Biodiesel and SVO: Recommendations for Plan of Action - R. Janssen (ppt, 158 KB)
• La Technologie de Bioéthanol - N. Thiam (ppt, 55 KB)
• Environmental and Social Sustainability - Y. Vyas (ppt, 24 KB)
• Action Plan for Biofuels Development in Africa Draft (ppt, 1,369 KB)

Sessions 15 and 16 - Outcomes

• Declaration for the First High-Level Biofuels Seminar in Africa (pdf, 113 KB)
• Draft Action Plan for Biofuels Development in Africa (pdf, 95 KB)