SARA Rail Conference & Exhibition

Africa’s only railway event

hosted by Railway Operators from Africa

Reimagining Rail: Unlocking Investment and Industrialization Growth & Connectivity Across Africa

SARA Conference & Exhibition 2026

SARA invites strategic stakeholders, Government, companies, customers, suppliers and captains of industry to attend its 15th Rail Conference and Exhibition that will be held on the 20– 23 October 2026 at Sandton Convention Centre in Sandton, South Africa.

20 - 22 October 2026

20 - 22 October 2026

20 October 2026

23 October 2026

PARTICIPATING AFRICAN RAILWAY OPERATORS

botswanarailways

Nacala

prasa

TAZARA

CFL

NRZ

transnamib

CFB

MALAWI94

CFM

Eswatini

TRC

CFM-Angola

BBR

SNCC

tfr

ZRL

event speakers

SADC VIP SPEAKERS

Hon. Joshua Sacco

Hon. Joshua Sacco

Zimbabwe Deputy Minister Of Transport & Infrastructure Development

Zimbabwe

Hon Jappie Mhango M.P..

Hon. Jappie Mhango M.P

Minister of Transport and Public Works

Malawi

Creecy-Barbara

Hon. Barbara Creecy

Minister of Transport South Africa

South Africa

Hon Keoagalie-Atamelang

Hon. Keoagalie Atamelang

Botswana Deputy Minister of Transport & Infrastructure

Minister of Transport and Logistics-Honourable Jorge Matlombe

Hon. Jorge Matlombe

Minister of Transport and Logistics

Mozambique

Eswatini 3

Hon. Chief Ndlaluhlaza Ndwandwe

Minister of Public Works and Transport

Eswatini

KEY SPEAKERS

Mabuza Shabalala - Pandrol SA Sales & Marketing Director

Mabuza Shabalala

Sales & Marketing Director

Pandrol South Africa

Mbiya Baudouin

Mbiya Baudouin

Business Development Specialist

ECIC

Laurent Li

Laurent Li

Regional Sales Director Africa

HollySys

Raymond Zuo

Raymond Zuo

Smart Rail BU

Huawei

Wes Kruger - Traxtion _ Commercial Director

Wes Kruger

Commercial Director

Traxtion

NRZ Acting General Manager is Ainah Dube-Kaguru

Ainah Dube-Kaguru

Acting Chief Executive Officer

National Railways of Zimbabwe

Sir Stuart Ntlathi - BRICS Ambassador South Africa

Sir Stuart Ntlathi

Ambassador South Africa

BRICS

Manuel António Kanda Kanda

Manuel António Kanda Kanda

CEO

Luanda Railway Company (CFL)

Tshepo Kgobe

Tshepo Kgobe

Moderator

Gautrain

Pulane Kingston - VAE CEO

Pulane Tshabalala Kingston

Chief Executive Officer

voestalpine VAE SA

Mokganyetsi Violet Sithole

Mokganyetsi Violet Sithole

Board Member; Chairperson

Khumbulani Mabvura - BBR _ General Manager

Khumbulani Mabvura

General Manager

Alex Pan - HollySys Senior Project Manager

Alex Pan

Senior Project Manager

HollySys

Joy Balepile

Joy Balepile

Head Automotive and Transport Equipment (SBU)

IDC

Nomvuyo-Dludlu

Nomvuyo Dludlu

Director Business Development

Eswatini Railways

Thibaut Descamps

Thibaut Descamps

MD Aluminothermic Welding EMEA

Pandrol S.A

Hannes

Prof. Hannes Gräbe

University of Pretoria

Thembi

Thembi Lekganyane

TRIM - Transnet Rail Infrastructure Management

Mwendabai Mwalusi-Bulaya

Mwendabai Mwalusi-Bulaya

Acting Managing Director

Zambia Railways Limited

Raymond Shoniwa

Raymond Shoniwa

SARA Executive Director

SARA

Kgotso Radira - GGDA _Senior Manager - Macro Business Intelligence

Kgotso Radira

Senior Manager - Macro Business Intelligence

GGDA

Tshwanelo Tswai - Transnet Engineering _ General Manager

Tshwanelo Tswai

General Manager

Transnet Engineering

Richard Aaroe - NGRT CEO & Chairman

Richard Aaroe

Chief Executive Officer

Next Generation Rail Technologies

Emmanuel-Ntshangase

Emmanuel Ntshangase

Grindrod

Moses Nyoni - LATRA _ Safety Officer

Moses Nyoni

Safety Officer

LATRA

B. P. Awasthi

B. P. Awasthi

Head & COO

Nacala Logistics

Kendall Swartz

Kendall Swartz

Executive: Commercial & Marketing

TransNamib

Nicolas Gregoir - Lobito Atlantic Railway _ Chief Operation Officer

Nicolas Gregoir

Chief Operating Officer

Lobito Atlantic Railway (LAR)

OBE Elaine Clarke - Rail Forum CEO

OBE Elaine Clarke

CEO

Rail Forum

Anand Moodliar Barberry Group CEO

Anand Moodliar

CEO

Barberry Group

Kristian Schmidt

Kristian Schmidt

EU Ambassador, South Africa

European Union

Reesh Naidoo

Reesh Naidoo

Executive Director

Amsted Reelin

2026 Exhibitors

Actom - SARA Rail Conference 2026

AIR QUICK

ALPHA

Amsted Reelin

ANTT

aria

ARMSCOR

Barberry Group

HollySys Rail

bfg

botswanarailways

Bryte Choice Africa

CADF

CFB

CFM-Angola

CFM

Chakradhar Industries LLP

COLOMBUS STAINLESS-

Composite Brake Components

Compressor n Engine

COR Tech

DBSA

deamac

emsi

Eswatini

Etion Create

ECIC

galison

Gauteng Growth and Development Agency

Gautrain

Gear-Rail

Gibela

GPT-GROUP

grindrod

Heavy-Lift

Hexagon Nextsense

HUAWEI

Hydraulic n Engineering

HYT

Khoi-Tech

LCV Nkedi

lucchini

MakeSure

Maziya group

angola-gov

Motseni

MultiGroup

Nacala

NRZ

nylocomp

pandrol

Parker Store

plasser

PPS

prasa

RSR

Sisanda Agric

SKF SOUTH AFRICA PTY LTD

Stimela Rail

surtees-engineering

surtees

swasap

Goldschmidt

Timken

trackview

transnet

transnetengineering

tfr

traxtion

unica

UNIPART - SARA Rail Conference

Vandhana

vanrail

vexila

Vogelsang GmbH & Co. KG

Voith Group

wabtec

Wekaba

WSP

XshineMo

YNF-eng

Zambia Lobito Railway

ZRL

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