"Solidaridad's Sustainable West Africa Palm Oil Programme (SWAPP) launched its incubator and Access to Finance initiative in Accra, to provide support and access to risk capital to help develop the oil palm sector." ~ Ghana Web, 26/6/14

"The African continent could produce an extra 2.8m tons of the vegetable oil by 2030 - more than doubling current output. The pace of commercial palm plantings in Africa is 'already picking up'." ~ Agrimoney, 25/6/14

"Three African countries will be net exporters of palm oil in 2030, with Liberia to show the biggest surplus, thanks to a 12-fold rise in production to 500,000 tonnes a year." Agrimoney, 25/6/14

To tap on such opportunities in Africa's palm oil sector, movers and shakers of the palm oil industry, looking for partners and investment opportunities, are convening in Accra, Ghana this 13-14 October, 2014 for CMT's 3rd Palm Oil Africa summit!

This year, the summit which is now launched and available for download, also expands to cover Rubber & Cocoa - two other promising crops for Africa.

Here's a snapshot of the key highlights or the must-attend sessions from the program:

• Sustainability in rubber and oil palm plantations of the SIAT group in Africa
  - Gert Vandermissen, Managing Director SIAT Gabon / Group Director of Operations, SIAT SA

• Olam's sustainable cocoa program and value chain activities in Ghana: Downstream processing , production of cocoa fertilizers
  - Gurinder Goindi, Head of Cocoa, Olam Ghana

• Improved Palm oil planting materials & collaboration with Presco Nigeria
  - Pieter van Diesel, CIRAD

• Cameroon: Palm Oil Plantations and the Government's Implementation Program to Improve the industry
  - Emmanuel Ngom, National Coordinator of Palm oil, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development

• POME use for energy and fertilization - First largest biogas in Africa (Nigeria and Ghana)
  - Alex Bulnes, Project Manager Africa, Biotec International

• Development equity and its role in the palm oil sector - AAF's palm oil investments in Sierra Leone and DRC
  - Vince McAleer, CEO - AAF Palm Oil Platform, Golden Oil Holdings

Check out the final agenda for more interesting sessions and speakers.

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