5th Africa Oil Palm & Rubber Summit
25-26 Apr, 2018 - Accra, GHANA
Labadi Beach Hotel
25 Apr, 2018 - Wednesday
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Registration & Networking Refreshment
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| 09:00 |
Chairman’s Welcome & Introduction
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CSIR-Oil Palm Research Institute
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| 09:10 |
Are We Heading Towards Higher Palm Oil & Rubber Prices?
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LMC International Ltd
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| 09:40 |
Integrating Africa with the Global Industry
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Olam International Limited
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| 10:10 |
Backward Integration & Maximizing Local Content : FMN’s Perspective
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Flour Mills of Nigeria Plc
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| 10:45 |
Discussion followed by Coffee
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| 11:15 |
Sustainability Strategies in Supply Chain – Unilever’s Perspective
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Unilever Ghana Limited
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| 11:45 |
Sustainable Palm Oil Sourcing Policies - its Implementation Challenges: A Personal Care’s Perspectives
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PZ Cussons Nigeria Plc
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| 12:15 |
Sustainability in Natural Rubber Supply Chain. Between Standards, Commitments & Assessments - Expectations of a Rubber Grower
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| 12:45 |
Discussion followed by Networking Lunch
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| 14:00 |
Chairman’s Introduction
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Olam International Limited
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| 14:05 |
Research and Development & Changing Dynamics in the Oil Palm Sector – Ghana’s Perspective
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CSIR-Oil Palm Research Institute
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| 14:35 |
Effective Measures Adopted to Improve Quality of Rubber Produced by Smallholders in Ivory Coast
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Tropical Rubber Cote d’Ivoire
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| 15:05 |
Sustainable Fertilization in Oil Palm Plantations by Using Controlled Release Fertilizers
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  ICL Specialty Fertilizers
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| 15:35 |
Discussion followed by Networking Refreshment
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| 16:05 |
Processing Crude Palm Oil After Extraction
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CMBITALY-TECHNOILOGY
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| 16:35 |
Managing Major Diseases of the Oil Palm (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.)
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Institute of Agricultural Research for Development (IRAD)
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| 17:05 |
New Planting Materials & Procedures, Improving Cultivation Techniques & Yields
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PalmElit SAS
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| 17:35 |
Discussion followed by End of Day One
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26 Apr, 2018 - Thursday
| 09:00 |
Chairman’s Introduction
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Institute of Agricultural Research for Development (IRAD)
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| 09:10 |
Potentials of the Oil Palm Industry in Contributing in the Bank’s Feed Africa Strategy
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African Development Bank Group
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| 09:40 |
Facilitating & De-risking Investments along the Palm Oil Value Chain in Nigeria
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Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk Sharing Agriculture (NIRSAL)
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| 10:10 |
Discussion followed by Networking Refreshment
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| 10:40 |
New Technologies - Migrating Traditional to Precision Agriculture
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WeFly Agri
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| 11:10 |
Organic Palm Oil: From Seeds to Soaps
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Serendipalm Co. Ltd.
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| 11:40 |
Kobe Marine’s Biomass Fuels Generation Plans for Ghana
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Kobe Marine Corporation
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| 12:15 |
Final Discussion followed by Networking Lunch
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| 13:45 |
End of Conference
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26 Apr, 2018 - Thursday
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Wilmar Africa Limited (WAL) obtained a certificate to commence business operation in Ghana on 10th July 2010 and has since been registered by the Food and Drugs Authority and the Ghana Standards Authority to process palm oil into various fractions for both local and export markets.
Wilmar Africa Limited started operations in Ghana with an old dilapidated and inefficient 200MTD capacity refinery where we were only able to do average of 120MTD. In 2013 Wilmar Africa Limited built and successfully commissioned a state of the art palm oil refinery in the Tema Harbour industrial enclave. This new plant has 1000MTD Palm Oil refinery capacity and on the average the annual through is 230,000 MT. Currently only about 15% of the annual palm oil processed by Wilmar Africa Limited is sourced from local CPO suppliers leaving a whopping 85% of our raw material requirement gap that has to be filled with imports from Asia thus exposing the company to forex exchange shocks. We however have plans to progressively increase the percentage of local raw material input year on year and our 2018 target is 20%. To achieve this target Wilmar Africa Limited is working with local some CPO suppliers to help build capacity in the area of Quality Control and Good Manufacturing Practices to improve the final quality of oil delivered.
Under quality and food safety certification, Wilmar Africa is certified in the following:
1. FCSC 22000 – Certified 2. AIB – Certified 3. Sustainability (RSPO SCC) - Certified |
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| 14:00 |
Assemble at Labadi Beach Hotel Lobby
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| 14:05 |
Depart for Wilmar Plant
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| 14:55 |
Arrive at Wilmar Plant
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| 15:00 |
Start of Plant Tour
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| 16:00 |
Refreshments and Q&A
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| 16:15 |
Depart for Labadi Beach Hotel
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| 17:05 |
Arrive at Labadi Beach Hotel; End of Site Visit
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