2nd ANNUAL COMPETITION AND ECONOMIC REGULATION (ACER) WEEK, SOUTHERN AFRICA
CONFERENCE PROGRAMME
VENUE: AVANI VICTORIA FALLS RESORT (ZAMBEZI SUN), LIVINGSTONE, ZAMBIA
11 & 12 MARCH 2016
DAY 1: FRIDAY 11 MARCH 2016
INTRODUCTION AND WELCOME: Mr Kelvin Fube Bwalya, CCPC Board Chair, Competition and Consumer Protection Commission, Zambia
Introduction to the Conference: Prof Simon Roberts, Executive Director of CCRED, University of Johannesburg
Introduction of Guest of Honour by CCPC Board Chair
OPENING: Hon. Margaret Mwanakatwe, Minister of Industry and Commerce, Zambia
KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Vertical integration and exclusionary conduct
Prof Patrick Rey (Professor of Economics at the University of Toulouse)
SESSION 1 (PLENARY): Recent developments in competition and economic regulation
Chair: Chilufya Sampa (Executive Director, CCPC), Recent developments in Zambia
Mr. Willard Mwemba (Head of Mergers and Acquisitions, COMESA Competition Commission), Recent developments in COMESA
Dr Giulio Federico, (Head of Merger Unit in the Chief Economist Team at the Directorate General for Competition, European Commission), Recent developments in economic analysis of mergers
Rory Macmillan, (Founding partner of Macmillan Keck and a member of the New York Bar) Procedural innovation in competition law for small economies
TEA
SESSION 2 (parallel): Regional development, barriers to entry, and competition
Chair: Kelvin Fube Bwalya, CCPC Board Chair
Discussant: Dr Simon Roberts, CCRED
Industrial Policy, regional integration and competition, Eunice Hamavhwa, CCPC
Industrial policy, mining regulation and local content, Dr Judith Fessehaie, CCRED
Competition and barriers to entry in animal Feed in Zambia, Paul Samboko, IAPRI
Fighting Anticompetitive practices in the sugar industry in Malawi, Angella Kachipapa, CFTC
SESSION 3 (parallel): Vertical issues & barriers to entry in banking
Chair: Faith Odhiambo, University of Nairobi
Discussant: Prof Patrick Rey
Dynamic Vertical Foreclosure, Prof Chiara Fumagalli & Massimo Motta, Bocconi University/European Commission
Barriers to Entry in Banking: Case Study of Capitec Bank in SA, Nicholas Nhundu, CCRED
Barriers to entry and inclusive growth, Romeo Kariga and Lindiwe Khumalo, Competition Commission of SA
SESSION 4 (parallel): Supermarkets
Chair: Millard Arnold, Bowman Gilfillan
Discussant: Dr Javier Tapia, TLDC, Chile
Competition dynamics in retail and wholesale sector, Ernest Bagopi, Competition Authority of Botswana
Supermarkets and supplier development in Zambia, Francis Ziba & Mwanda Phiri, ZIPAR
Competition in Supermarkets, A South African perspective, Reena Das Nair, CCRED
LUNCH
SESSION 5 (PLENARY): Enhancing Energy Efficiency through Economic Regulation and Competition
Chair: Yohane Mukabe (Director Technical Regulation, ERB)
Nomfundo Maseti (Regulator Member, NERSA) NERSA’s Experience in Gas Regulation
Dr Javier Tapia (Judge at the Competition Tribunal of the Republic of Chile and former Chief Legal Counsel of the Chilean Electricity Generators Trade Association)
Alfred Mwila (Director of Economic Regulation, Energy Regulation Board of Zambia), The Complementary roles of Competition and Regulation in the Energy Sector
TEA
SESSION 6 (parallel): Energy
Chair: Dr Rod Crompton, NERSA
Discussant: Sisa Njikelana, CCRED
Institutional Structuring to Promote Dynamic Competitiveness in Economic Regulation of the Energy Sector, Prof Jonathan Klaaren, Wits University
Migration of electricity tariffs to cost reflectivity in the SADC Region, Cletus Sikwanda, ERB
Electricity Sector Market Reforms: Getting it Right in Developing Countries, Besa Chimbaka, ERB
SESSION 7 (parallel): ICT/ Telecoms
Chair: Mweshi Banda, Mweshi Banda & Associates
Discussant: Gilbert Muzata, Multichoice
ICT regulation for fostering the digital complexity economy in the SADC region, Prof Luci Abrahams, LINK Centre, Wits University
Competition in mobile telephony, Ryan Hawthorne, Acacia Economics
Cost Reflective Pricing of Petrol in Zambia, Deborah Bwalya, SABMiller
SESSION 8 (parallel): Energy and asset valuation
Chair: Yohane Mukabe, ERB
Discussant: Nomfundo Maseti, NERSA
Asset Valuation and Pricing – Some Popular Myths and Misconceptions, Dr Stephen Labson, SLEconomics
The electricity retail competition unicorn: why we need alternative ESI structures, Selma Kagee, Genesis Analytics
Trade-offs between pro-poor and cost reflective tariffs in SA, Michael Maphosa and Patrick Mabuza, NERSA
CONFERENCE DINNER
Speech: Prof Bill Kovacic (George Washington University, former USA FTC Chair, and non-executive Director of the UK Competition & Markets Authority), Life cycles of young competition authorities
DAY 2: SATURDAY 12 MARCH 2016
SESSION 9 (PLENARY): Mobile Money: key competition and regulatory issues in a dynamic sector
Chair: Ellen Ruparanganda (CTC, Zimbabwe)
Simon Roberts (CCRED, University of Johannesburg)
Bernard Banda (ZICTA, Statistics and Research)
Sandra Malupande (Airtel, Legal Manager and Company Secretary)
SESSION 10 (parallel): Coordinated conduct
Chair: Chilufya Sampa, CCPC
Discussant: Tania Begazo Gomez, World Bank
Regional cartels and review of developments in cement, Thando Vilakazi, CCRED
Cartel Enforcement, development in leniency, penalty determination and regional cooperation, Joseph Kaumba, Shadrick Milezhi and Suzyo Luhanga, CCPC
Cartel Enforcement: Adoption of Leniency Programme in Kenya, Barnabas Andiva & Edith Masereti, CAK
SESSION 11 (parallel): The development of competition law and institutions
Chair: Bwalya Chilufya Musonda, Corpus Legal Practitioners
Discussant: Derek Lotter, Bowman Gilfillan
Institutional development, Mark Burke, Development@Work /CCRED
Kenya's Special Compliance Process, Faith Odhiambo, Reena das Nair and Tamara Paremoer, University of Nairobi/CCRED
Interdepartmental and State Co-operation in Regulation, Masauso Phiri, CCPC
SESSION 12 (parallel): Competition in transport and barriers to entry in food and beverages
Chair: Reena das Nair, CCRED
Discussant: Saul Levin, TIPS
Barriers to Entry, exclusionary strategies, regulation and inclusive growth in Zambia, Kondwani Kaonga and Ndong’a Kamelu, CCPC
Barriers to entry in beer (Soweto Gold), Pamela Mondliwa, CCRED
Barriers to Entry in Agro-processing, Phumzile Ncube & Tamara Paremoer, CCRED
Competition in transport in Malawi, Fexter Katungwe, CFTC, Malawi
TEA
SESSION 13 (PLENARY): Strengthening enforcement through partnerships
Chair: Prof Simon Roberts (CCRED, University of Johannesburg)
Martha Kaukonde (Director of Enforcement and Compliance, CFTC, Malawi)
Willard Mwemba (Head: Mergers and Acquisitions, COMESA Competition Commission)
Francis Wang’ombe Kariuki (DG, Competition Authority of Kenya)
REFLECTIONS & VOTE OF THANKS: Chilufya Sampa, CCPC