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