ICCX West Africa 2024 with 650 participants from 21 countries
It was impressive how well the Grand Arena in Accra was visited again this year: 650 participants took part in the second ICCX West Africa, which was organised on 16 and 17 April by ad-media GmbH and the trade journals CPI worldwide and AAC worldwide in cooperation with the Delegation of German Industry and Commerce in Ghana (AHK Ghana). A trade exhibition with over 30 national and international companies from the cement, concrete and precast concrete industry offered a unique opportunity to expand the professional network and make important contacts.
ICCX International Concrete Conferences & Exhibitions are 100% focused events, which makes them unique compared to general construction events. There is currently no comparable event concept in all of West Africa. This seems to have spread during the second edition of the ICCX West Africa, as significantly more participants from the surrounding West African countries were registered than at the first event.
With Sivine Jansen, Deputy Head of Mission of the German Embassy in Ghana, a high-ranking official gave the opening speech. The conference programme provided a perfect overview of current topics and challenges for the cement, precast and concrete industries.
Ghana is a pioneer in the decarbonation of cement worldwide and this also explains the international interest in this event with participants from 21 different countries. Other conference topics were carbon reduction, the path to net-zero, LC3 cement potentials and renewable bioresources for sustainable building with concrete.
In a panel discussion led by Dr Mark Bediako, Deputy Director of the CSIR-Building and Road Research Institute in Ghana, experts such as Prof. Alex Dodoo, Director General of the Ghana Standards Authority (GSA) and Emmanuel A. Cherry, CEO of the Ghana Chamber of Construction Industry (GhCCI), as well as Peter Dickson from CBI, Prof. Olonade Kolawole (University of Lagos, Nigeria), James Sarfo-Ansah from Regimanuel Concrete Products Ltd and John Teye Ohipeni from Ghacem Limited, discussed in detail how cement and concrete quality can be a guarantee for a successful construction industry.
The conference programme also included sustainability topics. A particular highlight was the lecture by Stef Maas, Managing Director of the Belgian Precast Concrete Federation FEBE, who also spoke on behalf of fib - Fédération Internationale du Béton. Maas presented the content of the Structural Precast Design Handbook, which contains everything that is required for the planning of safe precast structures. At the end of his lecture, he made this very appreciated book available to the audience free of charge, thanks to the support of fib. Almost 100 experts have gratefully accepted this offer and the knowledge brought to Ghana by this initiative will certainly improve and boost precast operations in the future.
In the exhibition, companies from more than 10 different countries presented production facilities for the concrete and precast concrete industry.
The lecture programme attracted many visitors with numerous lectures from practice-related research. The relevant industry associations were also present, who had actively invited their members to participate in ICCX West Africa. A notable addition to the exhibition was the Bank of Africa, which underlined its support for local industry in the valuation of loans, even in times of a recovering economy. The next edition of ICCX West Africa is planned for 2026.
Conference & Exhibition taking place in the Grand Arena
The Grand Arena in Accra, Ghana is an ultra-modern multi-purpose hall, located downtown right next to the Accra International Conference Centre. 2.800 sqm fully carpeted, air-conditioned, prestigious and highly secured with convenient car parking the Grand Arena is looking forward to hosting ICCX West Africa on April 16/17, 2024.
Accommodation
Enclosed you will find a PDF with negotiated hotel rates. When booking, please indicate that you are using the AHK Ghana rates and are an exhibitor at ICCX West Africa. Please also include the contact persons of AHK Ghana - Richard Ekow Mensah richard.mensah@ghana.ahk.de and Solomon Lodo solomon.lodo@ghana.ahk.de in your email enquiry.
The official partner hotel of ICCX West Africa is the La Villa Boutique Hotel.
There is no connection between a hotel and the implementation of the ICCX. The contract is concluded between the guest and the hotel. The organizer of the ICCX is not an intermediary but has only negotiated special rates.