The "Italy meets South Africa" ​​event was organized by Cassa Depositi e Prestiti (CDP) in collaboration with the Italian Embassy in South Africa to promote business opportunities for Italian and South African companies.

Programme
 

11:00  Opening remarks

Paolo Cuculi, Ambassador of Italy to South Africa
Pasquale Salzano, Director of European and International Affairs, CDP - President, SIMEST
Joseph Senona, Chief Director within Trade and Investment, Department of Trade, Industry and Competition, South Africa 
 

11:20  Italy-South Africa: industrial perspectives 

Barbara Beltrame Giacomello, Vice President for Internationalization, Confindustria 
Lunga Maloyi, Director for economic policy and trade, Business Unity South Africa - BUSA
Antonella Marucci, Director, ITA Trade Agency Johannesburg
 

11:35  The CDP Business Matching Platform as the innovative tool for the development of trade relations between Italian and South African companies 

Riccardo Honorati Bianchi, CDP Head of Country System Initiatives - CDP Business Matching Platform Coordinator

11:45  Roundtable: the business opportunities and the financial instruments supporting investments and bilateral trade relations

Giulio Dal Magro, Head of Development Finance, CDP  
Mohan Vivekanandan, Group Executive, Origination and Client Coverage, Development Bank of Southern Africa – DBSA
Francesca Alicata, Chief external relations, SIMEST
Alan Mukoki, CEO, South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry - SACCI

12:15  Success stories

Luigi Guerra, Santerno S.p.A.
South African company

12:15  Closing remarks

Pamina Bohrer, Secretary General, Italian-South African Chamber of Trade and Industries.