SOAS Arbitration in Africa Conference 2017 Cairo Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration (CRCICA) 3 - 5 April 2017 The Role of African States and Governments in the Development of Arbitration in Africa Venue Cairo Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration (CRCICA) 1 Al-Saleh Ayoub St., Zamalek 11211, Cairo, Egypt Our Sponsors TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 Principal Organisers and Funders of the Conference 4 2 Programme 6 Conference Photographs 10 3 Discussion Paper 17 4 Welcome Speakers 25 5 Panel 1: Year 2 Update from Arbitration Institutions in Africa 37  Striving for an Attractive African Hub for International Commercial Arbitration: A case study of the Kigali International Arbitration Centre by 43 Dr. Fidèle Masengo Panel 2: Attitude of African Governments towards Arbitration 59  The Attitude of the South African Government to Arbitration by Prof. 65 David Butler Panel 3: UNICITRAL Roundtable 77  African States and UNCITRAL Arbitration-related Texts 79 by Dr Emilia Onyema Panel 4: Legal Environment for Investment Arbitration 84  Investment Laws in West Africa by Rose Rameau 92  State-owned enterprises (SOEs) as tools for African States to engage with 103 and promote the use of arbitration by Tsegaye Laurendeau  Shaping Investment Arbitration: The Experience of COMESA and SADC by 106 Rukia Baruti  A case for a Regional Investment Court for Africa 124 Chrispas Nyombi Panel 5: View from Outside Africa 152 Panel 6: Response from Attorneys-General & government Ministers 158 Final Report by Dr Jean-Alain Penda Matipe and Dr Ndudi Olokotor 164 6 List of Tables (Appendix) 175 7 List of Participants 181 8 Extract of Feedback from Delegates at the Conference 186 SOAS/CRCICA Arbitration Conference, 2017 2 SOAS/CRCICA Arbitration Conference, 2017 3 Principal Organisers and Funders of the Conference SOAS University of London Team Organiser/convenor: Dr Emilia Onyema, PhD, FCIArb, School of Law, SOAS, University of London. Co-convenor: Judge Edward Torgbor (Kenya). Rapporteur: Dr Councilor Ndudi Olokotor, SOAS Dr Jean Alain Penda, Consultant, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, London. Administration: Ms Christine Djumpah School of Law, SOAS, University of London. Ms Chim Emuchay, Malvern College, Worcestershire. Cairo Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration (CRCICA) Dr Ismail Selim, Director, CRCICA Wissam Samy Elmolla, Head, CRCICA Conferences and External Relations Department Yahia Rashwan, IT Consultant | Conferences and External Relations Department Rania Abdel-Hamid, General Coordinator | Conferences and External Relations Department Aly Farouk, Administrative Assistant | Conferences and External Relations Department Financial Sponsors Faculty of Law & Social Sciences, SOAS University of London Cairo Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration (CRCICA) International Centre for Arbitration and Mediation Abuja (ICAMA) Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, London Stephenson Harwood LLP, London Youssef & Partners Attorneys, Cairo Shahid Law Firm, Cairo JonesDay LLP, London TMS Law Firm, Cairo Shalakany Law Office, Cairo Nour & Selim in association with Al Tamimi & Company, Cairo Matouk Bassiouny, Cairo Ms Alexandra (Xander) Kerr Meise Media Partners AILA OHADA ILFA I-ARB TDM SOAS/CRCICA Arbitration Conference, 2017 4 SOAS/CRCICA Arbitration Conference, 2017 5 2. Programme SOAS/CRCICA Arbitration Conference, 2017 6 The Role of African States & Governments in the Development of Arbitration in Africa Third SOAS University of London Arbitration in Africa Conference Cairo Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration, 3-5 April 2017 Programme Day 0: 03 April 2017 1200-1700: Registration at Cairo Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration (CRCICA) 1830-2030: Welcome Reception at Salon Vert, Cairo Marriott Hotel & Omar Khayyam Casino, sponsored by WilmerHale LLP London Day 1: 04 April 2017 0800-0930: Registration at Cairo Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration (CRCICA) 0930-0945: Welcome by Dr Ismail Selim, Director, CRCICA 0945-1000: Welcome by Dr Nabil El Araby, President, Board of Trustees, CRCICA 1000-1010: Welcome by Ambassador Mahmoud Nayel, Deputy Director of African Management, Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs 1015-1025: SOAS Arbitration in Africa Research Project: Dr Emilia Onyema, SOAS 1030-1100: Keynote address by Judge Mohammad Amin El Mahdi, Former Minister of transitional Justice & National Reconciliation; Former President of the Egyptian State Council; Former President of the High Administrative Court of Egypt; Vice President CRCICA Board of Trustees. 1100-1120: Tea Break and Group Photo 1130-1330: Panel 1: Year 2 Update from Arbitration Institutions in Africa Chair: Ms Alexandra (Xander) Kerr Meise, Adjunct Professor, Georgetown University Law Center Ms Ndanga Kamau, LCIA-MIAC, Mauritius Mr Kizito Beyuo Ghana Arbitration Centre, Accra Dr Fidele Masengo, Kigali International Arbitration Centre, Rwanda Ms Deline Beukes, Africa ADR, South Africa Dr Dalia Hussein, CRCICA, Egypt Mr Hicham Zegrary, CIMAK, Morocco 1330-1440: LUNCH SOAS/CRCICA Arbitration Conference, 2017 7 1445-1745: Panel 2: Attitude of African Governments towards Arbitration Chair: Judge Edward Torgbor, Kenya/Ghana Ms Maryan Hassan, Somalia Dr Tunde Ajibade, Nigeria Dr Nagla Nassar, Egypt Ms Bintou Boli Djibo, Burkina Faso Mr Ousmanou Sadjo, Congo Prof David Butler, South Africa Mr Bakri Mohamed Abakar Mohammed, Sudan 1800-1900: Drinks Reception & Book Launch at CRCICA, sponsored by Faculty of Law and Social Sciences, SOAS University of London Day 2: 05 April 2017 0930-1100: Panel 3: Roundtable with UNCITRAL This roundtable will examine arbitration related UNCITRAL texts and their adoption by African states Moderator: Dr Emilia Onyema, SOAS University of London Dr Gaston Kenfack Douajni, APAA Mr Timothy Lemay, UNCITRAL Dr Mohamed Abdel Raouf, Egypt Mrs Doyin Rhodes-Vivour, Nigeria Dr Kennedy Gastorn, AALCO Mr Jonathan Ripley-Evans, South Africa 1100-1115: Tea Break 1120-1330: Panel 4: Legal Environment for Investment Arbitration This panel will critique the ease of doing business in Africa; the environment for investment; and the engagement of African states in investment arbitration Chair: Ms Rose Rameau, University of Ghana (Fulbright Scholar) Mr Tsegaye Laurendeau, Shearman & Sterling LLP Ms Rukia Baruti, Africa International Legal Awareness (AILA)| University of Geneva Dr Chrispas Nyombi, University of Bedfordshire SOAS/CRCICA Arbitration Conference, 2017 8 Mr Ike Ehiribe, Seven Stones Chambers, London Dr Jimmy Kodo, OHADA Region Mr Jimmy Muyanja, Uganda Prof Dr Walid Ben Hamida, University of Evry, Paris 1330-1445: LUNCH 1450-1630: Panel 5: View from Outside Africa Chair: Prof Emmanuel Gaillard, Shearman & Sterling LLP Ms Smrithi Ramesh, Kuala Lumpur Regional Centre for International Arbitration, Malaysia. Mr Duncan Bagshaw, Stephenson Harwood LLP Mr Steven Finizio, WilmerHale LLP Ms Alexandra (Xander) Kerr Meise, Georgetown University Law Center Mr Baiju Vasani, Jones Day LLP Professor Antonio Crivellaro, BonelliErede Dr Luis Gonzalez Garcia, Matrix Chambers, London 1630-1640: Short Break 1645-1745: Response from Attorneys–General & Government Ministers Present Chair: Chief Bayo Ojo, ICAMA, Abuja Mr Mostafa El Bahabety, Egyptian Vice Minister of Justice for Arbitration Affairs Mr Abubakar Malami, SAN, Attorney-General & Minister of Justice, Nigeria Prof Githu Muigai, SC, Attorney-General, Kenya 1750-1805: Closing remarks by Dr Emilia Onyema, SOAS University of London 1930-2200: Closing dinner at Inter Continental Semiramis Hotel, Cairo, sponsored by ICAMA, Abuja After dinner speech by Ms Smrithi Ramesh, Assistant Director (on behalf of Datuk Professor Sundra Rajoo, Director) of Kuala Lumpur Regional Centre for International Arbitration, Malaysia Rapporteurs: Dr Jean-Alain Penda and Dr Councillor Ndudi Olokotor SOAS/CRCICA Arbitration Conference, 2017 9