ICCX West Africa 2024 with 650 participants from 21 countries

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.

The programme also included a lecture on autoclaved aerated concrete among numerous top-class presentations. Vincent Ablordeppey, Managing Partner at Greenfield Ambassadors and Mukund Joshi, Consultant and CEO at BuildBeton Technologies, gave a lively and very informative presentation on the potential of AAC in West Africa.

This building material is still completely new for the West African region and therefore the attention of the audience was particularly high. Greenfield Ambassadors will build and commission West Africa's first AAC plant in the near future.

Furthermore, a 25-member delegation from many African countries of the Pan-African Cement, Proficiency Testing Scheme, PACE PTS, used ICCX West Africa 2024 to present and discuss the results of their interlaboratory study on cement testing.

In the exhibition, companies from more than 10 different countries presented production facilities for the precast concrete and autoclaved aerated concrete industry. 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 event was supported by the platinum sponsors Keda Suremaker and Ghacem Limited as well as the gold sponsor MC-Bauchemie Ghana Limited. Siemens Ghana Pty Limited was the technology partner and Bank of Africa Ghana Limited the financial partner.

The next edition of ICCX West Africa is planned for 2026.