Agenda Key
Opening Ceremony
Closed Door Roundtables (By Invitation Only)
Africa & G20
Transmission & Interconnection Generation Financing Options
Off-Taker Focus – C&I, Mining, & Data Centres
Innovation & Technology
Solution Provider Workshops
Networking Events
French – English translation will be available on various sessions marked on the agenda
Note: topics, times and speakers will be subject to change as the agenda develops Day One: Tuesday 17 June 2025
• Private sector stakeholders and investors address opportunities and challenges to accelerate the pace of projects
• Wins and lessons from last year and expectations for the future
Moderators:
H.E. Honourable Dr. Kandeh Yumkella, Energy Sector Lead & Chairman, Presidential Initiative on Climate Change, Renewable Energy & Food Security, Sierra Leone
Linda Rudo Munyengeterwa, Global Director, Public Private Partnerships & Corporate Finance Advisory, IFC
Participants:
Sean Friend, Investment Director, CIO SADC, AIIM
Unai Bravo, CEO Sub Saharan Africa, ACCIONA Energy
Thomas Brostrom, Chief Investment & Development Officer, ACWA Power
Amyn Mussa, Partner, ALN Kenya
Anand Naidoo, Managing Executive, Client Coverage, Absa CIB
Kevin Kariuki, VP Power, Energy Climate Change & Green Growth, AfDB
Wale Shonibare, Director, Energy Financial Solutions, Policy & Regulations Power, Energy, Climate & Green Growth Complex, AfDB
Olivier Pognon, Director & CEO, ALSF
Yezdan Akcacakir, Director & Head of Power, AFC
Serdar Nisli, Vice Chairman, Aksa
Cüneyt Uygun, Executive Board Member, Aksa
Cevdet Yalçın, CFO, Aksa
Sarah McNeilly, MD, Allied Talent Partners
James Cumming, CEO, African Clean Energy Developments
Hussain Al Nowais, Chairman, AMEA Power
Basma Bentaher, CDO, AMEA Power
Hussein Matar, Senior Director, AMEA Power
Kavitha Singh, Energy Leader, India, Middle East & Africa, Arup
Benjamin Memmi, CEO, AXIAN Energy
Christo Fourie, Head Energy Business Unit, IDC
Adiaratou Binta Bah, Upstream & Advisory Manager, Infrastructure & Natural Resources
(INR): Africa, IFC
Muneer Ferozie, Regional Head, Transaction Advisory: PPPs, Africa Region, IFC
Bernard Geldenhuys, Power & Infrastructure Finance, Investec
Ahmed Mulla, Deputy CEO, Infinity Power
Mohamed Ismail Mansour, Co-Founder & Chairman, Infinity Power
Nayer Fouhad, Co-Founder & CEO, Infinity Power
Abderrahim Ben Elhirche, Executive Director Energy, JESA
Ali Hjaiej, COD, Africa, Karpowership
James Jin, President MEA Region, LONGi
Harry Doyne-Ditmas, Specialty Growth Leader, Marsh
Chris Meyer, MD, MAN Energy Solutions Sub-Saharan Africa
Youri Harel, Executive VP, Structured Debt & Power & Infrastructure, Specialised Finance, MCB
Naoki Okumura, CEO, Mitsubishi Power Africa
Jan Fourie, CEO, Mulilo
Seithati Bolipombo, CCO, Mulilo
Stuart MacWilliam, CDO, Mulilo
Amith Singh, Head, Energy Finance, Nedbank CIB
Kieran Whyte, Partner, Johannesburg, Baker McKenzie
Kesh Mudaly, Partner, BCG
Igor Lakic, MD & Partner, Leader of Energy Practice in Africa, BCG
Holger Rothenbusch, MD & Head of Infrastructure & Climate, BII
Iain Macaulay, Head of Project Finance, Africa & Pakistan, BII
Richard Charlton, Head of Infrastructure Equity, Africa & Pakistan, BII
Aleem Tharani, Head of Projects, Energy & Infrastructure, Bowmans Kenya
Owen Silavwe, MD, Copperbelt
Thomas Cheng, Vice President of CHINT Global, CHINT
Andrew Johnstone, CEO, Climate Fund Managers
Mohamed Hamra-Krouha, Partner, Clifford Chance
Pedro Couto, Chairman, CMS Africa
Maria del Carmen De Castro Ovejero, MD, Fund Lead, Facility for Energy Inclusion (FEI), Cygnum Capital
Erica Ehst, VP & Head of Energy Office, DFC
Mpho Mokwele, Group Executive Transacting, DBSA
Titus Edjua, Partner, DLA Piper
Coenraad Krige, MD, Eaglestone Advisory
Tristan de Drouas, CEO Southern Africa, EDF Power Solutions
Benedicte Regnier, Executive VP Africa, EDF Power Solutions
Nicole Mason, CEO, Envusa Energy
Mo Hoosen, CEO South Africa & MD Renewables AMEA, ENGIE
Lea Giroux, Acting MD Renewables, ENGIE
Jurgen De Vyt, MD Generation International, ENGIE
Marnix Monsfort, Director of Energy, FMO
Derick Botha, CCO, GameChange Solar Mason Qin, CEO, Goldwind Africa
Ben Marc Diendéré, Canada’s Permanent Observer to the African Union & Special Envoy for Africa, Global Affairs Canada
Edouard Wenseleers, MD, Business Development, Globeleq
Jeremy Foss, Director, Project Finance, Globeleq
Samir Sale, Country & Business Development Director, Mozambique, Globeleq
Arun Velusami, Partner & Co-Head of Africa Practice, Hogan Lovells Services
Mohammed Hosseiny, MD Africa, Hitachi Energy South Africa
12:00-14:00
Thiago Almeida, Divisional Executive Client Coverage, Nedbank CIB
Peter Van Kerckhoven, Co-Head, Debt Finance, Nedbank CIB
Hemanshu Sugandhi, VP Sales & Business Development for Middle East, Africa & India, Nextracker
Jackie Midlane, Director, Head Banking & Finance & Projects, Norton Rose Fulbright South Africa
Gqi Raoleka, CEO, Pele Energy Group
Rob Morson, Partner, Pinsent Masons
Pierre-Alain Pacaud, Head of Power & Digital, Africa & Middle East, Proparco
Naomi Zhang, CEO, RelyEZ
Luca Silva, COO, Red Rocket
Matteo Brambilla, CEO, Red Rocket
Giacomo Brambilla, CFO, Red Rocket
Erik van Jaarsveld, Head: PowerGen & Engineering, Rolls-Royce Solutions Africa
Daniel Zinman, Infrastructure Sector Solutions, Head of Power, Rand Merchant Bank
Alberto Gambacorta, EVP, Sub Saharan Africa, Scatec
Peter Venn, CEO, Seriti Green
Dietmar Siersdorfer, Middle East & Africa MD, Siemens Energy
Rentia van Tonder, Head of Power, Corporate & Investment Banking, Standard Bank
Dele Kuti, Global Head of Energy & Infrastructure, Standard Bank
Aadil Cajee, Head of Energy & Infrastructure Finance, Standard Bank
Adam Cortese, CEO, Sun Africa
Goran Rajsic, Founder, Sun Africa
Owen Xu, Technical Director, International Business Centre, Sunwoda
Praveen Umredkar, Partner, Synergy Consulting
Amit Goel, Director, Synergy Consulting
Vishwas Gupta, Associate Director, Synergy Consulting
Thomas Sascha Mysik, Strategic Director of Business Development, Tecloman Energy
Lucy Chege, Associate Executive, Project & Infrastructure Finance Department, Lending Operations, TDB
Lucy Johnson, Partner, Trinity International
Yoni Ammar, Deputy CEO & Head of Regions, Voltalia
Kenneth Engblom, VP, Africa & Europe, Wärtsilä
Palle Laurits, Key Account Director, Envision Energy
Eric Song, Deputy Director of Sales, Sungrow
12:00-14:00 Networking Lunch (Open to all aef participants) Exhibition
14:00-15:30 Closed Door Joint Roundtable (By Invitation Only) - Accelerating the Pace of Projects: Public & Private Sector Come Together Boardroom 4
Moderators: H.E. Honourable Dr. Kandeh Yumkella, Energy Sector Lead & Chairman, Presidential Initiative on Climate Change, Renewable Energy & Food Security, Sierra Leone
Linda Rudo Munyengeterwa, Global Director, Public Private Partnerships & Corporate Finance Advisory, IFC
PLEASE NOTE: All private sector participants from ‘10:00-12:00 Closed Door Corporate Leadership Roundtable – Accelerating the Pace of Projects’ are included in this session
Participants:
H.E. Honourable Jeremiah Kpan Koung, Vice President, Liberia
H.E. Honourable Dr. Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, Minister of Electricity & Energy, South Africa
H.E. Honourable Adebayo Adelabu, Minister of Power, Nigeria
H.E. Honourable John Abdulai Jinapor, Minister of Energy & Green Transition, Ghana
H.E. Honourable Dr. Dele Alake, Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Nigeria
H.E. Honourable John Mbadi Ng'ongo, Cabinet Secretary, National Treasury & Economic Planning, Kenya
H.E. Honourable Noureddine Yassaa, Secretary of State for Renewable Energies, Ministry of Energy, Mines & Renewable Energies, Algeria
H.E. Honourable Dr. Eng. Habtamu Itefa Geleta, Minister of Water & Energy, Ethiopia*
H.E. Honourable July Moyo, Minister of Energy & Power Development, Zimbabwe
H.E. Honourable Ndolenodji Alix Naïmbaye, Minister of Petroleum, Mines & Geology, Chad
H.E. Honourable Fatma Thabet Chiboub, Minister of Industry, Energy & Mines, Tunisia*
H.E. Honourable Ibrahim Matola, Minister of Energy, Malawi
H.E. Honourable Séraphin Akure-Davain, Minister of Energy, Gabon
H.E. Honourable Pierre Hélé, Minister of the Environment, Nature Protection & Sustainable Development, Cameroon
H.E. Honourable Paulin Kingnidé Akponna, Minister of Energy, Water & Mines, Benin
H.E. Honourable Robert Koffi Messan Eklo, Minister of Mines & Energy Resources, Togo
H.E. Honourable Yonis Ali Guedi, Minister of Energy & Natural Resources, Djibouti
H.E. Honourable Olivier Jean-Baptiste, Minister of Energy & Hydrocarbons, Madagascar
H.E. Honourable Olivier Rakotomalala, Minister of Mines, Madagascar
H.E. Honourable Abdilahi Bidhan Warsame, Minister of Energy & Water Resources, Somalia
His Royal Highness (HRH) Prince Lonkhokhela Dlamini, Minister of Natural Resources & Energy, Eswatini
Philippe Ossoucah, CEO, Gabon Power Company, Gabon
Bangaly Maty, Energy & Infrastructure Adviser to the Prime Minister, Guinea
Rose Mkalama, CEO, Rural Electrification & Renewable Energy Corporation (REREC), Kenya
Abdusalam Elansari, Chairman, Renewable Energy Authority of Libya (REAoL), Libya
Rukaiya El-Rufai, Special Adviser, National Economic Council & Climate Change, Office of the Vice President, Nigeria
Johnson Akinnawo, MD/CEO, Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading (NBET), Nigeria
Belizardo Neto, Energy Advisor to the Minister, Ministry of Infrastructure & Natural Resources, São Tomé & Príncipe
Titus Mathe, CEO, South African National Energy Development Institute (SANEDI), South Africa
Kadri Nassiep, Executive Director: Energy, City of Cape Town, South Africa
Stephen Dihwa, Executive Director, Southern African Power Pool (SAPP)
Felister Makumbinde, Acting CEO, Rural Electrification Agency, Zimbabwe
Ernest Denhere, Deputy Chief Investment Officer, Mutapa Investment Fund, Zimbabwe
Karimou Chabi Sika, Director General, Communauté Electrique du Bénin (CEB), Benin
Emeric Tokoudagba, Director General, Société Béninoise de Production d'Electricité (SBPE), Benin
Soilahouddine Moumini, Director General, Société Nationale d’électricité des Comores (SONELEC), Comoros
Gallo Saidy, MD, National Water & Electricity Company (NAWEC), The Gambia
Mark Baah, CEO, GRIDCo, Ghana
Edward Obeng-Kenzo, Acting CEO, Volta River Authority (VRA), Ghana
John Mativo, MD/CEO, Kenya Electricity Transmission Company (Ketraco), Kenya
Peter Njenga, MD/CEO, Kenya Electricity Generating Company (KenGen), Kenya
Maxon Chitawo, CEO, Electricity Generation Company (EGENCO), Malawi
H.E. Honourable Mohlomi Moleko, Minister of Natural Resources & Energy, Lesotho
H.E. Honourable Jose Carlos Varela Casimiro, Minister of Energy, Guinea-Bissau
H.E. Honourable Nani Juwara, Minister of Petroleum, Energy & Mines, The Gambia
H.E. Honourable Rohey John Manjang, Minister of Environment, Climate Change & Natural Resources, The Gambia
H.E. Honourable Veronica Nduva, Secretary General, East African Community (EAC)
H.E. Honourable Sheku Bangura, Minister of Finance, Sierra Leone
H.E. Honourable Cheikh Niane, Vice Minister, Ministry of Energy, Oil & Mines, Senegal
H.E. Honourable Biodun Ogunleye, Commissioner for Energy & Mineral Resources, Lagos State Government, Nigeria
Honourable Tertuis Simmers, Provincial Minister of Infrastructure, Western Cape Government, South Africa
Fabrice Marcos, Technical Advisor, Ministry of Energy, Water & Mines, Benin
Cyprien Musimar, Director General, Agence Nationale de l'électrification et des Services
Énergétiques en milieux Rural et périurbain (ANSER), Democratic Republic of the Congo
Bob Mabiala, CEO, Agency for the Development & Promotion of the Grand Inga Project (ADPI-RDC), Democratic Republic of the Congo
Eric Monga Mumba, National Vice President of Energy, Fédération des Entreprises du Congo (FEC), Democratic Republic of the Congo
James Wahogo, Secretary General, Eastern Africa Power Pool (EAPP)
Tarik Hamane, CEO, Office National de l'Electricité et de l'Eau Potable (ONEE), Morocco
Aderito de Sousa, General Manager, Motraco, Mozambique
Immanuel Hanabeb, CEO, Erongo Red, Namibia
Rekhiat Momoh, CEO, Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC), Nigeria
Representative, Eskom*
Jean-Paul M'batna, Director General, Autorite de Regulation du Secteur de l'Energie electrique (ARSE), Chad
Guy Nganguia, Director General, Agence de Regulation du Secteur de l'Electricite (ARSEL), Congo
Sandrine Ngalula Mubenga, CEO, Autorite de Regulation du secteur de l'Electricite (ARE), Democratic Republic of the Congo
Skhumbuzo Tsabedze, CEO, Eswatini Energy Regulatory Authority (ESERA), Eswatini
Daniel Kiptoo Bargoria, Director General, Energy & Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA),
Kenya
Motlatsi Ramafole, CEO, Lesotho Electricity & Water Authority (LEWA), Lesotho
Robert Kahimise, CEO, Electricity Control Board (ECB), Namibia
Nomfundo Maseti, Full-Time Regulator Member responsible for Piped Gas Regulation, National Energy Regulator of South Africa (NERSA), South Africa
Laurent Tossou, Chairman, ECOWAS Regional Electricity Regulatory Authority (ERERA)
16:45-17:15 Host Country Ministerial Keynote Welcome Address:
H.E. Honourable Dr. Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, Minister of Electricity & Energy, South Africa
17:15-18:15 South Africa Country Spotlight
Moderator:
Speakers: Representative, Eskom*
18:15-19:30
07:30-08:45
Moderator:
Participants:
Karimou Chabi Sika, Director General, Communauté Electrique du Bénin (CEB), Benin
Emeric Tokoudagba, Director General, Société Béninoise de Production d'Electricité (SBPE), Benin
Soilahouddine Moumini, Director General, Société Nationale d’électricité des Comores (SONELEC), Comoros
Gallo Saidy, MD, National Water & Electricity Company (NAWEC), The Gambia
Mark Baah, CEO, GRIDCo, Ghana
Edward Obeng-Kenzo, Acting CEO, Volta River Authority (VRA), Ghana
John Mativo, MD/CEO, Kenya Electricity Transmission Company (Ketraco), Kenya
Peter Njenga, MD/CEO, Kenya Electricity Generating Company (KenGen), Kenya
Maxon Chitawo, CEO, Electricity Generation Company (EGENCO), Malawi
Tarik Hamane, CEO, Office National de l'Electricité et de l'Eau Potable (ONEE), Morocco
Aderito de Sousa, General Manager, Motraco, Mozambique
Immanuel Hanabeb, CEO, Erongo Red, Namibia
Rekhiat Momoh, CEO, Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC), Nigeria
Representative, Eskom*
James Wahogo, Secretary General, Eastern Africa Power Pool (EAPP)
Stephen Dihwa, Executive Director, Southern African Power Pool (SAPP)
Auditorium: Africa Spotlights
09:00-10:15
G20 and Elevating an United Africa’s Needs Africa’s agenda for G20 to accelerate energy access
• Mobilising finance for a Just Energy Transition
• Harnessing critical minerals for inclusive growth and sustainable development
• Ensuring debt sustainability for low- income countries
Moderator:
Participants:
10:30-11:00
Boardroom 1: Generation
09:00-10:30
Developing the Next Wave of Wind Projects
09:00-09:15
Project Spotlight: Overberg Wind Farm
Pam Papapetrou, Head of Transactions, Red Rocket
09:15-10:30
Moderator:
Participants:
H.E. Honourable Dr. Eng.
Habtamu Itefa Geleta, Minister of Water & Energy, Ethiopia*
Pam Papapetrou, Head of Transactions, Red Rocket
Boardroom 2: Transmission & Interconnection
09:00-10:30
Case Study: South Africa’s Independent Power
Transmission (IPT) Project –Unleashing the Potential
09:00-09:15
Project Presentation:
Shaakira Karolia, Lead Economist, Ministry of Electricity, South Africa
09:15-10:30
Moderator:
Participants:
Shaakira Karolia, Lead Economist, Ministry of Electricity, South Africa
Representative, Eskom*
Leria Arinaitwe, Senior Legal Counsel & Energy Sector Lead, ALSF
Mpho Mokwele, Group Executive Transacting, DBSA
Boardroom 3: Off-taker Focus - C&I, Mining, & Data Centres
09:00-10:30
How is C&I and Wheeling Liberalisation Transforming South Africa’s Energy Market?
Boardroom 4: Solution Providers Workshop
09:00-10:00
Hosted by: UK Department for Business & Trade (UK DBT)
Moderator: Jonathan Berman, MD, Autonomi Capital
Participants:
James Cumming, CEO, African Clean Energy Developments
Adhila Mayet, Head of Project Development, Pele Energy Group
Kofi Amparbeng, Principal Energy Finance, Nedbank CIB
Moderator: Participants:
Auditorium: Africa Spotlights
Boardroom 1: Generation
Boardroom 2: Transmission & Interconnection
Boardroom 3: Off-taker Focus - C&I, Mining, & Data Centres
Boardroom 4: Solution Providers Workshop
11:00-12:15 11:00-12:30 11:00-12:00 11:00-12:30 11:00-12:00
Hosted by M300
Moderator:
Participants:
Accelerating the Next Set of Large-Scale Solar Projects
11:00-11:15 Solar Project Spotlight
11:15-12:30
Moderator:
Participants: Ahmed Mulla, Deputy CEO, Infinity Power
How Can Independent Power Transmission (IPT) Work in Africa
Moderator:
Participants:
Mark Baah, CEO, GRIDCo, Ghana
Chris Flavin, Head of Business Development, Gridworks
Tilana De Meillon, Senior Operations Officer, Africa, IFC
Putting in Place Robust Renewable Energy Ecosystems to Meet Mining Needs
11:00-11:15
Project Spotlight: Bolobedu Project
Gustavo Fernandes, Head of Africa & International, Voltalia
Bradley Reddy, General Manager Growth Strategy, Richards Bay Minerals
11:15-12:30
Moderator:
Participants: Gustavo Fernandes, Head of Africa & International, Voltalia
Bradley Reddy, General Manager Growth Strategy, Richards Bay Minerals
Hosted by: South Africa’s IPP Office
12:30-13:30 Networking Lunch Exhibition Hosted by Clifford Chance
12:30-13:30 Celebrating South Africa’s IPP Office Lunch (By Invitation Only) Grand Ballroom Hosted by South Africa’s IPP Office
Auditorium: Africa Spotlights
13:30-14:45
Hosted by M300
Moderator:
Participants:
15:00-15:30
Boardroom 1: Generation
13:30-15:00
How the Sector is Embracing Energy Transition
13:30-13:45: Project Spotlight
13:45-15:00
Moderator: George Njenga, Executive Chairman, Lake Turkana Wind Power
Participants:
H.E. Honourable Adebayo
Adelabu, Minister of Power, Nigeria
Yaye Catherine Diop Dieng, Director of Energy Transition, Ministry of Energy, Oil & Mines, Senegal
Peter Venn, CEO, Seriti Green Representative, Eskom*
Boardroom 2: Transmission & Interconnection
Boardroom 3: Off-taker Focus: C&I Mining and Data Centres
Boardroom 4: Solution Providers Workshop
13:30-15:00 13:30-15:00 13:30-14:30
Breaking the Barriers for Regional Transmission
13:30-13:45: Project Spotlight
13:45-15:00
Moderator: Mohamed Rali Badissy, Professor & PPA Watch Co-Director, Penn State Dickinson Law & The Energy for Growth Hub
Participants: Stephen Dihwa, Executive Director, Southern African Power Pool (SAPP)
Laurent Tossou, Chairman, ECOWAS Regional Electricity Regulatory Authority (ERERA)
Owen Silavwe, MD, Copperbelt Representative, Eskom*
Financing Options for the Mining Sector
Hosted by: Marsh
Balancing the Grid - Risks and Rewards in Battery Energy Storage
• Parametric Solutions
• Loss Adjustor and Risk Management perspectives
• Minimum requirements and undertaking process
Moderator:
Participants: Fatima Umaru Shinkafi, CEO & Executive Secretary, Solid Minerals Development Fund (SMDF), Nigeria
• How does BESS support IPP projects
• African Insurance Market
Moderator: Kerry Westlake, Sales Leader, Power & Renewable Energy, Marsh
Participants:
Networking Coffee Exhibition
Auditorium: Africa Spotlights
Boardroom 1: Generation
Boardroom 2: Transmission & Interconnection
Boardroom 3: Off-taker Focus - C&I, Mining, & Data Centres
Boardroom 4: Solution Providers Workshop
15:30-16:45 15:30-17:00 15:30-17:00 15:30-17:00 15:30-16:30
Hosted by M300
Moderator:
Participants:
Revisiting the Gas to Power Conversation in 2025
15:30-15:45 Gas Project Spotlight
15:45-17:00
Moderator: Kweku Awotwi, Board
Chairman, United Bank for Africa (Ghana) & Co-Founder & Director
Cenpower Generation Company, Ghana
Participants:
H.E. Honourable Biodun Ogunleye, Commissioner for Energy & Mineral Resources, Lagos State Government, Nigeria
Fatou Mbow Ly, General Director of Energy, Ministry of Energy, Oil & Mines, Senegal
Nomfundo Maseti, Full-Time
Regulator Member responsible for Piped Gas Regulation, National Energy Regulator of South Africa (NERSA), South Africa
Batchi Baldeh, Director for Power Systems Development, AfDB
John Smelcer, Interim Chief Development Officer, Globeleq
How will Current Large-Scale Projects Evacuate Power
Case Study: Mozambique
Mphanda Nkuwa Hydroelectric Project
Case Study: Tanzania Julius Nyerere Hydropower Project –
Case Study: Morocco Noor Medelt
Global Demand for Critical Minerals – Africa’s Big Opportunity
Hosted by: Chemonics
Moderator: William Amuna, Ag CEO, Millennium Development Authority (MiDA), Ghana
Participants: Jan Dewulf, Principal Investment Officer, IFC
Moderator:
Participants:
H.E. Honourable Olivier Rakotomalala, Minister of Mines, Madagascar
H.E. Honourable Cheikh Niane, Vice Minister, Ministry of Energy, Oil & Mines, Senegal
Olusegun Ige, Director General, Nigeria Geological Survey Agency (NGSA), Nigeria
Kesh Mudaly, Partner, BCG
Shirley Webber, Managing
Principal & Coverage Head: Resources & Energy Sector, Absa CIB
Moderator: Participants:
All Participating Ministers will be invited to answer questions on current projects pipelines and their strategies
Moderator: Simon Gosling, MD, EnergyNet
Participating Ministers:
H.E. Honourable Jeremiah Kpan Koung, Vice President, Liberia
H.E. Honourable Dr. Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, Minister of Electricity & Energy, South Africa
H.E. Honourable Adebayo Adelabu, Minister of Power, Nigeria
H.E. Honourable John Abdulai Jinapor, Minister of Energy & Green Transition, Ghana
H.E. Honourable Dr. Dele Alake, Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Nigeria
H.E. Honourable John Mbadi Ng'ongo, Cabinet Secretary, National Treasury & Economic Planning, Kenya
H.E. Honourable Noureddine Yassaa, Secretary of State for Renewable Energies, Ministry of Energy, Algeria
H.E. Honourable Dr. Eng. Habtamu Itefa Geleta, Minister of Water & Energy, Ethiopia*
H.E. Honourable July Moyo, Minister of Energy & Power Development, Zimbabwe
H.E. Honourable Ndolenodji Alix Naïmbaye, Minister of Petroleum, Mines & Geology, Chad
H.E. Honourable Fatma Thabet Chiboub, Minister of Industry, Energy & Mines, Tunisia*
H.E. Honourable Ibrahim Matola, Minister of Energy, Malawi
H.E. Honourable Séraphin Akure-Davain, Minister of Energy, Gabon
H.E. Honourable Pierre Hélé, Minister of the Environment, Nature Protection & Sustainable Development, Cameroon
H.E. Honourable Paulin Kingnidé Akponna, Minister of Energy, Water & Mines, Benin
H.E. Honourable Robert Koffi Messan Eklo, Minister of Mines & Energy Resources, Togo
H.E. Honourable Yonis Ali Guedi, Minister of Energy & Natural Resources, Djibouti
H.E. Honourable Olivier Jean-Baptiste, Minister of Energy & Hydrocarbons, Madagascar
H.E. Honourable Olivier Rakotomalala, Minister of Mines, Madagascar
H.E. Honourable Abdilahi Bidhan Warsame, Minister of Energy & Water Resources, Somalia
His Royal Highness (HRH) Prince Lonkhokhela Dlamini, Minister of Natural Resources & Energy, Eswatini
H.E. Honourable Mohlomi Moleko, Minister of Natural Resources & Energy, Lesotho
H.E. Honourable Jose Carlos Varela Casimiro, Minister of Energy, Guinea-Bissau
H.E. Honourable Nani Juwara, Minister of Petroleum, Energy & Mines, The Gambia
H.E. Honourable Rohey John Manjang, Minister of Environment, Climate Change & Natural Resources, The Gambia
H.E. Honourable Veronica Nduva, Secretary General, East African Community (EAC)
H.E. Honourable Sheku Bangura, Minister of Finance, Sierra Leone
H.E. Honourable Cheikh Niane, Vice Minister, Ministry of Energy, Oil & Mines, Senegal
H.E. Honourable Dr. Kandeh Yumkella, Energy Sector Lead & Chairman, Presidential Initiative on Climate Change, Renewable Energy & Food Security, Sierra Leone
Honourable Tertuis Simmers, Provincial Minister of Infrastructure, Western Cape Government, South Africa
Day Three: Thursday 19 June 2025
Moderator: Jonathan Berman, MD, Autonomi Capital
Participants:
Jing Li, Division Manager, Energy Financial Solution, AfDB
Paloma Perez De Vega, Head of Project Finance Division, EIB
Marnix Monsfort, Director, Energy Department, FMO
Nicolas Felix Souche, Regional Industry Manager, IFC
Pierre-Alain Pacaud, Head of Power & Digital, Africa & Middle East, Proparco
Eyob Easwaran, Senior Advisor, Lending Operations, TDB
Boardroom 3: Africa HardBall –
Chatham House Rule
In partnership with CBI
Boardroom 1: Generation
Boardroom 2: Financing Options
Auditorium: Off-taker Focus - C&I, Mining, & Data Centres
Boardroom 4: Solution Providers Workshop
09:00-10:30 09:00-10:30 09:00-10:30 09:00-10:30 09:00-10:00
Geopolitics: Shifts in the Global Balance of Power and the Impact of a Multipolar World on Business Shifts in global politics, from Trump’s presidency to China’s evolving renewable energy investments to emerging ‘Middle Powers’, have significant implications for Africa.
• How will U.S. policy impact Africa’s energy industries, including renewable investments and a range of funding options?
• What are the key trends in Africa’s diversification beyond partnerships with traditional Western and Chinese investors?
• Is the international diplomatic and financial architecture fit for purpose?
• What do coups d’état in the Sahel tell us about wider geopolitical shifts?
Moderator: Jon Marks, Chairman, Cross-Border Information
Participant:
Trudi Makhaya, Partner, BCG
Sabine Gaber, CEO, Member of the Executive Board, Development Bank of Austria (OeEB)
Modernising and Accelerating Hydropower
09:00-09:15
Hydro Project Spotlight
09:15-10:30
Moderator:
Participants: H.E. Honourable Ibrahim Matola, Minister of Energy, Malawi
Bob Mabiala, CEO, Agency for the Development & Promotion of the Grand Inga Project (ADPI-RDC), Democratic Republic of the Congo
Funding the Gap: Scaling and Accelerating Investment for SDG7 in a Changing Geopolitical Environment
Moderator:
Participants: Lisa Pinsley, Fund Head: African Transition Acceleration Fund, AIIM Representative, Eskom*
Powering Data Centres
09:00-09:15
Project Spotlight
09:15-10:30
Moderator: Heath Andersen, Data Centre Consultant, DCDesign.Africa
Participants: Bryce Allan, Head of Sustainability, Teraco
Hosted by: AfDB
Catalytic Floor Price Guarantee (CFPG)
The CFPG seeks to guarantee a minimum “floor” price of electricity for Renewable Energy IPPs and other participants in the SAPP Day-Ahead Market
• How will the CFPG improve the bankability of projects from Renewable Energy IPPs and expand the electricity trading on the SAPP Day-Ahead Market?
• How will the CFPG mitigate financial risk and support the minimum revenue needed to service Renewable Energy IPPs’ debt?
• How will the CFPG operate in detail e.g., how are shortfalls claimed by Renewable Energy IPPs, when are repayments triggered and how is the guarantee capacity restored?
Moderator:
Participants:
Marc Goldstein, Director, Africa Power Ventures
Joaquin Tebar, Consultant, AfDB
10-30-11:00
Networking Coffee Exhibition
Boardroom 3:
Africa HardBall –
Chatham House Rule
In partnership with CBI
Boardroom 1: Generation
Boardroom 2: Financing Options
Auditorium: Off-taker Focus - C&I, Mining, & Data Centres
Boardroom 4: Solution Providers Workshop
11:00-12:30 11:00-12:00 11:00-12:30 11:00-12:30 11:00-12:00
Governance and Compliance in 2025
• Know-your-client legislation, the alignment of national (and personal) business interests and regulatory frameworks and other ‘governance’ issues seem more than ever in question. Is this actually the case?
• Environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria have come to be an important element in many investors and financiers’ investment calculations but were increasingly widely in question even before the Trump presidency. We discuss.
• Do host governments try to avoid ESG concerns impacting on their projects?
• Do ESG concerns work to the advantage/disadvantage of investors?
Moderator: John Hamilton, MD, CrossBorder Information
Participants: Alex Katon, Director, GIACCUK
Obadiah Simon Nkom, Director General, Mining Cadastre Office (MCO), Nigeria
Eyob Easwaran, Senior Advisor, Lending Operations, TDB
Claire Tucker, Partner, Head of Public Law & Regulatory, Bowmans
Hydrogen: Africa’s Leap into Global Markets
15:30-15:45 Hydrogen Project Spotlight
15:45-17:00
Moderator:
Participants: Andrew Johnstone, CEO, Climate Fund Managers
Alberto Gambacorta, EVP, Sub Saharan Africa, Scatec
Energy Trade: Making the Industry More Competitive
Moderator: Keith Webb, Senior Investment Banker, Rand Merchant Bank
Participants: Johnson Akinnawo, MD/CEO, Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading (NBET), Nigeria
Wale Shonibare, Director, Energy
Financial Solutions, Policy & Regulations Power, Energy, Climate & Green Growth Complex, AfDB
Karel Cornelissen, CEO, NOA
Jay Govender, Chief Commercial & Legal Officer, Etana Energy
Meeting the Demands of The Next Generation of Intensive Energy Users
Hosted by: South Africa’s IPP Office
Moderator:
Khilna Dodhia, Senior Investment Officer, IFC
Participants:
Norbert Rumble, Regional Sales Manager (Power Plants Sub Sahara Africa), MAN Energy Solutions
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12:30-13:30
Boardroom 3:
Africa HardBall –
Chatham House Rule
In partnership with CBI
Crossing the Continent: Lobito and Tazara Rail Megaprojects Take Shape
• How will Lobito and Tazara developments, both rehabilitated and greenfield, benefit African countries?
• How do African governments, miners and energy providers see the potential?
• Will geopolitical realities preclude Lobito-Tazara interoperability?
• Opportunities and challenges for associated energy infrastructure
Moderator: Marc Howard, Editor, African Energy
Participants: Batchi Baldeh, Director for Power Systems Development, AfDB
Adam Cortese, CEO, Sun Africa
Hosted by M300
Mitigating Currency Risk
Implementing Digital Infrastructure and AI to Create Efficient Markets
Moderator: Participants:
Moderator: Obbie Banda, Senior Underwriter & RLSF Coordinator, ATIDI
Participants: Sne Mnguni, Head Structured Sales, Nedbank CIB
Moderator: Norman Moyo, CEO, Grid Africa
Participants:
Hosted by AfDB
A Roadmap for Better, Faster Hydropower Development in Africa
• An overview of key global trends highlighted in the 2024 World Hydropower Outlook.
• In-depth analysis of the hydropower outlook in Africa, including:
- The growing role of private investment and public–private partnerships
- Advancements in regional cooperation
- policy and market barriers that are slowing the pace of development
- Potential for modernisation to expand capacity and improve efficiency
- Insights into key projects recently commissioned and in the development pipeline
• Insights into key projects recently commissioned and in the development pipeline
Moderator: Anton-Louis Olivier, CEO, Serengeti Energy Group & Chair, IHA Board
Participants: Engr Lamu Audu, CEO, Mainstream Energy Solutions
15:00-15:30
Boardroom 3: Africa HardBall –Chatham House Rule
In partnership with CBI
Debt, Currency and Other Macro
Economic Crises and the Impact on Africa’s Energy Sector
We are not yet at a crisis of sovereign defaults, but as one recent analysis put it, the financial community’s “shock absorption capacity has diminished across the board and debt tolerance has often reached its limits”
• So how effective are the G20 Common Framework, IMF and other elements of the collective debt resolution framework?
• A HardBall to look at currency issues. Can initiatives like Ethiopia’s birr reform be seen as a gamechanger for developers?
Moderator: Jon Marks, Chairman, Cross-Border Information
Participants: Representative, Eskom*
Hosted by M300
18:30 -20:30
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Financing Gas: Is 2025 the Year Financing is Unleased?
Moderator: Erik Granskog, MD, Sisu Advisors
Participants:
Serdar Kumbasar, Business Development Director, Karpowership Representative, Eskom*
Unlocking the Potential of Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS)
15:30-15:45 BESS Project Spotlight
15:45-17:00
Moderator: Bhavtik Vallabhjee, Consultant, Global Head of Structured Finance, RelyEZ Energy Storage Technology
Participants:
Mark Roesink, Senior Investment Officer, FMO
Bernard Janse Van Rensburg, Logistics & Procurement Manager, Mulilo
Thomas Brostrom, Chief Investment & Development Officer, ACWA Power
Sean Friend, Investment Director, CIO SADC, AIIM Representative, Eskom*
Hosted by EBRD
From MWs to GWs: accelerating deployment of renewable energy in the region
• Establishing a supportive and resilient institutional framework: designing auctions, PPAs and regulations
• Grids: building the infrastructure required to meet the demands of the energy transition
• Country platforms: mobilising donor funding
• C&I: harnessing private sector investment
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Day Four: Friday 20 June 2025
07:30-08:45 Closed Door Regulators Roundtable (By Invitation Only):
Moderators:
Mohamed Rali Badissy, Professor & PPA Watch Co-Director, Penn State Dickinson Law & The Energy for Growth Hub
Peter Twesigye, Research Lead: Power Market Reforms & Regulation, Power Futures Lab, Graduate School of Business, University of Cape Town
Presenting the Electricity Regulatory Index (ERI) results for 2025: Callixte Kambanda, Manager, Energy Policy, Regulations, & Statistics, AfDB
Participants:
Jean-Paul M'batna, Director General, Autorite de Regulation du Secteur de l'Energie electrique (ARSE), Chad
Guy Nganguia, Director General, Agence de Regulation du Secteur de l'Electricite (ARSEL), Congo
Sandrine Ngalula Mubenga, CEO, Autorite de Regulation du secteur de l'Electricite (ARE), Democratic Republic of the Congo
Skhumbuzo Tsabedze, CEO, Eswatini Energy Regulatory Authority (ESERA), Eswatini
Daniel Kiptoo Bargoria, Director General, Energy & Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA), Kenya
Motlatsi Ramafole, CEO, Lesotho Electricity & Water Authority (LEWA), Lesotho
Robert Kahimise, CEO, Electricity Control Board (ECB), Namibia
Nomfundo Maseti, Full-Time Regulator Member responsible for Piped Gas Regulation, National Energy Regulator of South Africa (NERSA), South Africa
Laurent Tossou, Chairman, ECOWAS Regional Electricity Regulatory Authority (ERERA)
08:00-09:00
Boardroom 3: Africa HardBall – Chatham House Rule
In partnership with CBI
1:
4:
09:30-10:45 09:30 – 10:45 09:30-10:45 09:30-10:45 09:30-10:30
Turning Private Power into Asset Class
• What is stopping private sector from investing?
• African energy projects are often rated as higher-risk despite low default rates, driving up costs and slowing investment. How can the narrative be changed?
• Addressing the disconnect between perceived and actual risks in African markets.
Moderator: Marc Howard, Editor, African Energy
Participants: Jonathan Hoffman, CEO, Globeleq
Christopher Clarke, Managing Partner, Inspired Evolution
Darron Johnson, African Regional Head, Climate Fund Managers
Wikus Kruger, Director, Power Futures Lab – University of Cape Town Graduate School of Business
Hosted by M300
Moderator:
Participants:
Demystifying Financial Markets: What are Financial Investors Looking for to Say Yes!?
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Presenting The Most Innovative Renewables Technologies Launched in 2025! Will they Have the Promised Impact?
Moderator: Dan Kammen, Professor of Energy, University of California
Participants:
Hosted by: AfDB
Launch of Electricity Regulatory Index (ERI) for Africa 2024 Report
Using Regulation to Accelerate Africa’s Energy Transition
• Official launch and presentation of the ERI 2024 Report
• Spotlight on top-performing regulators and country progress
• Persistent regulatory challenges in enabling private sector investment
• Using ERI as a tool for policy dialogue, regulatory reform, and energy transition planning
Moderator:
Participants:
Daniel Kiptoo Bargoria, Director General, Energy & Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA), Kenya Guy Nganguia, Director General, Agence de Regulation du Secteur de l'Electricite (ARSEL), Congo
Laurent Tossou, Chairman, ECOWAS Regional Electricity Regulatory Authority (ERERA)
Marlise Schmidt, General Counsel, Globeleq
Rhoda Mshana, Chief Energy Sector Regulations Specialist, AfDB
Boardroom: 3
Africa HardBall – Chatham House Rule In partnership with CBI
Energy Justice and Africa’s Role in Decarbonisation
• Is the COP process still valid?
• Is it fair to ask Africa to decarbonise at the same pace as richer nations? Has the continent framed its arguments in a sufficiently coordinated manner?
• How can Africa place development as a strategic priority?
• Pledged climate finance has consistently fallen short of expectations and promises. Where are the funds and why has it not reached Africa?
Moderator: John Hamilton, MD, CrossBorder Information
Participants:
Daniel Schroth, Director, Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency, AfDB
George Shenouda, Head, Platforms APAC & Africa, Masdar
Mobilising Sovereign Wealth Funds and Pension Funds
Digital Transformation in Energy: Balancing Innovation, Cyber Risk, and Responsibility
Moderator:
Participants:
Philippe Ossoucah, CEO, Gabon Power Company, Gabon
Ernest Denhere, Deputy Chief Investment Officer, Mutapa Investment Fund, Zimbabwe
Moderator:
Participants : Michelle Govender, Director, Octarity
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