The Leadership Summit
The Africa Energy Leadership Summit is a premier leadership platform bringing together energy ministers, utility CEOs, investors, regulators, innovators and off-takers to shape the next era of African energy. The conference will address the continent’s most urgent and strategic imperatives: expanding access, building resilient and modern infrastructure, safeguarding energy security, scaling up affordable innovation, and fostering transformational partnerships to enable long-term sustainability. *Paid conference
2025 speakers
Key Topics for 2025
- Building the future ‘utility’ by adapting business models for decentralised, digital and decarbonised power
- Fostering cross-sector alliances between governments, private investors, utilities, technology firms and industrial off-takers to build pipelines of bankable, scalable energy projects
- Harnessing AI, digital twins, edge computing and data platforms to build intelligent, adaptive utilities that can thrive in complex and distributed energy systems
- Scaling mini-grids, clean cooking technologies, and decentralised systems to deliver universal access and unlock economic growth in under-electrified regions
- Investing in smart grid infrastructure, predictive technologies and decentralised control systems to future-proof Africa’s power networks against climate shocks, cyber threats and rising demand
Technical tour
Join us on Day 3, 27 November 2025, for an exclusive technical tour of Ampersand, Africa’s leading EV energy tech company. Since its founding in 2016, Ampersand has built a strong presence in Rwanda and Kenya, with over 500 employees driving innovation in clean mobility and energy infrastructure.
With more than 6,000 zero-emission e-motos powered by 8,000+ AI-optimized batteries, Ampersand is already moving over 1 million kilometers per day on clean energy. Their technology not only cuts carbon emissions but also lowers costs for customers, delivering life-changing savings while improving air quality and public health across Africa.
Who attends?
Invited speakers include
- Dr. Kgosientsho David Ramokgopa, Minister of Electricity and Energy, Ministry of Electricity and Energy, South Africa
- Opiyo Wandayi, Minister of Energy and Petroleum, Ministry of Energy and Petroleum, Kenya
- Dr. Leila Benali, Minister of Energy Transition and Sustainable Development, Ministry of Energy Transition and Sustainable Development, Morocco
- Ekperikpe Ekpo, Minister of Petroleum Resources (Gas), Ministry of Petroleum Resources (Gas), Nigeria
- Ruth Nankabirwa Ssentamu, Minister of Energy and Mineral Development, Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development, Uganda
- Sidi Ould Tah, President, African Development Bank
- Nicola Pochettino, Director-Energy Efficiency and Advisory, European Investment Bank
- Luka Bulja, Managing Director, Berkeley EnergyGillian-Alexandre Huart, CEO, Engie Energy Access
- Dan Marokane, CEO, Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd, South Africa
- Victor Mundende, Managing Director, ZESCO Limited, Zambia and President, Association of Power Utilities of Africa (APUA)
- Mohamed Hamid, CEO, Sonelgaz, Algeria
- Abdelmalek Alaoui, CEO, Société Nationale d'Électricité et de Gaz (STEG), Tunisia
- Dr. Owen Omogiafo OON, CEO, Transnational Corporation Plc. (Transcorp Power), Nigeria
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