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Conferences at Africa Energy Expo 2025

The Leadership Summit

Under the patronage of the Rwandan Ministry of Infrastructure, The Africa Energy Leadership Summit unites senior decision-makers for a pan-African event, themed 'Investments, integration, infrastructure, and governance for an energy transition.' It fosters partnerships, knowledge-sharing, and targeted interventions, aligning with Africa's Power Vision to Action Initiative and PIDA. In addition, delegates get the opportunity to explore Kigali.

2024 Key speakers

Ms. Ana Hajduka
Founder and CEO Africa GreenCo Group 

Mr. Herald Bonnici
Founder & Managing Consultant
HB Advisory

Mr. James Wahogo
Secretary General
Eastern Africa Power Pool   

Mr. Olamide Niyi Afuye
CEO, AMDA, Africa Minigrid Developers Association

Mr. Stephen Dihwa
Executive Director
Southern African Power Pool Coordination Center
 

Dr. Towela Nyirenda – Jere, Head of the Infrastructure and Connectivity Division
AUDA-NEPAD


 

Eng. Victor Mapani
MD
ZESCO

Key Topics for 2024

  •  The roadmap to universal access, electrification and sustainable development in Africa
  • The policy, legal and regulatory frameworks that are critical to attracting and retaining investors
  • Increasing the profitability of renewable energy projects
  • Business model transformation: Market design that can balance investment, affordability, and access issues
  • Private Sector Participation and investment in transmission
  • Delivering new solutions and instruments in both funding and risk markets to support a shift to local currency PPAs
  • Strengthening collaboration with national and multilateral financial institutions: transaction support, planning and risk allocation
  • Skills scarcities and capacity building
  • Digital grids and disruptive technology
  • Roadmap to integrated continental electricity market – Green Finance, PPP and the Energy Transition
  • Improving Infrastructure Capabilities
  • Future Power Generation
  • Transforming energy consumption – building, industrial, agriculture and transport sectors
  • Energy efficiency and end-users (demand side management)
  • Gender and social inclusion in the planning of projects and throughout the implementation
  • Interdependence of energy and water resources: need for multi-purpose dams

Who attends?

  • Government bodies
  • Regulatory authorities
  • Utility authorities
  • Project developers
  • EPC Contractors/Sub Contractors
  • Consultants
  • Legal/Law firms
  • Technical advisors
  • Engineers
  • OEMs
  • IPPs
  • Municipalities
  • Commercial industrial end users
  • Academic institutions
  • Associations & Councils
  • Manufacturers
  • Energy Service providers
  • Data Centres/IT
  • Facilites Management
  • Corporate consultancies

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