AEF sessions

Panel Discussion

Country Spotlight: Host of aef 2024 - Egypt

Interactive Boardroom, Chatham House Rule 

Breaking Down Barriers for Energy Transition in Mining

• Smart ways to incorporate cleaner energy solutions into operations, without compromising reliability
• What are project feasibility studies saying?
• Dealing with the challenges of PPA term limits

Interactive Boardroom, Chatham House Rule

Africa’s Solar Future

• Which countries are looking to launch large scale solar projects in the next year and where are the partnership opportunities?
• How is emerging technology changing the landscape?

Interactive Boardroom, Chatham House Rule

The Growing Role of Africa's Gas within Today’s Geo-Political Context

• Where are the needs and where does gas fit in?
• How will local projects open up other investment opportunities?
• Plans to accelerate gas projects
• The role of gas for self-reliant energy security

Interactive Boardroom, Chatham House Rule

LNG – Africa’s Opportunity

• How will LNG projects and exports transform Africa’s economy in light of today’s geopolitical realignment of energy trade and the opening of new market opportunities?
• Building the LNG infrastructure – time is of the essence -what timelines need to be met to meet current demand?

Interactive Boardroom, Chatham House Rule 

Energy Capacity Needs for Africa’s Booming Mineral Mining Sector

• Designing a hybrid plant – balancing decarbonisation Vs energy security
• Maximising production through the right energy mix
• De–risking supply chain management
• Transition to all-electric mining

Interactive Boardroom, Chatham House Rule

Project Preparation to Accelerate Wind Energy

• What hurdles are stopping wind from reaching its full potential?
• What regulation needs to be put in place to accelerate wind development on the continent?
• Powering Ports – is off-shore wind a viable option?

 Panel Discussion

Country Spotlight: Tanzania

 Panel Discussion

Country Spotlight: Namibia

 Panel Discussion

Country Spotlight: South Africa

Interactive Boardroom, Chatham House Rule 

Financing Structures to Support Mining Decarbonisation

• Self-funding versus IPP models – advantages, disadvantages, risks and opportunities
• What capital is available?
• What are financiers looking for?

 Interactive Boardroom, Chatham House Rule

Maximising Grid Capacity: Integrating Solar, Wind & Storage

• Are system operators ready?
• Energy storage and generation optimisation – examples and lessons
•  Where should storage sit – with generation or the grid?

 Interactive Boardroom, Chatham House Rule

Gas - Filling the Funding Gap

• Is financing opening up again?
• What are financiers looking for to justify a project as bankable?
• How long will development finance be available for gas to power and LNG?
• Will local finance, and other sources of funding fill the gap? If so is this a lost opportunity for global financiers?

Panel Discussion

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Panel Discussion

Country Spotlight: Ghana

Interactive Boardroom, Chatham House Rule

Developing Large Scale Hydro in Changing Climate Conditions

• What are trends in hydrology indicating? 
• Bankability considerations
• Working with lengthy study and construction timelines. 

Interactive Boardroom, Chatham House Rule 

Energy Projects - Benefiting Local Communities from Conception to Post Mine Life

• What are IPPs and mining companies doing to ensure the community benefit through all 3 phases - construction, operation and post mine life

Panel Discussion

Country Spotlight: Zimbawe

Interactive Boardroom, Chatham House Rule

Preparing for Africa’s United Voice at COP28

• Pragmatically what does an energy transition mean in an African context?
• What does Africa want out of COP28?
• What is a just balance between de-carbonisation and energy security?
• What would be the favourable outcomes for Africa?

 Interactive Boardroom, Chatham House Rule

Macroeconomics, Debt & Inflation – Managing the Risks

• Where are inflation rates heading?
• Are countries managing debt and, if so, how?
• How have current economic conditions directly impacted negotiated tariffs?
• Will deals need to be re-structured?
• Is the financial architecture fit for purpose? Will concessional financing need to step in?

Interactive Boardroom, Chatham House Rule - In partnership with Dii Desert Energy

Hydrogen for Africa

• Developing hydrogen for local use
• Preparing local infrastructure
• Re purposing existing infrastructure
• How are industrial energy users looking to utilise hydrogen?
• Hydrogen – an opportunity to build local capacity

Interactive Hosted Boardroom - Hosted by: African Development Bank (AfDB)

Importance of Hydropower Modernisation for Africa

 Panel Discussion

Country Spotlight: Uganda

Panel Discussion

Country Spotlight: Senegal

 Interactive Boardroom, Chatham House Rule

Financing an African ‘Transition’ 

• How is the funding promised at COP27 being channelled?
• What progress has been made since COP27?
• Where are the funding gaps?
• Should gas be part of the transition funding?

 Interactive Boardroom, Chatham House Rule

Can DFIs, Insurers & IPPs Work Together to Fill the Government Guarantee Gap?

• How can developers and financiers make projects bankable in the absence of government guarantees?
• Filling the guarantee gap for standalone off-takers
•  Diversifying off-taker risk

Panel Discussion 

Country Spotlight: Democratic Republic of the Congo

 Interactive Boardroom, Chatham House Rule - In partnership with Dii Desert Energy

Hydrogen for Export

• Africa’s opportunity in the global hydrogen economy
• What infrastructure is needed and which countries are in the best position to put develop hydrogen for export fast?
• Developing sustainable ports for hydrogen.
• Africa vs the Middle East: what lessons and technologies can be exchanged?
• Planning distribution Infrastructure – including sustainable ports
• Is Africa moving fast enough?

Panel Discussion 

Country Spotlight: Mauritania

Interactive Boardroom, Chatham House Rule

Procurement Strategies & Renewable Energy Auctions

• Successful examples from around the world
• What changes has Africa seen in the past year?
• Corporate procurement programmes vs the standard utility procurement model
• How (cross-border) traders and aggregators can procure power
• Investment signals for renewables integration/system stability: flexibility, ancillary services, capacity
• Dealing with grid constraints in procurement programmes

Interactive Boardroom, Chatham House Rule

Private Sector Financing of Domestic & Regional Transmission

• Successful models emerging for financing transmission in Africa
• Insight in to recent projects and lessons learnt

Panel Discussion 

Country Spotlight: Morocco

Interactive Boardroom, Chatham House Rule - In partnership with Dii Desert Energy

Project Preparation & Bankability

• What does the hydrogen off-taker market need from producers, developers, technology providers and policymakers?
• Preparing projects for success
• Structuring contracts and securing bankable off-taker contracts
• Are financiers ready?
• Aligning regulation

Panel Discussion 

Country Spotlight: Mozambique

Panel Discussion

Country Spotlight: The Senegal – Mauritania Partnership

Interactive Boardroom, Chatham House Rule

Diversifying Off- Taker Risk 

• How can IPP’s diversify risk by moving away from a single buyer model?
• Building a portfolio of off-takers

Interactive Boardroom, Chatham House Rule - In partnership with Dii Desert Energy

Commercialisation of Hydrogen

• Creating a tradable and profitable market

 Interactive Boardroom, Chatham House Rule

Navigating the Carbon Markets

• How can Africa take advantage?
• How the global carbon market could unlock new financing opportunities for projects
• What does the carbon border adjustment mechanism mean for projects?

Interactive Hosted Boardroom  -  Hosted by: African Development Bank (AfDB)

Viability of PPPs in Regional Transmission Projects

Panel Discussion 

Country Spotlight: The Kenya - Democratic Republic of the Congo Partnership

How the two countries are putting in place a strategy to trade energy and develop the mining sector

Interactive Boardroom, Chatham House Rule

Building Regional Power Markets: Electricity Trade Between Countries

• Insight in to what could be transformative projects for the continent 
• Are power pools and member countries ready to deliver projects?
• How will Tamane work – can the model be repeated/ adapted across other countries?
• What do financiers need in place to say yes? 

Interactive Boardroom, Chatham House Rule

The Growing Role of Distributed Power

• What gaps can distributed energy fill?
• What has been the progress to date for South Africa’s 100MW no license liberalisation?
• Has wheeling been successful so far?

Panel Discussion

Country Spotlight: Zambia

Interactive Hosted Boardroom - Hosted by: KEPSA

Panel Discussion

Country Spotlight: 

Interactive Hosted Boardroom - Hosted by: African Development Bank (AfDB)

Regulating the African Power Sector in a Rapidly Changing Environment with Emerging Technologies

Interactive Boardroom, Chatham House Rule

Panel Discussion

Country Spotlight:

Interactive Boardroom, Chatham House Rule

Growing Needs for Commercial & Industrial Power

•  Commercial and industrial power is a fast growing market – where are the quick and most stable solutions?
• How can commercial and industrial power access the grid?
• What regulation is in development to support captive power?
• How are countries synchronising industrial and energy policies?
• What projects are coming to market in industrial zones and what energy projects are needed to help support development?

Panel Discussion

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