Loading H.E. Honourable Aissatou Sophie Gladima Minister of Petroleum & Energy, Ministry of Petroleum & Energy, Senegal H.E. Honourable Semereta Sewasew State Minister for Economic Cooperation, Ministry of Finance, Ethiopia H.E. Honourable Ruth Nankabirwa Ssentamu Minister , Ministry of Energy & Mineral Development, Uganda H.E. Honourable Soda Zhemu Minister , Ministry of Energy & Power Development, Zimbabwe H.E. Honourable Abd Esselam Ould Mohamed Salah Minister, Ministry of Petroleum, Mines and Energy, Mauritania H.E. Honourable Ibrahima Abé Sylla Minister , Ministry of Energy, Hydraulics & Hydrocarbons, Guinea H.E. Honourable Andry Heriniaina Ramaroson Minister , Ministry of Energy & Hydrocarbons, Madagascar H.E Honourable Bruno Kapandji Kalala Head of State Mission, Agency for the Development & Promotion of the Grand Inga Project (ADPI-RDC), Democratic Republic of the Congo H.E. Honourable Bemadjiel Djerassem Minister, Ministry of Petroleum and Energy, Chad H.E. Honourable Yonis Ali Guedi Minister, Ministry of Energy & Natural Resources, Djibouti H.E. Honourable Eng. Abdirashid Mohamed Ahmed Minister, Ministry of Petroleum & Mineral Resources, Somalia twitter H.E. Honourable Hassan Abdinor Abdi Minister , Ministry of Energy & Water Resources, Somalia H.E. Honourable Dr. Alexandre Dias Monteiro Minister, Ministry of Industry, Commerce & Energy, Cape Verde H.E. Honourable Mohapi Mohapinyane Minister of Energy & Meteorology, Ministry of Energy & Meteorology, Lesotho H.E. Honourable Osvaldo D'Abreu Minister , Ministry of Infrastructure & Natural Resources, Sao Tome & Principe H.E. Honourable Cesar Augusto Hinestrosa Gomez Vice Minister , Ministry of Industry & Energy, Equatorial Guinea
Loading Boubacar Mbodji Minister Counsellor, Presidency of the Republic of Senegal, Senegal Carlos Yum Director, Mphanda Nkuwa Hydroelectric Project Implementation Office, Mozambique Gabriel Maquengo National Energy Director, Ministry of Infrastructure & Natural Resources, Sao Tome & Principe Hizkyas Dufera Special Advisor to the Minister, Ministry of Water, Irrigation & Energy (MoWIE), Ethiopia Honoré Ndushabandi Nyamugusha, Secretary General, Ministry of Hydraulic Resources & Electricity, Democratic Republic of the Congo Jean Bosco Maha Kavukulu Director , Director of Electricity, Ministry of Hydraulic Resources & Electricity, Democratic Republic of the Congo John Ngumi Chairman, PPA Reform Implementation Committee, Kenya Joseph Kalowekamo Director, Director of Energy, Ministry of Energy, Malawi Mamadou Amadou Kane Head of Mission, Banda Gas to Power (GtP) Project, Ministry of Petroleum, Energy & Mines, Mauritania Ngozi Beckley-Lines Director of Projects, Ministry of Energy, Sierra Leone 1 2
Loading Abdelhamid Rais Executive Director, Strategy & Planning, Sonelgaz, Algeria Abdiwahab Abshir Head of Business Development, National Electric Corporation of Somalia (NECSOM), Somalia Celma Esmael Corporate Finance Director, Electricidade de Mozambique (EDM), Mozambique Cheikh Abdallahi Bedda Director General, Somelec, Mauritania Ebenezer Essienyi Chief Executive, GRIDCo, Ghana Emmanuel Antwi-Darkwa CEO, Volta River Authority (VRA), Ghana Ernest Mkhonta MD, Eswatini Electricity Company, Eswatini H.E. Honourable Amb. Kabral Blay-Amihere Board Chairman, GRIDCo, Ghana Jean Albert Manigomba Managing Director, Regideso, Burundi Mandy Rambharos General Manager: Just Energy Transition, Eskom, South Africa Marcelino Gildo Alberto Chairman & CEO, Electricidade de Mozambique (EDM), Mozambique Olga Utchavo Madeira Renewable Energies Director, Electricidade de Mozambique (EDM), Mozambique Oumar Diarra Director General, Energie Du Mali (EDM-SA), Mali Rivo Radanielina CEO, Jirama, Madagascar Rosemary Mkandawire CEO, Power Market Limited, Malawi Sydney Gata CEO & Executive Chairman, ZESA Holdings, Zimbabwe Victor Mapani Managing Director, ZESCO, Zambia
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Loading Akinwale Aboyade Regional Energy & Water Infrastructure Project Advisor, USAID, Southern Africa, Power Africa Ayman Soliman CEO, The Sovereign Fund of Egypt, Egypt Chiedu Ugbo MD/CEO, Niger Delta Power Holding Company (NDPHC), Nigeria Cliff Nhandara Planning & Technology Director, Rural Electrification Fund, Zimbabwe Elina Bardram Acting Director for International Affairs and Climate Finance, DG CLIMA, European Commission Elisha Mutambudzi Energy Trading Officer, Southern African Power Pool (SAPP) Farid Mohamed Chief Transactions Advisor, Southern Africa Power Pool (SAPP) Felister Makumbinde Finance Director, Rural Electrification Fund, Zimbabwe Helen Buluma CEO, National Oil Company of Malawi (NOCMA), Malawi Jean Madzongwe Programmes Manager, Southern Africa Power Pool (SAPP) Joaquim Nunes de Almeida Director for Mobility & Energy Intensive Industries, Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship & SME, European Commission Juan Antonio Ndong Ondo CEO, Sonagas GE, Equatorial Guinea Maduna Ngobeni Project Officer, IPP Office, South Africa Mark Carrato Coordinator, Power Africa Noxolo Mtembu Project Manager, Gauteng Infrastructure Financing Agency Rachid Zerdani Vice President, Strategy, Planning & Economy, Sonatrach, Algeria Siengui Ki Secretary General, West African Power Pool (WAPP) Stephen Dihwa Executive Director, Coordination Centre, Southern African Power Pool (SAPP) Tshifhiwa Bernard Magoro Head of IPP Office, South Africa
Loading Abdelaziz Yatribi General Manager MENAWA, Scatec Abegunde Oluwatoyin Aina Sales Executive, GE Gas Power Sub-Saharan Africa Ahmed Mulla Deputy CEO, Infinity Power (a Masdar Infinity Company) Alan Fletcher Board Director, Clarke Energy Ali Hamam Sales Director MENA, JinkoSolar Ali Hjaiej Vice président and Business Development chez, Karpowership Aman Sachdeva President and CEO, Synergy Consulting Amith Singh Head of Energy, Nedbank Andrew Carr Group CEO, Asset Performance Partners Andy Williams CFO, Ampersand Anshul Rai Founder & CEO, Nigeria Infrastructure Debt Fund Arturo Herrero Senior Vice President, Sales Europe, Nextracker Awadhesh Jha CEO, Fortum Charge & Drive India Ayaan Adam Senior Director, AFC & CEO, AFC & CEO, AFC Capital Partners Beatrice Nyabira Partner, IKM Advocates, DLA Piper, Africa Caroline Eboumbou Investments Director, The Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet, The Rockefeller Foundation Chris Antonopoulos CEO, Lekela Advisors Chris Flavin Head of Business Development, Gridworks Development Partners Claudia Santos Cruz Partner, Head of Oil & Gas and Shipping , MDR Advogados/ Morais Leitao Claus-Henning Schmidt Senior Vice President, Project Finance, Scatec Clemens Calice Partner, Lion's Head Global Partners Clive Turton CIO, ACWA Power Dave Peacock Chief Commercial Officer, Azura Power Davide Pasi Head of Transactions, Red Rocket Eluma Obibuaku Senior Vice President, Investments Department, AFC Emre Durmuşoğlu Africa Regional Director, Karpowership Fabrice Aymat Head of Power France, RINA Francis Elisha Director, RMI Africa Energy Program Gqi Raoleka MD, Pele Green Energy Greg Smith Partner, Morrison Foerster Greg van der Toorn Market Manager, South Africa Market Area Middle East & Africa Energy Systems, DNV GL Gustavo Fernandes Head of International Development, Voltalia Hadyr Adebayo Koumakpai General Manager, JA Solar, Africa Hans Olav Kvalvaag SVP New Ventures, Scatec Idris Mohammed CEO, Consultancy Dell'Amore International, Nigeria James Mittell Director, Energy Infrastructure, Actis Jason Parker Partner, Hunton Andrews Kurth Jean-Jacques Ngono Co Founder & Managing Partner, Finergreen Jean-Pierre Sanchez Bernard Africa Business Development Manager, Siemens Gamesa Jens Thomassen Partner, A.P. Moller Capital Jesus Prado Senior Director, Sales EMEA & LATAM, Nextracker Joe Anis President & CEO, Europe, Middle East & Africa, GE Gas John Lewis Managing Director, Africa, Aggreko John Smelcer Managing Director, Business Development, Head of Southern Africa, Globeleq Jules Samain MD, Africa, GuarantCo Kaushik Ray Partner, Trinity Korkut Ozturkmen Board Member and Vice Chairman of Executive Committee, Aksa Energy Lais Lona East Africa Regional Lead Advisor, Power Africa Off-grid Project (PAOP), funded by USAID, RTI International Laura Kiwelu Partner, Norton Rose Fulbright Lisa Pinsley Partner, Head of Middle East & Africa, Energy Infrastructure, Actis Louise Paulsen MD South Africa, Vestas Lucy Chege Head: Project and Infrastructure Finance, TDB Marc Mandaba Chief Investment Officer, Neo Themis Matt Ash Coordinator, South Africa, Norton Rose Fulbright Matthew Rego Vice President & Underwriter, Sovereign Risk Insurance Milicent Chidamba Head of Sales, JinkoSolar Mohamed Al Nowais MD, AMEA Power Nabil Saimi Head of Business Development, InfraCo Nacim Bounouara Partner, DLA Piper Natalie Wong Portfolio Growth & Investment, Shell Foundation Natznet Tesfay Executive Director, Africa, Economics & Country Risk, Africa, Economics & Country Risk, S&P Global linkedin Nicolas Mathon Director, Project Development, Africa & Europe, Wartsila Energy Nosizwe Dlengezele Regional Sales Executive, GE Gas Power Sub-Saharan Africa Obbie Banda Underwriter, Acting RLSF Coordinator, ATI Olaf Rogge Senior Manager, BASF Owen Silavwe MD, Copperbelt Energy Corporation Per Van Swaay Director, TCX Fund Peter Venn MD Africa, Windlab Praveen Umredkar Director, Head Africa Practice, Synergy Consulting Ria Govender Senior Legal and PPP Advisor, Power Africa East Africa Energy Program (EAEP), funded by USAID Roland Janssens Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund (EAIF) Ryan Ketchum Partner, Hunton Andrews Kurth Sameh Shenouda Executive Director & Chief Investment Officer, AFC Samuel Ogunlaja Counsel, Shearman & Sterling Sharief Harris Head of Development, Red Rocket Shashank Krishna Partner, Baker Botts Shirley Webber Coverage Head: Natural Resources & Energy, Absa Sidy Diop Partner, Deloitte Economic Advisory, Deloitte France Tarik Sfendla Head of Business Development, Decarbonisation Services, Wartsila Energy Theuns Ehlers Head Resource & Project Finance, Absa Vangelis Kamaris International Business Development Director, Sustainable Engineering Solutions Business Unit, Mytilineos Vivek Mittal CEO, AfiDA Vuyo Ntoi Co-Managing Director, African Infrastructure Investment Managers Wangari Muchiri Director: Africa Wind Power, Global Wind Energy Council Wayne Glossop Business Development Manager, South and East Africa, Wartsila Energy Wikus Kruger Power Futures Lab, Graduate School of Business, University of Cape Town Wilfred van den Bos Director of Development, Serengeti Energy William Limb Political Risk Practice Leader, Financial Risk Solutions, Liberty Specialty Markets Winnie Ngara Senior Project Manager , Renewables Advisory Middle East and Africa, UL
Moderators Loading Ahmed Mulla Deputy CEO, Infinity Power (a Masdar Infinity Company) Batchi Baldeh Director for Power Systems Development, AfDB Bhavtik C. Vallabhjee Head: Power Utilities & Infrastructure, Absa Group Dan Kammen Energy Innovation, USAID & Professor of Energy at the University of California, Berkeley Daniel Schroth Acting Director PERN, AfDB Dimitri Papaefstratiou Partner, Ernst Young Eddy Njoroge Immediate past ISO President & Board Member, Globeleq Emerson Clarke Director of Market Development, Global Wind Energy Council Harry Doyne-Ditmas Senior Vice President, Marsh Specialty Haruperi Rudo Mumbengegwi Head of Energy, ALSF Helena Teppana Associate Director, Finnfund Hussein Matar Senior Director, Business Development, AMEA Power James Doree MD, Lion's Head Global Partners Jonathan Berman MD, Autonomi Capital Karen Breytenbach Director, Juniper Consulting Kweku Awotwi Board Chairman, United Bank for Africa (Ghana) & Co-Founder & Director, Cenpower Generation Company, Ghana Linda Munyengeterwa Regional Infrastructure Industry Director, Middle East & Africa, IFC Mike Peo Head: Infrastructure, Energy & Telecoms, Infrastructure, Energy and Telecommunications Nedban Mohamed Rali Badissy Assistant Professor of Law, Penn State Dickinson Law linkedin Nelson Lage Chairman of the Board of Directors, ADENE Ouns Lemseffer Partner, Clifford Chance Paul Biggs Senior Partner, Trinity Peter Twesigye Research Lead: Power Market Reforms & Regulation, Power Futures Lab, Graduate School of Business, University of Cape Town Raza Hasnani Managing Director, Head of Infrastructure Investments, Africa50 Rita Madeira Africa Programme Officer, IEA Samuel Ogunlaja Counsel, Shearman & Sterling Sherine Shohdy Head of Egypt & Coverage Director North Africa, BII Tas Anvaripour CEO, Neo Themis Wikus Kruger Power Futures Lab, Graduate School of Business, University of Cape Town William Amuna Technical Controller, Millennium Development Authority (MiDA), Ghana
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