Event agenda
Wednesday, 25 November 2026
07:30 - 10:00
07:30 - 09:30
Meetings
B2B Match-Making
Location:
- Meeting Rooms
Meeting duration:20 minutes time slots
10:00 - 10:10
Welcome words
Location:Plenary Session
10:10 - 10:30
Ministerial address
Location:Plenary Session
10:30 - 10:40
High-level address
Location:Plenary Session
10:40 - 10:50
High-level address
Location:Plenary Session
11:00 - 11:30
11:30 - 12:15
Revenue Beyond Households: How productive use anchors are transforming mini-grid economics
Location:Room ATrack:Mini-grid stream
11:30 - 12:15
Stranded No More: Unlocking Africa's backlog of shovel-ready solar projects
Location:Room BTrack:Utility-scale stream
12:15 - 13:00
The Blended Finance Playbook: What works, what does not, and what Africa actually needs
Location:Room BTrack:Finance & investment stream
12:15 - 13:00
Fleet First: Why commercial vehicles are the fastest route to EV scale in Africa
Location:Room ATrack:e-mobility stream
13:00 - 13:30
13:30 - 14:30
Beyond the Project: Financing bankable utilities and the transmission grids that utility-scale solar depends on
Location:Room BTrack:Grids stream
13:30 - 14:30
Dry Powder, Stalled Pipeline: Why committed capital and bankable African renewables projects still aren't finding each other
Location:Room ATrack:Finance stream
14:30 - 15:30
15:30 - 17:30
Meetings
B2B Match-Making
Location:
- Meeting Rooms
Meeting duration:20 minutes time slots
17:30 - 21:00
Thursday, 26 November 2026
07:30 - 10:00
Registration and Breakfast
Location:Plenary Session
07:30 - 09:30
Meetings
B2B Match-Making
Location:
- Meeting Rooms
Meeting duration:20 minutes time slots
10:00 - 10:10
Welcome words
Location:Plenary SessionTrack:Solar stream
10:10 - 10:20
High-level address
Location:Plenary SessionTrack:Solar stream
10:20 - 10:40
High-level address
Location:Plenary SessionTrack:Solar stream
10:40 - 11:00
Plenary presentation
Location:Plenary SessionTrack:Solar stream
11:00 - 11:30
11:30 - 12:15
The 600 Million Dollar Question: Who finances the last mile of African energy access?
Location:Room BTrack:Off-grid stream
11:30 - 12:15
The Hybrid Opportunity: Pairing solar and storage to solve Africa's reliability crisis
Location:Room BTrack:Storage stream
12:15 - 13:00
Currency, Offtake, and Political Risk: Structuring deals that survive contact with reality
Location:Room ATrack:Finance & investment stream
12:15 - 13:00
The Corporate PPA Revolution: How Africa's biggest energy buyers are going direct
Location:Room BTrack:C&I stream
13:00 - 13:30
13:30 - 14:30
Beyond Project Finance: What it takes to capitalise African solar, storage and EV manufacturing
Location:Room ATrack:Industry stream
13:30 - 14:30
The Off-Taker Advantage: Why telecoms, mining and data centres are becoming Africa's most bankable power customers
Location:Room ATrack:C&I stream
14:30 - 14:40
Wrap-Up & Closing Remarks
Location:Plenary Session
14:40 - 15:30
15:30 - 17:30
15:30 - 17:30
Meetings
B2B Match-Making
Location:
- Meeting Rooms
Meeting duration:20 minutes time slots