Wednesday, 25 November 2026 | 13:30 - 14:30
Dry Powder, Stalled Pipeline: Why committed capital and bankable African renewables projects still aren't finding each other
Funds, DFIs and commercial investors active in African renewables routinely describe capital ready to deploy, while developers describe a pipeline of permitted, contracted projects still waiting for financial close. This session goes beyond blended finance instruments to ask why the two are not connecting: deal sizes that do not match fund mandates, track record requirements that lock out newer developers, and the practical steps, on both sides, needed to close that gap. A direct exchange between capital allocators and the developers trying to reach them.
4 speakers
Senior Associate, Capital Mobilization & Partnerships
Africa Finance Corporation (AFC)
West Africa Head of Commercial
Starsight Energy
Senior Associate
FMO Entrepreneurial Development Bank
Director, Infrastructure & Climate
Chapel Hill Denham