Thursday, 26 November 2026 | 11:30 - 12:15
From Capital to Connections: Financing the Last Mile of Energy Access
Location:LekkiTrack:Off-grid stream
Closing Africa’s energy-access gap requires more than innovative technologies. It requires financing models that enable those solutions to scale. Drawing on BII's recent $7 million financing to Okra Solar, supporting approximately 150,000 new mesh-grid connections in Nigeria, this session brings the investor and company perspectives together. The discussion will explore what made the investment possible, how flexible capital can help distributed energy companies overcome barriers to scale, and what lessons can be replicated across African markets.
2 speakers
Project Finance Lead
Okra solar
Investment Director
British International Investment