Event agenda
Tuesday, 8 October 2024
08:00 - 09:30
Registration and coffee
09:15 - 12:15
Plenary Session: Partnering to Power Up 300 million people
12:15 - 13:30
Networking Lunch
13:30 - 14:45
A1: Success stories: governments achieving impact through holistic policies and programs (e.g. Kenya, Rwanda, Nigeria and Togo)
13:30 - 14:45
B1: Transforming investment: the levers of action to fast charge growth
13:30 - 14:45
Benchmarking Performance at the Last Mile
Transforming Impact Finance through Digital Monitoring Reporting and Verification (“dMRV) : Pitfalls, Potential, and Pioneering Solutions
Transforming Impact Finance through Digital Monitoring Reporting and Verification (“dMRV) : Pitfalls, Potential, and Pioneering Solutions
13:30 - 14:45
C1: 3.3 Million Jobs by 2030: How workforce and human capital investments can grow Africa’s green economy
13:30 - 14:45
D1: Agricultural Processing: Unlocking the potential for the next productive use frontier
13:30 - 17:00
Meeting block
- Matchmaking Hall (Delegates Lounge)
Meeting duration:20 minute time slots
14:45 - 15:45
Coffee Break
15:45 - 17:00
A2: Empowering Public Institutions: Lessons on Sustainable, Long-Term Electrification Strategies
15:45 - 17:00
B2: Blended finance: catalytic models to scale the industry
15:45 - 17:00
C2: Empowering energy: Gender transformative solutions for a just energy transition
15:45 - 17:00
D2: Outside the Box: multi-sectoral cooperation for sustainable scaling of solar irrigation
15:45 - 17:00
Malawi Country Session
17:30 - 21:00
Industry Dinner and Networking Reception
Wednesday, 9 October 2024
08:30 - 09:45
A3: Advancing PUE through inter-ministerial collaboration and unified policy action
08:30 - 09:45
B3: Empowering vulnerable communities: Increasing resilience and adaptation finance for off-grid solar solutions
08:30 - 09:45
C3: Profitable PAYGo: The building blocks for success
08:30 - 09:45
D3: E-Mobility for Offgrid Productive Energy Use: Establishing viability
08:30 - 09:45
Opportunities for financing green energy in Kenya
Scaling Local Minigrid Companies
09:00 - 12:00
Meeting block
- Matchmaking Hall (Delegates Lounge)
Meeting duration:20 minute time slots
09:45 - 10:45
Coffee Break
09:45 - 10:45
GGF: Blending working capital, consumer finance and digitalization - first insights
10:45 - 12:00
A4: Leaving No One Behind: Sustainable Energy Access in Humanitarian Contexts
10:45 - 12:00
B4: Bringing Domestic Financial Institutions and Local Currency Finance on Board
10:45 - 12:00
C4: Success factors to enhance the consumer experience
10:45 - 12:00
D4: Cool Insights: Broken links in agricultural cold chains and how to fix them
12:00 - 13:30
Networking Lunch
13:30 - 14:45
A5: Public Funding for Off-Grid Solar: The Key to Unlock the Next Wave of Growth
13:30 - 14:45
B5: Cracking the Equity Code: Lightning Talks on Equity-Raising in Off-Grid Solar
13:30 - 14:45
C5: Private Sector Approaches for Sustainable Energy & Digital Connectivity in Health Facilities & Schools (HETA)
13:30 - 14:45
Country Session: Kenya
Household Solar Funders Group meeting
Kenya Country Session
13:30 - 14:45
D5: Electricity and connectivity: strengthening the symbiotic relationship between solar & mobile
13:30 - 17:00
Meeting block
- Matchmaking Hall (Delegates Lounge)
Meeting duration:20 minute time slots
14:45 - 15:45
Coffee Break
14:45 - 15:45
The Rural Energy Access Lab session
15:45 - 17:00
A6: Investing in difficult places: bringing the private sector into fragile areas
15:45 - 17:00
B6: Meet the investors
15:45 - 17:00
C6: Powering Productivity: innovative business models to advance PURE (Fee for Service)
15:45 - 17:00
D6: E-mobility trends in Africa: Exploring the fastest growing segments and markets
15:45 - 17:00
Last Mile Repair: A collaboration opportunity for manufacturers and distributors
Roundtable on Powering Refugee Futures: African Leaders’ Action on SDG7 (closed-door session)
17:00 - 17:30
Industry Announcements Session
18:30 - 21:30
Thursday, 10 October 2024
08:30 - 09:45
A7: Financing rural electrification as essential infrastructure projects
08:30 - 09:45
B7: Hard Talk: What more is needed to close the financing gaps for locally led companies?
08:30 - 09:45
C7: Emphasizing Market Linkages for a Sustainable PURE Ecosystem: Learnings from South Asia
08:30 - 09:45
D7: Can you put a number on it? Increasing Impact and incomes with PUE
08:30 - 12:00
Sustainable Electrification of Health Institutions and Schools – A Public Sector Perspective (Invite only)
09:00 - 12:00
Meeting block
- Matchmaking Hall (Delegates Lounge)
Meeting duration:20 minute time slots
09:45 - 10:45
AC Solar Systems - building a cooperative ecosystem of suppliers to provide high quality, low cost solutions
09:45 - 10:45
Coffee Break
10:45 - 12:00
A8: The Power of Partnerships: Driving Energy Access in Sub-Saharan Africa
10:45 - 12:00
B8: Rural Electrification: Innovations and tools for sustainable least-cost electrification solutions
10:45 - 12:00
D8: Cooling to improve Lives and Livelihoods
10:45 - 12:00
Smart solar: Pathways to sustainable solutions for the weak grid markets
12:00 - 13:30
Networking Lunch
13:30 - 14:45
A9: Taking the credit: unlocking the DRE carbon finance opportunity
13:30 - 14:45
C9: The circular opportunity: maximising value for consumers and companies
13:30 - 14:45
D9: Bridging Investment from Renewable Energy to E-mobility
13:30 - 14:45
Designing Responsible End-User Subsidies for Energy Access
13:30 - 17:00
Meeting block
- Matchmaking Hall (Delegates Lounge)
Meeting duration:20 minute time slots
14:45 - 15:45
Coffee Break
15:45 - 17:00
A10: Results-Based Financing Deep Dive: how do we enhance and scale up?
15:45 - 17:00
Beyond Rent To Own: Sustainable, affordable energy solutions for the Hardest to Reach
15:45 - 17:00
Country Session - ROGEAP
17:00 - 17:30