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Africa Investment Exchange (AIX): Nairobi 2025

Africa Investment Exchange (AIX): Nairobi 2025

19-20 March, Nairobi

AIX Nairobi offers perspectives on developments in host nation Kenya and the East African Power Pool (Eapp) region plus analysis of wider corporate developments and constraints facing the industry.

The 2025 agenda examines what AIX is calling ‘Constructive, Productive and Disruptive energy’ for Africa.

🔹 ‘Constructive energy’ – building on the projects, financial models, positive models of community engagement and business best practise that have worked so far.

🔹 ‘Productive energy’ – driving new industries and financial models to drive sustainable economic growth and social uplift.

🔹 ‘Disruptive energy’ – harnessing new technologies, evolving markets and social change to transform developing economies into emerging markets.

Download the agenda PDF and explore the themes of the 2025 meeting

Sponsorship & exhibition opportunities

Our standard sponsorship package includes a prominent panellist position, delegate and client passes, logo on promotional material, and a full-page colour ad.

Inform participants about your companies latest updates and secure meetings in advance of the AIX meetings via our African Energy website.

Contact Ricky Purnell to discuss sponsorship
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Register – 25% earlybird discount (ends 4 December)

Register now to benefit from a 25% earlybird discount on tickets.

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Unlocking the region’s power market

🔹EAPP and the logic of regional integration

East African economies have huge potential to generate more energy and trade power.

Detailed planning, better financial models, and improved regulation.

To what extent can power pools, regional interconnections and new energy intermediaries overcome offtake security and balance the market?

🔹Transmission investment

Independent transmission projects (ITPs) and other models to encourage private investment in the region.

🔹Storage & green grids

Understanding battery storage’s multiple benefits and solutions that can enhance the stability and reliability of the grid.

The future of IPPS and wheeling

🔹Market design, regulation and investment

What new approaches to regulation and market structures will attract investments in power and renewables?

🔹Opening up the market

What do investors want? Are macroeconomic conditions, political and industry trends in their favour?

Exploring the post-carbon economy

🔹 Green hydrogen, green ammonia, synthetic fuels – how are these industries progressing and what can be expected within the next five years?

🔹 Examining growth in new energy intensive sectors sourcing green electricity and how to add new clean, firm power without putting the burden on the ratepayer.

Financing construction

🔹A look at innovative blended finance arrangements and the use of guarantees, political risk insurance, and foreign exchange hedging for infrastructure projects.

Off the grid and C&I

🔹Options for generating electricity for a range of consumers – what impact will this have on the established utilities?

Harnessing funds with impact

🔹Private sector investors, including private equity, venture capital and impact investors are invited to share their feedback on the viability of projects discussed in the earlier sessions, to discuss the funding available for start-ups and new technologies and examine latest business models attracting investment.

Stakeholder engagement, ESG and other ‘people issues’

🔹Let’s talk about ESG – environmental, social and governance issues have become a hot-button issue in Kenya and across the continent. This session will examine, with examples of best practise.

Snapshot sessions

Shorter sessions focusing on:

🔹 Climate finance

🔹 Carbon credit

🔹 Clean cooking

Strengthening domestic financial systems

🔹While traditional DFI, commercial banking and project markets will long have an important role to play, the answer to many bottlenecks and risk issues can be found close to hom – if financial markets can be developed.

Development of Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS)

🔹Providing a better understanding of the Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) market in Kenya and East Africa region and the technical requirements of BESS projects.

Engage with experts

Attracting industry professionals from a range of disciplines and business interests, AIX provides an opportunity to engage with experts developing sustainable projects, to gain insights into investor confidence, and to assess and understand developing trends in challenging and dynamic markets.

🔸Meet Africa-focused firms and project developers to gain first-hand insights.

🔸Explore innovative financial structures and emerging business models.

🔸Unlock new capital including climate finance into the power sector.

🔸Measure the wider impact of investments on social and economic development.

🔸Analyse relevant data, case studies, and success stories in key markets.

View organisations who attended previous AIX Power & Renewables meetings listed by sector.

A successful format

AIX is focused on producing meetings that establish an enduring dialogue for energy industry professionals, with a now proven track record of stimulating business engagement and long-term partnerships.

🔸The established AIX format has been running since 2013, since when it has carved out a unique niche in the market for its robust debate and knowledge-led approach.

🔸Panel sessions and roundtable discussions are held under the Chatham House Rule to address key market opportunities and examine how to break down barriers to investment

🔸AIX is organised by African Energy, a specialist publisher and consultancy that has been involved at the heart of the debate surrounding energy sector developments across the continent for more than 25 years.

Utilities, regulators and officials

British High Commission, Climate Change Envoy, Electricity Regulatory Authority, Uganda, Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA), Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, GDC, Kengen, Kenya Electricity Transmission Company (KETRACO), Kenya Power and Lighting Company (KPLC), Ministry of Energy, Kenya, National Assembly, Kenya, Norwegian Embassy, The Senate, Kenya

Finance and investment

ATIDI, ABSA, African Development Bank, African Infrastructure Investment Managers (AIIM), BIO, British International Investment (BII), Catalyst Fund, Citibank, Cygnum Capital, Finergreen, Finnfund, FMO, GreenMax Capital Advisors, GuarantCo Management Company, IFC, IFU, InfraCo Africa, InfraCredit, Meridiam, MIGA (The World Bank Group), Mirova SunFunder, Naimon Capital, Nedbank, Norfund, Private Infrastructure

Development Group (PIDG), Proparco, Responsability, STOA Africa, Swedfund International, TDB, USAID

Power and infrastructure

BasiGo, BayWa r.e., CFAO, Cresco Group Africa, Engie, Engie Energy Access, Fortescue, Frontier Energy, Globeleq, Harmattan Renewables, Infinity Power, JCG, Koko Networks, Milele Energy, Ofgen, Persistent Energy, Quantum Power, Serengeti Energy, SgurrEnergy, Siemens Energy, Talus Renewables, Trine, Voltalia

Professional services

African Energy, AMDA, Anjarwalla & Khanna, Ardonagh Specialty, Bowmans, Climate Action Platform for Africa (CAP-A), Delphos, GET.Invest, Great Carbon Valley, ISM Africa, Multiconsult, Pipal, Rebel, SandRose, Simmons & Simmons, The Green Hydrogen Organisation (GH2), University of Nairobi, Walker Kontos