Africa Investment Exchange: Power and Renewables
Enabling power project development in Africa
September 2020 to February 2021 – online
The 7th AIX: Power & Renewables will be a series of monthly meetings held in a virtual environment between September 2020 to February 2021, with live streaming, fringe events, an online exhibition and networking opportunities.
View the agenda (pdf)
Further details on each monthly meeting are listed below:
The first of the AIX Power & Renewables virtual meetings will include two panel sessions examining grid and storage issues in Africa today.
All times are British Summer Time (BST)
#1 – Agenda & Panellists (AIX:PR)
12h00 to 13h30 BST
Grid strategies
Examining key institutional themes for grid operations.
- Governance model: unbundling vs vertical integration
- Tariff structure: cost reflectiveness and funding models
- Privatisation: lessons learned from various experiences across the continent
- Grid upgrades: perspectives from the private sector, C&I customers and transmission operators
- Balancing the grid: how best to respond to new challenges and opportunities in maintaining grid stability
13h30 Online networking
Send a message, schedule a meeting or initiate a call
14h00 to 15h30 BST
Storage strategies
The session will focus on issues around storage as they impact on African electricity supply and other industries.
- Examining the solar-plus-storage model and opportunities for investment
- Recent tenders and best practices from around the world and African case studies
- Understanding the technologies, costs and applications for storage
- Who is financing storage? What are their conditions, restrictions and main concerns?
Satellite sessions
We plan to run several grid and storage focused roundtables in partnership with speakers and sponsors, including:
- Best practices in renewable energy sources integration
- What are the different peaking options?
- Energy management and peak shaving – including time- shift of renewables
- Synergies between storage, conventional power and emergency power solutions
Participants have access to the live panels, conference website, satellite sessions, list of attendees and all the networking opportunities on the conference platform during the meeting and for up to 24 hours after the event. Plus full access to the results of the survey and recordings of the sessions.
Book online or contact Lauren Andrews to pay by bank transfer.
The second of the AIX Power & Renewables virtual meetings will include two panel sessions focusing on East Africa’s strategic direction.
All times are Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
#2 – Agenda & Panellists (AIX:PR)
12h00 to 13h30 GMT
East African perspective
Interactive discussion focusing on the region’s strategic direction
- Does East Africa have enough power?
- What future for thermal generation?
- Off-grid solutions – their expansion and financing
- How can T&D be strengthened?
- Where are DFIs and donors most needed?
- Balancing renewables and the impact of regional integration on the energy mix
13h30 Online networking
Send a message, schedule a meeting or initiate a call
14h00 to 15h30 GMT
Strategies for regional integration
How realistic are plans for East African energy industries to become more integrated via electricity interconnections, pipelines and shared policy?
- View across the East African Community region
- Analysis of key projects to assess progress, including Eastern Africa Power Pool prospects
- Questions of trust and national interest - thorny issues
- What is required to create a bankable regional market
- The impact of international support for interconnections
Satellite sessions
Access to fringe events (country focuses, workshops, interviews, speaker Q&As, and roundtables) co-hosted by our speakers and partners. Topics may include:
- Outlook for Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda
- C&I and geothermal update
Satellite sessions
Access to fringe events (country focuses, workshops, interviews, speaker Q&As, and roundtables) co-hosted by our speakers and partners. Topics may include:
- Outlook for Côte d’Ivoire, Senegal and Nigeria • Investment strategies for T&D
- Mini-grid update
Participants have access to the live panels, conference website, satellite sessions, list of attendees and all the networking opportunities on the conference platform during the meeting and for up to 24 hours after the event. Plus full access to the results of the survey and recordings of the sessions.
Book online or contact Lauren Andrews to pay by bank transfer.
The third of the AIX Power & Renewables virtual meetings will include two panel sessions focussing on Africa’s power sector transformation
All times are Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
#3 – Agenda & Panellists (AIX:PR)
12h00 to 13h30 GMT
Creating a bankable market
Overview of sovereign debt in a post covid world. What does it mean for projects in the power sector, government guarantees and utility indebtedness.
The future of utilities and strategies for strengthening the industry along the electricity supply chain.
13h30 Online networking
14h00 to 15h30
Distribution models
Who is actually making distribution pay in Sub-Saharan Africa? And how?
Satellite sessions
Access to fringe events (country focuses, workshops, interviews, speaker Q&As, and roundtables) co-hosted by our speakers and partners. Topics may include:
- Outlook for Côte d’Ivoire, Senegal and Nigeria • Investment strategies for T&D
- Mini-grid update
Participants have access to the live panels, conference website, satellite sessions, list of attendees and all the networking opportunities on the conference platform during the meeting and for up to 24 hours after the event. Plus full access to the results of the survey and recordings of the sessions.
Book online or contact Lauren Andrews to pay by bank transfer.
The first of the AIX Power & Renewables virtual meetings will include two panel sessions focussing on Africa’s power sector transformationThe fourth of the AIX Power & Renewables virtual meetings will include two panel sessions discussing the ‘IPP model’
All times are Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
#4– Agenda & Panellists (AIX:PR)
12h00 to 13h30 GMT
Competitive tenders
Perspective on tendering and other forms of contract award. Are new models needed, or just refinements of the existing system?
13h30 Online networking
14h00 to 15h30
New approaches to financing IPPs
A look at some of the recently financed projects using construction finance and bridging loans. Maximising access to both Western and Islamic financing.
Satellite sessions
Access to fringe events (country focuses, workshops, interviews, speaker Q&As, and roundtables) co-hosted by our speakers and partners. Topics may include:
Community engagement; navigating land rights; communicating with governments; environmental standards; finding local partners; and accessing financing from DFIs, commercial banks, export credit agencies, China and India.
Participants have access to the live panels, conference website, satellite sessions, list of attendees and all the networking opportunities on the conference platform during the meeting and for up to 24 hours after the event. Plus full access to the results of the survey and recordings of the sessions.
Book online or contact Lauren Andrews to pay by bank transfer.
The fifth of the AIX Power & Renewables virtual meetings will include two panel sessions examining different financing options for the electricity supply industry
All times are Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
#5 – Agenda & Panellists (AIX:PR)
12h00 to 13h30 GMT
Investing in transmission
Investment strategies for T&D.
Extending national grids, micro-grids and other structures.
Innovations to expect
14h00 to 15h30 GMT
Alternative investments
A private equity panel focussed on their investments in C&I, SHS, mini-grids, transmission, funding platforms.
Satellite sessions
Access to fringe events (country focuses, workshops, interviews, speaker Q&As, and roundtables) co-hosted by our speakers and partners. Topics may include:
- Outlook for Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa and Zambia
Participants have access to the live panels, conference website, satellite sessions, list of attendees and all the networking opportunities on the conference platform during the meeting and for up to 24 hours after the event. Plus full access to the results of the survey and recordings of the sessions.
Book online or contact Lauren Andrews to pay by bank transfer.
The first of the AIX Power & Renewables virtual meetings will include two panel sessions on the state of the off-grid market
All times are Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
#6 – Agenda & Panellists (AIX:PR)
12h00 to 13h30 GMT
Off-grid expansion and financing
What data is available on the region’s established solar home systems (SHS) and mini-grid sector and what do recent findings tell policy-makers and investors?
Raising equity and accessing debt for off-grid solutions
14h00 to 15h30
Integrating off-grid
Focus on off-grid solutions complementing T&D plans and electrification programmes
- Residential, mini-grid and commercial-scale options, and how they fit together
- Will a day come where grid expansion just isn’t worth it as distributed solutions come to dominate?
Satellite sessions
Access to fringe events (country focuses, workshops, interviews, speaker Q&As, and roundtables) co-hosted by our speakers and partners.
Participants have access to the live panels, conference website, satellite sessions, list of attendees and all the networking opportunities on the conference platform during the meeting and for up to 24 hours after the event. Plus full access to the results of the survey and recordings of the sessions.
Book online or contact Lauren Andrews to pay by bank transfer.
