Africa Energy Forum

Africa Energy Forum – 2025

CTICC 1 (Cape Town International Convention Centre)

For the first time in its 27 years, the Africa Energy Forum is being hosted in Cape Town, South Africa under the enchanting shadow of Table Mountain and in the heart of one of the most active energy development centres in Africa.

Under the theme ‘Africa United’, aef will also provide a strong platform to bring African stakeholders together with a united voice and declare what Africa wants and needs to the world. This will be the perfect opportunity to amplify the message from aef to the G20 meetings hosted by South Africa this year.

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Speakers

Wale Yusuff

Managing Director, Wärtsilä Marine & Power Services Nigeria

Gustavo Fernandes

Head of Growing & International, Voltalia

Peter Twesigye

Research Lead: Power Market Reforms & Regulation, Power Futures Lab, University of Cape Town, South Africa

Kaushik Ray

Partner & Head of Global Strategy, Trinity International

Amit Goel

Associate Director, Synergy Consulting

Praveen Umredkar

Director, Synergy Consulting

Eric Song

Deputy Director of Sales, Sungrow

Adhila Mayet

Head of Project Development, Pele Green Energy

Emeka Okpukpara

Partner, Nextier Power

Ayman Soliman

Manging Partner, Morpho Investments

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aef news

Finance

Media Release: Red Rocket Reaches Financial Close for South Africa’s Largest Wind Farm

CAPE TOWN, 13 March 2025 – Red Rocket, a leading renewable energy independent power producer, has reached financial close on the first phase of the Overberg Wind Farm, marking a major milestone in South Africa’s clean energy transition. Adding to Red Rocket’s impressive portfolio of wind farms, Overberg Wind Farm will be the latest in […]

Layton Nenzinane – Chief Financial Officer, Seriti Green Chartered Accountant | A Voice for Africa’s Just Energy Transition

Coal

Why I Said Yes to YES! Summit 2025

I grew up in a modest home in Thaba Nchu, a town just outside Bloemfontein in the Free State, as the youngest in a medium-sized family with two older siblings. I was surrounded by love, discipline and hope. But life changed quickly. I lost my mother at six and my father at thirteen. Orphanhood wasn’t […]

Battery Storage

Mulilo Achieves Financial Close on Groundbreaking 75MW Solar Plant in the Northern Cape

De Aar, South Africa – 18 March 2025 Mulilo, a leading independent power producer in South Africa, has successfully reached Financial Close on the Du Plessis Dam Solar PV2 facility, a 105MW (75MWac) solar photovoltaic project near De Aar in the Northern Cape. This landmark project is one of the first in South Africa to […]

Battery Storage

Press Release: Jonathan Hoffman Confirmed As Chief Executive Officer

LONDON: 31 March 2025: The Board of Globeleq, the leading independent power company in Africa, and its shareholders are pleased to announce that Jonathan Hoffman, currently interim Chief Executive Officer, has been confirmed as the Group’s permanent CEO. The Board undertook a thorough and extensive search process which considered both internal and external candidates. Jonathan […]

Energy access

U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright Outlines Trump Administration Approach to Energy Development in Africa

Washington, March 7, 2025: The United States will embrace energy from a diversity of sources – from coal to natural gas to nuclear power to solar energy – to increase access across Africa, said U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright on Friday. Speaking at the Powering Africa Summit in Washington, D.C., Wright said the new U.S. administration would partner with African governments and businesses, allowing them to drive their own energy agenda to increase economic growth and prosperity around the continent.

Finance

ARM-Harith: Mobilising Capital at Scale for Africa

With a new fund accelerate Africa’s transition to sustainable energy, EnergyNet spoke to Rachel Moré-Oshodi, CEO of ARM-Harith Infrastructure Investment, about de-risking investments, identifying opportunities, and catalyzing local capital at an unprecedented scale. Congratulations on the anchor investment from AfDB into your Fund for Sustainable Infrastructure announced in December! How did this come about […]

Energy access

“My Favorite Part of the Job? Bringing Customers’ Dreams to Life with Electricity.”

Nicole Poindexter founded Energicity in 2015 to solve the problem of bringing sustainable electricity to unserved rural communities in Africa. She spoke to EnergyNet about her latest projects in Liberia, the power of partnerships – and why it’s critical to bring Africa to the United States. You have just commissioned two mini-grids in Liberia – congratulations and please tell […]

Gas

GE Vernova – Purpose Built for the Energy Transition

GE Vernova is on a mission to electrify the planet while simultaneously working to decarbonize it. With its technologies already powering a significant percentage of installed power generation capacity across the continent, EnergyNet spoke to Mai Abdelhalim, President, Africa, to find out more in advance of PAS25. Your technologies are already powering over 40% of Africa […]

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Dear aef team, Thanks for all the facilities you provided us during the event, especially the meeting room for his Excellency. This was really appreciated. We enjoyed our time in Barcelona and had great conversations with current and potential partners. Looking forward to meeting you again soon. Best regards

Philippe Jr. Ossoucah Directeur Général, Gabon Power Company, Gabon

Dear Gemma, thank you so much, it was a huge pleasure meeting you also was such privilege to be part of that huge event. Promise that will be participating the next ones as schedule dear. Wish you the best and see you in December in Togo

H.E. Honourable Abdullahi Dayib Director General, National Electricity Authority (NEA), Somalia

We would like to warmly thank the organizers for the opportunity to participate in the 26th African Energy Forum last month. It was an enriching experience, full of opportunities to establish new relationships and partnerships. We also enjoyed our stay in Barcelona and hope to be present for the 27th African Energy Forum.

Olivier Mazaba Ntondele Head of Administration, Agence de Régulation du Secteur de l’Electricité (ARSEL), Congo