2023 Agenda Sessions

PANEL DISCUSSION: Energy Leaders Debate

The fundamental question remains: ‘How can the African continent attain sustainability and increase access to modern energy services for its people? This session unites Africa’s energy leaders to share new perspectives and solutions on the role of renewables in increasing access to modern energy.  

Areas for discussion include: 

• How can Africa seek and explore innovative solutions for more energy and climate neutrality in the context of affordability and equality? 
• How to fast-track and deliver innovative projects in support of the global energy community. 
• How to harmonise national, regional, and continental activities to bring about the desired change. 
• How to incorporate and enable energy efficiency to achieve universal access to clean energy.

PANEL DISCUSSION: Power Pools - Cross Boarder Harmonisation and Creating Regional Scale

Cross border harmonization of the electricity transmission network, regulatory principles and tariff frameworks at regional and continental levels are expected to bring about massive benefits, including increased cross-border trading and power pooling, as well as enhanced access to electricity at regional and continental levels. But how can regional power pools and their core member utilities engage private sector entities such as power producers, traders and industrial consumers to get involved? How can they create scalable opportunities, innovative business models and new market structures that are sustainable, equitable and competitive?

Areas for discussion include:

• From the perspective of Power Pools, what is the state of technical preparedness to enable full regional connectivity?
• What are the regulatory frameworks that would enable the smooth operation of power pools once full connectivity has been achieved?
• Effectively functioning power pools will require further investment in underlying infrastructures and a critical mass of distributed generation capacity, but also a shift in thinking from short-term oriented objectives towards long-term gains. What role would the private sector play in this?