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20 - 21 February 2018
Sandton Convention Centre
Johannesburg | South Africa

WHAT KEEPS AFRICA’S ENERGY LEADERS

AWAKE AT NIGHT?

In preparation for the 10th edition of the Africa Energy Indaba, the Indaba Steering Committee, the World Energy Council, SANEA
and the NEPAD Agency, have collaborated to develop the conference programme to discuss the strategic issues which keep
Africa’s energy leaders awake at night.
The conference programme will discuss and engage on the following:

PLENARY SESSION DISCUSSION TOPICS

• Africa’s regional pathways: Resilience and regional integration • The new age of digitalisation and the impact on the African
• In conversation with Energy Leaders: charting the way ahead energy sector
for the continent’s energy sector

BREAKAWAY SESSION DISCUSSION TOPICS

• Innovative funding solutions to accelerate Africa’s energy • Regional projects as a means for regional integration.
sector growth & development Challenges and opportunities
• Energy access & securing the future for Africa’s citizens • Global trends driving innovation and the evolution of the
energy sector towards a sustainable energy future: e.g.
• “Beyond the light bulb.” Providing electricity in the form population growth and rising consumption, urbanisation,
of light only, does not automatically increase productivity. transportation, energy storage, market dynamics, trade,
Electricity should be valued as a means to generate income climate change and CO2 reduction, technology changes,
and boost economic & social development. Sometimes policies and regulations
additional assistance is required: e.g. working capital, access to
markets, local development projects, skills/capacity. • The business opportunity linked to renewable energy and
energy e ciency
• The role of o grid and mini grid in rural electri cation
• Power systems development: National and regional power
• The impact of energy uncertainties for Africa: Commodity systems and the new roles of electricity utilities and
prices, electricity prices, talent and energy poverty power pools
• Accelerating the development of Africa’s gas infrastructure
and the deal ow linked to the gas economy

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