Event: Africa Investment Exchange: Energy

RSA House
8 John Adam Street
London
WC2N 6EZ
24-25 November 2014
Start time: 09:00hrs
Africa Investment Exchange: Energy is a two-day investor’s meeting at RSA House, London on 24-25 November 2014.
AIX: Energy responds to new paradigms in the African energy sector shaped by new players, innovative financing structures, impact investment strategies and technological innovation.
Closed-door meetings focus on channeling private resources into the African power sector – from thermal IPPs to innovative distributed power and renewables solutions – providing a forum for investors to meet with African businesses and policymakers.
Africa Investment Exchange (AIX) is a forum for investors to exchange information, reinforce existing relationships, build networks and create future business opportunities. The AIX: Energy meetings will allow participants to:
Engage with experts, to assess investor confidence, develop projects and monitor risk.
Meet African entrepreneurs and firms to gain first-hand insights.
Explore innovative financial structures, commercial returns, entry and exit strategies.
Measure the wider impact of investments on social and economic development.
Analyse key markets, such as Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Nigeria, Kenya and Uganda.
Panelists include:
Sam Amadi, Chairman, Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission
Thembani Bukula, Regulator Member Responsible for Electricity Regulation at NERSA
Hanri Jacobs, Chief Financial Officer NamPower, Namibia
Peter Ballinger, Managing Director, Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC)
Andrea Bohnstedt, Director, Africa Assets
Gunter Fischer, Senior Investment Manager European Investment Bank
Mark Florman, Special Advisor, 8 Miles
Paul Kunert, Head of Business Development Africa, Globeleq
Jon Marks, Chairman, CbI
Terje Osmundsen, Senior Vice President, Scatec Solar
Pradeep Pursnani, Deputy Director, Shell Foundation
Jens Thomassen, Director, Denham Capital
Alastair Vere Nicoll, Co-Founder, Berkeley Energy
Jan Martin Witte, Head of Division, Infrastructure Southern Africa, KfW
Sidney Yankson, CEO, Ghana Capital Partners
Register to attend before 24 October 2014 and benefit from a 15% discount.
African Energy subscribers are eligible for a 25% discount.
Email: nick@africa-energy.com
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