Speakers

West Africa Energy Cooperation Summit

Speakers

H.E. Honourable Jeremiah Kpan Koung

Vice President, Liberia

H.E. Honourable John Abdulai Jinapor

Minister for Energy & Green Transition, Ghana

H.E. Honourable Adebayo Adelabu

Minister of Power, Nigeria

H.E. Honourable Dr. Abdul Rahim Jalloh

Minister of Energy, Sierra Leone

H.E. Honourable Dr. Dele Alake

Minister for Solid Minerals Development, Nigeria

H.E. Honourable Nani Juwara

Minister of Petroleum, Energy & Mines, Gambia

H.E. Honourable Dr. Kandeh K. Yumkella

H.E. Honourable Dr. Kandeh K. Yumkella, Chairman, Presidential Initiative for Climate Change, Renewable Energy & Food Security, Sierra Leone

Edward Obeng-Kenzo

Acting CEO, Volta River Authority (VRA), Ghana

Sule Abdulaziz

MD & CEO, Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), Nigeria

Mark Baah

Ag. Chief Executive, Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo), Ghana

William Amuna

Board Chairman, Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), Ghana

Francis Agoha

MD & CEO, Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC), Nigeria

Ete Pinnick

MD & CEO, Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution (PHED), Nigeria

Rekhiat Momoh

CEO, Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC), Nigeria

Milton Gegbai

Director General, Electricity Generation & Transmission Company (EGTC), Sierra Leone

Friday Sule

Deputy Director, Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), Nigeria

Karimou Chabi Sika

Director General, Communauté Électrique du Bénin (CEB), Benin

Bangaly Maty

Energy & Infrastructure Adviser, Prime Minister’s Office, Guinea

Pamoussa Ouedraogo

Permanent Secretary, National Council for Sustainable Development, Burkina Faso

Eunice Biritwum

Executive Secretary, Energy Commission, Ghana

Sulemana Abubakari

Ag. Director, Power, Ministry of Energy & Green Transition, Ghana

Baboucarr Njie

MD, Gambia National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC), Gambia

Yussif Sulemana

Technical Advisor to the Minister of Petroleum, Ministry of Energy & Green Transition, Ghana

Moses Asaga

Chairman, Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC), Ghana

Jean-Baptiste Ky

President, Regulatory Authority for the Energy Sector (ARSE), Burkina Faso

Diouma Kobor

Director General, National Agency for Renewable Energies (ANER), Senegal

Abba Aliyu

MD & CEO, Rural Electrification Agency (REA), Nigeria

Samuel Bocay Nagbe

Executive Director, Rural & Renewable Energy Agency (RREA), Liberia

Edmond Kombat

MD, Tema Oil Refinery (TOR), Ghana

Hamis Ussif

Deputy CEO, Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC), Ghana

Jillian Foerster

Regional Manager (Sub-Saharan Africa), U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA)

Aliyu Alhassan Yahaya

Underwriter, ATIDI

Cheick Oumar Diallo

Underwriter, ATIDI

Loïc Ehua

Business Development Director, Gridworks Partners

Kweku Awotwi

Board Chairman, United Bank for Africa (Ghana) & Co-Founder & Director, Cenpower Generation

Peter James

CFO, Cenpower Generation

Wale Yusuff

MD, Wärtsilä Marine & Power Services, Nigeria

Anita Otubu

Senior Director, Universal Energy Facility (UEF), SEforALL

Ngozi Beckley-Lines

Country Manager (Sierra Leone), SEforALL

Leticia Insaidoo

MD for Ghana, Bboxx

Sydney Nii Ayitey Tetteh

Head, Client Coverage, Corporate & Investment Banking, Stanbic Bank Ghana

Kobby Bentsi-Enchill

Head of Investment Banking, Stanbic Bank Ghana

Erik Granskog

CEO, Endeavor Energy Holdings

Sarah Lane

MD, Denham Capital

Lindiwe Zwane

Principal Deal Originator (East, West & Central Africa), Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA)

Sylvia Monthe

Coverage Director (Francophone & Central Africa), BII

Arnaud Gouet

Senior Vice President Utilities, Release by Scatec

Amana Bawa

Director, Partnerships & Private Sector Engagement, Rockefeller Catalytic Capital (RFCC), Mission 300

Roger Stuart

Head of Regional Representation, European Investment Bank (EIB)

Kirtika Challa

Partner & Head of Power & Infrastructure Advisory, CrossBoundary

Rushaiya Ibrahim-Tanko

Project Director (PPA Transparency), Energy for Growth Hub

Michael Konadu

Business Development Director, EMEA, GE Vernova

Charles Wilfried Abedier

Senior Investment Officer, International Finance Corporation (IFC)

Patrick Udechukwu

Director, Business Development, Siemens Energy

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