West Africa Energy Cooperation Summit Agenda 2025

Note: Topics, timings and speakers may be subject to change as the agenda develops.
French Translation will be available throughout the agenda.

A snapshot into the region and breakdown of each country’s outlook.

WAPP vision: “To integrate the national power systems into a unified regional electricity market with the ultimate goal of providing in the medium and long term, a regular and reliable energy at competitive cost to the citizenry of the ECOWAS region.”

• How are the WAPP members working together to fulfil their energy needs at national and regional level?
• What are the needs and solutions for regional interconnection?
• Making standardised energy trading a reality through WAPP

• From tenders to financial close for solar and wind projects – where are the most promising opportunities?
• Insights into tenders in Benin (MCC), Burkina Faso (World Bank) and more
• What does Just Energy Transition mean for different countries in the region. E.g. Nigeria is mostly run diesel generators Vs Ghana which is 89% electrified.
• What is the state of storage? What are lessons learnt from recent projects (Malawi, Siera Lone etc.)
• How can Cote d’Ivoire’s scaling solar be replicated?

• What gas infrastructure projects are available for partnerships?
• Fit for purpose – where are the opportunities to upgrade old existing infrastructure?
• Gas an as enabler of energy transition – how far has West Africa come?
• Building new infrastructure pipelines: What are the next set of game changing projects.
• How is the financing discussion changing? Are global and local investors ready to unleash capital post US elections?

West Africa needs over $540 billion in power sector investment by 2050 to achieve its renewable energy potential and billions more for gas development.

• The billion-dollar question – what will unlock global and local financing?
• What are the debt, currency and macro-economic factors exclusive to the region, and is the financial community prepared?
• With Power Africa’s withdrawal creating a significant gap, what opportunities exist for financiers to step in?
• How can local commercial capital, sovereign wealth funds and pension funds lead the way and strengthen international investor confidence?

Ghana has a remarkable story to tell, its economic reforms and debt restructuring efforts under President John Mahama’s leadership is making fast progress. Its economy is cooling inflation faster than anyone expected from more than 50 percent in 2022 into the low teens in 2025. And in 2024, Ghana’s GDP growth exceeded expectations, reaching 5.7%, a significant improvement from the 3.1% recorded in 2023.

• How is Ghana preparing for investments into its energy sector on its route to full recovery?
• What will be the energy and infrastructure needs of the ambitious 24 hours economy plan?
• What are the lessons other countries can learn from Ghana on effectively implementing a economic bounce back strategy.