Powering Africa Summit

The Future of the US & Africa Energy Partnership

When

19 - 20 March 2026

Where

Venue TBC

Washington D.C., USA

Powering Africa Summit – 2026

Washington D.C.

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Interviews

Adam Cortese Interview | Powering Africa Summit (PAS)

Adam Cortese Interview | Powering Africa Summit (PAS)

Akinwole II Omoboriowo Interview | Powering Africa Summit (PAS)

Akinwole II Omoboriowo Interview | Powering Africa Summit (PAS)

Andrew Herscowitz Interview | Powering Africa Summit (PAS)

Andrew Herscowitz Interview | Powering Africa Summit (PAS)

Kimberly Heimert Interview | Powering Africa Summit (PAS)

Kimberly Heimert Interview | Powering Africa Summit (PAS)

Raza Hasnani Interview | Powering Africa Summit (PAS)

Raza Hasnani Interview | Powering Africa Summit (PAS)

Powering Africa Summit News

“My Favorite Part of the Job? Bringing Customers’ Dreams to Life with Electricity.”

Nicole Poindexter founded Energicity in 2015 to solve the problem of bringing sustainable electricity to unserved rural communities in Africa. She spoke to EnergyNet about her latest projects in Liberia, the power of partnerships – and why it’s critical to bring Africa to the United States. You have just commissioned two mini-grids in Liberia – congratulations and please tell […]

West Africa’s Major Energy Stakeholders to lead West Africa’s Clean Energy Conversation

ACCRA, Ghana, Oct. 9, 2025, ENN: Ghana’s Ministry of Energy and Green Transition has been confirmed as patron of the West Africa Energy Cooperation Summit (WAECS), to be held in Accra from 2–3 December 2025. The Summit brings together regional government leaders, investors, and industry partners to showcase investment opportunities and regional energy integration developments […]

Global electricity access stalls as Africa’s progress slows

PARIS, October 9, 2025, ENN: Nearly 730 million people worldwide still lacked access to electricity in 2024, according to new data from the International Energy Agency (IEA), underscoring a slowdown in global electrification efforts since the pandemic. The figure represents a decline of only 11 million from 2023, well below the annual progress achieved before […]

Africa urged to seize role in US critical minerals supply

WASHINGTON, October 9, 2025, ENN: African nations should position themselves as key partners for the United States in securing supplies of critical minerals essential to modern industries, according to a new report from the Washington DC-based Brookings Institution. The report, Leveraging US–Africa Critical Mineral Opportunities: Strategies for Success, argues that Africa’s mineral wealth and improving […]

Transmission & Distribution

SAPP pushes deeper power integration across Southern Africa

Harare, Oct. 8, 2025, ENN: Stephen Dihwa, executive director of the Southern African Power Pool Coordination Centre in Harare, oversees regional planning, operations, environmental management, and power trading across 12 SADC member states. With over 30 years in the sector, he has held senior roles at ZESA, EdM, and NamPower, and advised the African Development […]

AI’s energy appetite could stress power grids, Bain warns

Johannesburg, Oct. 8, 2025, ENN: Scaling up AI over the next decade will require up to $2 trillion in new revenue and could consume an additional 200 gigawatts of electricity by 2030, roughly the output of 200 large power plants, according to Bain & Company’s 6th Annual Global Technology Report. The consultancy warns that while […]

Sustainable Energy

Africa’s solar imports soar in clean energy push

LONDON, Oct. 8, 2025, ENN: Renewable energy became the world’s largest source of electricity in the first half of this year, surpassing coal for the first time, according to new data from London-based energy think tank, Ember. The report highlighted how African countries are rapidly increasing solar panel imports as part of efforts to expand […]

Sustainable Energy

Zambia, Uganda startups win clean energy awards

Two African startups have earned global recognition for pioneering clean energy solutions that empower farmers and reduce food waste. Zambia’s Netagrow and Uganda’s ClimaVault Africa received the Rising Star awards from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). Netagrow uses AI-powered agricultural tools to help more than 10,000 smallholder farmers in Zambia boost crop yields by up […]

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The only goal of energy is to expand human opportunity. Make us live longer. Healthier. More opportunities for us and our kids. Increase food security. Increase heating security.

Chris Wright U.S. Secretary of Energy

Partnership, collaboration, operation, is the name of the game. For anybody, in any country or internationally who want to move very fast…we have to move together.

H.E. Honourable Adebayo Adelabu Honourable Minister of Power, Nigeria

Africa is a continent where energy isn’t a luxury, but a launchpad—for jobs, for tech, for a middle class that rivals the world’s best.

Adam Cortese CEO, Sun Africa