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Africa Energy Forum

Dubai 2026 | Coming Soon

Speakers

380 Speakers

From around the world.

When

16 - 19 June 2026

4 day event with award winning speakers.

Where

Dubai World Trade Centre

Dubai, UAE

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Africa Energy Forum – 2026

Dubai World Trade Centre

For the first time in its 27 years, the Africa Energy Forum 2025 was held in Cape Town, South Africa under the enchanting shadow of Table Mountain and in the heart of one of the most active energy development centres in Africa.

Under the theme ‘Africa United’, aef provided a strong platform to bring African stakeholders together with a united voice and declare what Africa wants and needs to the world. This was the perfect opportunity to amplify the message from aef to the G20 meetings hosted by South Africa this year.

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Throughout the week, aef facilitated dynamic discussions around accelerating energy project, improving infrastructure, scaling finance, and achieving electricity access for 300 million people by 2030. Ministers, regulators, developers, and investors came together with a shared focus on delivering tangible progress for Africa’s energy future.

This year EnergyNet hosted YES! alongside aef. With over 6,000 youth registered, 3200 attending in person, over 230 expert speakers, 80 sessions over 3 days – covering masterclasses, panel discussions, recruitment presentations, entrepreneurs pitching station and ask the experts sessions.

We want to extend our sincere thanks to all our sponsors, partners, exhibitors and attendees whose dedicated and vision made this year’s edition possible.

As we look ahead, we are excited to build on the momentum created in Cape Town.

The aef Team

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I would like to extend our heartfelt thanks to the entire team for the outstanding organisation of the Africa Energy Forum. Thank you sincerely for all the support, assistance, and thoughtful arrangements throughout the event. Your professionalism and dedication made our participation smooth and enjoyable. It was an honour to contribute to such a high-level and impactful platform. We look forward to future collaborations and wish you continued success.

H.E. Honourable Amadou Hott former Special Envoy of the President of the AfDB for the Alliance for Green Infrastructure in Africa, Former Minister of Economy, Planning & International Cooperation, Senegal

Dear aef team, Thanks for all the facilities you provided us during the event, especially the meeting room for his Excellency. This was really appreciated. We enjoyed our time in Barcelona and had great conversations with current and potential partners. Looking forward to meeting you again soon. Best regards

Philippe Jr. Ossoucah Directeur Général, Gabon Power Company, Gabon

Dear Gemma, thank you so much, it was a huge pleasure meeting you also was such privilege to be part of that huge event. Promise that will be participating the next ones as schedule dear. Wish you the best and see you in December in Togo

H.E. Honourable Abdullahi Dayib Director General, National Electricity Authority (NEA), Somalia