Africa Energy Forum

Africa Energy Forum – 2025

CTICC 1 (Cape Town International Convention Centre)

For the first time in its 27 years, the Africa Energy Forum 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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The Africa Challenge Cup

aef 2025 saw the return of the aef Africa Cup Football Tournament. Delegates were invited to a once in a lifetime opportunity to play a match at the DHL stadium.

With some 6,000+ attendees across aef and YES!, this years Challenge Cup tested four teams as they battled it out over two matches under the floodlights of Africa’s number one football pitch, the Cape Town DHL Stadium.

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Looking into the future, aef is building its legacy with YES! (Youth Energy Summit). To electrify the continent of 1.5 billion people, home to the world’s fastest-growing youth population, it is essential to include Africa’s young people in the conversation. With 4,000 youth attending, the support of South Africa’s IPP Office and the home-grown success story – Pele Green, YES! will be the biggest and most impactful gathering of youth in the energy sector worldwide!

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TDB Group Signs Landmark Agreements With Leading Dre And Clean Cooking Companies To Deliver Clean Energy Access For 3 Million People Within A Year, As Part Of An Initial String Of Deals

The agreements signed on the sidelines of AEF are part of TDB Group’s Regional Energy Access Financing Platform, a first-of-its-kind platform supported by the World Bank’s ASCENT Program under Mission 300 Cape Town, 19 June 2025 – The Trade and Development Bank Group (TDB Group), and its concessional and grant window, the Trade and Development […]

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Challenges, and Opportunities in SA’s Power Market Reform

By Kesh Mudaly and Adwoa Banful – BCG South Africa Power Sector Experts Q1: What does power market reform entail for South Africa, and what are the main goals? (KESH) Market reform in South Africa involves a fundamental restructuring of the power sector to improve efficiency, reliability, and competition. At its core, reform includes transitioning […]

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Pioneering a New Model for Financing Renewable Energy in Africa

Lusaka, 18 June 2025 – In a major step forward for renewable energy in Africa, Serengeti Energy and Kwama Energy, together with four impact lenders, have partnered to develop the Ilute Solar Project (Ilute), located near Sesheke in Western Zambia. This 32MWp project is the first project financed power venture to supply electricity via the […]

Energy access

How development finance can increase energy access in Africa – and how governments can accelerate this

BII CEO, Leslie Maasdorp, outlines some of the steps that could help bring the benefits of electricity to 300 million more Africans by the end of the decade. Energy is the foundation of development – in Africa, and globally. Sustainable prosperity involves many things – good healthcare, digital technologies, efficient transportation, decent jobs and more […]

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Robust Transmission Infrastructure Is the Linchpin for Addressing Africa’s Energy Crisis

By Sarvesh Suri, IFC Regional Industry Director for Infrastructure and Natural Resources, Africa The progress in power generation across Africa has been encouraging: 26 GW of renewables-based generation capacity added in the last 10 years, according to the Renewable Energy Market Analysis report. But millions of people remain in the dark as population growth and […]

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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

We would like to warmly thank the organizers for the opportunity to participate in the 26th African Energy Forum last month. It was an enriching experience, full of opportunities to establish new relationships and partnerships. We also enjoyed our stay in Barcelona and hope to be present for the 27th African Energy Forum.

Olivier Mazaba Ntondele Head of Administration, Agence de Régulation du Secteur de l’Electricité (ARSEL), Congo