Speakers

H.E. Honourable Jeremiah Kpan Koung

Vice President, Liberia

H.E. Honourable Birame Souleye Diop

Minister of Energy, Petroleum & Mines, Senegal

H.E. Honourable Dr. Eng. Habtamu Itefa Geleta

Minister of Water & Energy, Ethiopia

Honourable R. Matenokay Tingban

Minister of Mines & Energy, Liberia

H.E. Honourable Ny Ando Ralitera

Minister of Energy & Hydrocarbons, Madagascar

H.E. Honourable Professor Mthuli Ncube

Minister of Finance, Economic Development & Investment Promotion, Zimbabwe

H.E. Honourable Acacia Bandubola Mbongo

Minister of State, Minister of Hydrocarbons, DRC

H.E. Honourable Salome Makamba

Deputy Minister, Ministry of Energy, Tanzania

H.E. Honourable Dr. Eng Caleb Makwiranzou

Deputy Minister, Ministry of Mines & Mining Development, Zimbabwe

H.E. Honourable Alex Wachira

Principal Secretary, State Department for Energy, Ministry of Energy & Petroleum, Kenya

H.E. Honourable Dr. Kandeh Yumkella

Chairman, The Presidential Initiative for Climate Change, Renewable Energy & Food Security, Sierra Leone

H.E. Honourable Biodun Ogunleye

Commissioner, Lagos State Ministry of Energy & Mineral Resources, Nigeria

Honourable Isaac Taggart Jr.

Special Envoy for U.S. Trade & Investment, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Liberia

Sidi Ould Tah

President, African Development Bank (AfDB)

Fatih Birol

Executive Director, International Energy Agency (IEA)

Woochong Um

CEO, Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet

Andrew Herscowitz

CEO, Mission 300 Accelerator

Thomas Hardy

Deputy Director & COO, U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA)

Amanda Jennings

Acting Deputy Vice President, Infrastructure, Environment, & Private Sector, Department of Compact Operations, Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC)

Heather Lanigan

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

Laura Spector

Country Manager, Energy, U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA)

Moumini Soilahouddine

Director General, Société Nationale d’électricité des Comores (SONELEC), Comoros

Mark Awuah Baah

Chief Executive, GRIDCo, Ghana

William Amuna

Chairman, Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), Ghana

Jabesh Amissah-Arthur

Chairman, Volta River Authority (VRA), Ghana

Joseph Siror

Managing Director & CEO, Kenya Power & Lighting Company, Kenya

William Liabunya

CEO, Electricity Generation Company (EGENCO), Malawi

Tarik Hamane

CEO, Office National de l’Electricité et de l’Eau Potable (ONEE), Morocco

Richard Matsiko

Acting CEO, Uganda Electricity Transmission Company (UETCL), Uganda

Nobert Matarutse

Acting MD, Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC), Zimbabwe

Sandrine Mubenga

CEO, Electricity Regulatory Authority (ARE), Democratic Republic of the Congo

Skhumbuzo Tsabedze

CEO, Eswatini Energy Regulatory Authority (ESERA), Eswatini

Emeafa Hardcastle

Acting CEO, Petroleum Commission, Ghana

John Gatsi

Chairman, Energy Commission, Ghana

Honourable Moses Asaga

Chairman, Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC), Ghana

Daniel Kiptoo Bargoria

Director General, Energy & Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA), Kenya

Festus Kallay

Director General, Sierra Leone Electricity & Water Regulatory Commission (SLEWRC), Sierra Leone

Thembani Bukula

Chairperson, National Energy Regulator of South Africa (NERSA), South Africa

Nomfundo Maseti

Full-Time Regulator Member responsible for Electricity & Gas Regulation, National Energy Regulator of South Africa (NERSA), South Africa

Marco Kuyu

Deputy CEO, Electricity Regulatory Authority (ARE), Democratic Republic of the Congo

Bob Mabiala

CEO, Agency for the Development & Promotion of the Grand Inga Project (ADPI-RDC), Democratic Republic of the Congo

Baboucarr Njie

MD, Gambia National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC), The Gambia

Titus Mathe

CEO, South African National Energy Development Institute (SANEDI), South Africa

Stephen Dihwa

Coordination Centre Executive Director, Southern African Power Pool (SAPP)

Anand Naidoo

Managing Executive, Client Coverage, Absa

Gracelin Baskaran

Director, Critical Minerals Security Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

Nicole Poindexter

CEO & Founder, Energicity

Agnes Dasewicz

Chief Investments & Program Officer, Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet

Sarah Malm

Executive Director, GOGLA

Anita Otubu

Senior Director, Universal Energy Facility (UEF), Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL)

Kendra Gaither

President, U.S.-Africa Business Center, U.S. Chamber of Commerce

Mohamed Rali Badissy

Co-Director, Power Contract Transparency, Energy for Growth Hub; Affiliate Professor of Law, Penn State Dickinson Law; Senior Advisor for Energy & Finance, Commercial Law Development Program, U.S. Department of Commerce

Katie Auth

Deputy Executive Director, Energy for Growth Hub

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