Speakers

Powering Africa Summit

Speakers

H.E. Honourable Jeremiah Kpan Koung

Vice President, Liberia

H.E. Honourable Dr. Habtamu Itefa Geleta

Minister of Water & Energy, Ethiopia

H.E. Honourable R. Matenokay Tingban

Minister of Mines & Energy, Liberia

H.E. Honourable Ny Ando Ralitera

Minister of Energy & Hydrocarbons, Madagascar

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 for Energy & Mineral Resources, Lagos State Government, Nigeria

H.E. Honourable Isaac Taggart Jr.

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

Fatih Birol

Executive Director, International Energy Agency (IEA)

Woochong Um

CEO, The Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet

Andrew Herscowitz

CEO, Mission 300 Accelerator

Thomas Hardy

Acting Director, 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)

Soilahouddine Moumini

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

William Liabunya

CEO, Electricity Generation Company (EGENCO), Malawi

Richard Matsiko

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

Nobert Matarutse

Acting MD, Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC), Zimbabwe

Skhumbuzo Tsabedze

CEO, Eswatini Energy Regulatory Authority (ESERA), Eswatini

Anand Naidoo

Managing Executive, Client Coverage, Absa

Agnes Dasewicz

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

Anita Otubu

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

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

Policy Director, Energy for Growth Hub

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