Skip to content
Energy News Network Podcasts Leadership aef 2025: Accelerating Partnerships to Develop Africa’s Energy Markets

Leadership, Podcast, Southern Africa

aef 2025: Accelerating Partnerships to Develop Africa’s Energy Markets

Hosted by EnergyNet, the African Energy Forum (AEF) has built a reputation as a catalytic forum that initiates, mobilises, and encourages meaningful business partnerships and collaborations. It has birthed some of the impactful projects we see in Africa today. Despite these remarkable achievements, the quest for sustainable energy access and development remains ongoing.

As we approach the 27th edition of the AEF, themed “Africa United”, we recognise the urgent need for strategic collaborations to address Africa’s persistent energy challenges. In this episode, Simon Gosling, Managing Director, EnergyNet & Founder, Youth Energy Summit (YES!), joins the host of the Connecting the Dots podcast series, Emeka Okpukpara, to discuss key developments influencing Africa’s energy market, expectations for AEF 2025, and the fundamental role of youth engagement in shaping the future.

Back to podcasts
Abstract image featuring elongated shapes
Previous episode
Joseph Anis, President & CEO, Europe, Middle East & Africa, Gas Power, GE Vernova

Latest news

Energy access

West Africa: AfDB’s Sustainable Energy Fund Africa to provide $10 million anchor investment in Arm-Harith Investment Fund for Sustainable Infrastructure

WEST AFRICA: 16-Dec-2024: The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group has approved a $10 million concessional equity investment in the ARM-Harith Successor Infrastructure Equity Fund to increase access to reliable electricity and modern transportation infrastructure as well as energy-efficient technologies in Nigeria and the wider West Africa region. The catalytic investment, to be sourced from the Bank-managed […]
Energy access

William Kamkwamba To Discuss ‘Empowerment And Energy Access’ At The Youth Energy Summit (Yes!)

“Our vision is to empower 100,000 more ‘Williams’ by aef 2029 to close the gap between population growth and energy access.  The initiatives are there, the need is there, the entrepreneurs are everywhere and YES! is here to identify them and provide them the tools to succeed…” Harry Gibson, EnergyNet William will be joined by: •           Joseph […]
East Africa

TAQA Arabia – Pioneering CNG Solutions for East Africa

EnergyNet spoke with Adly Kafafy, Vice President Africa & New Ventures, TAQA Arabia, to find out about Tanzania’s first integrated CNG filling station and conversion centre, the country’s new LNG Virtual Pipeline, and the role of natural gas for the future. You have launched Tanzania’s first integrated compressed natural gas (CNG) filling station and conversion […]
Energy access

Power Africa: on accelerating energy access and the importance of in-depth conversations at PAS24

The Powering Africa Summit (PAS24) will mark the close of Power Africa’s 10th year Anniversary celebrations. As summit hosts, Power Africa talks to EnergyNet about the ideas, goals and opportunities to be discussed in March.  Why is PAS 2024 important for Power Africa? The Powering Africa Summit 2024 is important for Power Africa because we are going […]
Energy access

REPORT: Europe Remains a Global Leader in SDG7-Finance in Africa – Accelerated Efforts Needed for Universal Energy Access

The third report on ‘European financial flows on SDG7 to Africa’, commissioned by the Africa-EU Energy Partnership (AEEP), shows that current investments towards the UN Sustainable Development Goal 7 (SDG7) in Africa have led to notable progress, but larger efforts will be required to reach universal clean energy access on the continent. Building on the […]
Energy access

A United Continent Can Drive National Progress

As Nigeria seeks to solve its own specific energy challenges, the country calls upon Africa more broadly to strengthen the bonds that unite it As the largest economy in sub-Saharan Africa, Nigeria is blessed with large oil, gas, hydro and mineral resources. The key now is to extract the full potential from these resources to […]
East Africa

PRESS RELEASE: How the East African Community (EAC) is set to Catalyse Digital Infrastructure and Regional Energy Integration

With data centres set to account for 20% of global energy use by 2050, is East Africa on the precipice of a global gold rush as it showcases a wealth of bankable businesses and unparalleled new energy potential? In 2024, following EnergyNet’s Powering Africa Summit in Washington DC, USA, Mara Holdings signalled their intent to […]
Energy access

Millennium Challenge Corporation – Country-led Development, Country Ownership, and Shared Responsibility

Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC)  was established by U.S Congress in 2004.  With a unique model for country-led development and ownership, and a new $480 million compact with Sierra Leone to improve affordable energy access, we spoke with Neb Girma, Practice Lead and Senior Director at MCC, to discuss impact, news, and plans, in advance of the […]