TUESDAY, 15 MAY 2018
VENUE: ROOM 2.4.4
09:30
Opening Keynote
11:30
Exhibition and lunch
SESSION 1.1
NAVIGATING THE AFRICAN POWER INVESTMENT MARKET
Moderator:
Jonathan Berman, Managing Director, Fieldstone, South Africa
13:30
How is the African power investment landscape changing?
Speaker:
Mike Peo, Head: Infrastructure, Energy and Telecommunications, Nedbank CIB, South Africa
13:45
How have power investors evolved? What are they investing in Now?
Speaker:
Anton Eberhard, Professor: Management Programme in Infrastructure Reform and Regulation, Graduate School of Business, University of Cape Town, South Africa
14:00
How many African power projects are reaching financial close?
Consideration of what types of projects are actually reaching financial close and construction
Speaker:
Soumya Banerjee, Principal Investment Officer, Infrastructure, International Finance Corporation, South Africa
14:15
Panel: What can governments do in the current fundinglandscape to attract more cost effective capital and ultimately drive down costs of generation?
- How can governments apply a best-practice approach to energy planning and finance?
- How are governments securing PPAs on more advantageous terms?
- Reviewing public/sovereign/utility PPAs and private PPAs
- Sovereign guarantees: Why all the fuss?
Speakers:
Mike Peo, Head: Infrastructure, Energy and Telecommunications, Nedbank CIB, South Africa
Soumya Banerjee, Principal Investment Officer, Infrastructure, International Finance Corporation, South Africa
Anton Eberhard, Professor: Management Programme in Infrastructure Reform and Regulation, Graduate School of Business, University of Cape Town, South Africa
Hugh Hawarden, Power and Renewables Transactor, Rand Merchant Bank, South Africa
14:45
Coffee break
SESSION 1.2
THE IMPACT OF REGULATION ON FUNDING
Moderator:
Jonathan Berman, Managing Director, Fieldstone, South Africa
15:15
What does smart, user friendly regulation and procurement look like?
Speaker:
Gadi Ndahumba, Head of the Power Sector Division, African Legal Support Facility (ALSF), C.te d’Ivoire
15:30
Panel: Is regulation helping or hurting?
- Investor friendly regulations
- The importance of cost reflective tariffs for investors
Speakers:
Christopher Forlee, CEO, National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa), South Africa
Christian Lukusa, Attorney, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Gloria Magombo, CEO, Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (ZERA), Zimbabwe
Birgit Edlefsen, Senior Investment Officer, Energy, FMO, Netherlands
Kwasi Twun Addo, Ministry of Energy, Ghana
16:30
Day 1 Close and Drinks Reception
WEDNESDAY, 16 MAY 2018
VENUE: ROOM 2.4.4
09:30
Keynote
11:30
Exhibition and lunch
SESSION 2.1
EQUITY INVESTMENT IN THE POWER SECTOR
Moderator:
Lolu A. Adubifa, CEO, Lavayo Energy, Nigeria
13:30
Advisory Viewpoint: What are the different models for private equity investment?
Speaker:
Francois Viljoen, Director, Cresco Project Finance, South Africa
13:45
Panel: What are private equity investors looking for in a project?
- Ato Gyasi, Senior Director, Investments, Head: Power, Heavy Industries & Telecom, AFC, Nigeria
- Christopher Scott Clarke, Managing Partner, Inspired EvolutionInvestment Management, South Africa
- Francois Viljoen, Director, Cresco Project Finance, South Africa
- Romain Py, Head of Transactions, AIIM, South Africa
- Romain Py, Head of Transactions, AIIM, South Africa
- Lebohang Mosetu, Senior Underwriter, Export Credit Insurance Corporation (ECIC), South Africa
14:45
Coffee break
SESSION 2.2
RAISING DEBT IN THE POWER SECTOR
Moderator:
Derek Campbell, Senior Project Manager, Frankfurt School of Finance & Management and FS-UNEP Collaborating Centre for Climate & Sustainable Energy Finance, Germany
15:15
How are DFIs working with local banks? What are the advantages of blended finance?
Speaker:
Jonathan First, Lead Specialist, Product Incubator, Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA), South Africa
15:30
Case study: Issuing Green Bonds
Speaker:
Kevin Jacoby, Chief Financial Officer, City of Cape Town, South Africa
16:00
Panel: Which energy projects are attractive to the debt providers?
- What are the criteria for funding?
- How are specialist debt funds supplementing the existing DFI dominated debt market?
Speakers:
Bonnie Guo, Director, OPIC, USA
Jonathan First, Lead Specialist, Product Incubator, Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA), South Africa
Kevin Jacoby, Chief Financial Officer, City of Cape Town, South Africa
David Donnelly, Partner, Global Infrastructure Finance, Mazars, UK
16:30
Day 2 Close and Awards Gala Dinner
THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2018
VENUE: ROOM 2.4.4
SESSION 3.1
THE FUTURE OF AFRICA’S POWER AND ENERGY SECTOR: SCENARIO REPORT
12:00
Exhibition and lunch
SESSION 3.2
PROJECT PREPARATION: FEASIBILITY TO BANKABILITY
Moderator:
David Donnelly, Partner, Global Infrastructure Finance, Mazars, UK
13:15
Accessing funding for replicable, scalable and transformative renewable energy projects through the IRENA/ADFD Facility
Speaker:
Seleha Lockwood, Programme Manager, International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)
13:30
Case study: A developer’s journey of successfully accessing funding
Speaker:
Jan Fourie, Vice President Project Development Africa, Scatec Solar, South Africa
13:45
Panel: In the eyes of investors, what are the criteria for a bankable project?
- Leading investors share their experiences and expectations
- How much risk are DFIs and banks willing to take on energy project finance deals?
- What level of technical and financial knowledge is expected from the developer?
Speakers:
Shelmith Theuri, Investment Officer, SunFunder, Kenya
Jean-Jacques Ngono, Managing Partner, Finergreen, C.te d’Ivoire
Jan Fourie, Vice President Project Development Africa, Scatec Solar, South Africa
Seleha Lockwood, Programme Manager, International Renewable
Energy Agency (IRENA)
14:45
Coffee break
SESSION 3.3
BANKABILITY CONTINUED…. MITIGATING RISKS
Moderator:
David Donnelly, Partner, Global Infrastructure Finance, Mazars, UK
15:15
Case study: How is GET FiT Zambia mitigating risks?
Speaker:
Arnold Simwaba, Act. Director, Department of Energy, Zambia
15:30-15:45
Clean Energy Transition in Emerging Market
Speaker:
Dario Traum, EMEA Policy & Global Climatescope, Bloomberg New Energy Finance, UK
15:45-16:30
Panel: Understanding the significance and mitigating against the key project risks preventing bankability
- Project construction
- Operational risk
- Political risk, creep expropriation
- Land right issues
- Currency risk
Speakers:
Arnold Simwaba, Act. Director, Department of Energy, Zambia
Birgit Edlefsen, Senior Investment Officer, Energy, FMO, Netherlands
Dario Traum, EMEA Policy & Global Climatescope, Bloomberg New Energy Finance, UK Lebohang Mosetu, Senior Underwriter, Export Credit Insurance Corporation (ECIC), South Africa
16:30
AUW Closing Drinks Reception
