Leading
development finance institutions and heads of Nigeria’s most accomplished
energy companies will meet with national government at EnergyNet’s Powering
Africa: Nigeria Investment Summit taking place in Abuja from 12-14 October
2016.
Over 50 public and private sector decision makers will address 300 power
developers and investors to discuss the driving factors behind power
development in Nigeria. The investment summit will underpin Nigeria as a hub
for regional gas development as well as an important market for clean and
renewable energy. Key themes of the conference include how to diversify
Nigeria’s energy mix, regulation policy to promote international investment
in renewables, and examining Nigeria’s off grid energy market- promoting
energy access for everyone.
This meeting follows EnergyNet’s recently concluded 18th Africa Energy Forum
(AEF) in London this June, which welcomed 2,200 vetted investors from the
Americas, Europe and Asia, and government representatives from 30 African
countries. Major deals were signed at the meeting including a merger between
Harith General Partners and Africa Finance Corporation (AFC), KFW’s US$150
million 15 year loan facility to AFC, Access Power’s US$7 million award to
three renewable developers, Mainstream’s US$117.5 million Africa Clean Energy
Equity Funding and DFID’s two Compacts in Kenya and Sierra Leone, to name a
few.
“For 24 years EnergyNet has supported governments across the continent
playing an advisory role helping policy makers meet the very best private
sector investors. Our role is not unique; however our approach is as
individual as a thumbprint, highlighted by the trust the World Bank, Power
Africa, IFC, FMO, Proparco, DFID, AfDB and many more who place their trust in
EnergyNet, which supports our position as a market-shaper when it comes to
global energy development,” says Simon Gosling, Managing Director of
EnergyNet.
The meeting is officially endorsed by the Energy Commission of Nigeria, the
Transmission Company of Nigeria and the National Power Training Institute of
Nigeria. It has the official support of the UK’s DFID-funded Nigeria
Infrastructure Advisory Facility, of Germany’s GIZ and of the European Union.
Event
name: Powering Africa: Nigeria
Event
dates: 12-14 October 2016
Location:
Hilton Transcorp, Abuja
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