The Powering Africa: Summit provides a meeting place and a platform for dialogue between public and private sector decision-makers across the US and Africa, promoting the investment opportunities in Africa’s power sector.
Below is a list of confirmed speakers at the Powering Africa: Summit 2016.
- H.E. Hon Minister Jeannot Matadi Atadi Nenga Gamanda, Minister of Energy and Water Resources, DRC
- H.E. Minister, Obeth Kandjoze, Minister of Energy and Minerals, Namibia
- H.E. Hon Osama Aly Asran, Deputy Minister of Renewable Energy and Electricity, Egypt
- Dr Mohamed Moussa Omran, 1st Under Secretary of State for Research, Planning and Authorities, Egypt
- Thabane, Zulu, Director General, Department of Energy, South Africa
- Jacquis Randriamahazomanana, Director General Ministry of Energy and Hydrocarbons, Madagascar
- H.E. Hon Salvador Namburete, Former Minister for Energy Mozambique and Chief Executive Officer, Banco Big, Mozambique
- Hon Bart Nnaji, Chief Executive Officer, Geometric Power, Nigeria
- Silas Zimu, Presidential Advisor on Energy, South Africa
- Johary Rajosefa, Director of Promotion and Economic Intelligence, Economic Development Board of Madagascar
- Steven Hunt, Senior Energy Innovation Advisor, Climate, Energy and Water Team, Research and Evidence Division , Department for International Development, UK
- Hans Olav Ibrekk, Policy Director, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Government of Norway
- John Macwilliams, Associate Deputy Secretary, Department of Energy
- Andy Herscowitz, Co-ordinator, Power Africa and Trade Africa
- Elizabeth Littlefield, President and Chief Executive Officer, Overseas Private Investment Corporation
- Dana Hyde, Chief Executive Officer, Millennium Challenge Corporation
- Shari Berenbach, President and CEO, US Africa Development Foundation
- Leocadia Zak, Director, United States Trade and Development Agency
- Melanie Nakagawa, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy Transformation, Bureau of Energy Resources
- Charles Feinstein, Director of Energy and Extractives, The World Bank Group
- Solomon Asamoah, Vice President Infrastructure, Private Sector and Regional Integration, African Development Bank
- Pankaj Gupta, Practice Manager, Project Finance and Guarantees, The World Bank Group
- Angela Nalikka, Manager, Private Sector Infrastructure Finance & PPPs, African Development Bank
- Aymeric Saha, Financial Policy Director to Congressman Meeks, U.S. House Financial Services Committee
- Karen Breytenbach, Head of IPP Office, Department of Energy, South Africa
- Rumandaka Wonodi, Chief Executive Officer, NBET, Nigeria
- Selestino Babungi, Chief Executive Officer, UMEME, Uganda
- William Amuna, Chief Executive Officer, GRIDCo, Ghana
- Jean Bosco Mugiraneza, Chief Executive Officer, Rwanda Energy Group