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"The Solutions to Bridging Africa’s Solar Energy Funding Gap"
The latest edition of Unlocking Solar Capital (USC) Africa provides an opportunity to foster collaboration between various investment spaces such as DFIs, impact and climate-aligned investors, philanthropies, venture capital, and commercial capital, and the project development segment, which includes IPPs, project developers, service and product providers. Join high-level local and international stakeholders in Uganda to learn about the latest approaches, innovations, and technologies in the total solar spectrum and become a part of the solar energy future of Sub-Saharan Africa.
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Timings8:00 AM - 6:00 PM (General)
| Entry FeesPaid Ticket Starts from 595 EUR View Details |
Estimated Turnout300 Delegates Based on previous editions | Event TypeConference |
EditionsMay 2023 5th Edition+1 more edition Frequency One-time | Official LinksWebsiteContacts Report Error Claim this event |
| Different Located Editions Kigali, Rwanda07 - 08 Nov 2018 16 Followers | |
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05 Jun 2023
nakawuki gloriaVisitor Sales Manager at Pentagon shoppersKampala, Uganda
I gained experience on how the solars distributed to different people
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02 Jun 2023
Walter CuccuVisitor Managing Director at W.water Works LimitedKampala, Uganda
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Laura Fortes
Senior Project Manager, Access to Finance at GOGLASpeaker
Ramses Struijker Boudier
Project Manager at SolarplazaSpeaker
Koen Peters
Executive Director of GOGLASpeaker
Dana Rysankova
Global Lead for Energy Access at The World BankSpeaker
Faran Rana
Associate Programme Officer at International Renewable Energy Agency...Speaker
Sarah Bieber
Head of Energy Partnerships at AcumenSchedule & Agenda
Filter By| Wed, 31 May 08:30 AM - 09:00 AM | Registration Registration & Welcome Coffee | |
| Wed, 31 May 09:00 AM - 09:15 AM | Opening Ceremony Welcome Remarks by Chairpersons 
Laura Fortes
Senior Project Manager, Access to Finance at ..
Ramses Struijker Boudier
Project Manager at Solarplaza
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| Wed, 31 May 09:15 AM - 09:45 AM | Keynote Keynote Opening 
Koen Peters
Executive Director of GOGLA
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| Wed, 31 May 09:45 AM - 10:45 AM | Roundtable Shining the Light on Solar Growth in Africa Despite a steady increase in renewable energy financing over the past decade, wealthier nations such as China and the United St...continue reading 
Dana Rysankova
Global Lead for Energy Access at The World Ba..
Faran Rana
Associate Programme Officer at International ..
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| Wed, 31 May 10:45 AM - 11:45 AM | Break Morning Networking Break | |
| Wed, 31 May 11:45 AM - 01:00 PM | Roundtable Laying out the Financial Plan for a Sustainable Future Solar in Africa is rising and so are its investment opportunities - in 2022, investments further increased by 16%, reaching 0.5 trillion US...continue reading 
Sanjeev Debipersad
Director of Investment Portfolio at AECF
Michael Franz
Team Leader at GET.invest
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| Wed, 31 May 11:45 AM - 01:00 PM | Roundtable How Access to Electricity Changes Lives 730 million people still live without electricity. The majority are based in regions of the world most vulnerable to climate ch...continue reading 
Kat Harrison
Director of Impact at 60 Decibels
Steven Fleurus
Chief Financial Officer (CFO) at ENGIE
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| Wed, 31 May 01:00 PM - 02:15 PM | Lunch Networking Lunch | |
| Wed, 31 May 02:15 PM - 03:30 PM | Roundtable Africa's Vibrant, Dynamic, Next Generation of Solar Innovators A new generation of solar technology in Africa is powering its solar energy future. These innovative and disruptive approaches ...continue reading 
Charlotte Taylor
Communications and Impact Manager at Global D..
Edgar Wavomba
Associate director at SunCulture
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| Wed, 31 May 02:15 PM - 03:30 PM | Roundtable Integrated Energy Planning & Smart subsidies to achieve Sustainable Development Goals Despite the increasing adoption of integrated energy planning approaches by governments to achieve universal Energy Access Goals, the finan...continue reading 
Patrick K. Tonui
Head of Policy & Regional Strategy at GOGLA
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| Wed, 31 May 03:30 PM - 04:30 PM | Networking Afternoon Networking Break | |
| Wed, 31 May 04:30 PM - 05:30 PM | Roundtable Solar Champions in Africa Get ready to be inspired! During this session, we'll explore multiple business cases from the Sub-Saharan African solar industry, sharing v...continue reading 
Angela Muraguri
Investment Manager at KawiSafi
Nick Imudia
Group Chief Executive Officer at d.light
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| Wed, 31 May 04:30 PM - 05:30 PM | Roundtable The Promise & Potential of Carbon Finance Voluntary Carbon Markets (VCMs) have grown globally at over 30% annually from 2016 to 2021¹. Africa has huge potential to use V...continue reading 
Lindsay Umala
Director of Country Transitions at Clean Cook..
Douglas Baguma
CEO Innovex at Innovex Uganda
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| Wed, 31 May 05:30 PM - 05:50 PM | Session Industry Announcements Join us in this energizing closure of day 1, with several exciting unveilings that will impact the solar future of Sub-Saharan ...continue reading 
Crystal Mugimba
Principal at Open Capital
Lindsay Handler
Partner at Factor[e]
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| Wed, 31 May 05:50 PM - 06:00 PM | Closing Remarks | |
| Wed, 31 May 06:00 PM - 08:00 PM | Networking Networking Drinks & Snacks | |
| Thu, 01 Jun 08:45 AM - 09:00 AM | Opening Ceremony Opening Remarks Day 2 | |
| Thu, 01 Jun 09:00 AM - 10:00 AM | Roundtable Grasping the Dynamic Battery & Storage Applications Storage technologies like batteries and pumped hydro are deployed to balance the intermittent nature of solar. However, various...continue reading 
Jibril Omar
CEO of OFGEN
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| Thu, 01 Jun 09:00 AM - 10:45 AM | Workshop Results-Based Financing and its Impact on Access to Finance RBF grants in off-grid solar encourage companies to expand into difficult markets by offsetting costs or making services affordable ...continue reading | |
| Thu, 01 Jun 09:00 AM - 10:45 AM | Networking African-owned Investor Roundtables *Sign-up is required to attend this sessionThis local company networking session wi...continue reading | |
| Thu, 01 Jun 10:00 AM - 10:45 AM | Roundtable Weak Grid Distributed solar and storage technologies combined with high-efficiency inverters and appliances are poised to transform elect...continue reading 
Duda Slawek
Associate Partner at OCA Global
Thomas Duveau
Chief Strategy Officer (CSO) at A2EI - Access..
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| Thu, 01 Jun 10:45 AM - 11:30 AM | Break Morning Networking Break | |
| Thu, 01 Jun 11:30 AM - 12:15 PM | Roundtable Utility-Scale Solar: From Market Concept to Realized Project Development The utility-scale solar industry in Africa has gained notable momentum in recent years, thanks to the backing of development fi...continue reading 
Desnei Leaf-Camp
CEO Xina Solar One at ENGIE
Juan Luis Agarrado
Sub-Saharan Manager at 3E
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| Thu, 01 Jun 11:30 AM - 12:15 PM | Roundtable Unlocking Value by Investing in Women Pursuing gender equality is a smart business decision for energy companies. There is strong evidence that having a significant proportion o...continue reading 
Rebecca Rhodes
Sr. PM for Consumer Protection at GOGLA
Lucette Denoman
Program LeadEnergy2Equal at International Fin..
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| Thu, 01 Jun 11:30 AM - 01:00 PM | African-owned Investor Roundtables *Sign-up is required to attend this sessionThis local company networking session wi...continue reading | |
| Thu, 01 Jun 12:15 PM - 01:00 PM | Session An Aerial View on Africa's E-Mobility Landscape
Crystal Mugimba
Principal at Open Capital
Paul Muhia
Director of Operations at AEMDA
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| Thu, 01 Jun 01:00 PM - 02:15 PM | Lunch Networking Lunch | |
| Thu, 01 Jun 02:15 PM - 03:00 PM | Roundtable Building an Attractive and Stable PURE Financial Space With the development of near-to-market PURE technologies (such as Solar Water Pumps, SRUs, or hybrid inverters), significant fu...continue reading 
Shelmith Theuri
Deputy Director at GreenMax Capital Advisors
Chiedza Mazaiwana
Portfolio Manager at EEP Africa
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| Thu, 01 Jun 02:15 PM - 03:45 PM | Workshop Local Currency Debt Financing Workshop Unlocking local currency debt financing has long been a strategic goal for the distributed solar markets in Africa. It would al...continue reading | |
| Thu, 01 Jun 03:00 PM - 03:45 PM | Roundtable Early-Stage Equity Investments in the Off-Grid Solar Market Off-grid solar technology has consistently high satisfaction scores from consumers and is considered the most economical way of...continue reading
Angela Muraguri
Investment Manager at KawiSafi
Jean-Baptiste Lenoir
President & Cofounder at Qotto
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| Thu, 01 Jun 03:45 PM - 04:45 PM | Networking Afternoon Networking Break | |
| Thu, 01 Jun 04:45 PM - 05:30 PM | Session Exploring Africa's Mini-Grid Landscape In order to end energy poverty by 2030, Africa needs 140,000 mini-grids. This session will explore the type of project finance ...continue reading 
Abraham Mudasia
Communications Director of AMDA - Africa Mini..
Dario Fallara
Chief Development Officer
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| Thu, 01 Jun 04:45 PM - 06:15 PM | Workshop Falling Forward: SDG-7 Productive Failures Workshop Failure is an invaluable part of learning. No idea arrives fully formed; any meaningful success is the result of experiments, f...continue reading 
Dan Waldron
Head of Insights at Acumen
Ronan Ferguson
Senior Private Sector & Investment Manager at..
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| Thu, 01 Jun 05:45 PM - 06:15 PM | Session Scaling Electric Cooking Workshop This session explores the scaling of electric cooking as a realistic, sustainable, affordable and flexible solution to the global clean coo...continue reading 
Will Clements
Research Associate at Gamos
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| Thu, 01 Jun 06:15 PM - 07:15 PM | Networking Networking Drinks & Snacks | |
Visitor Ticket Price
| 895 EUR | International Rate ( Early Bird) |
| 995 EUR | International Rate (Regular) |
| 595 EUR | Local Rate (Early Bird) |
| 695 EUR | Local Rate (Regular) |
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