The Africa Energy Forum – an important platform for project investment
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Tuesday, June 2, 2015
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456 unique companies have registered to date from 63 countries worldwide
DUBAI, UAE, May 26, 2015/ -- The Africa Energy Forum (http://www.africa-energy-
With
global investors clearly looking closer at the opportunities on the
continent, it's exciting that already 456 unique companies have
registered to date from 63 countries worldwide, spanning the value chain
of Africa’s power sector - 28 of those are African countries; the
largest number to date in the Forum’s 17 year history.
The
Forum has 11 Ministers confirmed; among those are Ministers of Energy,
Infrastructure and Finance from Benin, Ghana, Guinea, Mauritius,
Mozambique, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Rwanda, Uganda and Zambia,
as well as heads of utilities and regulators across Africa.
New for 2015:
•
This year’s Forum introduces the ‘Power In Africa Awards’ & Black
Tie Gala Dinner – an ‘Emirati Banquet’ honouring people and businesses
with actual projects in operation on the continent.
•
12 Ministerial and Utility-led country specific project briefings will
shine the spotlight onto unique countries in Africa to provide detailed
industry insights and in-country knowledge.
•
Africa Energy Yearbook- the official publication of the Forum now
featuring insights from the most prolific investors and important
stakeholders in the energy space.
• Private meeting rooms for over 530 closed door meetings between investors and stakeholders.
•
Sponsored by Aggreko and Norton Rose Fulbright, the ‘EnergyNet Student
Engagement Initiative (ESEI)’ brings 32 of the brightest chemical
engineers and economics and law students from South Africa, Nigeria,
Ghana, Mozambique, Tanzania, Kenya and Zambia to Dubai to meet investors
and take that next step towards further development and employment.
•
This year also sees the launch of the ‘ESEI Innovation Hub,’ showcasing
creative exciting and scalable renewable technology destined to impact
Africa’s access to alternative energy solutions.
•
Not to be missed – ‘Access Power’ present the ‘Access Co-development
Fund (ACF)’; a live ‘Dragon’s Den’ style competition for early stage
project investment, enabling four shortlisted projects to pitch for up
to US$5m of development finance which will be awarded during the Forum
in Dubai.
EnergyNet’s
Simon Gosling commented; “We’re delighted to bring AEF to Dubai to
enable stakeholders to capture the massive potential of Middle Eastern
investment. The response from regional investors has been unprecedented
and it will be exciting to learn from them how the Emirates has
successfully used its natural resources to turn its economy into a
booming global empire.”
Whether
you are a project looking for investment or an investor looking for
project, AEF is a very strong platform to engage future partners and
understand the opportunities across Africa.
Habari Zingine
Mjulishe Mwenzako
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