Day 1, Wednesday June 1st
Welcome, Opening Speeches & Keynotes Day 1
Dr Peter Tschentscher
First Mayor of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg,
Germany
Dr Patrick Graichen
State Secretary at the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action, Germany
Christoph Kannengiesser
CEO
Afrika-Verein der deutschen Wirtschaft (AV), Germany
Nadja Håkansson
Managing Director Region Africa
Siemens Energy, Morocco
Prof. Dr Stefan Liebing
Chairman
Afrika-Verein der deutschen Wirtschaft (AV), Germany
H.E. Dr Amani Abou-Zeid
Commissioner Infrastructure, Energy, ICT and Tourism
African Union, Ethiopia
Opening Discussion: Energy Transition through Africa's lens
Dr Edith Iniobong Abiola-Awe
Director, Department of Climate Change
Federal Ministry of Environment, Nigeria
Marius Brand
Executive Vice President, Sasol 2.0 Transformation
Sasol Ltd., South Africa
Reda Hamedoun
Executive Vice President - Strategy & International Affairs
Nareva Holding, Morocco
Zanele Mavuso Mbatha
Executive Chairperson
Bambili Group, South Africa
Meeting Africa's Primary Infrastructure Needs and Finding the Right Energy Mix
Hon. Goddy Jedy Agba
Federal Minister of State for Power, Nigeria
Reginald Demana
Head of Mining, Metals, Infrastructure & Energy
Industrial Development Corporation South Africa
Cheikh Niane
Permanent Secretary for Energy
Ministry of Petroleum and Energy, Senegal
Ayoub Hirt
Head of Department
Green Chemistry, Bioenergy and Agritech
IRESEN, Morocco
Dr. Robert Cisek
Chairman and Managing Director
Volkswagen Group South Africa
James Mnyupe
Presidential Economic Advisor
Government of The Republic of Namibia
It's a Match - Innovation meets Transition
Adeola Adebomi
Regional Sales Manager West & East Africa
Megger Germany GmbH, Germany
Alexander Schoenfeldt
CEO
Enerox GmbH, Austria
Dr Rebecca Masemurule
Acting Deputy Director General - Technology Innovation
Department of Higher Education, Science and Innovation,
South Africa
Falk Reimann
Global Head of Funding Solar Home Systems
ENGIE Energy Access, Germany
Scaling up Investments and Partnerships for Renewable Energy in Africa
Hon. Dr Sultan Woli
State Minister of Water and Energy, Ethiopia
Tamer Shafik
Vice President Business Development
Orascom Construction, Egypt
Hon. Ibrahim Yacouba
State Minister of Energy and Renewable Energy, Niger
Olufunso Somorin
Regional Principal Officer
African Development Bank
Anja Casper-Berretta
Head of Regional Programme Energy Security and Climate
Change in Sub-Saharan Africa
Konrad-Adenauer Foundation (KAS), Kenya
Shelmith Theuri
Deputy Director-Off-grid Fund Management
GreenMax Capital Advisors, Kenya
Evolving Financing Structures for Power Infrastructure in Sub-Saharan Africa
Jan-Philipp Apking
Head of Division Underwriting & Risk Management
Euler Hermes, Germany
Hitesh Kumbat
Chief Financial Officer
Kalpataru Power Transmission Limited, Sweden
Tobias Behringer
Vice President, Treasury & Corporate Finance
Siemens Energy, Germany
Rodrigo Costeira
Business Development
Grupo MCA, Portugal
Financing Africa's Energy Transition - What to Expect?
Thomas Mahl
Managing Director
African Energy Guarantee Facility, German
Linda Rudo Munyengeterwa
Director of Infrastructure and Natural Resources for Africa and the Middle East
International Finance Corporation (IFC), USA
Powering Globalization: Africa's Future Legacy?
Hon. Mohamed M. Oun
Minister of Oil and Gas, Libya
Ezekiel Adesina
Secretary General
Africa Energy Study Group (AESG)
Ulrich Voegtle
VP Market Intelligence & Global Sales Support Power Segment
MAN Energy Solutions, Germany
Energy for Growth - the Missing Piece in Africa's Economic Breakthrough
Tanja Baur
Managing Director, CEO International Cooperation
Dorsch Group, Germany
Verick Schick
Senior Advisor
Agency for Business & Economic Development (AWE), Germany
Farag Darbil
Chairman
Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture, Libya
Lunga Mani
Practice Leader
Fragomen Africa (Pty) Ltd., South Africa
Day 2, Thursday June 2nd
Welcome, Opening Speeches and Keynote Day 2
Claudia Voss
Managing Director
Afrika-Verein der deutschen Wirtschaft (AV), Germany
Dr Malte Heyne
Managing Director
Hamburg Chamber of Commerce, Germany
Mohamed Atef
Chief Commercial Officer - Africa
Elsewedy Electric, Egypt
A Seat at the Table: Africa's Role in an International Climate Club
Hon. Dr Aissatou Sophie Gladima
Minister of Petroleum and Energies, Senegal
Dr Simone Peter
President
German Renewable Energy Federation (BEE)
Ayoub Hirt
Head of Department
Green Chemistry, Bioenergy and Agritech
IRESEN, Morocco
Christoph Kannengiesser
CEO
Afrika-Verein der deutschen Wirtschaft (AV), Germany
One Size Doesn't Fit All: How to Achieve Access to Finance for the Diverse Renewable Energy Projects Africa Wants?
Joseph Mbuyi
Director
Origination and Structuring, Financial Institutions & Sovereigns
KfW IPEX-Bank GmbH, Germany
Markus Schwaninger
CFO
Ecoligo, Germany
Alkeydi Touré Ibrahima
Business Development Africa
Akuo Energy, France
H2-conomy: Creating a Hydrogen Value Chain in a European-African Partnership
Reginald Demana
Divisional Executive for Mining, Metals, Infrastructure and Energy
Industrial Development Corporation (IDC), South Africa
Tobias Ostermann
Group Category Buyer Power & Gas
HeidelbergCement AG, Germany
Christopher Frank
Head of Strategic Business Development & Key Account Management
Africa & Asia
thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions AG, Germany
Mohammed Yahya Zniber
President
Cluster Green H2, Morocco
James Mnyupe
Presidential Economic Advisor
Hydrogen Commissioner
Government of The Republic of Namibia
Current Regulatory Developments and Delivery Models for Captive Power Projects in Sub-Saharan Africa on the Basis of a Study for Mali
Yola Traum
Avocate
Becker Büttner Held, Germany
Turning the Hype into Business: Hydrogen and how we will use it to Power Future Industries
Hon. Abdessalam Mohamed Saleh
Minister of Oil, Mines and Energy, Mauritania
Hendrik Louw
Chief Executive Officer
Northern Cape Economic Development Agency, South Africa
Heike Bergmann
Senior Vice President Sales Africa
Voith Hydro GmbH & Co. KG
Vandré Spellmeier
Head of the German-Angolan Hydrogen Office - H2 diplo
Delegate of German Industry and Commerce in Angola
Tarik Hamane
Managing Director Development
MASEN, Morocco
COP27 in Egypt - An Outlook on the African Climate Conference
Cheikh Niane
Permanent Secretary for Energy
Ministry of Petroleum and Energy, Senegal
Moderators
Khadi Camara
Afrika-Verein der deutschen Wirtschaft (AV), Germany
Ulf-Peter Noetzel
Senior Policy Advisor
Afrika-Verein der deutschen Wirtschaft (AV), Germany
Cornelius Matthes
CEO
Dii Desert Energy
Wiebke Polomka
Afrika-Verein der deutschen Wirtschaft (AV), Germany
Tara Méité
Afrika-Verein der deutschen Wirtschaft (AV), Germany
Tony Tiyou
CEO
Renewables in Africa
