Stream: Sustainable Growth
Tuesday 12th October 2021
9:00 am
GROWTH Solo: Renewables in Africa: From Talk to Action
Speaker
Aryeh Green Chief Strategy Officer - Gigawatt Global
9:20 am
GROWTH Panel: Leapfrogging – When will the Electricity Grid become Obsolete in Africa?
Moderator
Tony Tiyou CEO - Renewables in Africa
Speakers
Sebastien Duquet Member of the General management - CCO - Chef Commercial Officer - SunFunder
Susie Scannelli Cook Co-Founder and CIO/CLO - Empower New Energy
Arnaud Schalk Investment Officer - Offgrid Energy Africa - Proparco
Emilio Cattaneo Head of Technical Assistance - The Private Infrastructure Development Group
Marina Pannekeet Manager, Energy - FMO
Massaer Cisse General Manager - Lekela Power
10:00 am
GROWTH Panel: How is the Utility Death Spiral Relevant to Africa?
Moderator
Jonathan Berman Managing Director - Autonomi Capital
Speakers
Szabi Baranyi Senior Investment Officer - SunFunder
Zohrab Mawani Founder and Director - AEDC
Jasper Graf von Hardenberg Chief Executive Officer - Daystar Power
Leslie Labruto Global Head of Energy - Acumen
10:40 am
Networking Break
11:00 am
GROWTH Panel: Limited Partners (LPs) Impacting Sustainable Investment into Africa
Moderator
Dalia Aga-Shaw Investment Director - CDC Group plc
Speakers
Dan Farrell Chairman & CEO - Privos Capital
Martin Ewald Managing Director & Lead Portfolio Manager Impact Investments - Allianz Global Investors
Greg Murray CEO and Co-Founder - KOKO Networks
11:40 am
GROWTH Solo: Gender Lens Venture Investing in sub-Saharan Africa
Speaker
Lisa G. Thomas Managing Director - Samata Capital
12:00 pm
GROWTH Solo: Launching a first or second time Impact Fund – Challenges and Solutions
Speaker
Arnaud Gillin Partner - Innpact SA
12:20 pm
FSD Africa Panel: Green Finance
Africa’s climate vulnerability is well-recognised. With 30 of the world’s 40 most climate vulnerable countries in Africa, it is right we should give prominence to the state of green finance in Afr...
Moderator
Mark Napier CEO - FSD Africa
Speakers
Amal-Lee Amin Director Climate Change - CDC Group
Nzomo Mutuku Chief Executive Officer - Retirement Benefits Authority, Kenya
Paul Muthaura Chief Executive Officer - ICEA LION General Insurance Company Limited
Kadidiatou Fadika Managing Partner - Hudson & Cie
Nigel Topping UN High Level Climate Action Champion, COP26 - UNFCCC
Dorothy Maseke Group Head of Risk and Compliance - ICEA LION Group
1:00 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm
GROWTH Digital Presentations
Speakers
Gal Cohen Marcom Manager - Angaza Capital (Ignite Investments)
Philip Mutooni Senior Advisor - Africa Investment Capital Partners
Jonathan Shaw Chief Executive Officer - Kivu Green Energy
Justin Tinsey Founder, CEO - Greentech Power Solutions
Hannah Subayi Kamuanga Country Officer – DRC - Proparco
Michelle Haigh Osorio Investment Director - KawiSafi Ventures
Peter Williams President - International Institute of Rural Reconstruction
