Southern Africa stands at a critical point in its energy transition. Rapid demand growth, chronic supply shortages, and the urgent need to decarbonise are accelerating investment into utility-scale renewables, transmission upgrades, flexible generation assets, and regional power-trading solutions. For investors seeking scalable, high-impact opportunities, the region offers a compelling pipeline across solar, wind, green hydrogen, storage, and grid modernisation.
Growth Gateway invites you to an exclusive virtual investor forum focused on unlocking capital for Southern Africa’s power sector. This session will convene senior industry leaders, developers, regulators and financiers to examine where investment can deliver the strongest returns, the reforms reshaping the market, and the new models driving bankability and risk mitigation.
Agenda
Framing the event: John Humphrey, His Majesty's Trade Commissioner to Africa, will deliver an introduction, followed by Growth Gateway’s overview of BELMN’s opportunities and challenges.
Panel discussion: Panellists from the likes of GEAPP, World Bank, Gridworks, UKEF, and GuarantCo will explore key investment themes and share perspectives and learnings to be applied to BELMN’s power sector.
Project pitches: Project developers will showcase ongoing BELMN projects in targeted break-out sessions, outlining needs and investment unlocks.
Closing remarks: Growth Gateway will summarise key learnings and define next steps toward solutioning for the second Investor Forum.
Designed specifically for institutional and strategic investors, this discussion will provide practical insights into transaction readiness, upcoming opportunities, and how to enter or expand in one of Africa’s most dynamic energy markets.
Speakers
John Humphrey
His Majesty’s Trade Commissioner for Africa | UK Department for Business and Trade
Dave Chalila
Sub-Saharan Africa Head | GuarantCo
Dominic Milazi
Senior Energy Specialist | World Bank
Tatiana Nikiforova
Investments Director | Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet
Dirk van den Berg
Southern Africa Regional Head | UK Export Finance
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